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Sunrise, Sunset - Isaac for Smash Ultimate #GoldenSunday

TheSpaceKing12

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Don't take this the wrong way, but would you be calling it a stupid port if it were on the Switch? I don't think you would, but because it's a PS4 exclusive it's a stupid port.

I agree that it makes no business sense given Castlevania is in Smash and Nintendo should get some Castlevania love on their platform in the form of games, but I'm not going to start calling them out when we don't have all the facts here.
It’s not a stupid port exclusively because it’s not on Nintendo platforms. It’s a stupid port on the ground of not just being on PS4, XB1, PC, Switch, all of them. It’s a collection, not a new entry. If it were a new entry I’d accept this because in that case at least the game exists in any capacity. I find it hard to believe that Konami would have needed first party funding to put some roms of 20+ year old games on a PS4 disk.
 

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According to the Castlevania article, Sony actively contributed to the creation of the pack, so it's not Konami's fault entirely if Sony was the one funding them to create it in the first place. Don't blame Konami off the bat when Sony's the one keeping it exclusive.
Well Konami doesn't carry the Title of the "EA of the east" for nothing. That's the same company which holds Developers hostage as Gym Employees (nojoke), rather them letting them develop some games, left the triple A market in an age where those Games are as profitable as they never been before and stripped Kojima and his Staff from any form of Health Insurance, just to name a few exanples of their dumb (and shady) buisness decisions.

Japanese respect culture formed a buisness environment where Leading positions are given by age rather than knowledge. And those old men over at Konami don't have any idea of the Gaming Market.

$ony literally was the worst and most corrupt of the big three. People just seem to kinda ignore that because of their marketing as progressive and consumer friendly or their brand recognition, but that's the comoany that made the ps2 and 3 hard to develop for on purpose, to make it harder to port games over from ps2, to artificially create exclusive without paying for Development costs by themself.
 

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$ony literally was the worst and most corrupt of the big three. People just seem to kinda ignore that because of their marketing as progressive and consumer friendly or their brand recognition, but that's the comoany that made the ps2 and 3 hard to develop for on purpose, to make it harder to port games over from ps2, to artificially create exclusive without paying for Development costs by themself.
And that plan was ruined by Renderware. That's why so many games used it back then.
 

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Although *puts on tinfoil hat* What if Konami is giving Sony the collection because they have something bigger planned for the Switch? Perhaps this is a way of appeasing one market while they actively work to win another?

This probably unlikely because it would make too much sense, but its a thought.
 

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Although *puts on tinfoil hat* What if Konami is giving Sony the collection because they have something bigger planned for the Switch? Perhaps this is a way of appeasing one market while they actively work to win another?

This probably unlikely because it would make too much sense, but its a thought.
Konami? You mean the same Konami which fired Kojima, one of if not the only developer they had with talent, and has all but killed their franchises besides letting them be used for gambling?

The Konami of today is not the one from the past and is not as talented as it once was. It relies on rereleases and collections to stay relevant.
 

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Konami? You mean the same Konami which fired Kojima, one of if not the only developer they had with talent, and has all but killed their franchises besides letting them be used for gambling?

The Konami of today is not the one from the past and is not as talented as it once was. It relies on rereleases and collections to stay relevant.
Also to add, how they milk any game they can. Good example is Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links. I've been playing this game for over a year now and while it's still a very fun game, recently Konami has been making it harder and harder to be a F2P player. And not just that either, even deals for P2W players have gotten worse too. It's utterly ridiculous! It ticks me off because I really like this game, but Konami are just taking it to the ground now.
 

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Japanese respect culture formed a buisness environment where Leading positions are given by age rather than knowledge. And those old men over at Konami don't have any idea of the Gaming Market.
This right here perfectly highlights why Meritocracies are a good thing.

Anyway, why are we talking about Konami? :laugh:
 

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This right here perfectly highlights why Meritocracies are a good thing.

Anyway, why are we talking about Konami? :laugh:
Konami recently confirmed that Castlevania Requiem would be a PS4 exclusive and we were discussing how poorly run and questionable some of Konami's business decisions have been in the past few years.
 

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Anyone else really feeling like Isaac is coming this month? I don't know why, just a feeling?
I prefer to avoid such notions so the sting if he is deconfirmed doesn't feel like a stab but with the whole trademark thing makes it hard not to feel the same way.
 
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LegendOfDragoon

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Here's hoping that this is our time. I'll never give up on our boy. I only need him in this game. Even if it's the last Golden Sun thing to ever happen, I'll treasure it forever.
 
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The leak is probably nothing just a good guess. Health and sports day in Japan? Oye our neighbours in the land of the rising sun have some good national days.

Zeraora good guess but doubt it.


Nothing has been announced for this week yet. So maybe we aren't getting anything yet. But I do believe we will get something soon.
 

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I feel like most of the people here saying Konami didn't need the funding are assuming they were ever going to make the game on their own. They likely had no plans for Castlevania until they were approached by Sony. After that game was pure profit as their Dev costs were mostly or completely gone and a lot of SotN fans are on PlayStation. This was far from a bad decision on Konami's part.
 

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I feel like most of the people here saying Konami didn't need the funding are assuming they were ever going to make the game on their own. They likely had no plans for Castlevania until they were approached by Sony. After that game was pure profit as their Dev costs were mostly or completely gone and a lot of SotN fans are on PlayStation. This was far from a bad decision on Konami's part.
Except that Castlevania fans would have to have migrated to Nintendo in the 6th generation anyway. So that still makes no sense.
 

LegendOfDragoon

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Isaac looks kinda...muddy here. (at least in comparison to the background)

Definitely not fitting the Ultimate artstyle.
To be fair, most of the human characters like Ike, Snake, and Marth have similarly muted colors where ones that are more cartoony like Mario, Pit, and Palutena (And especially Inkling!) have higher saturation and pop more.
 

hustler713

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https://i.imgur.com/iDGOruk.jpg

Came from 4chan. Probably fake but it looks nice enough.
I actually think it looks nice and i'd be satisfied with it. To me, it kinda fits with the direction of GS' Artworks.
But the whole picture doesn't look like In-Game Footage to me. It kinda looks more like a (very) good drawing to me. It gives some kinda painted vybes. To me at least.

E: Is there any Battlefield Footage from that Angle? I can't really remember a shot from this position.
 
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I actually think it looks nice and i'd be satisfied with it. To me, it kinda fits with the direction of GS' Artworks.
But the whole picture doesn't look like In-Game Footage to me. It kinda looks more like a (very) good drawing to me. It gives some kinda painted vybes. To me at least.
That's what I thought with how it compares to the original artwork during battle sequences. Honestly, I would be entirely ok with it. Now to see if it will get debunked soon...
 

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To be fair, most of the human characters like Ike, Snake, and Marth have similarly muted colors where ones that are more cartoony like Mario, Pit, and Palutena (And especially Inkling!) have higher saturation and pop more.
You are the first person I saw describing Palutena as cartoony. :laugh: (which she is, actually)
 

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Why do they always have to be tilted? Eargh.
Always figured it was because most of the time they are taken from a 3rd person perspective meaning someone else is playing so that person would be in the center spot sitting or standing so in order to get a close enough pic it would have to be taken from an angle. (hypothetically speaking)
 
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QcSlayer

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If Isaac was in,
I think he would look more like is brawl AT, it seems to be way too realistic compare to the source material, Isaac should be more colurful.

Gonna call fake.
 
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