Gaming Cafe Diem Baby: The Nintendo Wii U Discussion

If F-Zero is dead, at least it ended with

Spoiler: Spoiler

Captain Falcon beating God!

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Petition to put Reggie Fils-Aime to Super Smash Bros

This would be amazing

 

His body is ready, now it is up to Sakurai to decide whether he can join the roster.

 

Do the events of Subspace Emissary mean anything for Master Hand?

 

Of course there's no need, but will they anyway?

 

We'll know for sure closer to release.

 

Another question: Does anyone else like how Smash 64 doesn't take itself seriously?

 

Melee and Brawl present themselves as some epic battle between good and evil. Listen to Brawl's theme for example.

 

there was also the color scheme

 

Partly its the change in graphics. Arguably it could also be related to how the game industry was changing too. I vaguely remember Melee as a launch title for the Gamecube, so it was intended to show off the Gamecube's power. When the original Super Smash Brothers came out, it turned out unexpectedly awesome (I think), and is definitely one of the best multi-franchise crossovers ever and definitely one of the most famous. Well, short of Marvel vs. Capcom anyway, and I still haven't forgiven them for not including one Megaman in there (Zero doesn't count, especially that version). There's Jump Superstars and Super Robot Wars too, but we'll never see those in the West, too many licenses, whereas Smash Bros. is just NIntendo and a few guest stars, and Mega Man being in there is another huge plus too.

Playstation tried their own version and... it fell flat to say the least. The saddest thing is that they copied a lot from SSB, but the few different things they tried were stupid so that didn't help their game much. If they're going to rip off from SSB, might as well copy everything for a quality game (or an attempt at one).

I don't remember how the reception to the original Smash Bros. was before launch, but I still remember the original commercial-


Its so crazy, insane and yet so awesome. And not quite sure I'd call the original Smash Bros. cartoony graphics or that was just how the N64 worked. Although after that Smash Bros. basically became one of Nintendo's own flagship franchises, mostly independent of the rest of Nintendo's characters, so that changed expectations too, in terms of graphical quality.

Apparently there won't be a Subspace Emissary/story mode in the next one, which I'm slightly disappointed with (as some of the cutscenes were quite epic), but not too much, it was entertaining but wasn't a huge part of Brawl's appeal (not like the story was that great, especially with quite a few characters just showing up and joining suddenly). It did play up the epic good vs. evil, but I still miss the nostalgic original game where the game ended with just two action figures standing there like it was someone's room. Reading too much into Master Hand and Crazy Hand is too silly probably.

 

What are you referring to?

Compare New Super Mario Wii's graphics to Brawl's graphics. And look at the box art for original Smash.

 

That was pretty awesome.

I really miss Star Fox. I was just thinking the other day that if all goes well for Platinum Games regarding the Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2 that hopefully they be given the chance to work on Star Fox or an Infinite Space-esque title for the system.

Speaking of wishful thinking, there was an underrated title on the Wii called Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep (It gets nothing but high praise from me). I was thinking how stunning a title like that would be on the Wii U if built from the ground up and how they could take advantage of the gamepad for it. It be great if Arika is planning for another one.

 

I rarely ever played Star Fox, but that is indeed awesomeness.

 

There is a special edition of the TWW HD that includes a statue of Ganondorf!!

 

That would be epic if they did that.
It looks like the arms are posable judging by the seem at the shoulders... and now I can't help but think that statue of Ganondorf really needs Link and Zelda as companion pieces.