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[Bill Aurion wrote:]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl

« on: August 25, 2006, 12:03:59 PM »

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Bill Aurion wrote:
At that point SSB was just going to be a remake of Melee with online...Seriously...

I know, but that's besides the point. Actually, that's the whole point. Someone says something is going to be one way then it ends up going  in an entirely different direction.

And honestly, look at what you just wrote. "A remake of Melee with online." Didn't Sakurai say that his team was having trouble with online multiplayer and that 4-player online might not be possible? Who do you believe? What is there to believe until there's more than someone's word to go by?

[Arbok]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl

« on: August 25, 2006, 10:13:07 AM »

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Originally posted by: Arbok
Sakurai already went on record saying there was only going to be 2-3 in the game (including Snake), so that's not likely.

Producers/directors say a lot of things. If you look back on any number of Miyamoto interviews, a lot of what he said never actually came true. Was he flat out lying? Maybe, maybe not. I remember when using the freehand controller to swing Link's sword in Twilight Princess was deemed "too tiring." Things change, for better or worse.

40 characters? 2-3 3rd party additions? I wouldn't put too much stake in that just because Sakurai said so. Satoru Iwata said Brawl was a launch title. That obviously didn't happen. Most people expect it Q2 2007, but it could come out Q4 or even in 2008.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official Leipzig Predictions/Hype Thread

« on: August 23, 2006, 10:11:34 AM »

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That means October, November or December. Is it really the end of the world that you don't know the exact hour on the exact day?

No retailer will take Wii pre-orders until a release date is announced. And a price announcement helps with planning. If I save $250 to get the console and a game, I'm screwed if the console alone is $250.

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Protecting the launch date can be pretty important. Right now Microsoft can't set up to release a high profile game on the launch of the Wii because they don't know the date. The later they wait the less likely that is possible. Same with Sony, technically Nintendo can say we are launching November 18th and Sony could come out and Say they are going to instead release on the 11th.

At the same time, it's basically expected that any high profile console released sells out immediately. Also, Nintendo pushed back the release date of Gamecube 2 weeks which was conveniently like a week after Xbox launched. That didn't really change anything. I get your point, but I don't think withholding the release date is as important as you're making it out to be. People who want Wii and have the money for it are getting Wii. The same goes for PS3.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official Leipzig Predictions/Hype Thread

« on: August 23, 2006, 07:37:40 AM »

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On the invite. How can you not expect something bigger then normal?

PR. Get used to it.

And I'd wait until the show is over before belly-aching even though most people shouldn't have expected anything super special anyway. No one saw Smash Brawl coming after like the end of the first day of E3. I won't hold my breath, but you never know though.