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[Chrono.]

And on this episode of "LOL LEAKS":

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1252605 Level 5 ****ed up.

 

[ChikoLad]

And on this episode of "LOL LEAKS":

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1252605 Level 5 ****ed up.

"Lady Layton"

This is gonna be another Ghostbusters situation or something until we hear more, isn't it?

 

[Pazzo.]

"Lady Layton"

This is gonna be another Ghostbusters situation or something until we hear more, isn't it?

I'm afraid so.

The 27th can't come soon enough.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

"Lady Layton"

This is gonna be another Ghostbusters situation or something until we hear more, isn't it?

I doubt it. Level 5 doesn't seem like the kind of company to go "HEY WE HAVE VAGINAS IN OUR PROTAGONISTS WE'RE THE GREETEST" when advertising stuff. Pretty curious about all this thought

 

[Coricus]

Why wouldn't they import all of them in a special combination port, if they are gonna do any?

You mentioned "low-res" so I'm assuming you're saying that's why they wouldn't port them.

But if they actually cared about that, then why would they go as "low-res" as N64?

You're literally making zero sense here.

Plus, the stages themselves aren't "low-res", just the 3DS resolution.

I thought they had to mess with the textures or whatever slightly in order to get the stages to look decent. Like, they could send a Wii U stage down to 3DS no problem, but moving a 3DS stage to Wii U might be a bit harder.

They can bring any stage from any game over that they want to, but they have to polish it up slightly first IIRC. That's why I'm not sure they'd send over all 28. Every stage would have to have someone go over it and sharpen the textures for 1080p. You could ask why they don't bring over every stage from past Smash games when they move on to the next one. The thing is that it does take some work to polish up stages from games with slightly lower resolutions. So at the end of the day they just might want to make some new stages instead of some of the old ones.

That and I just have a gut feeling that a combination port would be a little too easy to predict to be true.

 

[Curious Villager]

"Lady Layton"

This is gonna be another Ghostbusters situation or something until we hear more, isn't it?

I don't think their going to genderbend the cast or anything.(At least I hope not) Although I guess that probably does confirm the suspision that this lady might be the new main protagonist of the game.

Hopefully she's a relative or descendant of Hershel or something......

 

[ChikoLad]

I thought they had to mess with the textures or whatever slightly in order to get the stages to look decent. Like, they could send a Wii U stage down to 3DS no problem, but moving a 3DS stage to Wii U might be a bit harder.

They can bring any stage from any game over that they want to, but they have to polish it up slightly first IIRC. That's why I'm not sure they'd send over all 28. Every stage would have to have someone go over it and sharpen the textures for 1080p. You could ask why they don't bring over every stage from past Smash games when they move on to the next one. The thing is that it does take some work to polish up stages from games with slightly lower resolutions. So at the end of the day they just might want to make some new stages instead of some of the old ones.

That and I just have a gut feeling that a combination port would be a little too easy to predict to be true.

Well they didn't do anything to the N64 stages. The textures and all are the same.

They only have to update the 3DS stages if they personally decide they want to. It's not a technical necessity or anything. They'd look alright on Wii U anyway.

 

[Champ Gold]

From what my friend tells me, FE has always had lackluster plots but it makes it up with fun characters and gameplay.

It's the actual truth.

Only 4 games have deviated from that path, Geneology of Holy War, Sacred Stones, Path of Radiance and Fates.

Problem is that when they decide to deviate, it can either look great or pretty stupid. PoR does this perfectly

I'll care about a new Smash Bros. game when there's actually a new one coming out and not some quick cash grab meant to boost NX sales for a short while. The Wii U game did not do that system any favors and I don't see some gigantic increase with the NX.

Personally, I'd find it pretty funny to see people mistaking the port for a new game (should it be released later on), causing some kind of consumer confusion between the two.

But whatever, I guess. I suppose it'd be better than nothing, but I'm much more interested in original titles coming out for the hardware. If it does come into frutiion and ends up being the sole Smash Bros. game for the system, it'd be quite disappointing. Then again, that's just what I think.

Yeah but what about people who don't have the game but don't have a Wii U. There's an audience and I rather have that then have no way for Smash to survive on a dying system. The issue is that you guys aren't the target audience but the target audience is the people who don't own the game and want to buy it. It's a better option than having nothing on the NX for launch for a title like that and having to wait for a new Smash game the next 2-4 years if Sakurai is ready. All the port is gonna do is extend the lifespan of the game.

Spoiler

Even then if it went the DoA5: Last Round route of being a platform and adding content constantly, you guys would eat it up like crazy. Me included

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Some people really disliked Brawl re-using its theme for all of the original themes...

But then there's this masterpiece.

Here's hoping Smash 5... NX port or otherwise... brings back the crazy boss battles.

I mean who can blame them? Super Smash Bros. Brawl had the best theme song of the 4. When you hire one of Final Fantasy's most esteemed composers to work entirely on one sole piece, that piece is going to be incredible. The remixes that followed weren't as good but they were still damn good.

On Smash NX again. I don't think it will actually make its launch game speculated release. Launch year is more likely. Here's the thing I like the idea of them porting over the Wii U version, having all DLC, adding some 3DS stages, adding some more characters, and calling it a day. But unless there has been a shift in Nintendo's ideals recently, I don't feel like that'll happen. It's just not what Nintendo does. They've always wanted to go above and beyond what's expected of them to have a "perfect" game. So, for that reason, I think the next Smash will be completely new and will release Holiday 2017 or even later. I just feel that's how Nintendo, as a company works.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

My thoughts on if Smash 4 gets a port. It ****ing better have some kind of compensation for Wii U owners

 

[Chrono.]

I don't really have much of an opinion on Smash NX...

I still think the NX will support Wii U games and the gamepad, but that doesn't rule out an NX version (after all TP came out on both Wii and GC, despite the former being able to run the latter's games).

If it happens, it happens.

"Lady Layton"

This is gonna be another Ghostbusters situation or something until we hear more, isn't it?

Like a 1000 things have to go wrong before it turns into a Ghostbusters situation.

 

[ChikoLad]

My thoughts on if Smash 4 gets a port. It ****ing better have some kind of compensation for Wii U owners

I don't think they could do so in terms of actual content.

Though they could do something like "trade in the Wii U version to get the NX version for free".

Or something like that.

I don't really have much of an opinion on Smash NX...

I still think the NX will support Wii U games and the gamepad, but that doesn't rule out an NX version (after all TP came out on both Wii and GC, despite the former being able to run the latter's games).

If it happens, it happens.

Like a 1000 things have to go wrong before it turns into a Ghostbusters situation.

I meant in terms of how fans will react.

I'm...neutral on the future of the Layton series.

 

[Ura]

My thoughts on if Smash 4 gets a port. It ****ing better have some kind of compensation for Wii U owners

I'd like to think pre-existing Smash 3DS and Smash Wii U owners would get some kind of discount but i'm not holding my breath on that.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

And on this episode of "LOL LEAKS":

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1252605 Level 5 ****ed up.

I'm just interested in the "Inazuma Eleven Ares".

 

[Champ Gold]

I kinda watched the Ghostbusters 2016 movie at my friend's house on a jailbroken Amazon Fire stick.

It's so boring. We just dropped it half way and played MKXL and Mario Party

 

[Curious Villager]

I meant in terms of how fans will react.

I'm...neutral on the future of the Layton series.

Worst thing that will happen is that we'll have another Layton brothers type of fiasco (Which in the end was received very well). I doubt that will happen though as the fanbase has known for a while now that a new main protagonist will come along and after seeing the scans, most have been relatively interested in what this new game might have to offer.

The Layton series main target demographic are females though so I suppose this was probably their attempt of trying to appeal and regain some of those fans again since a number of them had left after the original trilogy wrapped up.....

 

[Chrono.]

My thoughts on if Smash 4 gets a port. It ****ing better have some kind of compensation for Wii U owners

I can see them taking the Capcom approach with it.

After Super SFIV came out, all subsequent updates came as both DLC and physical discs (ignoring the 3D version). The physical disks were also cheaper than your average new game.

...That last part is something I don't see Nintendo doing, though.

 

[LancerStaff]

How many more characters can they add before certain challenges become too difficult?

Actually All-Star scales to the number of characters unlocked, including DLC. And the DLC characters' AI is pretty much garbage, so...

My thoughts on if Smash 4 gets a port. It ****ing better have some kind of compensation for Wii U owners

Hyrule Warriors got diddly squat when Legends came around... Heck, they didn't even drop the price of the original game.

My opinion on SSBNX: Reliable sources say it's happening, and soon. It's definitely a port if true. Wether or not we get anything new... I'm really doubtful. Gut instinct says that ICs and Wolf definitely aren't happening. At most we're getting some 3DS content. 50/50 chance there's balance changes.

 

[Wolfie557]

My thoughts on if Smash 4 gets a port. It ****ing better have some kind of compensation for Wii U owners

All DLC included would be a start. Next step Ice Climbers? Or a automatic addition to your eShop balance to make it seem cheaper since your getting some money back?

 

[ChikoLad]

Our good pal Emily Rogers is at it again.

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/07/...rom-major-sites-coming-soon-sounds-expensive/

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Juri, what did they do to your theme?

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I can see them taking the Capcom approach with it.

After Super SFIV came out, all subsequent updates came as both DLC and physical discs (ignoring the 3D version). The physical disks were also cheaper than your average new game.

...That last part is something I don't see Nintendo doing, though.

Considering Hyrule Warriors Legends got the characters and weapons from the season pass, that's actually not to farfetched, seeing the additional characters as DLC

 

[Baskerville]

Juri, what did they do to your theme?

Reminds me of how badly they did Alex's theme in 3rd Strike Online.

 

[Pazzo.]

I could totally see them doing a Hyrule Warriors Legends with SSB4.

Throw in Inkling's and/or Ice Climbers, and I'd get it.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Reminds me of how badly they did Alex's theme in 3rd Strike Online.

At least that one had a melody.

And didn't make my ears bleed.

 

[Baskerville]

At least that one had a melody.

And didn't make my ears bleed.

True, but it didn't have any jazz.

 

[ChikoLad]

They re-did Sonic's unused victory animation from Sonic 1.

There's so many cool details to this game it's just mind blowing.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

True, but it didn't have any jazz.

Now we have a funk version in Street Fighter V.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

They re-did Sonic's unused victory animation from Sonic 1.

There's so many cool details to this game it's just mind blowing.

This game looks like it can surpass Sonic 3&K in terms of best 2D game

 

[ChikoLad]

This game looks like it can surpass Sonic 3&K in terms of best 2D game

It definitely has the potential to.

As long as the new zones are just as massive as the ones from S3&K then it will be, because everything else is above and beyond.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

They re-did Sonic's unused victory animation from Sonic 1.

There's so many cool details to this game it's just mind blowing.

I love all the little details they put in this game.
Studiopolis has plenty of easter eggs by itself, I'm curious to see how many the other Zones have.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I don't think their going to genderbend the cast or anything.(At least I hope not) Although I guess that probably does confirm the suspision that this lady might be the new main protagonist of the game.

Hopefully she's a relative or descendant of Hershel or something......

So Im not the only one that hopes she is related to Layton in some way?

 

[ChikoLad]

So people have noticed something about the Sonic Mania trailer and overall imagery in the game.

Notice the cyan after the blue.

Also, when they show the new sprite:

For some reason, Sonic's old sprite is in the background.

I'm starting to think Modern Sonic will be in this game somehow.

 

[Curious Villager]

So Im not the only one that hopes she is related to Layton in some way?

I'm kind of hoping that she's an older Flora from the original trilogy as I would to see her character developed a bit more and she's kind of his "adopted daughter/protégé". Although I think it's a new character entirely. The fact that she's apparently a "Layton" does suggest that the new main protagonist is related to Hershel in some way.....

 

[Rebellious Treecko]

A few days late but whatever.

I got a second external hard drive with around 1.8 terabytes in it for my birthday. It was a lot cheaper than the last one I got a few years back, so I guess prices dropped?

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[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I'm kind of hoping that she's an older Flora from the original trilogy as I would to see her character developed a bit more and she's kind of his "adopted daughter/protegee". Although I think it's a new character entirely. The fact that she's apparently a "Layton" does suggest that the new main protagonist is related to Hershel in some way.....

I wont lie, I kinda hoped they would bring Alfendi back. His personalities would of made a pretty fun full Layton game. Layton Brothers was a good game

 

[Cutie Gwen]

So people have noticed something about the Sonic Mania trailer and overall imagery in the game.

Notice the cyan after the blue.

Also, when they show the new sprite:

For some reason, Sonic's old sprite is in the background.

I'm starting to think Modern Sonic will be in this game somehow.

I'm curious how Modern Sonic would play here

 

[Chrono.]

Juri, what did they do to your theme?

I don't remember Juri's theme at all but even this just is no good.

Our good pal Emily Rogers is at it again.

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/07/...rom-major-sites-coming-soon-sounds-expensive/

"NX news coming soon"

This is the most nothing thing she's said.

 

[Ura]

Our good pal Emily Rogers is at it again.

https://mynintendonews.com/2016/07/...rom-major-sites-coming-soon-sounds-expensive/

Whether or not what she says is true I want the NX to be revealed either in August or September because waiting any longer than that is stupid considering the console launches in March.

Hopefully the reveal happens in August.

 

[ChikoLad]

I'm curious how Modern Sonic would play here

Well, one of the developers on the game, Stealth, has made various stuff in the past. The biggest one being Sonic Megamix (which isn't technically complete, I doubt it will be if he's working with SEGA now, though).

In games like Megamix (I played some early demos), he would give each character special abilities. In Sonic's case, he had the Jump Dash and the Light Dash. So I could see those being Modern Sonic's abilities. The Boost wouldn't be too far-fetched either, making the game feel a bit more like Sonic Rush. Maybe a Wall Jump could work too.