>Tabata: So, I wasn’t really involved with the previous title, so I’ll just talk about this one. But I think one thing is that because this is taking place within the greater Mario world, we wanted to focus as much as possible on the familiar Mario characters. All Toads, right? It’s just a bunch of Toads. So, we had to think, if it’s all Toads, how do we make them distinct and give them personality? So, one thing we thought, so, the basic Toad is red, and if they have something different about them, we’ll change the color. And of course, a lot of the personality comes out in text. And so, you can also use the fact that they all look alike as the basis for jokes. So, one thing we’re going to focus on, because we have all those limits, obviously, we’re using all these familiar characters, is: How do we create variety, and how do we create interest?
I don't see how this solves anything. What limitation exactly is bringing on the need to distinguish via personality? Is this what happens when they try to raise the next Shigeru Miyamotto developer when he's just not actively involved anymore? They can't think for themselves and when they do they come up with bullshit like this.
Ayden Russell
Well, you said you wanted new blood to work on Nintendo's games.
This one's so green, she hadn't worked on any of the previous Paper Mario titles!
Jackson Stewart
You can do that easily in Color Splash through the new "Cut Out" ability!
Austin Martin
>we wanted to focus as much as possible on the familiar Mario characters. >Its a bunch of Toads.
Luigi DK and family Peach Bowser and captains and Jr. Rosalina Luma(s) Wario Waluigi Yoshi(s)
You could literally make a game featuring all these "totally not familiar" characters, not have a single Toad, and not a single person would care that Toad never showed up.
Carson Evans
She'd have access to fucking assets from previous games to at least look at what they did for characters for fucks sake.
Connor Miller
>Tabata: So, I wasn’t really involved with the previous title, so I’ll just talk about this one. But I thi
Landon Gutierrez
>because we have all those limits For no reason whatsoever. It'd be as if Aonuma told himself while making BotW "I want every area to be a plain field instead of different elevations and biomes, how can I make each one unique?"
Joshua King
>Lets make them unique by simply changing the color
Nathan Martin
Wait, so Tabata wasn't involved in Sticker Star?
Dylan Ortiz
I'm not saying this should bomb like Federation Force.
But it should bomb like Federation Force.
Jeremiah Watson
Nope, but judging from this shit, she may as well have been.
Although it's strange that she'd say "We" when she was talking about how everyone started development on CS literally right after they finished SS
Brandon Gomez
>we wanted to focus as much as possible on the familiar Mario characters. >familiar Mario characters. >characters >s
You focused on one character. Congratz, you're a dumb bitch.
Meanwhile, Toadsworth, the only real unique Toad, is pretty much dead and buried. What the fuck is even going on?
Henry Stewart
No, this is her record. It kind of looks like she's learning stuff from Tanabe she's the Assistant Producer for a few things for games he's Producing.
Andrew Turner
Every Nintendo dev has this one thing they're autistically obsessed over.
>Paper Mario guys - TOADS >Aonuma - TOON LINK >Sakamoto - SAMUS >Tanabe - SYLUX >Tezuka - HAHA WHAT DO YOSHI'S EGGS SMELL LIKE
Jack Myers
>Tabata is shitting up Paper Mario (although it was already shit before she came in) >she went from the absolute greatness named Yoshi's Woolly World to this At least she's not incompetent, just clueless. Hopefully they put her on something she's more suited to next time.
Jose Davis
According to GameXplain, a Nintendo rep said this game would do a better job hinting at what items you needed for a boss battle. So that's something.
>The boring generic koopalings bosses are even easier now since the game tells you how to insta-win
How is that "something"
Andrew Russell
>mfw the first 3 games will forever outsell SS and CS >mfw Nintendo will continuously fuckup their series like this until all they have left is mainline Mario and Zelda, and they'll either have admit they were fucking wrong and make what the fans actually want, or die.
Julian Baker
Wait, I'm wrong. I think the only thing she did there was coming up with the yarn Yoshi amiibo.
Noah Morris
>Toadsworth, the only real unique Toad, is pretty much dead and buried He was pretty old...
Kevin Williams
They're definitely improving on things (hints, areas, etc.) but the gameplay is still very unappealing to me. Also while I like how enemies are also NPCs again now none of them are real characters with names & unique designs still like Grubba or I don't know, Kroop.
Owen Reed
>Koopaling Boss >I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU!
Matthew Bennett
>that pic
Jaxon Nguyen
I'm not sure whether or not this is trying to be ironic.
Christopher Murphy
Now... When I say "You're bad to the bone" and press down on your foot, you use the Bone Card.
No problem.
Sebastian Barnes
I have no doubt that the writing is great and all the Toads have some great personalities.
How about you put some new characters into the mix though?
Joshua Hughes
NO, TOADS ONLY
TOADS ARE WHAT SUPER MARIO IS KNOWN FOR, EVERYONE KNOWS WHO THE TOADS ARE.
Asher Edwards
That was such a fucking non answer, why did she just repeat the question twice at the end like that? Is that just a conversation tactic when you haven't really thought about the question asked at all?
Bentley Wright
>Everyone says the writing looks good >check it out >Literally everyone is "haha look how silly and sarcastic I am!" >Every fucking character tries to just poorly emulates Goombella's snark >Also every line tries to be a joke
The writing in this game is fucking awful. Are you people retarded?
James Miller
yes. we are.
Wyatt Campbell
She knows the game is poorly designed trash. Dancing around the question is legit her only option
Nathaniel Bell
She must have a fetish for Toad. Probably furiously masterbated to them when she first saw one.
Mason Bennett
please don't drag wario into this mess
Angel Perez
Why does Nintendo keep fucking up?
Liam Ross
Man, this game looks so fun! I can't wait to pirate it.
>we wanted to focus as much as possible on the familiar Mario characters. All Toads, right? It’s just a bunch of Toads.
NO IT FUCKING ISN'T.
Sebastian Gray
or the banned episode where guns were involved.
Luis Bell
Surprisingly not. I think it takes place right after the Safari Zone episode. I could be wrong though, I do remember she accused Ash and Co of being poachers tho.
It's weird that the gun being aimed at Ash is what got the Safari Zone episode banned, considering this episode and the Squirtle Squad episode had rifles aimed at him.
Asher Gray
Hey, Toadette is also unique.
Blake Green
She also is not in Color Splash. Crazy, right?
Alexander Lee
Reminder the actual Paper Mario team made Code Name STEAM, which is the best Intelligent Systems game this generation
Charles Hall
>the only real unique Toad See and pic related Hell, you might even be able to consider Blue Toad from SMB2 / SM3DW as a unique Toad There's unique Toads, just not in Color Splash
Lincoln Brown
user, please stop, i can't let you do this. Think of your mother.
Jacob Evans
Yeah, now that makes no sense to me, even TTYD had her during the Boot/Hammer upgrades. At least she was in Paper Jam I guess, she still replaced Toadsworth though for no reason.
Josiah Nelson
Does Nintendo not even know their own franchises anymore? Or is it a money-saving thing?
Don't need to make anything new! Copy and paste, and then occasionally recolor shit.
Julian Rodriguez
It's the truth, though.
Brayden Morris
>tfw she said she would never see you again she meant it
Owen Peterson
That's still better than what miyamoto would have done
Camden Long
>recolor shit Is that going to be the name of this game's HD Remaster?
Charles Reyes
I thought it was the FE team that made it.
It would explain why both Sticker Star and Awakening were shit.
Christian Lopez
I knew the old Director was apart of it but is it actually good? I'll install it right now if it is.
Thomas Allen
she was so sad too that she knew the future...
Leo Barnes
>Last Nintendo Direct >Mario Party >DUDE TOAD PARTY LMAO
As one of the fags that actually likes playing as Toad in spinoffs, this is getting fucking ridiculous.
Mason Flores
>because we have all those limits What limits? What the hell is she talking about?
Daniel Ramirez
If you're pirating it anyways, why not? Make sure to get the update that lets you speed up enemy turns.
Carter Morgan
Does someone at Nintendo just fucking love Toads, or what?
Benjamin Phillips
It has charm and the game is tough as hell. The art style definitely needs some work though.
Kayden Murphy
Budget and resources. Read the article.
Nathaniel Collins
Predict the score for this game.
I guarantee it will score a 6/10 from every outlet.
PROS: Graphics, Music, Writing can sometimes be funny.
CONS: Braindead battle system, Boring Storyline, Generic characters, predictable worlds, No incentive to explore.
Isaac Sanchez
The game is great. Characters are fun, and the game is actually pretty difficult.
Randolph Carter is the best character.
William Stewart
Federation Force all over again. Start out in the 70s on Metacritic, and then whittle its way to the 60s.
It's also going to bomb like Federation Force.
Asher Perez
Alright, I'm getting it right now then.
>I guarantee it will score a 6/10 from every outlet. I don't care for reviews but I believe it'll get a 8/10 since Sticker Star has a 75 on metacritic. The user score will definitely be 6.5/10 or so.
Isaac Howard
>Randolph Carter is the best character.
Kid friendly Dr. Venture. All the reason I need to always use him.
Colton Hernandez
Whatever they gave SS but the same or higher except for a few who say "I loved SS, but this is more of the same, so it sucks"
User score will be bombed to 0 ASAP then have a few contrarians, fanboys, or those who are easily pleased bump up the average to maybe 6/10 or 5/10
Jeremiah Lopez
There are lower expectations with handheld versions of console games. I don't think reviewers are going to be as kind to Sticker Star 2, since it's not made to be on the go, and costs more.
Liam Russell
Add Iwata and it's obsession with social networks and Amiibos and we're done.
e can safetly say autism and it's autistic fanbase killed Nintendo
Cameron Baker
>we wanted to focus as much as possible on the familiar Mario characters.
Such as Goombas, Bob-ombs, Koopas, etc. There's more then just Toads.
>All toads right?
Nope.
>how do we make them distinct and give them personality?
So don't use all toads?
Seriously, what was so wrong with the characters from PM1 and PM2? Goombario is still just a goomba in a outfit. If this breaks your rules and counts as its own character, then so does your Rescue V shit. You are breaking your own fucking rules you hypocrite shits.
Kayden Brooks
What does Sakurai obsess over?
Matthew Harris
Kirby.
Gabriel Phillips
Not anymore, he doesn't seem to want anything to do with Kirby now.
Jace Ross
His wrist and self proclaimed creativity.
Tyler Gutierrez
Hard to say. It's easy to say "KID ICARUS" because of Smash, but that's more a meme on Sup Forums since he never even had it come up so much like these other guys.
Sakurai's more obsessed with his games having similar features. But no particular character or anything.
Ayden Jones
everyone's enjoyment
Grayson Campbell
Fire Emblem
Hudson Clark
But Luigi and Yoshi do appear in the trailer previews for a split second each and they don't do anything of note or have dialogue :^)
Luke Gray
Do you by any chance have portraits of this size for every character or a link to an album?
Angel Allen
Fire Emblem and shotas
Asher Cooper
>Pianta >Noki >Yoshi >Luma >Penguin >Friendly enemy variants like pink Bob-omb and camera Lakitu
>It's just Toads
Grayson Hall
I like how you ignore Splatoon.
Jonathan Lewis
True.
Ryan King
To clarify, I feel there's a lot of "it doesn't have all the features of the other games, but it's X franchise on the go! What more could you want?" in the mindset of reviewers.
If the inherent flaws of Sticker Star are there in Color Splash, they're not going to be as easily ignored.
Adam Campbell
...
Brayden Thompson
What am I ignoring?
Jackson Clark
Fire Emblem and his own series.
Austin Lopez
...at least he gives you something besides an altered ending.
Benjamin Lopez
Would have been too expensive to finish that animation, they saved at least $200.
Adam Moore
Even Yoshi knows to get out of this shitty game.
Jose Garcia
I want this game to be good so bad. I never got to play Sticker Star but I hear it wasn't great.
Am I harboring false hope for the Paper Mario series?
Lucas Sullivan
He was the one who said there was too many FE characters but the rest of the team were pushing for more.
