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Because every smash game has been his, they all sell well so s far as nintendo is concerned sakurai is needed for them to make money.A game should be hard to master. Instead making combos and wd easier for people who think practice is a dirty word, they made it impossible for pros and noobs alike........ Can somebody tell me Why in the name of **** is sakurai so well liked as a director?
In an ideal world, yes. However, as we push forward in to an age where more and more people play video-games, develops have to begin to appeal to the casual crowd. It takes balance and skill to make a game cater to both. The thing is, there are way more casual players than competitive players in this world and they generate more money than we do. it makes sense that develops rarely take the risk nowadays and make harder games. The ones that do usually make it as bonus content (*coughcoughSuperMarioGalaxycoughcough*).
Haha, i'm sorry, I don't post as regularly on these threads as I did on the old one. Didn't mean to start up an argument that's happened before, my friend. ^^For the love of...don't start this again! Too many threads have already been contaminated and killed by this pointless debate.
Quite all right, my good Smasher! It's hard to avoid adding fuel to a fire. (Especially dry leaves! I love burning dry leaves.) I wouldn't say you started it, though. That honor can be attributed to Vkrm and/or a couple others, really.
Indeed! The characters need to be happier over all, really. I just woke up, actually, so I can't think of any good ideas for "happy taunts," but I know exactly what you mean.
That would be really neat, actually. Maybe not give us access to the debug features, but perhaps create a versatile event match creation system that behaves exactly like the Debug Menu or its SSB4 equivalent. Select players, their size, their form (metal, invisible, etc.), stage, time, and such. The possibilities would be endless.
At the beginning of Melee, they banned Sheik in tournaments. Just thought you should know.Let me ask you, have they ever banned a melee character?
Captain Falcon was also low tier in the first version of the SSBM Tier List.
Just play low tier characters. All the more sweeter when you win.They banned him because of how stale brawls meta became. Every top player had a pocket mk. Most games have variety with each member of the cast having different strengths. Cept mk. He literally does everything better than everybody.... Balance is kind of a big deal i guess but it doesnt matter unless controls are satisfying. Lots of games have good balance and are fun, why didnt brawl do either?Brawls a joke.
Your ignorance is simply outstanding. Its obvious that you hardly know anything about the scene or the players for that matter
This doesn't prove anything. If I were to make a list about how many people have abused mk to win sets my list would longer. Would that make me right? Ill be honest, I quit brawl in 2010 to focus on melee so I don't expect anyone to take me as seriously as like m2k for example. I guess i shouldnt coment on the metagame of a game i left behind years ago. The thing of it is though that when people post about how they think melee is more broken than brawl, well, at that point I have no choice. Before you flame me let me just say that brawl players are cool, it's the game that's trash.
Sakurai also directed Kid Icarus: Uprising, Beetle King (huge arcade game in Japan) and created the Smash and Kirby franchises which he directs as well. Dude's resume is definitely one of gaming's best imo. Btw, I like how you replied to yourself, lol.
A huge part of Smash's appeal is the simplicity of it's controls. Melee had the same 2 button scheme as Smash 64 and Brawl. You only want Melee's speed and AT's which is understandable since technical proficiency and reflexes are needed to play high Melee (which is spectacular) but if that's the only allure Smash has for you then well prepare to be disappointed by Smash 4.
OP's folly was believing everyone wanted the same things s/he did. You're not going to get that in a game with so much variety of gameplay preferences and skill levels such as Smash.
It's also unrealistic to expect a written letter to carry much weight.
I agree. The only thing we could really do is try to bring those mods to the devs' attention, if they don't know about them already.
I've been thinking this same thing. Although if the GCN was as mod friendly as wii there might have been a whole bunch of people trying to mess with stuff like balance and glitches in melee. I wonder if sakurai even knows about pm. Does he feel offended that there is a whole community attempting to improve his game? He's probably feel like his game is being violated and that theres nothing wrong with brawl and it needs no enhancement. It's hard to argue with how popular pm got so fast though. If it were me I'd be happy as hell people found more ways to enjoy the game.
Sakurai doesn't seem like the kind of person to have a vendetta against game mods. Although I don't think he realizes that everyone (save for me and I'm sure a good amount less-vocal individuals) holds a bitter grudge against him for Brawl's physics and balance. That is assuming he's ever heard of any of this Brawl modding business.
Agreed. But you get hella +1's in this thread so it's all buena.
Of course he does, along with the other big mods. It's unimaginable to think the series creator is not attentive to what is trending in his own games' community. Even in the very unlikely scenario he has not been following, there is surely staff on the payroll that are. I don't see how they can possibly avoid discussion of the mods throughout SSB4's development cycle.
Perhaps if he felt Brawl was perfect as is and any deviation would be destroying the game. All Sakurai's interviews suggests he's too critical of his own work to let something like this upset him. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the community getting high praise, aside from the knee jerk reactions, for many of changes they made has left him feeling a bit uneasy. Lets hope it'll just drive him to make an even better game in the future and not get hung up on past decisions.
No, OP's folly was that he thought that the people on this forum would constructively work together, look past their differences, and develop ideas they would agree on. Instead we have people arguing about Melee vs Brawl, flaming/trolling, and just going off topic at every opportunity.
You're right that a written letter won't carry much weight, but at the same time these mods are not universally accepted. Why not try to determine things that most everyone agrees would make the game better, and then figure out the best mechanism of delivering these ideas to the developer?
These are excellent ideas that I think most people would agree would be nice to have, or in the very least, will not be opposed to seeing them in the next Smash. Thank you for your constructive post.
Attempting to be universally accepted is exactly what makes this proposed open letter lack conviction. Also, it's not like something has to be unanimously loved to make an impact.
Because by the time you filter out the contested opinions all that is left is obvious suggestions and trivial requests. An open letter is a poor vehicle to get the developers attention for so little. They are either already adressing it or have their own separate priorities. It's just repetition for them, minus the constructive specifics they'll get looking at the mods.
Ok, lets first start at a place where we both agree: We want to see the next Smash Brothers game improved, in general polish, fun, and in competitiveness.
What do you mean by "official alternate costumes?" Like Dr. Mario for Mario?I pray everyday for official alternate costumes. An ingame tool for playing with color palates would be cool too. Also training mode needs a record option to test what combos are possible and see how you should di stuff.
Indeed, a color edit mode would be friggin' sweet, even if I personally never used it.What do you mean by "official alternate costumes?" Like Dr. Mario for Mario?
Indeed, a color palette tool would be neat. Mr. Game and Watch wouldn't have much to play around with, though.
This, and also the ability to record any single player match.
Sure we agree, but improving the competitiveness of smash is not a universally accepted goal. There's no way to be all inclusive while expressing those concerns we want addressed in the next tittle.
Shared dream? That's a pretty fantastical way to describe these obvious bug fixes, common sense changes, and invidual wants. There's a million "Wouldn't it be cool if...?" requests we could agree on and write in. That's great, everyone has their own ideas, but it won't make for a very focused letter addressing the real issues. At that it's still likely to be largely redundant telling the devs what they already know, or find its way into the fanmail bin.
Make your own Mod or build your own fan game... I never said it would be easy. Or better yet just trust that the developers are not stupid and that the Smash community has already done plenty to get their attention representing a wide assortment of interests.
Great ideas!
What do you mean record any single player match? Matches over 3 minutes, or things like multiman brawls? Either way, seems like an easy add that would make the game more enjoyable.
Here I thought nobody would reply to my post. Feels like that's been par for the course 'round here.
Aw. Well, it was a good idea. I'm surprised you didn't get more responses.
Yeah, I'm just used to calling them the Alloys. I'm also pretty sure that they won't be coming back next time. Gosh, I never knew they were so weak. They're still my favorite-looking Zako team, though.
Indeed! That would also really come in handy. I would be one of the people in need of an explanation, actually. Heh. I still don't know how offense and defense ratios work.
I've always wanted to do something like that. That'd be really cool. Kind of like the last Co-Op Event Match in Brawl, right?