@dojmin DS may as well be its own game with how different it is from the original. Still would've been neat to have both in this collection, pick your poison have SM64 look like a early N64 or a late PS1 game.
@nessisonett Depending on the person from Nintendo or Rare your asking, Cranky is either DK's father or grandfather (Makes you wonder what happened to DK Jr.).
@sanderev That Pokemon S&S Crown Tundra DLC is also going to be a fall release. I'm also thinking that a Nintendo Direct will have Smash DLC+ Reveal Bravely Default 2 will still be a 2020 release along with a new game (hopefully).
@kalosn The kart toy has the camera on it and streams it to the Switch. The Switch then renders and overlays game models onto the imagery it gets from the kart.
Flicky was a pretty predictable pick, considering that it was mentioned in the original interview announcing this. Happy to see Arabian Fight on here. @readyletsgo December 17th of this year according to Amazon JP.
Anyone notice that the copyright information has been updated on the title screens for the Lost Levels and SMB1, wonder if that means there'll be minor updates to the games themselves.
@Nemesis666 "the IP team isn't something he said alone but also by Nagaya, who is the IS director in the game and also confirmed. " And Tanabe mentioned it first, which is why I mentioned Tanabe. " Tanabe didn't blame Miyamoto at all (that was said by Iwata and Tanabe on Iwata ask, along Kudo)" Splitting hairs? Tanabe still gave the credit for many of the team's unpopular decisions towards Miyamoto. " he never said anything about Alpha Dream either in 2016 (Risa Tabata said) " Correct my mistake, but Tanabe has repeated the same talking point in 2020.
I don't think any of what he's saying is a lie, but I also think he might be omitting information. For example is the team so strict that he's allowed to use Snifits, but not Yoshi or Toadette?
@Fulgor_Astral
If Miyamoto was really involved Tanabe would be telling stories right now about how Miyamoto said that Peach didn't have to be in the game and Tanabe would ban the color pink Rather than talking about a part of the company that Nintendo, no doubt doesn't want its creators to mention.
@RPGamer
IP Team focuses on making sure the character designs and character behaviors stays consistent across all video games. They don't care about game mechanics unless if it's something like giving Mario a gun (Oh wait, that was in Kingdom Battle).
Tanabe has always given the credit to abandoning the traditional RPG battle system to him and the team at Intelligent Systems. And that seems fairly consistent with the pre-2011 screenshots of Sticker Star already having a Sticker based battle system, but with partners presumably before Miyamoto stepped in and advised that the game was looking too much like TTYD (with the art style still having the classic PM storybook style and enemies matching their appearance from the older games).
@Clyde_Radcliffe NSMB throughout its run had consistently new enemies, brought back fan favorite from the classic series boss(es) every game, and had Yoshi in two games.
Paper Mario has Sidesteppers. @zool He blamed Miyamoto for most of the controversial changes to the formula in 2012 (who he also blamed for the lack of King K Rool in DKCR), he blamed Alphadream for Paper Mario not being an RPG in 2016, nothing has changed.
He'll keep blaming people for his decisions on the new Paper Mario game coming out every 4 years until he changes his mind(doubtful) or until he stops working with the series.
He probably sees the Paper Mario series as a new Metroid Prime. He wants to make a game that will finally prove the haters wrong and create the perfect formula for future games.
No matter how this game does it'll beat out Color Splash, but I don't think that's enough for him, he wants one that'll outsell Super and prove that his approach is the right one.
@kalosn If we're to believe Tanabe it started around 2010-2011 while they were in development with Sticker Star. No M&L was definitely not under as strict of regulations that Paper Mario (apparently is).
Even assuming Dream Team got a free pass, both remakes got to keep their variants and original enemies intact (with a few exceptions such as Bean Kingdom Koopa and Lakitus receiving a redesign to look more like the Mushroom Kingdom versions). Toadsworth and Dr. Toadley also returned unchanged.
The remake for BIS actually got a series of new boss characters that fit the Mario asthetic.
It also doesn't explain why NDCube apparently has more trust than Intelligent System with Super Mario Party having a wider selection of enemies (and major characters to boot) than Origami King which has like 5 new enemies that weren't in Sticker Star. (but Origami and Paper Mache this time!)
@illmatic20xx
Maybe Sakurai will add Paper Mario to Smash Bros. with a move set based mostly off the first 3 games (and maybe it'll finally prove to Nintendo and Intelligent Systems that there's interest in a new old-style PM game)
It wouldn't be the first time that a Smash Bros. character could be seen as a rejection of one of Tanabe's choices as a producer. See: King K. Rool.
The character shading and the choppy framerate give a very 3DS vibe to this. Basically a Skip 2D platformer if it was made for New 3DS running on original model 3DS.
It'd be neat if they could innovate with their enemy selection. For example the cruise ship has a very similar selection of enemies as the jungle/swamp levels in the past 2 PM games.
I'm not even suggesting new enemies, put in some enemies from Galaxy or Odyssey for example.
@DaruniaJones88 WB is releasing a Bukugan game this Christmas so they clearly don't have any problems with manufacturing or getting it to the stores.
And I sincerely doubt the economy would fix itself in just 3-4 month, especially to such a degree that the video game industry sells more in Spring than the holiday season during two large console launches (I don't know the exact percentage for WB Games, but Nintendo makes 60% of its revenue during the holiday season).
It seems more reasonable to me that they're still working on the game (as with most delays) instead of just keeping it on the shelf and being one of the first few games on the PS5 and Series X, possibly be the only mass market family friendly game on Series X, and not have to compete with any wide appeal Nintendo first party games on Switch because there's a chance that the economy could heal by then.
@DaruniaJones88
If it's already done, why wouldn't they release it in-time for the all important holiday season and for both console launches? Seems like they'd just be losing money from delaying it and gaining nothing in return if it was finished.
SEGA underestimated how many Switch owners who would be interested this already owned multiple games in the SEGA 3D Classics on their 3DS.
They also made the mistake of trying to over appeal to the Japanese market to fix the lacking sales in that region. Leading to rereleases made specifically for that market that didn't sell well in the East or West.
Really Sega should've hired an outside developer port the 3 SEGA 3D Classics volumes to Switch allowing M2 to focus on making rereleases of never before rereleased arcade games/arcade games that haven't seen rereleases since the PS2 era and Saturn and Dreamcast games.
@zool Isn't that pretty much the case with every country and their respective movies, music, books, etc.?
Bollywood movies make big bucks in India and its surrounding countries. Chinese media tends to make more than overseas stuff.
I have to agree with @rjer US and Japanese media seem to be pretty universal from what I've observed. Everyone knows who Mario, Godzilla, or Goku and even if you haven't watched much anime you know the tropes.
@stevep It's be like if the PS4 outsold the PS2 moving the conversation over to the PSP+PS2.
The Gameboy and NES were separate devices with plenty of overlap in ownership. There were plenty of reasons to buy a Gameboy after owning a NES for 2-3 years. The same can not be said of the Switch Lite.
@Balta666 When did I say they were hacking? Epic is getting around the IOS store's restrictions and Apple has the right to remove it just like if this happened to a console maker.
@zool
For the first 6 years on the market, the NES/Famicom had no real handheld alongside it. The Game Boy launched one year before the release of the Super Famicom. Plus the Game Boy sold the majority of its units post SNES.
@Balta666 Apple only wants people to download/purchase games on IOS to do through their store. Sure people have gotten around it, but that's the same for many consoles (like the 3DS).
@Balta666 Apple considers itself as a closed platform too, only reason Epic isn't doing it on console is that it's easier to get around the restrictions on the mobile platforms.
@patbacknitro18 If this is a fight over Apple's "monopolistic" percentage, cost why are they not doing the same thing for the big 3 who also have a similar deal with third parties.
@Friendly Last year the same thing happened when Nintendo posted a picture of Mario eating a watermellon when their fall schedule was already completely revealed.
@ACNHislit Yep, Epic Universe would be a multi-billion dollar park (that even in a good economy could take a few years to recoup costs), while something like SNW or the JP coaster are much cheaper to build and should only improve attendance to the existing 2 parks.
@ACNHislit Yep only Epic Universe is the only victim so far, for example the Jurassic Park roller coaster at Islands of Adventures still will open in 2021.
I wonder if Gamefreak will increase the development time of future Pokémon games considering that the lack of a new installment this year looks to be helping elevate this one to extreme success.
@GameOtaku Before BOTW, the only Zelda games in the top 5 of the console it was on were OoT on N64 and Wind Waker on NGC. And both times Mario Kart was the better seller (with Double Dash selling 2X more copies than Wind Waker).
SMW, Mario 64, and, NSMB DS have outperformed their Mario Kart counterpart on that system. Every other Mario Kart other than those have been the best selling Mario game on that console (unless if you count Smash Melee as a Mario game LOL).
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Re: Review: Super Mario All-Stars - All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Gold
Someone in the graphics team for this one REALLY loved the color pink.
Re: Nintendo Explains How Motion Controls Work In Super Mario Galaxy On Switch
@Scottwood101 @SpaceKaren
The pointer controls for Yoshi's tongue would need to be completely reworked to make it playable in handheld mode.
Re: Here Are The 36 Games You'll Get On Sega's Astro City Mini Console
@Geostyle
Why were you expecting to play light guns games on a device that uses a 8 way joystick?
Re: Here's The Resolution Of Each Game In Super Mario 3D All-Stars
@dojmin
DS may as well be its own game with how different it is from the original. Still would've been neat to have both in this collection, pick your poison have SM64 look like a early N64 or a late PS1 game.
Re: "Super" Mario Kart Tour Event Starts Next Week, Get Ready To Welcome Back Two Familiar Faces
@nessisonett
Depending on the person from Nintendo or Rare your asking, Cranky is either DK's father or grandfather (Makes you wonder what happened to DK Jr.).
Re: "Super" Mario Kart Tour Event Starts Next Week, Get Ready To Welcome Back Two Familiar Faces
It'd be cool if Kamek got in, especially due to almost taking DK's spot in MK64.
Re: Super Mario 3D World Is Coming To Switch, Along With "Bowser's Fury" Expansion
@sanderev
That Pokemon S&S Crown Tundra DLC is also going to be a fall release.
I'm also thinking that a Nintendo Direct will have Smash DLC+ Reveal Bravely Default 2 will still be a 2020 release along with a new game (hopefully).
Re: Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Uses Real RC Cars And Augmented Reality
@kalosn
The kart toy has the camera on it and streams it to the Switch. The Switch then renders and overlays game models onto the imagery it gets from the kart.
Re: Here Are The 36 Games You'll Get On Sega's Astro City Mini Console
Flicky was a pretty predictable pick, considering that it was mentioned in the original interview announcing this. Happy to see Arabian Fight on here.
@readyletsgo
December 17th of this year according to Amazon JP.
Re: Nintendo Is Resurrecting Its Game & Watch Line To Celebrate 35 Years Of Super Mario
I'm interested.
Anyone notice that the copyright information has been updated on the title screens for the Lost Levels and SMB1, wonder if that means there'll be minor updates to the games themselves.
Re: Video: That Super Mario Direct Was Lovely, If A Tad Predictable
Don't mind the 4:3 display for SM64, I'll probably leave 16:9 for SMS off as I always prefer the aspect ratio the game was made for.
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says His Team Has "Almost Complete Control" Over Creative Direction
@Nemesis666
"the IP team isn't something he said alone but also by Nagaya, who is the IS director in the game and also confirmed. "
And Tanabe mentioned it first, which is why I mentioned Tanabe.
" Tanabe didn't blame Miyamoto at all (that was said by Iwata and Tanabe on Iwata ask, along Kudo)"
Splitting hairs? Tanabe still gave the credit for many of the team's unpopular decisions towards Miyamoto.
" he never said anything about Alpha Dream either in 2016 (Risa Tabata said) "
Correct my mistake, but Tanabe has repeated the same talking point in 2020.
I don't think any of what he's saying is a lie, but I also think he might be omitting information. For example is the team so strict that he's allowed to use Snifits, but not Yoshi or Toadette?
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says His Team Has "Almost Complete Control" Over Creative Direction
@Fulgor_Astral
If Miyamoto was really involved Tanabe would be telling stories right now about how Miyamoto said that Peach didn't have to be in the game and Tanabe would ban the color pink Rather than talking about a part of the company that Nintendo, no doubt doesn't want its creators to mention.
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says His Team Has "Almost Complete Control" Over Creative Direction
@RPGamer
IP Team focuses on making sure the character designs and character behaviors stays consistent across all video games. They don't care about game mechanics unless if it's something like giving Mario a gun (Oh wait, that was in Kingdom Battle).
Tanabe has always given the credit to abandoning the traditional RPG battle system to him and the team at Intelligent Systems. And that seems fairly consistent with the pre-2011 screenshots of Sticker Star already having a Sticker based battle system, but with partners presumably before Miyamoto stepped in and advised that the game was looking too much like TTYD (with the art style still having the classic PM storybook style and enemies matching their appearance from the older games).
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says His Team Has "Almost Complete Control" Over Creative Direction
@Clyde_Radcliffe
NSMB throughout its run had consistently new enemies, brought back fan favorite from the classic series boss(es) every game, and had Yoshi in two games.
Paper Mario has Sidesteppers.
@zool
He blamed Miyamoto for most of the controversial changes to the formula in 2012 (who he also blamed for the lack of King K Rool in DKCR), he blamed Alphadream for Paper Mario not being an RPG in 2016, nothing has changed.
He'll keep blaming people for his decisions on the new Paper Mario game coming out every 4 years until he changes his mind(doubtful) or until he stops working with the series.
He probably sees the Paper Mario series as a new Metroid Prime. He wants to make a game that will finally prove the haters wrong and create the perfect formula for future games.
No matter how this game does it'll beat out Color Splash, but I don't think that's enough for him, he wants one that'll outsell Super and prove that his approach is the right one.
But as they say try, try, try again...
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says His Team Has "Almost Complete Control" Over Creative Direction
@kalosn
If we're to believe Tanabe it started around 2010-2011 while they were in development with Sticker Star. No M&L was definitely not under as strict of regulations that Paper Mario (apparently is).
Even assuming Dream Team got a free pass, both remakes got to keep their variants and original enemies intact (with a few exceptions such as Bean Kingdom Koopa and Lakitus receiving a redesign to look more like the Mushroom Kingdom versions). Toadsworth and Dr. Toadley also returned unchanged.
The remake for BIS actually got a series of new boss characters that fit the Mario asthetic.
It also doesn't explain why NDCube apparently has more trust than Intelligent System with Super Mario Party having a wider selection of enemies (and major characters to boot) than Origami King which has like 5 new enemies that weren't in Sticker Star. (but Origami and Paper Mache this time!)
Re: Curve Digital Launches Strategic Survival Sim Space Crew On Switch This October
Space the final frontier...
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says His Team Has "Almost Complete Control" Over Creative Direction
@illmatic20xx
Maybe Sakurai will add Paper Mario to Smash Bros. with a move set based mostly off the first 3 games (and maybe it'll finally prove to Nintendo and Intelligent Systems that there's interest in a new old-style PM game)
It wouldn't be the first time that a Smash Bros. character could be seen as a rejection of one of Tanabe's choices as a producer. See: King K. Rool.
Re: Video: Here's Your First Look At Wonder Boy - Asha In Monster World
@Alucard83
I like N64 games too, but I wouldn't want to see green fog 5 feet in front of my face in a game developed for current gen. machines.
Also when did I say the shading they used was bad?
Sorry, that you need to cling on a random comment to make up for the Vita's failure. 😉
Re: Video: Here's Your First Look At Wonder Boy - Asha In Monster World
The character shading and the choppy framerate give a very 3DS vibe to this. Basically a Skip 2D platformer if it was made for New 3DS running on original model 3DS.
Re: Paper Mario Producer Says He's "Not Opposed To The Fans' Opinions"
It'd be neat if they could innovate with their enemy selection. For example the cruise ship has a very similar selection of enemies as the jungle/swamp levels in the past 2 PM games.
I'm not even suggesting new enemies, put in some enemies from Galaxy or Odyssey for example.
Re: It's Official, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Has Been Delayed Until Spring 2021
@DaruniaJones88
WB is releasing a Bukugan game this Christmas so they clearly don't have any problems with manufacturing or getting it to the stores.
And I sincerely doubt the economy would fix itself in just 3-4 month, especially to such a degree that the video game industry sells more in Spring than the holiday season during two large console launches (I don't know the exact percentage for WB Games, but Nintendo makes 60% of its revenue during the holiday season).
It seems more reasonable to me that they're still working on the game (as with most delays) instead of just keeping it on the shelf and being one of the first few games on the PS5 and Series X, possibly be the only mass market family friendly game on Series X, and not have to compete with any wide appeal Nintendo first party games on Switch because there's a chance that the economy could heal by then.
Re: It's Official, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Has Been Delayed Until Spring 2021
@DaruniaJones88
If it's already done, why wouldn't they release it in-time for the all important holiday season and for both console launches? Seems like they'd just be losing money from delaying it and gaining nothing in return if it was finished.
Re: Japanese Charts: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Rules Again As It Nears 5.6 Million Physical Sales
@Fulgor_Astral
There's also a fourth game on here that literally has 2020 in the title, but I'll let you find it for yourself.
Re: It's Official, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Has Been Delayed Until Spring 2021
Didn't hear about Xbox Series X and Xbox One sharing releases, is this going to be a standard thing for cross generation XBOX games?
Re: Super Dodge Ball Is The Latest Arcade Archives Classic To Hit The Switch
@doctommaso
This is also better, but worse than the later Neo Geo release if that helps at all!
Re: Sega Says It Wants To Re-Release More Past Titles On Nintendo Switch
SEGA underestimated how many Switch owners who would be interested this already owned multiple games in the SEGA 3D Classics on their 3DS.
They also made the mistake of trying to over appeal to the Japanese market to fix the lacking sales in that region. Leading to rereleases made specifically for that market that didn't sell well in the East or West.
Really Sega should've hired an outside developer port the 3 SEGA 3D Classics volumes to Switch allowing M2 to focus on making rereleases of never before rereleased arcade games/arcade games that haven't seen rereleases since the PS2 era and Saturn and Dreamcast games.
Re: Nintendo Reminds Us The Switch Online Service Now Has Over 80 Classic Games
Earthbound would be great to see added.
Re: Another Sega Double Pack For Nintendo Switch Has Been Spotted Online
With all these Sega budget compilations coming it out, it'd be great to see a physical collection of the Sega Ages titles.
Re: 13 More Games Have Just Been Confirmed For Sega's Astro City Mini Console
I found some demo footage of the Astro City Mini:
https://youtu.be/23QTzBEHopc
I'm very interested!
Re: 13 More Games Have Just Been Confirmed For Sega's Astro City Mini Console
@EmmatheBest
That was for Arcade1up, not the Sega Astro City.
https://youtu.be/t4apccmDlSU
Re: Feature: How Nintendo, Pokémon And Japanese Culture Shaped Global Tastes Through Pure Invention
@zool
Isn't that pretty much the case with every country and their respective movies, music, books, etc.?
Bollywood movies make big bucks in India and its surrounding countries. Chinese media tends to make more than overseas stuff.
I have to agree with @rjer US and Japanese media seem to be pretty universal from what I've observed. Everyone knows who Mario, Godzilla, or Goku and even if you haven't watched much anime you know the tropes.
Re: Yep, The Switch Has Now Outsold The NES
@stevep
It's be like if the PS4 outsold the PS2 moving the conversation over to the PSP+PS2.
The Gameboy and NES were separate devices with plenty of overlap in ownership. There were plenty of reasons to buy a Gameboy after owning a NES for 2-3 years. The same can not be said of the Switch Lite.
Re: Random: Nintendo Tweaks Mario's Nipples
What does the Bible have to do with a cartoon Italian man sitting on the beach with no nipples?
Re: Random: Epic Goes To War With Apple, Asks Players To "Join The Fight" And "Free Fortnite"
@Balta666
When did I say they were hacking? Epic is getting around the IOS store's restrictions and Apple has the right to remove it just like if this happened to a console maker.
Re: Yep, The Switch Has Now Outsold The NES
@zool
For the first 6 years on the market, the NES/Famicom had no real handheld alongside it. The Game Boy launched one year before the release of the Super Famicom. Plus the Game Boy sold the majority of its units post SNES.
Re: Random: Epic Goes To War With Apple, Asks Players To "Join The Fight" And "Free Fortnite"
@Balta666
Apple only wants people to download/purchase games on IOS to do through their store. Sure people have gotten around it, but that's the same for many consoles (like the 3DS).
Re: Yep, The Switch Has Now Outsold The NES
Now you're playing with power!
Re: Random: Nintendo Tweaks Mario's Nipples
@Cia
So you left the series after Donkey Kong showed a small cartoony Italian man on the bezel, control panel ,and sideart?
Re: Random: Epic Goes To War With Apple, Asks Players To "Join The Fight" And "Free Fortnite"
@Balta666
Apple considers itself as a closed platform too, only reason Epic isn't doing it on console is that it's easier to get around the restrictions on the mobile platforms.
Re: Random: Epic Goes To War With Apple, Asks Players To "Join The Fight" And "Free Fortnite"
@patbacknitro18
If this is a fight over Apple's "monopolistic" percentage, cost why are they not doing the same thing for the big 3 who also have a similar deal with third parties.
Re: Random: Shigeru Miyamoto Used To Smoke In The Star Fox Office
I assume Miyamoto was the one who thought of the slot machine boss then?
Re: Random: Nintendo Posts New Image Of Mario In The Sunshine, Internet Goes Wild Again
@Friendly
Last year the same thing happened when Nintendo posted a picture of Mario eating a watermellon when their fall schedule was already completely revealed.
Re: Random: Nintendo Posts New Image Of Mario In The Sunshine, Internet Goes Wild Again
Looks more like a beach level from NSMB Wii to me.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Now Japan's Second Best-Selling Game Ever
@Ventilator
There's two PSP Monster Hunter games on the list.
Re: Universal Orlando's Super Nintendo World Delayed Indefinitely
@ACNHislit
Yep, Epic Universe would be a multi-billion dollar park (that even in a good economy could take a few years to recoup costs), while something like SNW or the JP coaster are much cheaper to build and should only improve attendance to the existing 2 parks.
Re: Universal Orlando's Super Nintendo World Delayed Indefinitely
@ACNHislit
Yep only Epic Universe is the only victim so far, for example the Jurassic Park roller coaster at Islands of Adventures still will open in 2021.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Has Sold More Copies Than The Entire Metroid Franchise
@RPGamer
There were more Metroid games last decade than AC games released since its inception. (at least in North America)
Re: Sword And Shield Are Now The Best-Selling Pokémon Games Since Gold And Silver
I wonder if Gamefreak will increase the development time of future Pokémon games considering that the lack of a new installment this year looks to be helping elevate this one to extreme success.
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of June 2020
@GameOtaku
Before BOTW, the only Zelda games in the top 5 of the console it was on were OoT on N64 and Wind Waker on NGC. And both times Mario Kart was the better seller (with Double Dash selling 2X more copies than Wind Waker).
SMW, Mario 64, and, NSMB DS have outperformed their Mario Kart counterpart on that system. Every other Mario Kart other than those have been the best selling Mario game on that console (unless if you count Smash Melee as a Mario game LOL).