Kirby Air Ride Menu Again...

[RedFly]

I was really hoping for that dark and soothing menu like in 64, Melee or Project M.

 

[DakotaBonez]

Ah, a menu connoisseur.



edit:why does this post have so many likes?

 

[The Slayer]

There's gotta be a critic for everything. But to be fair, would've been interesting to see something different.

For some people that can't comprehend this post correctly:

I do not like this menu layout very much since it recycles previous games that Sakurai worked upon. I wish it could be a little different and something unique for once. However, whenever I play a game of Smash Bros from any generation, I don't spend my time looking at the menu screen for several hours. Not to mention a lot of other people don't do that either unless they're away from the game for a bit or occupied with something else in real life.

 

[RedFly]

I don't know, I just adored that perfect ambience of the 64 menu. And if that came back with this background it just wouldn't work.

 

[Super Writer]

Eh, I think it's... alright. I like the style but I don't like the design, too empty space.

 

[AncientArk]

I think its fine, it does its job.
Not exactly ugly.

 

[Pazzo.]

Really, I prefer this menu over the 64 one.

I usually enjoy more color.

 

[Oracle_Summon]

I like it. I just hope that all of the content in the Menu Screen is easy to navigate (hard to get lost in).

 

[RedFly]

I like it. I just hope that all of the content in the Menu Screen is easy to navigate (hard to get lost in).

How would it get hard to get lost in? Just press B.

 

[Hippopotasauce]

That was the 3DS menu, I think this thread would fit better in the 3DS board.

 

[Oracle_Summon]

How would it get hard to get lost in? Just press B.

I mean when looking for stuff. I am not sure how they have divided the layout. Then again, I am probably over thinking things.

 

[TerminalMontage]

Hopefully the WiiU one will have a better looking menu. It'll probably still be Kirby Air Ride-esque though.

 

[RedFly]

That was the 3DS menu, I think this thread would fit better in the 3DS board.

I was thinking of that, But if the 3DS is getting the Air Ride Menu the Wii U will probably also have the Air Ride menu without a doubt.

 

[Mr. KoopaTurtle]

I don't really care.

I'll probably be staring at that menu for three minutes tops, and then I'm fighting. Never been picky about menus because I'm not even staring at them for a long time.

 

[gamer8]

Yeah I don't really like it either, and even though it might be a picky thing to dislike it's just kind of an eyesore lol

 

[Vann Accessible]

Bright, simple, colorful.

It matches the game.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

I was really hoping for that dark and soothing menu like in 64, Melee or Project M.

Don't fix what works, and so far, being simple with the main menu is doing all right.

 

[RedFly]

According to GameXPlain, Sakurai's wife is making the menus.

 

[Dinoman96]

According to GameXPlain, Sakurai's wife is making the menus.

She's always made the menus for him.

http://kyoto-report.wikidot.com/michiko-sakurai

 

[TheDMonroeShow]

I have to agree, I was hoping for something a bit different. Maybe we're get more variety with the wii u menu?

Its not that sakurai's wifes bad at menu design or anything but it's just boring always having the same basic setup.

 

[Mypantisgone]

win u

The best console.


So she's his wife? I thought Masahiro was the family name. Oh well.

Got no problems with the menus.

 

[Rich Homie Quan]

Smash 64 had the best menu imo, but I still think the brawl menu and this menu are great. I like how the colors really pop with this one.

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

There's gotta be a critic for everything.

We're not really obligated to swing on of Sakurai's testicles with you.

They couldn't have picked an uglier combination of solid colors. This is a step back even for Windows 98.

 

[Violenceman]

You can count me among the fans of the design. I like the bold, striking color choices (just like the game aesthetics themselves) and how each option is very clearly differentiated from the others with it's own shape, size, imagery and color. My only gripe is the overall symmetry of the layout; I get the "S" shape they have going on, but it feels a little off-kilter.

 

[RedFly]

I can see how people prefer to have big buttons with animated icons, But why not have both dark and tron-like backgrounds with Brawl's interface?

 

[Xermo]

You talkin **** about Air Ride, brah?

 

[nessokman]

Hey look, a menu hater. I've seen it all now.

 

[NoiseHERO]

Would've preferred something not-that.

 

[Cap'nChreest]

Sakurai did a really good job making the menus this time. It makes sense that the menus look similar to the past ones. She's been making the menus for a long time now.

 

[Mypantisgone]

We're not really obligated to swing on of Sakurai's testicles with you.

They couldn't have picked an uglier combination of solid colors. This is a step back even for Windows 98.

That wasn't the matter at all. But a thread on its own to criticize the placement of menu options is.. well it shows that we're a little desperate for speculation and debate.

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Am I the only one who thinks that 64's menu looks like a bootleg?

It's true that it's not very different from Brawl, and Melee's menu looks cool and all but not wanting a Brawl like menu...to go back to Melee? That's not really how you "change". I'd rather continue with what I have than to go back and forth and so on.

 

[Steelia]

Hey man, the game designers worked really hard copying Kirby Air Ride's layout making that menu screen!

 

[Saito]

I think it's fine.

I hope the Wii U gets a new one though.

 

[FalKoopa]

I don't particularly care. It does its job well enough, though the layout could have been better, I guess.

 

[Wanderer from Roseyard]

It reminds me of a bowl of Fruit Loops. Maybe that 3DS Toucan Sam pic was genuine after all!

I prefer a linear list of options to Button Soup, but it still looks navigable. The button arrangement looks like it forms a giant 'S'.

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

It reminds me of a bowl of Fruit Loops. Maybe that 3DS Toucan Sam pic was genuine after all!

I prefer a linear list of options to Button Soup, but it still looks navigable. The button arrangement looks like it forms a giant 'S'.

A linear list of options? That makes too much sense, Wanderer.

 

[LightningVance]

I was really hoping for that dark and soothing menu like in 64, Melee or Project M.

somehow i dont think sakurai was going to take inspiration from a fan-made game

 

[Khao]

I'm actually kinda really digging the whole

shape deal it has going with the placement of the buttons, makes it feel like, "shweezhoom."

 

[RedHotRubberDucky]

Who cares. It is not like you are spending 50+ minutes looking at the menu -_-

 

[Smash G]

It works and it's fun looking. I don't really care. They could have a HORRIBLE one and I wouldn't care.

 

[viewtifulduck82]

If you've ever played any of Sakurai's games besides smash bros, you would have seen this coming. Frankly, I'm surprised we had to wait all the way till brawl for this style.