Hey smash community, first of all let me apologize. You're correct, the post turned out to be no more than the trite, whining, criticism I had said it would not be. I do not feel that I got my views across in a clear and polite manner. To be honest I had sorta gotten out of bed, was browsing through the Dojo site, and decided to post my thoughts on a discussion board. Aside from being relatively incoherent, I also came across as being quite rude. My apologies to the game and watch fans. I clearly was narrow minded in my thought process as what began as a well intentioned expression of positive critique spiraled into a rant, full of ignorant sounding, wide sweeping statements. I also see that while I didn't effectively express my perspective on how I think brawl should look, I had gotten so caught up in myself I forgot that smash brothers means many things to other fans; some that overlap with my own experiences, and some that are different. Thanks for the reality check.
Just to clear up a couple things on my views:
1. game and watch, a nice retro reminder, didn't really like him as a char thats all, if you think differently, thats fine
2. master hand and giga bowser. Playability for them yes would be an extreme challenge against other players, perhaps an HP system vs percentage/ring out could be fun? For those of us who play our own "mini games"/stupid/fun scenarios with friends, i guess is what I was trying to say is that the option is always nice.
3. Wii as a system. Yes, I am expressing an opinion, not as an economic analyst, a game developer, or a "hard core" gamer. Something i'm entitled to. However, You are right in saying that I was expecting apples when nintendo makes oranges. A high performance system like PS3 and 360 with games that cater to mature in addition to kid oriented games. nintendo has chosen a wise path under the mountain, targeting audiences that are largely unreached while the giants battle to be king of the hill.
4. Extra features like stickers. I did not mean to say that the shouldn't exist, rather in my failure to keep into account that the game is not yet finished, I became concerned that they would focus more on (what seem to me as ) extraneous features rather than things that matter to my usual smash experience. Again, I remember and acknowledge that people have differing experiences and tastes.
5. Indeed, mirror characters offer diversity and thus increased personalization to the experience.
6. Finally, testament that the original post was merely a hot headed response to as of yet unconfirmed and near unwarranted fears, I hastily posted in this community where the possibility that these suggestions would be heard by someone who could actually affect game direction in this point of development is virtually nil.
So once again, sorry about the hasty post, the resulting impoliteness and generally pessimistic view. reading it again, i can see why many were upset.
Apologies,
-H
Just to clear up a couple things on my views:
1. game and watch, a nice retro reminder, didn't really like him as a char thats all, if you think differently, thats fine
2. master hand and giga bowser. Playability for them yes would be an extreme challenge against other players, perhaps an HP system vs percentage/ring out could be fun? For those of us who play our own "mini games"/stupid/fun scenarios with friends, i guess is what I was trying to say is that the option is always nice.
3. Wii as a system. Yes, I am expressing an opinion, not as an economic analyst, a game developer, or a "hard core" gamer. Something i'm entitled to. However, You are right in saying that I was expecting apples when nintendo makes oranges. A high performance system like PS3 and 360 with games that cater to mature in addition to kid oriented games. nintendo has chosen a wise path under the mountain, targeting audiences that are largely unreached while the giants battle to be king of the hill.
4. Extra features like stickers. I did not mean to say that the shouldn't exist, rather in my failure to keep into account that the game is not yet finished, I became concerned that they would focus more on (what seem to me as ) extraneous features rather than things that matter to my usual smash experience. Again, I remember and acknowledge that people have differing experiences and tastes.
5. Indeed, mirror characters offer diversity and thus increased personalization to the experience.
6. Finally, testament that the original post was merely a hot headed response to as of yet unconfirmed and near unwarranted fears, I hastily posted in this community where the possibility that these suggestions would be heard by someone who could actually affect game direction in this point of development is virtually nil.
So once again, sorry about the hasty post, the resulting impoliteness and generally pessimistic view. reading it again, i can see why many were upset.
Apologies,
-H