Smashboards Creates: Game Pitch Challenges! (IF YOU MADE MULTIVERSUS...)

[ssbashworld]

1 Orbitris
2 Escape Tetris
3 Guntris

 

[MartianSnake]

Alright, time to tally the votes!

Tetris Origins (2 points)
Guntris (2 points)
Tetris Block World (3 points)
Escape Tetris (5 points)
Quadris (6 points)
Break Tetris (11 points)
Orbitris (14 points)

With 15 points, KneeOfJustice99 's Orbitris wins our second ever challenge! Congrats!

Now, time for a challenge very relevant to what's been rumored in the gamespace...

CHALLENGE 3:

Pitch a Game for the Nintendo Switch 2, that heavily uses that rumored mouse control feature

That's right folks, I see a lot of people talking about this, but I haven't personally seen a lot game ideas for it, so get thinking, challengers!

As a bit of a handicap, strategy games are banned from being submitted for this challenge, that's too easy.

Submissions close on monday.

 

[darkvortex]

Super Nintendo World Manager
A theme park management sim in the vain of Rollercoaster Tycoon or Planet Coaster. Acts as a promotional tool for the real world Super Nintendo World theme park, though it will contain many more possible attractions elements and IPs than are currently at the park. You can build your own park, getting as crazy as you want.

Players use the mousecon in order to select elements and place them down, aswell as placing and dragging track across the park, giving you much more movement than a regular controller would. You can also draw and create elements to put in your park, or even create music remixes and jingles that play in the park, using tools inspired by Mario paint. You can share your parks online.

There are also several playable attractions that make use of the mousecon, getting high scores on these will grant you points that can be used to unlock better stuff for your park. These include a Luigis Mansion shooting game, a bowsers army wack-a-mole, a Pokemon themed prize throwing game, a Zelda maze, and more.

 

[ssbashworld]

Mii Academy

The Wii Sports / Nintendo Land of the Switch 2 focusing on several smaller sub games utilizing the Mouse like feature in different ways.

Art Class - Features free drawing, a community hub to share art, & trace / complete the picture challenges.

Spy Class - Laser gun FPS challenges.

Space Class - A resource management minigame were you try to simulate setting up a Moon Colony. (Smaller scaled SimCity like)

Music Class - A rhythm minigame similar to Osu utilizing a handful of Nintendo ip songs.

Building Class - A minigame similar to Mario Maker but you have limited resourses to place & help Miis get from point A to B.

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

Challenge 3: Mario Paint 2 (i don't have any good ideas)

Mario Paint 2 is a sequel of Mario Paint of SNES, the game have the drawing stuff and the players can post the drawings, the game have the same thing of making their own music, and have the minigame of mosquito swatter and flies, and the game have new thing that is a FPS-like minigame and other new minigames, it can creating or modeling an statue, making an own animation and post it

 

[Northsouthmap]

Super Mario Maker 3
Use the mouse control feature of the Switch 2 to make levels. New game styles include Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. New characters include Princess Peach and Princess Daisy. New power ups include the Elephant Fruit and Bubble Flower. New themes include Beach and Tower levels.
You can also add secret exits to your levels.

 

[KneeOfJustice99]

I may as well propose something a little odd. This game would take advantage of the Switch 2's form factor to mainly be designed for tate mode alongside mouse controls, because I think that'd work better for the game concept as a whole. Let's call it, uh... well, God of War is taken... maybe "Paper Warfare"?

As for the concept; you're a god-like being of some kind with the ability to "draw" objects into the world, which uses your mouse control. However, your role is as an ally to an army of soldiers who will always march forward - so you'll need to use your mouse to draw objects to defend them from enemies, while also directing them by creating paths for the soldiers to go down. (If you're familiar with the Flash game Sugar, Sugar, it's essentially like that, but... more.)

Beyond just the basic concept, there's a few different ways you could take it - with different enemy types, pen types, or even unique abilities and effects you could have on the battlefield by directing enough soldiers to pick up an item. But, generally, it's more focused on the various puzzles of handling enemy forces of different types, while directing the flow of battle in a fairly unique way. Beyond that; I think maybe a paper-and-stationary theming could be pretty fun? You'd surely be able to move between different paper types, have desktop objects as different items or obstacles, or even events like a mug of coffee being spilled to create different problems for you to solve.

I'm not really sure if this counts? I guess it could be argued to be a "puzzle-strategy" game of some kind, but I'd argue it feels different enough to be more in the puzzle side of things overall. If it's a little too by-the-numbers, though, I don't mind trying to come up with something else.

 

[MartianSnake]

Alright everyone! Time for our next voting period!

Not too many submissions this time and frankly i blame myself for banning strategy games from being pitched, in retrospect that was a bit dumb. I just wanted to prevent submissions that were just "fire emblem but you use the mouse to move your units"

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Super Nintendo World Manager
A theme park management sim in the vain of Rollercoaster Tycoon or Planet Coaster. Acts as a promotional tool for the real world Super Nintendo World theme park, though it will contain many more possible attractions elements and IPs than are currently at the park. You can build your own park, getting as crazy as you want.

Players use the mousecon in order to select elements and place them down, aswell as placing and dragging track across the park, giving you much more movement than a regular controller would. You can also draw and create elements to put in your park, or even create music remixes and jingles that play in the park, using tools inspired by Mario paint. You can share your parks online.

There are also several playable attractions that make use of the mousecon, getting high scores on these will grant you points that can be used to unlock better stuff for your park. These include a Luigis Mansion shooting game, a bowsers army wack-a-mole, a Pokemon themed prize throwing game, a Zelda maze, and more.

Mii Academy

The Wii Sports / Nintendo Land of the Switch 2 focusing on several smaller sub games utilizing the Mouse like feature in different ways.

Art Class - Features free drawing, a community hub to share art, & trace / complete the picture challenges.

Spy Class - Laser gun FPS challenges.

Space Class - A resource management minigame were you try to simulate setting up a Moon Colony. (Smaller scaled SimCity like)

Music Class - A rhythm minigame similar to Osu utilizing a handful of Nintendo ip songs.

Building Class - A minigame similar to Mario Maker but you have limited resourses to place & help Miis get from point A to B.

Challenge 3: Mario Paint 2 (i don't have any good ideas)

Mario Paint 2 is a sequel of Mario Paint of SNES, the game have the drawing stuff and the players can post the drawings, the game have the same thing of making their own music, and have the minigame of mosquito swatter and flies, and the game have new thing that is a FPS-like minigame and other new minigames, it can creating or modeling an statue, making an own animation and post it

Super Mario Maker 3
Use the mouse control feature of the Switch 2 to make levels. New game styles include Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. New characters include Princess Peach and Princess Daisy. New power ups include the Elephant Fruit and Bubble Flower. New themes include Beach and Tower levels.
You can also add secret exits to your levels.

I may as well propose something a little odd. This game would take advantage of the Switch 2's form factor to mainly be designed for tate mode alongside mouse controls, because I think that'd work better for the game concept as a whole. Let's call it, uh... well, God of War is taken... maybe "Paper Warfare"?

As for the concept; you're a god-like being of some kind with the ability to "draw" objects into the world, which uses your mouse control. However, your role is as an ally to an army of soldiers who will always march forward - so you'll need to use your mouse to draw objects to defend them from enemies, while also directing them by creating paths for the soldiers to go down. (If you're familiar with the Flash game Sugar, Sugar, it's essentially like that, but... more.)

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Beyond just the basic concept, there's a few different ways you could take it - with different enemy types, pen types, or even unique abilities and effects you could have on the battlefield by directing enough soldiers to pick up an item. But, generally, it's more focused on the various puzzles of handling enemy forces of different types, while directing the flow of battle in a fairly unique way. Beyond that; I think maybe a paper-and-stationary theming could be pretty fun? You'd surely be able to move between different paper types, have desktop objects as different items or obstacles, or even events like a mug of coffee being spilled to create different problems for you to solve.

I'm not really sure if this counts? I guess it could be argued to be a "puzzle-strategy" game of some kind, but I'd argue it feels different enough to be more in the puzzle side of things overall. If it's a little too by-the-numbers, though, I don't mind trying to come up with something else.

Same voting rules apply as past rounds, please use this period as a time for discussion as well, even if you're not voting.

 

[ssbashworld]

1 Paper Warfare - a very good / detailed idea. can imagine myself getting into it but do wonder how easy it may be for a more casual / pick up & play audience.

2 Super Nintendo World Manager - enjoy tycoon genre & surprised realizing Nintendo never really dipped their feet in it. Think there is potential with Nintendos charm & creativity for it to stand out.

3 Mario Paint 2

 

[MartianSnake]

1 Paper Warfare - a very good / detailed idea. can imagine myself getting into it but do wonder how easy it may be for a more casual / pick up & play audience.

2 Super Nintendo World Manager - enjoy tycoon genre & surprised realizing Nintendo never really dipped their feet in it. Think there is potential with Nintendos charm & creativity for it to stand out.

3 Mii Academy - self vote

Can't vote for your own game in this thread

 

[Bölverkaizer]

1. Super Nintendo World Manager: Cuz it sounds fun and quite well inspired.
2. Paper Warfare: Also very interesing and unique.
3. Mii Academy: One that I think it could happen irl.

 

[DragonRobotKing26]

1. Paper Warfare
2. Super Nintendo World Manager
3. Super Mario Maker 3

 

[KneeOfJustice99]

Not too many submissions this time and frankly i blame myself for banning strategy games from being pitched, in retrospect that was a bit dumb. I just wanted to prevent submissions that were just "fire emblem but you use the mouse to move your units"

To be fair, I think that was a reasonable concern to have. Even so, I guess we can learn from the experience! No need to blame yourself for overcorrecting, happens to the best of us.

That aside;

1. Super Nintendo World Manager - I think this is actually a pretty smart concept that's taking advantage of some new hotness in the Nintendo sphere, but I also like the idea of exploring the tycoon genre through this particular lens. A point I'd also note is that I really like the idea of being able to control and set up different minute elements like jingles - that'd really go a long way to making each Super Nintendo World really feel like your own.
2. Mii Academy - I think this is a pretty cool concept, and while it might seem like a fairly safe one at a glance with the basic idea being "a minigame collection", I think the setup being an academy with all kinds of interesting classes seems like a really unique one that'd be fun to play around with, regardless of what direction you opted to take it in. The minigames themselves also seem pretty interesting!
3. Super Mario Maker 3 - Another reasonably "safe" concept, but one I think makes a lot of sense for this kind of thing; and honestly, it's a grounded but decently well-rounded take on this kinda thing. Beach & Flower levels seem like they'd be a ton of fun to explore, as do the inclusion of Peach and Daisy as playable characters - and I think SMB2 and SMBW are decently plausible levels to include. Doesn't necessarily rock the boat too much, but honestly, I don't think it needs to!

Nothing against the remaining submission (Mario Paint 2) by the way. I just think it'd be nice to see a little more exploration of what might make it more unique; the idea of having more art stuff like sculpting seems like a ton of fun that could maybe take inspiration from the 64DD Mario Artist games!

 

[Northsouthmap]

1. Super Nintendo World Manager
2. Mii Academy
3. Paper WarFare

 

[MartianSnake]

Alright, let's tally the votes!

Mario Paint 2 (1 point)
Super Mario Maker 3 (2 points)
Mii Academy (5 points)
Paper Warfare (9 points)
Super Nintendo World Manager (13 points)

With 13 points, Super Nintendo World Manager takes the win! Congrats to D darkvortex , who's our first repeat winner!

Now, let's get into our next challenge, another topical one...

GAME PITCH CHALLENGE 4:

Pitch Multiversus... if you were in charge.

Multiversus is ending, and everyone is saying how they would've done it differently, so let's see you do it!

I want you to focus on more than just roster, though you can definitely include one if you wish. You can change literally everything about the concept other than it being a Warner Bros crossover, you can make it a Tennis game for all I care.

Finally, please give your pitch a unique title, it doesn't have to be what you'd actually call the game, but it'd help a lot during the voting phase.

Submissions close on monday

 

[ssbashworld]

NBA Space Jam

Mentioning a tennis game in the op inspired this decision. I love classic NBA Jam & Space Jam 2 was releasing around the same time. The original game was even developed by Midway who later were aquired into WB games. Seems like a perfect storm.

Features

• Retains the 2v2 gameplay (3 selectable players per team) & core gameplay classic NBA Jam
• Tim Kitzrow also reprises his role from the classic game
• Launches as a complete product
• Stage / Court themes will pretty much match Multiversus. Would have mario strikers like events to spice things up but also have hazardless varients.
• Interactions & cosmetics will still play a big role
• No major story mode but would have a focus on multiplayer & tournament brackets
• Tutorial mini games featured with performance challenges & leaderboards.

Spoiler: Teams

Team NBA Superstars
Michael Jordan
Lebron James
Charles Barkley

Team Looney Toons
Bugs Bunny
Tasmanian Devil
Wile E Coyote

Team Scooby Doo
Shaggy
Velma
Scappy Doo

Team Justice League
Batman
Superman
Wonder Woman

Team Villiany
Joker
Black Adam
Cpt Boomerang

Team Adventure Time
Finn
Jake
Marceline

Team Hanna Barberra
Tom & Jerry
Fred Flinstone
Yogi Bear

Team Sanchez
Rick
Morty
Mr. Meeseeks

Team Kombatants
Scorpion
Lui Kang
Raiden

Team Frights
Jason
Stripe
Betelguese

Team Throne
Daenerys
Ayra Stark
Jon Snow

Team CN
Steven Universe
Ben 10
Benson (Regular Show)

Secret Teams (If allowed, in spirit of classic NBA Jams & their Beastie Boys / Presidents teams)

Team Blink-182
Mark Hoppus
Tom DeLonge
Travis Barker

Team Founding Fathers
George Washington
Ben Franklin
Alexander Hamilton

 

[Wario Wario Wario]

Boomerang Generational Jam
A loosely Space Jam-inspired basketball game entirely themed around kids' cartoons, featuring Looney Tunes; MGM; Hanna-Barbera; Ruby-Spears; Cartoon Network; WAG; Kids' WB; and a select few animated adaptations of live-action properties. Intentionally plays into the generational divide shown in MVS speculation by forcing all teams to rigidly have one member of 6 groups.

1. Golden-Age Theatrical
2. Hanna-Barbera
3. 80s
4. 90s
5. 2000s
6. 2010s-onwards

The game can only be played with 1 or 2 players, there is no human-and-human team setup. Each character has their own abilities, but they can only use them in charge (human control) and deplete stamina when controlled by a human, so you have to switch a lot. Same emphasis on interactions as MVS, but also has an NBA Jam-style narrator - who talks to the characters Pooh-style too! You can create your own team jerseys, or just go with the canon default outfits. The game has platformer-style jumping and levels with multiple platforms to jump on as well as bizarrely placed hoops, some having just one hoop and others having more than two. There is also a Windjammers-esque dash. Released as a paid product, paid DLC would be entire IPs rather than just individual content.

 

[Northsouthmap]

Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion 2
The gameplay would be the same as the first game.
All characters from the previous game return.

 

[Otoad64]

Wacky Races Across the Multiverse!

A Warner Bros. crossover racing game, loosely inspired by Wacky Races. Has 2 racers per kart akin Double Dash, with character specific items as well. Character interactions, with a similar style to Team Sonic Racing. There would be a Mission Mode for singleplayer with a light story, with the plot essentially just being a massive race across the multiverse, with bosses showing up to disrupt it.

Items would be chaotic and overpowered, but a bit harder to obtain compared to other Kart Racers, with there being fewer item boxes that take longer to respawn. You can mix and match characters, but if you use the "intended" pairings, you'll get double the chance to get their character item. All items are original or vaguely Looney Tunes inspired besides the character exclusive ones, but all tracks are directly based on locations from the various series.

Main focus is on animated kids properties, with some other properties that are also targeted towards kids (though with one exception). Reindog is the referee.

Spoiler: Roster

1. Dastardly & Muttley (Wacky Races)
2. Bugs & Daffy (Looney Tunes)
3. Pinky & The Brain (Animaniacs)
4. Batman & Robin (Batman)
5. Superman & Wonder Woman (Justice League)
6. Wicked Witch & Winged Monkey (Wizard of Oz)
7. Gizmo & Stripe (Gremlins)
8. Tom & Jerry (...)
9. Fred & Wilma (Flintstones)
10. George & Jane (Jetsons)
11. Yogi Bear & Boo-Boo (Yogi Bear)
12. Scooby & Shaggy (Scooby-Doo)
13. Dexter & Dee Dee (Dexter's Laboratory)
14. Powerpuff Girls & Professor Utonium (Powerpuff Girls)
15. Ben & Gwen (Ben 10)
16. Finn & Jake (Adventure Time)
17. Mordecai & Rigby (Regular Show)
18. Gumball & Darwin (The Amazing World of Gumball)
19. Scorpion & Sub-Zero (Mortal Kombat) (unlockable)

11 karts per race, one kart per sets of characters, and 6 cups with 4 tracks for 24 tracks, with more tracks and characters added through DLC (not live service). Skins and announcer packs like in the real Multiversus, but with the base game ones earnable through in-game currency, not MTX.

 

[Master Hero Sock-on-Rye]

MultiVersus: Crisis on Infinite Mirths

A console release for the PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo families alike. To limit speculation, the roster consists of only animated characters, including DC Comics and video games.

The 2-v-2 gimmick from the beta is refined into a slimmed-down version of Marvel vs. Capcom or King of Fighters, with the ability to call in your team member for a Synergy Attack a la Punch Time Explosion. However, there is an option to equip non-playable Assists during the selection screen.

For added zaniness, you can see a silhouette of your character after taking fall damage on some occasions, like in the background of ACME Canyon.

The Base Roster

1. Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)
2. Daffy Duck
3. Wile E. Coyote
4. Superman (DC Comics)
5. Batman
6. Wonder Woman
7. Aquaman
8. Scooby-Doo (Hanna-Barbera)
9. Fred Flintstone
10. Muttley
11. Tom and Jerry (MGM)
12. Mojo Jojo (Cartoon Network)
13. Finn the Human
14. Samurai Jack
15. Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty/Adult Swim)
16. Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
17. Sub-Zero
18. The Iron Giant (Miscellaneous)
19. Beetlejuice
20. Kangaroo Jack
21. Reindog (Redesigned into a cross between a Hanna-Barbera team mascot and a Dr. Seuss creation.)

Non-Playable Assists

1. Tweety (Looney Tunes)
2. Porky Pig
3. Wakko Warner (Animaniacs)
4. The Flash (DC Comics)
5. Shazam
6. Detective Chimp
7. Scrappy-Doo (Hanna-Barbera)
8. Snagglepuss
9. Droopy (MGM)
10. The Red Guy (Cartoon Network)
11. Juniper Lee
12. Brock Samson (The Venture Bros./Adult Swim)
13. Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)
14. Jouster (Midway Games)
15. Gizmo (Miscellaneous)
16. Osmosis Jones
17. Mr. Limpet

The Stages

1. The Water Tower (Animaniacs/Warner Bros.)
2. Wascally Woods (Looney Tunes)
3. ACME Canyon
4. Wackyland
5. Justice League Watchtower (DC Comics)
6. Pennyworth Manor
7. Titans Tower (Teen Titans)
8. Miss Grimwood's School (Hanna-Barbera)
9. Bedrock
10. Jellystone Park
11. The Cat Concerto (MGM)
12. City of Townsville (Cartoon Network)
13. Dexter's Laboratory
14. Candy Kingdom
15. Citadel of Ricks (Rick and Morty/Adult Swim)
16. The Netherrealm (Mortal Kombat)
17. World Tour (Rampage/Midway Games)
18. The Outback (Kangaroo Jack)
19. Frank (Osmosis Jones)
20. Crashbox HQ (Crashbox)

Oh, and the final boss is Discord from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, specifically to give David Zaslav the middle finger by making a hit show from a Discovery network the villain.