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Event - E3 Invitational 2014 Smash Q and A(Developer Roundtable)
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Lozjam
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First question: why would you want to release the different versions far apart?
Answer.
Biggest reason is debug process. it is a really big game. They need several hundred testers and splitting the release gives them more time to space it out.
The debug teamis large and cannot handle both games in parallel, and they want to give both games their full concentration
Answer.
Biggest reason is debug process. it is a really big game. They need several hundred testers and splitting the release gives them more time to space it out.
The debug teamis large and cannot handle both games in parallel, and they want to give both games their full concentration
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Lozjam
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Q: why are character tansformations removed?
A: we want people to focus on single characters more deeply
Q3: any plans for the competitive scene moving forward?
A.
Sakurai is not involved in tourney planning. He was impressed with the enthusiasm for this game at today's tourney. He wants to support the scene by making more games like these
A: we want people to focus on single characters more deeply
Q3: any plans for the competitive scene moving forward?
A.
Sakurai is not involved in tourney planning. He was impressed with the enthusiasm for this game at today's tourney. He wants to support the scene by making more games like these
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Lozjam
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Q. Asking about the balancing of the game
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Sakurai says it is hard to balance the game. Discussing the process of balancing. he basically did it all by himself in Melee
Concerning balance after brawl's problems. it gets very technical. Sakurai was responsible for the changes from N64 to Melee. He had to use a broader grading system with help from staff when working on Brawl. The process became tricky due to biases in the graders' playing style. For the new games they have 12 graders, but there could still be balance anomolies. And when creating a game, the developers cannot just appeal to traditional fanbases. They need to reach out to new gamers, and cater to many target users. Sakurai points out some chars are better suited for 2 vs 4 player and with or without items. Sakurai considers smash a party game.
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Sakurai says it is hard to balance the game. Discussing the process of balancing. he basically did it all by himself in Melee
Concerning balance after brawl's problems. it gets very technical. Sakurai was responsible for the changes from N64 to Melee. He had to use a broader grading system with help from staff when working on Brawl. The process became tricky due to biases in the graders' playing style. For the new games they have 12 graders, but there could still be balance anomolies. And when creating a game, the developers cannot just appeal to traditional fanbases. They need to reach out to new gamers, and cater to many target users. Sakurai points out some chars are better suited for 2 vs 4 player and with or without items. Sakurai considers smash a party game.
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Lozjam
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Q: Your games have a stylish menu design. What is your philosophy on menu design?
A: Sakurai loves menus. he writes a column for Famitsu and wrote all about it already there. He makes the important menu items big. doesn't need to be words but need to be easily understood. He also stresses to read said articles
A: Sakurai loves menus. he writes a column for Famitsu and wrote all about it already there. He makes the important menu items big. doesn't need to be words but need to be easily understood. He also stresses to read said articles
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Lozjam
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Q/A??
A competitive Smash player is trying to challenge Sakurai to see if he can win and help balance the game. Sakurai asked "have you ever made a game?"
Q: When did they decide to include Greninja?
A: All of the characters to consider were on our internal roster from the beginning of development. We had a slot for a new Pokemon reserved, but did not way for X and Y. We decided to use Greninja well before X/Y came out, based on early reference drawings.
A competitive Smash player is trying to challenge Sakurai to see if he can win and help balance the game. Sakurai asked "have you ever made a game?"
Q: When did they decide to include Greninja?
A: All of the characters to consider were on our internal roster from the beginning of development. We had a slot for a new Pokemon reserved, but did not way for X and Y. We decided to use Greninja well before X/Y came out, based on early reference drawings.
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LOL great answer Sakurai! Love it!
Lozjam
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LAST QUESTION
Q: Online was broken in Brawl. How ensuring online experience will be good this time?
A: With brawl the players could set up everything, with freedom. But we learned that some folks team up or play differently, making it difficult for all to enjoy. There is a reporting system. As far as technical connection issues, we're still working on it. They use async communication in Mario Kart and other games to improve this, but that doesn't work well for fighting games. So there is cascading failure, especially for four players. That is why they ask people to have the best communication system available (eg a LAN adapter)
Q: Online was broken in Brawl. How ensuring online experience will be good this time?
A: With brawl the players could set up everything, with freedom. But we learned that some folks team up or play differently, making it difficult for all to enjoy. There is a reporting system. As far as technical connection issues, we're still working on it. They use async communication in Mario Kart and other games to improve this, but that doesn't work well for fighting games. So there is cascading failure, especially for four players. That is why they ask people to have the best communication system available (eg a LAN adapter)
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slicesabre
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A competitive Smash player is trying to challenge Sakurai to see if he can win and help balance the game. Sakurai asked "have you ever made a game?"
Gotta give competitive people a reality check sometimes.
Gotta give competitive people a reality check sometimes.
JabbatheHutt
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Sakurai is the most beautiful asain I've ever seen. So cute.
Lozjam
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Sakurai thanks everyone. The roundtable has officially ended
WHEW! All the info covered is in the OP. So let's discuss the points he brought up. Also I apologize for the double posting, I needed to get this info out. I hoped it helped people
WHEW! All the info covered is in the OP. So let's discuss the points he brought up. Also I apologize for the double posting, I needed to get this info out. I hoped it helped people
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Jerm
U Feelin' It?
LancerStaff
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You know what'll be funny? The people complaining about Pac-Man.
Reoyoshi8
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QuickRat
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So... I liked everything in this roundtable... except for the last question. I felt ill while thinking of a "Brawl-like" online in the new game...
LancerStaff
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There's two ways to handle lag in games. Warping lag, which Sakurai brought up, is unsuitable for games where the opponent's position is everything. Slowdown lag, which is what Brawl and most fighters use, is necessary for such games.