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I'm still a little miffed that they didn't unionize Smash. I know it's not surprising since it took them four years to unionize a game again after Codename STEAM with Dragalia Lost, but the fact that we still had to have caveats attached to characters like Palutena is very disappointing, particularly as a fan of Ali Hillis' take on the character.
Smash was their biggest game of 2018 too to the point it was all they ever talked about for most of E3 and the rest of the year, NoA are cheap ****s
Is there a source for NoA not wanting to pay the VAs, because I find that to be weird when they were willing to pay literally the entire main cast of P5.
That's not really a huge accomplishment, seeing how Pac-Man is their only character. Unless they start dipping into the weird Pac-Man spin-offs, I don't see how they could've added much more. There's hardly any characters or music to begin with, which is probably why they had to add content from other Namco arcade games.
The fact Steve Burton never got contacted, the facts I mentioned about the VAs and how as Arcanir mentioned Nintendo chose not to pick union actors for quite a while. You really think Square said "Fine but you're not allowed to give the characters English voices ever"? Burton's contract stated that he couldn't be replaced as long as the contract was up too
Steve Burton was not contacted to reprise his role for Smash due to his status as a union actor and David Hayter is listed as a "special guest" in Brawl's credits for the same reason. Pit's voice actor also goes uncredited because he's union, and it's against his contract to be credited in non-union productions.
Master chief and Steve? would have made great mii outfits, though I guess they didn't want to shut the door for those guys?
I don't remember much from the Pacmab world games but I always found it kinda weird that there isn't much from those games in smash.
Keep in mind, Sakurai has actually addressed this issue in the past:
https://www.sourcegaming.info/2016/02/23/nintendo-dream-interview-with-sakurai-part-2/
It's definitely not a hard and fast rule, but it does seem to be something he considers when including characters.
Then again, I guess they did negotiate with Sakurai for post-pass.
At the same time, Sakurai saying he might have had misgivings not only shows how lax he is as Cloud's only Nintendinappearances were cameos until Smash 4 and how he said it. Not "I would have", which means it's a fact, bit "I might have" meaning he isn't even too sure himself, if Sakurai's lax enough to not outright say it mattered then chances are he'd end up letting it slide 5 years later
Imagine defending that and covering your ears of said criticism because you desperately want more characters form a company
Only thing I disagree with here is the "What I think I'm owed" part as voice acting is such an important part of most games, cause it's, you know, ACTING and should be compensated for properly
Still waiting for Developers to unionize. And today I learned that Spyro is not only voiced by SpongeBob, but was also voiced by Elijah Wood for a time. Weird.
I like Ray Chase significantly more than I was expecting, but this should've been a thing so I could get Hikaru Midorikawa back.
I agree.
Should've at least updated his archived audio in Ultimate if they weren't going to redo it. He could've had "gotta go fast" as a taunt thanks to LEGO Dimensions.
You talking to me?
Like, you're seriously arguing with the guy who had his one-liner and left instead of everyone else?
Wait.
That's the only reason companies exist, so...
Yeah I only included "I think" because I dunno the exact rate that should be standard and such, just that VAs don't get the benefits they should when working on non union projects.
Square has chosen not to go after Team Four Star's parody of FF7 and yeah, Nomura has ownership of art alongside Uematsu having ownership of songs he composed
Indeed.
FF7’s ownership is all split up is the issue. Nomura owns the art, Uematsu owns the music, Square owns the game itself. Of course it’s good that they let the original creators retain ownership, but for a project like Smash it makes obtaining the original art and music too complicated.
Does Toriyama have to be negotiated with for DQ content in Smash? I guess Bird Studio is involved.
I suppose he is contacted for the spirit art.
Most likely not. As far as I’m aware, Toriyama doesn’t own the art he makes for games. It’s why you see Chrono Trigger’s art get used for marketing more than, say, FF7.
Oh, didn’t know that.
For real I played Smash with my friends and we unlocked that challenge board panel in a multiplayer match and at least 4 people yelled
Wouldn't he have some degree of ownership of Dragon Quest stuff? Dragon Quest copyright is attributed to Square, Armor Project (Horii), and Bird Studio.
He probably has to be credited for various legal reasons. Perhaps he owns some of the designs but not all of them? Looking around I can’t find any reference either way to his ownership of his art and designs. Which makes sense, considering Toriyama doesn’t exactly seem like the type of person to discuss copyright in an interview.
I'd be happy with that, but it's a little pricey for people to purchase amiibo variants all at once. All four of them would be a $70 purchase unless they do a bundle and sell it slightly cheaper like they did with the Champions in other regions.
