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I said it was great, just pointed out that I also agreed it creeped me out a little. Bringing up Max's muscle size is pretty irrelevant to that.Well I mean the image is clearly designed the way AW proportions are lol. I mean hell Max in Dual Strike has his muscles bigger than his head.
And for what it's worth, this is better than most Andy fanart I see out there. It embodies the spirit of Advance Wars quite well. Capturing Andy's energetic and outgoing personality.
Yeah that's fine if you feel that way. I was just saying why it didn't feel too out of place lol. Obv if Andy were in Smash he would look a lot better than how he's depicted in that artwork.
Personally, I think the art captures Andy's energy. The bandages are definitely a nice touch for that matter.Well I mean the image is clearly designed the way AW proportions are lol. I mean hell Max in Dual Strike has his muscles bigger than his head.
And for what it's worth, this is better than most Andy fanart I see out there. It embodies the spirit of Advance Wars quite well. Capturing Andy's energetic and outgoing personality.
The thing is there is already alot of good Sami renders online that I've used in her introductory splash screen but poor Andy is lacking in that department
That's true, though I don't think Smashified cases so much about renders existing as making one of their own to mimic the Smash art style as best they can.
Well for what it's worth Artsy Omni did a bunch of Kirby hats back in the day and Andy was one of them. Maybe they'll do both?
Well here's hoping the demand for Andy to be Smashified is there.
Yeah the bandages were suprising to me but when I think about it, it really adds to Andy's appearance and gives him a cooler look. I wouldn't mind if Sakurai took some creative liberties like this for Andy if he was in the game.
It was done a long time ago and was apart of a big compilation of Kirby hats he did. It also seems to represent the Infantry more so than Andy himself.
Oh yeah, he was definitely pulling the 'Andy as an AW rep' character choice there, rather than Andy as Andy, but nevertheless that's still something fun if it were to happen. Seeing that list, yeah I'm confident he's thinking of an Andy Smashified sooner or later.
I mean I really wished Advance Wars kept to the light-hearted "War is Fun!" theme but I thought Days of Ruin was still pretty good. Obviously, I don't want to see another game in that style again though and the series needs to return to it's roots or something close to that (maybe a bit more serious in tone).
Andy would fight with his wrenches and would summon units from Advance Wars. Would work with much more than just a tank moveset.
Jeezus you really had a hatred for DOR. I actually thought the change of pace was something good for the series and it wasn’t that bad of a game, I did see quite a lot of people having a very good time with the game and I would definitely like a game similar to that style (post apocalyptic settings aren’t a thing for Nintendo usually puts out but it’s common a lot outside of them).
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says otherwise, I looked it up and that was apparently the case according to Intelligent Systems). They responded by making the next installment, AW: Days of Ruin, take place in a more grimmer setting and a different cast as a response to the feedback. And... this worked, as the series had a significant increase in sales and stood up on it’s feet again once again.
I think the interview you're referring to is the 1-UP interview that an NoA employee did (Tim O'Leary I believe his name is).AW was beginning to go down a similar vain with Dual Strike having a significant drop in sales. “Apparently” fans have said that the series has been stagnating with the same theme for three titles (though
Tbh, I wouldn’t want it to have a rotating cast. I like the way Dual Strike did it with some of the cast still there but the perspective being shifted to someone else we haven’t seen yet.
I really didn't like what Dual Strike did personally. I would rather a rotating cast but to each their own I guess.
I'm very hesitant to attribute its success to a singular thing. The game was released to people other than the early adopters of the DS for a start, and it scored a whole point lower on a 10 point scale, which to me suggests there really is more to it. Furthermore, the gritty setting wasn't something that Nintendo had explored before but the west had been inundated with it since the early 00's, and 2008 is pretty prime for that, looking at a similar medium in pop culture: superhero films. This is around the release of Spider-Man 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine both being critically panned for their darker tone and bland execution bringing nothing new at the time. That said this is in the midst of Nolan's Batman trilogy but some pieces transcend the impact of those around them
. I mean it was only a couple years later that Thor surprised viewers by not being gritty, and the result was that an equally mediocre movie was far more positively received for the colour it brought with it.
Well it sorta did. It sold more than Dual Strike after all. Though to be honest, a shake up for any series is probably expected and AW was no exception.I'm very hesitant to attribute its success to a singular thing. The game was released to people other than the early adopters of the DS for a start, and it scored a whole point lower on a 10 point scale, which to me suggests there really is more to it. Furthermore, the gritty setting wasn't something that Nintendo had explored before but the west had been inundated with it since the early 00's, and 2008 is pretty prime for that, looking at a similar medium in pop culture: superhero films. This is around the release of Spider-Man 3 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine both being critically panned for their darker tone and bland execution bringing nothing new at the time. That said this is in the midst of Nolan's Batman trilogy but some pieces transcend the impact of those around them
I don't doubt a shakeup was potentially due, nor that people did have fun with the game regardless, and nowhere in that post did I solely attribute DoR to the series downfall, I've always been adamant that it was a niche-er genre but also a terrible victim of marketing and some of IS's trappings of not knowing how to make smaller changes.
Did what? I'm not sure what that's in response to. Is it in response to me saying I don't think the tone change was the only factor? Because that's the only thing I can think of from my post that makes sense as a response to but you haven't said anything to dispute other factors playing a part.
I really don't have a problem with this idea, it would help break up monotony in the settings and broaden the appeal of the series as a whole, while also potentially avoiding the oversaturation some feel with Fire Emblem currently, while playing into IS's strengths in designing the great gameplay loops and avoiding their weakness in same-y stories and stuggling to make minor changes feel fresh.
May be out of character but I love the Jazz.
Yeah the Jazz groove is lit. I dig it as well.
Yeah there was the August Direct rumors for like August 9th or the 16th. And coincidentally, it's also around the time Wars turns 30.
Yeah we're the kings of strawgrasping here. No one can out do us haha,
Welcome to the dollar store Orange Star Army my dude!
Happy Birthday Dude!!!!30 Days to the 30th Anniversary!
Day 23: A Party's abrupt end...
By Tumblr user Armadeo
A parody of the AW2 ending where Andy wants to have a party after beating Sturm once again. Kid can't help himself huh?
This post is actually really timely given today is Day 23 and today also happens to be my 23rd birthday. Hence the cake theme of today's post lol.
Yeah we're the kings of strawgrasping here. No one can out do us haha,
Pretty soon the world will experience a national straw pandemic because we would have grasped at every straw in the world mwhahaha!
Welcome to the dollar store Orange Star Army my dude!
Thanks dude!Happy Birthday Dude!!!!
Kotaku is an awful website, what else is new.30 Days to the 30th Anniversary!
Day 15: Kotaku dooms Advance Wars forever!
*from the official commercial for Advance Wars: Days of Ruin*
I find it hilarious in retrospect that Kotaku stated in their review that Days of Ruin would "breathe new life in to the game" when after DoR the series essentially dropped from the face of the Earth lol.
So I made a headcanon that Kotaku jinxed it for Advance Wars and now the series is dead because of them lmao.
It was done a long time ago and was apart of a big compilation of Kirby hats he did. It also seems to represent the Infantry more so than Andy himself.
But regardless here's hoping Andy Smashified happen.
I don't see it that way dude. I mean Nintendo usually allows indies to release games that are similar to games they made on their systems. Also keep in mind that Wargroove most likely started development around 2016-ish or so so there is some time, theoretically speaking for Intelligent Systems to make a new Advance Wars sometime after that if that were to happen.
Well, that seems fair. I've been aware of the Nindies movement, just saying that it shows how the Big N can rest on its laurels sometimes.
There was also WipeOut released on the Wii U but I doubt that it would have any barring on a new F-Zero. I look at it more as Nintendo capitalizing on the growth of indie gaming.
