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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
Anyone else totally underwhelmed by the new trailer? Looks way too much like some corny superhero F-Zero sh!t is getting in there. The gameplay trailers look fine, for the most part, but some of that new one looked really crappy, to me.
Still excited, just doubtful about certain things. We'll see.
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Originally posted by: Smoke39
I thought Navi was basically just a pointer in TPWii.
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Originally posted by: ThePerm
on second look the character model doesnt look bad at all
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Originally posted by: IceCold
Wow, I'll have to disagree with a lot of the things you said, Mario.. "Nothing new"? "A disaster"?
Firstly, how much more can you do with the Mario platformer formula while keeping it intuitive? Even with the jump to SM64, it was, at its core, the same basic game. Analogue control perfected platforming motion in the 3D world, and now, even with the new controller, not much can be improved on. This is exactly why, even though the development team tried many different things with the controller, Miyamoto overruled it since they didn't make controlling Mario any more intuitive. In fact, it was the opposite. Thinking about it, this is really the first console Nintendo has ever made whose control scheme is not tailored for a Mario game. The NES, well, we all know about Mario's escapades on it. The SNES was an extension. Mario 64 was a pioneer in analogue control, with the 64 controller. Then the GameCube, another extension, was the best controller for platformers, bar none. The Wii, on the other hand, is not designed specifically for a game like Mario, but instead opens the door to many other genres. So you want a "radically different" Mario? Well, now that would be a disaster..
And even with these limitations, Galaxy still uses the controller beautifully while staying true to its roots. It's the perfect balance of traditional platforming and new, innovative use of the controller without overusing it just for the novelty.
I'm also going to thoroughly disagree with you about the fact that you could be playing this on the GameCube. Graphics aside, did you watch the videos? Specifically the one with the Spider boss.. Tell me with a straight face that that can be done well with a GameCube controller. And this is just a glimpse of the ideas that Miyamoto has running through his head. There will no doubt be other brilliant ways that unlock the potential of the controller in Galaxy without utilising it in excess.
Mario Galaxy is my most anticipated game. I haven't felt this longing for a game since the 64 era. It does everything I expected and more, with some awesome additions. A platformer is extremely difficult to translate to this new control scheme, yet Miyamoto has found a way again. I just don't understand your concerns, Mario; I don't think you want a Mario game at all by the sounds of it, rather a completely new game with a new concept.
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Originally posted by: Hostile Creation
I don't need Nintendo to revolutionize the industry every time they make a game. I'd just end up getting dizzy and confused.
I love the look of Super Mario Galaxy. The planets, the altered gravity, the pointer aspect, the beautiful art, the sound and music, and everything else. And I've only seen about ten minutes of gameplay, if that.
This is my most anticipated game. It adds tons of new stuff to the basic Mario concept, far more than Super Mario Sunshine, and it's being done very gracefully. I just love the creative energy behind this game. So much potential.
I wouldn't mind either way, if this were a new game or something we haven't seen in Galaxy. There's nothing unbelievably new in Mario, nothing that will totally change gaming as we know it.
But has that even happened since Mario 64? Or maybe earlier, the original Donkey Kong game? Neither of those even seemed like that much of a leap, either.
Don't expect too much. Galaxy looks like enough for me, more than enough. It looks incredible. And if something else is coming too, that's great. But this has me excited enough as is.
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Originally posted by: Requiem
Well it's basically like a speakerphone. I've never had a problem with speakerphones, even if I was holding or waving it around.
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Originally posted by: Requiem
I appreciate the shout out BnM.
I've been thinking about the friend codes and how they could potentially become your WiiPhone number.
If Nintendo figured out a way for you to automatically give out the new friend codes you register on your Wii to your friends, I doubt there would be such a fuss. Having one friend code would be great, but it's not possible with the current setup. So basically, once you get your new game, you plug the numbers into your profile, then it automatically sends it out to your friends and updates their profiles. You can also manage which friends get your new code and which don't. This will be useful just in case you make a friend in SSBB, but you don't want them to burn your Animal Crossing village. Or simply, if you don't trust your friend haha.
Hmmm....
If the WiiPhone is true, and if they somehow allow yout keep a profile that features the ability to auto-update friends code, it would rival Xbox Live.
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Originally posted by: thejeek
Oh. Sounds cool. I was tempted to get one a while back as you see loads of PC projectors on eBay which I guess you could use together with a TV capture card but the cost of bulb replacement and loud fan noise kind of put me off the idea. Also there's a risk of lag with a TV capture card which makes gaming impossible (I found this out trying to use my laptop as a screen for my Cube via a USB capture card). I'm guessing since you have component input you're using a projector designed for TV use?
