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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Launch Windows Through the Ages
« on: November 01, 2013, 06:10:53 PM »
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TalkBack / Re: Disney Infinity: Good Idea, Bad Idea
« on: October 28, 2013, 09:14:27 AM »
Having read the books the black cauldron is based upon, I can certainly say that the movie was worlds better by comparison and that a darker vibe would not have saved the film in the least.
And, I agree that it might not make the best of playsets for Infinity. As structured as that movie was, unless the playset was having you go through the plot of the film to detail, the creators would have to create some pretty new material (perhaps borrowing from other books in the original series?) which might be more work than they want to put in.
That said, if they did do it, it would not necesarily be a bad playset. The lone ranger playset received much much higher reviews than the film did and gets near universal praise for its approach despite the films mixed reaction. So if they were to tackle the black cauldron, they could probably make it work.
Though thinking on it, the black cauldron would actually make a pretty awesome kingdom hearts world. Given that settings penchant for telling the stories of movies over with the inclusion of kingdom hearts setting...They could simply give the horned king a cauldron that summons heartless and run the characters through a pretty solid world.
As for kim possible, I have to ask, what basis makes that series a good choice? They are already planning a phineas and ferb playset. They have the Incredibles already lined up. What could a kim possible playset offer that does not come off as a boring repeat of the already established playsets?
Lone Ranger tackled wild west
Incredibles did superheroes
Pirates did pirates
Monsters University did college life
The playsets at least for the first year or two should be trying to branch out and cover multiple genres instead of making a bunch of very similar playsets elsewise your just creating a game with tedium that is rereleasing the same content over and over.
Which would be bad for Kim Possible since as you said, it HAD its final season and its only getting older and further from public memory
And, I agree that it might not make the best of playsets for Infinity. As structured as that movie was, unless the playset was having you go through the plot of the film to detail, the creators would have to create some pretty new material (perhaps borrowing from other books in the original series?) which might be more work than they want to put in.
That said, if they did do it, it would not necesarily be a bad playset. The lone ranger playset received much much higher reviews than the film did and gets near universal praise for its approach despite the films mixed reaction. So if they were to tackle the black cauldron, they could probably make it work.
Though thinking on it, the black cauldron would actually make a pretty awesome kingdom hearts world. Given that settings penchant for telling the stories of movies over with the inclusion of kingdom hearts setting...They could simply give the horned king a cauldron that summons heartless and run the characters through a pretty solid world.
As for kim possible, I have to ask, what basis makes that series a good choice? They are already planning a phineas and ferb playset. They have the Incredibles already lined up. What could a kim possible playset offer that does not come off as a boring repeat of the already established playsets?
Lone Ranger tackled wild west
Incredibles did superheroes
Pirates did pirates
Monsters University did college life
The playsets at least for the first year or two should be trying to branch out and cover multiple genres instead of making a bunch of very similar playsets elsewise your just creating a game with tedium that is rereleasing the same content over and over.
Which would be bad for Kim Possible since as you said, it HAD its final season and its only getting older and further from public memory
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TalkBack / Re: A Tale of Two Kickstarters
« on: October 08, 2013, 12:03:04 AM »
To add to that, Wayforward announced that they will keep the Shantae Paypal open for a couple more months. It has already raised 1/5th of the desired amount for hero mode, the next stretch goal.
There is a good chance we will be seeing more out of the gate with them.
There is a good chance we will be seeing more out of the gate with them.
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TalkBack / Re: Disney Infinity May Have Cost Upwards of $100 Million
« on: August 16, 2013, 10:06:38 AM »
If it does well, I can totally see Secret of Monkey Island, Star Wars and Marvel finding their way into this game.
Hmm...What would a Marvel playset be? New York? Shield helicarrier?
Star Wars would probably be the Death star or tatooine...
While Monkey Island is less likely, I dearly want to see it tossed in, with perhaps Lechuck, guybrush and Elaine as characters included in the playset... As for a location from that verse...Doubtless it would be either Melee Island or Monkey Island itself.
Hmm....If this is a success, I suppose we could probasbly see additions from every single Disney film ever...And perhaps the pixar ones as well. Oooh~ The Rescuers~ That would be nice.
Hmm...What would a Marvel playset be? New York? Shield helicarrier?
Star Wars would probably be the Death star or tatooine...
While Monkey Island is less likely, I dearly want to see it tossed in, with perhaps Lechuck, guybrush and Elaine as characters included in the playset... As for a location from that verse...Doubtless it would be either Melee Island or Monkey Island itself.
Hmm....If this is a success, I suppose we could probasbly see additions from every single Disney film ever...And perhaps the pixar ones as well. Oooh~ The Rescuers~ That would be nice.
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TalkBack / Re: Atlus Parent Company Filing for Bankruptcy
« on: June 28, 2013, 10:58:09 AM »
Oh and one thing I just thought of.
It isn't like Nintendo doesn't already have a number of franchises in these genres. They are sitting on Earthbound, not doing anything with it just yet. They have new franchises like Pushmo and Harmoknight to play with. They have numerous franchises new and filling niche's and old franchises gathering dust and just waiting for Nintendo to find the time and money to get around to working on them.
Would Nintendo really want to buy up Atlus just for the franchises it would add? Because it seems like they have quite alot already.
It isn't like Nintendo doesn't already have a number of franchises in these genres. They are sitting on Earthbound, not doing anything with it just yet. They have new franchises like Pushmo and Harmoknight to play with. They have numerous franchises new and filling niche's and old franchises gathering dust and just waiting for Nintendo to find the time and money to get around to working on them.
Would Nintendo really want to buy up Atlus just for the franchises it would add? Because it seems like they have quite alot already.
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TalkBack / Re: Atlus Parent Company Filing for Bankruptcy
« on: June 28, 2013, 10:38:21 AM »
Im a tad confused why people think this would fill a niche for Nintendo. ^^; Looking at it from the Nintendo side of things, they have Fire Emblem and Advance wars. Paper Mario and Golden Sun. Since we are not talking about convincing a 3rd party to work exclusivly on a console and instead are toying with the idea of Nintendo buying up a 2nd party to make games exclusivly on their console, we need to consider whether Nintendo wants to invest its own money in something they are already making a fair amount of return on. Heck, from comments made in Nintendo and given the approach's they take with their current 2nd parties, they might be known for being hands off and not giving pressure but they seem more for tried and true yet working with new ideas which is slightly different from Atlus's approach.
One thing I don't really understand that I am hoping someone can clarify regarding, is what would happen to Atlus's second parties and the smaller developers who rely on Atlus as an exclusive publisher. While Atlus USA's fate is up in the air, I don't have any idea how those smaller surrounding properties would fare regardless of who purchases them. Like Vanillaware who did Odin Sphere and Dragon Crown.
One thing I don't really understand that I am hoping someone can clarify regarding, is what would happen to Atlus's second parties and the smaller developers who rely on Atlus as an exclusive publisher. While Atlus USA's fate is up in the air, I don't have any idea how those smaller surrounding properties would fare regardless of who purchases them. Like Vanillaware who did Odin Sphere and Dragon Crown.
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TalkBack / Re: Atlus Parent Company Has Filed for Bankruptcy
« on: June 27, 2013, 02:36:48 PM »Umm...While Atlus has worked with Nintendo in the past, the company honestly has more history with Sony. That said though, I cannot quite see either company necessarily buying them up.The overwhelming majority of Atlus games are released on Nintendo portables. That's how it was for many, many, many years now.
It depends on how you define recent.
3 nintendo 64
2 gamecube
9 wii
1 wii u (in the works)
36 gameboy advance
40 ds
6 3ds
66 playstation
54 ps2
8 ps3
24 psp
2 psvita
Totals-
97 nintendo
144 Playstation
Even if you were to ignore every other console but the very most recent, they have released nearly the same number of games on wii and ps3 and while there are twenty more titles on the DS/3ds over the PSP/psvita, that is still out of a 46 to 26 difference.
So while you can say its a majority, it only applies when factoring the most recent generations. Hardly 'many many years'
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TalkBack / Re: Atlus Parent Company Has Filed for Bankruptcy
« on: June 27, 2013, 01:29:58 PM »
Umm...While Atlus has worked with Nintendo in the past, the company honestly has more history with Sony. That said though, I cannot quite see either company necessarily buying them up.
Yes Nintendo talked about wanting to expand upon their third parties but I doubt they would wish to invest and buy up another second party for them to play with. Especially since while Atlus dos have a bit of a history, their not really known for success after success. Frankly, their games have a bit of a niche audience which Nintendo might find to be a bit of a risk given how careful Nintendo tends to be about quality.
Personally, I would like to see Nippon Ichi buy up atlus. Nippon originated from people leaving Atlus and they have a good sense of what sells and the two companies have been on pretty good terms in recent years. (Atlus actually outsourced their european distribution rights to Nippon Ichi so that the creators of Disgaea could get thee Atlus games into Europe)
However...Im really not sure Nippon Ichi has the finances to manage such a thing.
Supposing that Nintendo did buy up Atlus, im not sure exactly what would happen since the only really notable nintendo exclusives I can think of are Trauma Center and that fire emblemXshin megami game in the works...
Still, if by some lucky break Nintendo did buy up all of Atlus stock lock and barrel, and were sensible enough to just let Atlus do its own thing, I could see it benifitting both companies. Nintendo has talked about wanting to broaden the appeal of Nintendo and Atlus is one of the big wigs in the strategy and rpg genres.
The real hurdle which I don't know enough to give a proper opinion on however, is that alot of Atlus's games are actually things they publish which are developed by other companies. I worry for Vanillaware, Sting Entertainment and Careersoft and wonder if they would continue to have games published by Atlus or if Nintendo would pick them up or whether they would just die out.
Atlus holds a large chunk of my favorite games and franchises under its belt and I dearly hope that it doesn't suffer the fate of Hudsonsoft. Bought up by a greedy company like Konami who are simply trying to weed out the competition by liquidizing the company and retiring all of the franchises that they picked up.
So may a bright future greet Atlus!
Yes Nintendo talked about wanting to expand upon their third parties but I doubt they would wish to invest and buy up another second party for them to play with. Especially since while Atlus dos have a bit of a history, their not really known for success after success. Frankly, their games have a bit of a niche audience which Nintendo might find to be a bit of a risk given how careful Nintendo tends to be about quality.
Personally, I would like to see Nippon Ichi buy up atlus. Nippon originated from people leaving Atlus and they have a good sense of what sells and the two companies have been on pretty good terms in recent years. (Atlus actually outsourced their european distribution rights to Nippon Ichi so that the creators of Disgaea could get thee Atlus games into Europe)
However...Im really not sure Nippon Ichi has the finances to manage such a thing.
Supposing that Nintendo did buy up Atlus, im not sure exactly what would happen since the only really notable nintendo exclusives I can think of are Trauma Center and that fire emblemXshin megami game in the works...
Still, if by some lucky break Nintendo did buy up all of Atlus stock lock and barrel, and were sensible enough to just let Atlus do its own thing, I could see it benifitting both companies. Nintendo has talked about wanting to broaden the appeal of Nintendo and Atlus is one of the big wigs in the strategy and rpg genres.
The real hurdle which I don't know enough to give a proper opinion on however, is that alot of Atlus's games are actually things they publish which are developed by other companies. I worry for Vanillaware, Sting Entertainment and Careersoft and wonder if they would continue to have games published by Atlus or if Nintendo would pick them up or whether they would just die out.
Atlus holds a large chunk of my favorite games and franchises under its belt and I dearly hope that it doesn't suffer the fate of Hudsonsoft. Bought up by a greedy company like Konami who are simply trying to weed out the competition by liquidizing the company and retiring all of the franchises that they picked up.
So may a bright future greet Atlus!
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