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Meteos references in Brawl

antimatter

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For those of you who dont know, meteos was a nintendo ds puzzle game.

Gameplay: line up three to five same colored blocks horizontally or vertically with the stylus, the blocks will then be sent off the touch screen and to the opponent's planet. yes, planet. You can only move the blocks up and down. Each planet had different music and different gravity which changed how the blocks were launched. You fused the blocks you sent upward to purchase more planets, items for multiplayer, and music.

Story: an evil planet, called meteo, releases a substance called meteos, phantasmagoric blocks that are drawn from the surface and sent into space towards other planets. many were destroyed until, by chance, three meteos of the same color touched, turning them black and burned, sending other blocks above them off the planet. upon this discovery, many alien races devised strategies to get the blocks off of the planet, utilizing gravity and other methods. one alien race made the metamo ark, a starship made out of meteos ore. it could copy the attributes of enemy planets and send the ore back at them. the ship quested towards meteo to destroy its threat once and for all.

Why references in brawl, you ask? because of the fact a certain man named masashiro sakurai was the game director for meteos. yes, this game was his brainchild.

possible means of references:
stickers: most likely reference. possible pictures of the two dimensional aliens, their planets, and gameplay.
trophies: less likely, showing the aliens like mr. game and watch was shown, 2-d. planets in 3-d.
assist trophy: not very possible, meteos blocks dropping from the sky to squash all in the path, aliens crawling around having fun.
character: least likely, near impossible except as the joke character like pichu or the wtf? character like mr. game and watch, a character not very well known and unexpected for a fighting game.
stage: not very likely, it could be planet geolyte, the first planet anyone uses. normal earth gravity, clouds, sky, and water. the natives could be in the back ground, and meteos could come crashing down, but you could break the blocks or send them flying.

this is how i see the chances of the game meteo being referenced in brawl. the first one, not the hideous sequel, Disney Magic, which changed how the game was played.

ratings:
Nintendo Power: 9.0/10, Best Music of 2005
IGN: 9/10 Editor's Choice Award
1UP: 9/10
EGM: 9/10, Gold Award
Gamespy: 4.5/5
Gamespot:8.5/10
2004-2005 CESA Game Awards Award for Excellence

links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJhNr...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lMCV-PXiNU&feature=related video from the japanese pc sequel with new planets and aliens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NRJz...eature=related
http://meteos.nintendods.com/planetarium.html official website, shows size comparisons between the aliens and the average human.
 

antimatter

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Since when was Mr. Game and Watch in Meteos?
he wasn't, i was comparing the fact that he was 2-d to the meteos aliens. you know how game and watch was two dimentional on his trophies? that'd be the most likely form for the meteos aliens.

@superninjabreadman, i doubt sakurai worked on the disney version and i doubt that he liked having disney characters and a puzzle format instead of a multiplayer planet destroying fragfest that had a puzzle format.
nintendo power gave the original meteos a 9 out of 10. they gave Disney Magic 7.5 out of 10. if it was a sakurai sequel, i think it would have attained a better score.
 
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Sora has literally no presence in Disney: Meteos Magic...

It's published by Disney Interactive and developed by Q Entertainment...

At no point do Sora's chances improve because of an unrelated Disney game having a minor connection to Nintendo.
 

antimatter

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thank you, a link to the snitch. plus, i'm talking about the aliens and other things from the first game possibly being in brawl, two things that sakurai worked on.
 

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I think Meteos references would be welcomed in Brawl. I know I've been saying something about having a Meteos stage instead of a Tetris stage for awhile now.
 

antimatter

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that would be awesome, and i hope there arent too many people confused about what meteos is. not many people here have heard of it.
 

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that would be awesome, and i hope there arent too many people confused about what meteos is. not many people here have heard of it.
Here's a couple of links that could be put in the original post. Just wondering though, shouldn't this be in the General Brawl Discussion or maybe even Stage Discussion? Meteos doesn't really have a character.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJhNr0-XSSM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NRJzhZL_i8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lMCV-PXiNU&feature=related
 

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thanks... this will likely be closed now. but, it would be kind of cool to see a geolyte as a fighter.
 

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hmmm... no, but thank you for trying to help. those are subspace mites, i think. there are better pictures of the mites on the youtube video of kirby w/ peach on the halberd.
edit: @snitch: i can only agree. the different planets' music were amazing, and only added to the experience. well, except for jeljel *shudders*.
 

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if i had the thing needed to play it, i'd listen to it, and i'm certain you did an excellent job on it.
 

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thank you, but i dont have an mp3 player that can work with this computer. and i cant listen to those files on my computer.
again, i appreciate the effort you put into the songs.
 

Metalsonic

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Well, while I can't see much in the way of representation besides maybe some stickers, I sincerely hope there is Meteos music in Brawl. I'm not sure which tracks I'd pick to be in, but nearly every single one is extremely high quality. Jeljel is one of favorites!
 

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ah. my apologies if you were offended. the voice of a child screaming when you launch blocks a vertically is unpleasant.
 

Metalsonic

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It sounds like a siren to me, but that's the penalty of that table anyway, it's supposed to deter you. :p I was talking more about the background music, not specific sound effects.
 

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Meteos would make a great AT and some of the music from that game was epic. I'd say that Sakurai should add both of those elements.
 

antimatter

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awesome, i'm drawing out the meteos fans here! and i do like the background music for jeljel. that part is semicalming.
 

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i apologize for double posting, but i want to update something as of 1/8/08: sakurai referenced meteos by making the yellow alloy in the multiman fight look like a geolyte inhabitant.
 
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It's not really a reference, so much as the design being inspired by the Meteos.

I mean, while it has many similarities, it also has dissimilarities, such as the orb in its head.
 

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right, but there was a hole throught the geolyte's head in the game. so it is quite like it indeed. i'm just gonna go with he got the design for most of the yellow armor from meteos.
 
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It's simply not so. The only thing that the Yellow Alloy could have gotten from Meteos is a similar design. I'm not saying Sakurai didn't think about Meteos when he was making the Yellow Alloy, but it's not a reference to Meteos.
 

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if he thought about it, how is it not a reference to the fans who have played meteos? maybe not intentionally a reference, but if he got the design from it, then it is a reference in its own way.
 

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hmm.. i see your point, but i'm just saying it looks a lot like a geolytian to me. meh. i guess i'll wait until an actual, obvious reference is put in to update this thread again.
 
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