If someone leaked an entire Smash trailer and convinced Sakurai to get petty and stop doing these things, they would be remembered as a hero forever. By me at least. So, remembered as a hero for 60-50 years or so, I'm in my 20s I think?
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Maybe this is just me projecting since I've come to hate them, but I do wonder if Amiibos could prove problematic should indie games get full playable roles in Smash. Like, the biggest indie candidates for Smash (Cuphead, Shovel Knight, Shantae) are already pretty big on merchandising, and one already has Amiibos, but on the other hand, Toby Fox is known to be against Undertale being percieved as a "brand" (which makes me wonder why he approved of Sans in Smash at all in hindsight) and indie devs tend to lean left - even those that aren't hard left are critical of consumerism - and it's not uncommon to see a lack of any physical merchandise being used as a selling point for indies.
i got recommended a youtube video called "when video games were simple" and the thumbnail was all 2000s games. as in, the decade where every single game had 6 genres.
why does sega keep doing this weird monetization
There's this weird thing I've observed about SmashBoards where I will say, extremely blunt with no ambigiuity "I think unpopular opinion", and then someone will just respond "Are you SERIOUSLY implying unpopular opinion". Like... what's the alternative? When I say "Smash should stop doing character trailers", what else could I possibly be implying except that well, Smash should stop doing character trailers?
If you ask me, this character is both "BanBan" and "Jumbo Josh", none of the other banbans have names
I'm not 100% sure, since the thread's nomination system is a bit elaborate, but it's at least very likely these two will share a rating day on RTC MVS
the true crashboards experience: "oh hey one notif" 12 minutes later "oh, that's 3 notifs"
I posted my DK moon post in a bit of a snarky tone, but it really does baffle me how internet people cannot comprehend the concept of cartoon timelines. No, there are not 2 moons on Mario's version of Earth, you are just looking at two distinct, independently created stories using the same characters that were not designed with one another in mind. This is the perfect of example of why a franchise like Mario following a canon would be bad - it's fun to run on the moon, and it's fun to punch out the moon, you shouldn't be stopped from doing the prior just because it would contradict the scale established by the latter. Suggesting the moon DK punched out is a "dwarf moon" just drains the fun and silliness of the original scene by not making it "the The Moon", and you could also argue that that negatively effects Odyssey's depiction of the moon too.
TBH, even when correctly balanced like in NASB2, super moves don't really interest me, they can be fun and creative, but I feel they just lack the same punch, as a player; viewer; and opponent, that exists when combos are taking stocks. I'm 100% sure this is different for traditional fighters, and they're a great mechanic casually, but I dunno, I much prefer a more accessible combo system. Ironically, NASB2 makes combos very accessible, perhaps even more so than NASB1 - I barely play that game, but whenever I do, I can always pull off some nasty Donnie combos, so to me, I only really want to use super moves if I especially like them (Rocko's super move for example), and when I do use them, it's just not as statisfying as stringing together Donnie's slime magnet balls into a back air then a light up air.
this is the funniest wiki ever. how is it easier for GamersTM to comprehend the idea of a civilised planet having two moons than it is for them to comprehend basic spongebob/simpsons continuity logic.
i cant find that one youtube video where a guy spends like 10 minutes trying to figure out what "BM" means because he heard it in an episode of zack and cody as a kid and didnt get it
why is it called "popn music 17 the movie" if it is an INTERACTIVE AMUSEMENT SOFTWARE
I find it funny how the Bubsy compilation trailer using Gex music technically means there's a Gex/Bubsy crossover - in the same way there's a Spyro/Amanda Show crossover, but still.
One mentality I have when judging games is that marketing; playercounts; and price points don't really matter - the majority of time spent playing almost every game ever is going to eventually be in a cheap-and-easy-to-emulate zip of ROMs, discovered solely through liking the name when scrolling alphabetically, where that context becomes lost. I wouldn't take points away from a Mario Paint review because it was sold for £60, nor would I take points away from an OOT review because the ads were kinda misogynistic, so I don't really see why I should hold price points and marketing towards or against modern games 9 times out of 10 - I can certainly agree with touching on those in a review (I have done this a few times on my Backloggd reviews, particularly SSBU and Mario Clock) and I strongly support seeking out context for vintage media's origins, but not informing the final takeaway and score or an overall opinion.
The one, single good thing I can say about how much needless emphasis Smash gives to its newcomers is that it makes imagining comedic/lighthearted character picks a lot more fun. I'm a very strong supporter of having 5 seperate Tetrominos in Smash, and while character trailers are a burden to that idea, and playable Tetris rep in general IMO, it is really funny to imagine someone slowly realising "Oh god, they're doing all of them, aren't they?" as a trailer goes on - though in practice I have a feeling it would be a lot less fun, the amount of emotional attachment Smash trains fans to have to the roster would probably cause 5/7 Tetrominos to have legitimate negative impacts upon people's mental health... God, I hate Smash marketing.
I've never been the biggest fan of cartoonish games using detailed textures (though I do really like the aesthetics of the Crash remakes), but that being said, I really love how with each Waluigi appearance his outfit seems to become lower and lower quality compared to Mario and Luigi - he's not even wearing overalls anymore, just a gross... plastic... thing? with fake suspenders
I'm playing the Llamasoft compilation, and man, this is the perfect antidote to all the crappy Sakurai videos I was watching yesterday - not jiving with the games themselves much (which isn't what I bought it for anyway) but god Minter is such a hero. I'm not saying Sakurai and Minter should be compared, they're doing different things in different places for different audiences, but there's such a pleasant whiplash in going from watching a supposed "visionary" say "I only make games because it's the job I'm good at" to reading up on a hippie who just loves camels; drug trip aesthetics; and spaceships, and makes games to self-endulge in those passions.
I don't get the criticism of Sonic games as "press right/up to win"... that is literally every platformer.
I don't get what it is specifically about Nintendo fandom that evokes wisfulness for alternate timelines. With every other fandom it feels like people express what they want as "do this now" - like, "Can we have Shadow in Sonic games again?", not "If only Shadow was in Sonic Colours", but with Nintendo fans they tend to express it as "Go back to 2003 and do that then" if that makes sense?
"What if Nintendo bought Rare?" "What if Meowth was in Smash 64 instead of Jigglypuff?" "What if Mother 1 was localised in the 80s?" "What if K. Rool was in DKC Returns?"
I've been reading up on that new MeTV Toons channel (even though it's not in my country) and there's a very strange trend within the hype cycle for the channel where some people are upset that it's not going to air toy and cereal commercials for some reason???
It's funny how McDonald's still hasn't redesigned the bags that look like they say "McD on AIDS", especially now that I've learned that "MCD" is the name of a disease that can be caused by HIV.
Oh god, I think I've found the worst Sakurai take, worse than "corporations are your friends", "I don't make games because I enjoy making them", and "I didn't want Dolby surround because contract-enforced credit is lame".
This is outright dangerous... yikes. He does handwave the potential Very Very Very Bad Reading with a "well, you shouldn't go through unneccesary hardship BUT", but that should've been half of the crux, not a random sentence in the middle of the video.
is sakurai's youtube channel being financed by big footlong to ensure this image is spread as far and wide as possible
i've been obsessed with this song for almost a week straight - please help me, it's like nicotine, i hate it and it causes me no good yet i cannot stop listening.
the developers for dkcrhd's gamography has more "avalanche's resume before hogwarts" vibes than avalanche's resume before hogwarts.
5 years until the hotel mario theme song is public domain
MR. GIMMICK 2???? MR. GIMMICK 2????
I have seen some people saying the new Bubsy voice doesn't really sound like him, and I do agree, it's a pretty poor direction for a bombastic and wacky character, but I also get what they're going for - it's a take on the CEOTFK voice, but most people associate Bubsy with either the reboot or cartoon/2/FFT voice - that being said, this trailer did get the Bubsy vibe better than the reboot games did, making him the butt of the joke in the Donald/Daffy Duck sense and not the Scrappy-Doo sense.
As I get older and less cynical, I feel like I've really come to appreciate "power of friendship" and other such "conveniences" as storytelling devices.
action replay kratos scares me
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why does he have an enemy insignia on his bracelet
something i found out while googling donkey kong jr earlier is that people who think "mario canon" exists and/or matters are adamant that mario did nothing wrong in donkey kong jr
what the ****
i think the new defunctland is the most unhinged since garfield, but for the exact opposite reason -
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