jokes aside, they did a way better job of making the car fit in the Cuphead universe than other real car-and-cartoon style character promos... but that isn't saying much.
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jokes aside, they did a way better job of making the car fit in the Cuphead universe than other real car-and-cartoon style character promos... but that isn't saying much.
I feel the best solution for Sonic now that there's such a fractured fandom over what tone it should take is to go back to the sort of "AoStH and SatAM" dynamic - release a 2D or boost game with a light tone one year, release an edgier Adventure or open world game that takes itself seriously the next, and then just alternate rather than sticking to "eras"
If Multiversus caves into the memes and adds Walter White, I feel the best route for his moveset would be to base it on the ironic memes specifically, like the "human face magnet" as a down smash (I don't know the MVS terminology LMAO) for example - passing off his cooking as generic chemistry to pass the ESRB feels like a "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" to me (especially given that he may as well just be Dexter at that point, and retro CN reps seem to be in really high demand from the outside looking in,)
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What was it with the early Mario Kart games and ambient 3 second loops?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS AREN'T A REAL SPORTS TEAM
If I was designing a Smash story mode, I think what I'd do is:
- Worlds from the games, almost all stages' models would be reused to make multiplayer stages, and all the others would be reused from veteran stages. Only grassy plains stage is world 1: Green Hill Zone
- Music, however, is original - not remixes - though they may sample motifs from the source. Those songs are considered part of that series' songlist despite being original
- Extremely lighthearted and borderline non-existant story, probably just "hands bad, stop them"
- Bosses are all nightmarish "Giga" equivalents of playable fighters. These are not playable in any form (at least at launch), but are primarily original and reuse all their animations and moves so no major loss there.
- Gameplay leans more "fighter" than "platform". Plays a lot like a beat em up with absolutely no precision platforming and pits serving more as a hazard for enemies to throw you into, and you'll often be stopped in place to fight a hoard of enemies.
- Even weaker enemies can tank a lot of hits. You can't just stomp on a Goomba or throw a Koopa shell to deal with an enemy, they're resillient regardless of source material.
- 8 player co op, as many characters as you've unlocked can be played as.
- Items spawn in gameplay, but only a select few. Poké Balls and Assist Trophies are not among that selection.
- Each character has a unique ending, though it's really just a 4th victory animation better suited for the context of saving the world(s) instead of some wish-granted scenario.
- No leveling system, but Smash Run upgrades are back - albeit reseting after every stage clear
- Some stages revolve around racing instead of fighting
I don't get why people dislike gross-out being one of Wario's defining character traits - personally it's the main reason I enjoy him. Any other game can let you play as a macho treasure hunter, only Wario games let you play as a lazy, repugnant slob.
I feel Yoshi is kind of a weird series in the realm of Smash because, wheras other series suffer from one or two early games being given priority over later releases, Yoshi suffers from his representation being too diverse and as a result Yoshi's Island - which is often considered the best Yoshi game by quite a landslide, and to many people may as well be the only Yoshi game - not getting as much content as the likes of Story or Woolly World.
Same goes for Sonic I'd argue, but at least the modern games do have a large fandom within the Sonic fanbase even if not the general public.
This commercial features the protagonist of Soccer Kid (AKA Kid Kleets), an Amiga game, which therefore makes it a better celebration of gaming history than Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
I actually really appreciate the new Kirby game being a rather blatant Fall Guys clone, IMO Nintendo's constant pursuit of originality has often held their game libraries back.
Smash fans when the Leisure Suit Larry DLC doesn't require you to correctly identify the corporate sponsors of I Love Lucy circa 1956 and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas' middle name every time you select him on the CSS
Glad Nintendo are back to shadowdropping games. Hope that becomes the standard and not directs. Not gonna happen of course, but still
i tried to read the original rover boys books the dover boys was based on to see if theres any references in the short that have been lost to the sands of time and oh my god its boring
wikipedia for the game boy advance
I love how in the Smash Infinite universe, one of the fighters in Smash is an insane suburban man who wears a pot on his head while fighting zombies from a game made by a company that used to be called "Sexy Action Cool"
Granny! I got the job!
I love the old YouTube Poop "cliche" sources because there's like... a consistency to them, but also a randomness to them if that makes sense? Kitschy low-budget kids' media, usually edutainment or video game tie ins, are the usual digestion, but they're also intersperced like little peanuts with bottled water commercials; beloved but pre-vulgarised adult cartoons; and legitimately talented poets. Some of them are really obvious and recognisably nostalgic, others are really obscure and were only discovered out of loose relations to an existing more popular source, and a lot of material you'd expect to be seen as a goldmine (for example: the DKC cartoon; the Mortal Kombat cartoon; the live action Mario movie; English version Ronald McDonald adverts; Captain N; the already memetic Filmation catalog) are completely glossed over - some sources were literally just used for one scene! You'd see a whole lot of "Stu making pudding" but not much else from Rugrats for example.
Sometimes I feel American pop culture and British pop culture have become completely intertwined - then I find out some utterly incomprehensible fact like "Americans don't know who the Mr. Men are" or "Americans think Rareware are a British national treasure" and I sigh in relief.
I love the brazenness of Teen Titans Go! literally naming an episode "Video Game References"
There are many reasons, mostly very sad, I feel my childhood was unfulfilling - however, one I'm more comfortable to share is that I didn't know what updog or ICUP were until I discovered them through hyper ironic memes in my late teens.
I was thinking of doing an alternate Smash roster from a world where sides over protags were a thing since the first game.
YOOO WHEN DID THEY RELEASE MONTY ON THE RUN ON STEAM
I kinda want a Bejeweled jewel in Smash just because it's the only major gaming franchise from outside the microcomputer era with Amiga-style music.
So many articles about "Gentleminions" causing havoc, and not a single one has a headline starting with "Despicable Memes:"?
Honestly, I've kinda been growing to hate the idea of Crash in Smash - his moveset would likely be based on Crash 3, where his moves don't even make a consistent playstyle there; COD or Warcraft objectively deserve the spot way more; people will use him to dismiss the concept of true Sony reps like they have with Sora and Joker; and his comedy would be toned down super hard if Banjo's anything to go by.
Nabbit deserved the push Rosalina got in the 2010s more.
NASB's Space Madness stage is literally near-unplayable with items on high.
I'm really surprised that, from what I can find, nobody has made a composite Pokémon mod that combines content and elements from both versions.
It will always make me laugh when an amoger's visor is portrayed as a single eye with a pupil.
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Why did nobody tell me how good the Bejeweled classic soundtrack is?
Reminder that the toxicity in Smash speculation is 100% Sakurai and Nintendo's fault for building up character additions as a bigger deal than they are.
Is it weird for me to say that I never realised people liked Smash specifically for the crossover element and not the gameplay or movesets until the NASB backlash? Like I always knew characters were a big deal, but I never realised how small a deal game design is to people relative to characters and how they're portrayed
Certainly explains the questionable design choices in SSBU's DLC at least.
I actually really like the, for a lack of a fair and objective term, "finish it later" approach - feels to me like a natural evolution to unlockables for the age of spoilers and leaks, even if that isn't the intent BTS.
I generally think protag first is a good rule for games where characters are cosmetic, with the only real exceptions being to prevent aesthetic clash (for example Riki over Shulk in a hypothetical Nintendo Kart)
That being said, while both would appreciated, if they can only have one Thornberrys rep in Nick Kart 3, it should be Nigel and not Eliza - he's by far way more remembered and popular, and to a much bigger extent than the usual "more popular side character" dynamic. -
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