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Re: Rumour: Possible First Look At Mario's Movie Face Appears Online

gaga64

It’s comparable to how the Paw Patrol Movie “updated” their characters - which felt weirdly unnecessary at the time, but is probably more appropriate for the larger canvas. It’s still Mario, just a different artistic rendering, gonna take some adjusting.

It’s worth noting there are stylistic differences between the Smash-series amiibo for him and the Mario-series amiibo. Ditto for the Mario Strikers artwork, Paper Mario and the Mario & Luigi RPGs.

It’s all Mario.

Re: So, What Does Embracer Group Actually Own The Rights To?

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Important to note that, for example, a lot of the comics published by Dark Horse listed above were licensed from Fox, now owned by Disney, so a lot of those comics were moved from Dark Horse to Marvel or Boom (including republication rights for books created by Dark Horse).

So while Dark Horse did make Alien comic books, that in no way means Embracer own the rights to make more Alien products, without licensing them from Disney.

It would be better to limit those lists to IPs actually owned by Dark Horse, and keep the Alien/Buffy/Serenity stuff as a footnote - like you did for the ports of Witcher and Force Unleashed.

The list as it is could be seen as misleading. Embracer don’t own Alien.

Re: Kirby's Dream Buffet Rolls Out Worldwide Release Date

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@acNewUpdates that makes sense I guess.

Maybe localisation costs as well? Though to be honest I’d have thought that, unless a localisation of a given game is unlikely, they’d bake those costs into the overall production expenses at the early planning stage, and spread the cost across all regions. But I know nothing about how they assess costs on these things.

Re: The Creator Of Fire Emblem Has Released A Brand New Strategy RPG On Steam

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@turntSNACO “You probably wouldn't walk into an empty McDonald's and tell the employees to go home because nobody wanted any burgers.”

Of course I wouldn’t. Instead I’ve walked into a McDonalds selling soft-boiled eggs and found half a dozen customers arguing about whether McDonalds should be selling them, “because we really like the Egg McMuffin”, and I felt like joining the debate rather than leaving to go buy a burger somewhere else.

“Why not be glad that somebody got paid and it cost you nothing?”

I’m not begrudging it, just positing a theory.

Personally I don’t really mind if the site posts articles like this, but I can see why some people might. To reuse the metaphor, putting the soft-boiled egg on the menu doesn’t stop McDonalds selling the McMuffin as well, it’s nice to have the option. But I can see how some people might be afraid that the chef was so busy boiling the egg that they didn’t see the incoming order for the Big Mac.

But there’s a whole bunch of chefs here, there’s no need to worry about that.

Um, I think I’ve lost control of this metaphor now…

Re: The Creator Of Fire Emblem Has Released A Brand New Strategy RPG On Steam

gaga64

I’m going to be annoying and fall into both camps here. I can see why FE fans would be interested in this article, but I can also see why people who only game on Nintendo systems and not Steam would be annoyed by a Nintendo-centric website would cover a game with little chance of coming to a Nintendo console.

If there was a chance it’ll get ported, that’s a different story, but there’s no indication there’s even a chance at this time.

If this site keeps covering non-Nintendo games just because “if you liked X, we think you’ll like Y” then maybe it’s time to rebrand.

Otherwise, it feels somewhat like the author is just making arbitrary articles to justify a pay cheque on a slow news day..: