No tea-tables "officially" upended.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/33766
The original bosses of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon were thrown out by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Known for his "upending of tea-tables" (making dramatic changes during the development process) Miyamoto canned the original bosses and had Next Level Games create new ones early in development. This was revealed in an interview with the developers of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon on IGN.
Next Level Games' Brian Davis notes that the studio had only one boss had been completed, but the others had been designed. "What he wanted for that was, he wanted bosses that could only be in Luigi’s Mansion," Davis tells IGN. "If you saw a boss, you’d say, 'That’s a Luigi’s Mansion boss!' I think that was the right choice. It allowed us to be very creative."
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon is available now on the 3DS. You can read Neal's review here.
Well, I would have liked to see what the team originally came up with, because the Miyamoto-approved bosses that are actually IN the game are pretty terrible overall (aside from the 1st & last bosses). First Paper Mario: Sticker Star and now Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (this gen, anyway. There's always that old chestnut of Dinosaur Planet he ruined by forcing the Star Fox license on the game)...I wonder how many more games Miyamoto is going to likely make worse before he finally retires.for all we know his bosses were an improvement.. you can't assume that he ruined it because we don't know what it is he ruined.
for all we know his bosses were an improvement.. you can't assume that he ruined it because we don't know what it is he ruined.
This is why people feel the way they do about broodwars...
I'm willing to give Miyamoto the benefit of the doubt here, considering that the games Next Level makes with Nintendo are all awesome, and the games Next Level doesn't make with Nintendo all suck.This.
Like if you spent time and effort designing something that you thought was really good and had all these personal touches and then the bossman says "scrap it" would you be motivated by that? My initial gut reaction is "**** YOU" and my work would reflect that.Depends on what it is and how they said it. I've written stories where people critiquing it have told me X and Y didn't work or could be better. It made the story better. As long as they aren't a dick about it, I'm open to criticism.
I work as programmer and when a higher-up "up ends the tea table" on me I don't get inspired.As a programmer myself i know that i am a very poor designer.
QuoteI work as programmer and when a higher-up "up ends the tea table" on me I don't get inspired.As a programmer myself i know that i am a very poor designer.
Also i know that feedback is a magical thing and even the most dumb criticisms can make your product so much better and you wouldn't even notice it because you're 1) bad designer 2) too entrentched in your work to notice the flaws
I am reasonable enough to accept criticism, i surely hope that fine people at NLG are big men enough to do the same.
