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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 400: A Little Help from My Friends
« on: October 07, 2014, 06:15:57 PM »
Great podcast guys. I was happy to experience the Twitch stream too.
For some rather long feedback, I disagree with Guillome's suggestion that Nintendo should reduce the number off spinoff games on their established characters. A lot of Nintendo fans have fun seeing new perspectives of the same characters, or more fully embracing those worlds. If anything, they should develop anime, merchandise, and other things to develop that culture. Personally, I would like to see Nintendo take a Marvel approach and hire the absolute best thing talent to produce content for it in a variety of mediums (tv, movies, manga, anime, etc.). If they execute on their theme park plans, I would definitely attend.
As for the idea of Mario stepping too far outside his persona as a plumber, he is pretty widely regarded by fans and Nintendo itself as an "everyman". Mario is like an actor who plays the superhero in 2D platformer games and then winds down with some go-karting with the cast after the shoot.
As for Jon Metts' comment on wanting Wario Golf or Zelda Golf, every spinoff Mario sports title is its own franchise that Nintendo tries to improve. It doesn't make sense for them to refine the gameplay of Mario Golf and call it Wario Golf and I don't think they have mental bandwidth to support two different franchises. They could barely support both Mario Sports games and Wii Sports games.
Also, I think Jon Metts' idea about the projector console is awesome. I would want an option to buy a legit 3DS successor as a controller, but a cheap gba micro esque handheld with the power of an N64 you could buy for like $20-$30 would be cool if it doubled as a controller.
Thanks again for setting up this podcast, I really like hearing mature, well-reasoned commentary on Nintendo's games and strategy. Looking forward to episode 401.
For some rather long feedback, I disagree with Guillome's suggestion that Nintendo should reduce the number off spinoff games on their established characters. A lot of Nintendo fans have fun seeing new perspectives of the same characters, or more fully embracing those worlds. If anything, they should develop anime, merchandise, and other things to develop that culture. Personally, I would like to see Nintendo take a Marvel approach and hire the absolute best thing talent to produce content for it in a variety of mediums (tv, movies, manga, anime, etc.). If they execute on their theme park plans, I would definitely attend.
As for the idea of Mario stepping too far outside his persona as a plumber, he is pretty widely regarded by fans and Nintendo itself as an "everyman". Mario is like an actor who plays the superhero in 2D platformer games and then winds down with some go-karting with the cast after the shoot.
As for Jon Metts' comment on wanting Wario Golf or Zelda Golf, every spinoff Mario sports title is its own franchise that Nintendo tries to improve. It doesn't make sense for them to refine the gameplay of Mario Golf and call it Wario Golf and I don't think they have mental bandwidth to support two different franchises. They could barely support both Mario Sports games and Wii Sports games.
Also, I think Jon Metts' idea about the projector console is awesome. I would want an option to buy a legit 3DS successor as a controller, but a cheap gba micro esque handheld with the power of an N64 you could buy for like $20-$30 would be cool if it doubled as a controller.
Thanks again for setting up this podcast, I really like hearing mature, well-reasoned commentary on Nintendo's games and strategy. Looking forward to episode 401.
