Post by: WindyMan on February 28, 2003, 11:52:13 AM
Billy just called in from Las Vegas with an update on the D.I.C.E. Roundtable, which included Shigeru Miyamoto. We managed to wring out some interesting information from the legend for you, so check out the highlights:
- Miyamoto had confirmed to us what he had said before and what Konami had said earlier that a Metal Gear game was in fact being developed for the GameCube. He also clarified that as of yet, there are no plans for GBA connectivity as some have misunderstood his earlier comments.
- Kirby's Air Ride is being developed by HAL, which is no big surprise. The game seems to be a mixture of Mario Kart and standard Kirby fare with Kirby sucking up enemy powers on the fly, booster arrows, and shortcuts.
- Speaking of HAL, Miyamoto has said that the developer's staff has "increased considerably". This would obviously mean that HAL is working on more than what's been shown; when the matter of a Super Smash Brothers Melee sequel was brought up, Miyamoto said he didn't know, but he's still joking about putting Sonic in a Smash Bros. game.
- A new Donkey Kong game was mentioned, with no hint of a specific developer. No comment was made about it showing up at this year's E3.
- Wario World is being co-produced by one of Nintendo's internal developers and a second party that Miyamoto mysteriously wouldn't reveal.
- When asked about online plans, Miyamoto responded in a way that made it seem like it isn't going to be happening this year. However, when asked about Nintendo's plans for networking GameCube titles (via LAN), he smiled and laughed, saying he couldn't talk about them.
- According to Nintendo, 70-80% of all GameCube games released during the rest of this year will offer some sort of GBA connectivity. (This doesn't include third-party games.)
- The North American version of The Wind Waker will be altered slightly from the Japanese. Miyamoto said that some tedious sections of the game would be cleaned up. Here's a spoiler-filled example (highlight to see): As players of the Japanese game would know, there is one section of the game where Link needs to collect pieces of the Triforce. Some people found this tedious, so the North American version of this portion of the game has been simplified somewhat. The end result will not affect the story or quality of the game one bit.
- Finally, it just so happened that Britney Spears was in London at about the same time as Miyamoto was last week. More people showed up to see Miyamoto than Spears, which should come as no surprise to any of us.
Those were the highlights of the 45-minute roundtable. Look for the full transcript this weekend!
Post by: GaimeGuy on February 28, 2003, 12:07:43 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on February 28, 2003, 12:26:27 PM
I don't like the way that sounds. Online plans should have been in place last year. A year from now is way too late. Network games are cool and all but are a really lame replacement for online. BOTH types of games should be available.
"Kirby's Air Ride is being developed by HAL, which is no big surprise. The game is a fast-paced racing game in the same vein as Mario Kart, with power-ups, booster arrows, shortcuts."
If it's like Mario Kart it seems like kind of a useless title to make, particularly when the "real" Mario Kart isn't even out yet. Maybe they're greatly changing the Mario Kart design and Kirby is designed to be the more traditional title.
Post by: demoncrono on February 28, 2003, 01:06:48 PM
Post by: Djunknown on February 28, 2003, 02:05:48 PM
That's because our cojones don't shrink when we say we're gamers! Looks like the UK is getting "Shiggy with it"
* A new Donkey Kong game was mentioned, with no hint of a specific developer. No comment was made about it showing up this year's E3.
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that they're going to have to start from scratch. Can Nintendo use Diddy Kong, Dixie, Funky, Cranky and the rest of the gang?Or are they Rare's apes?
As far as Online plans, talk about stubborn! Turning your Game Cube into a LAN sounds nice (Might be a lot easier than the XboX) but will that entice gamers as much as playing online? Wonder what else devolopers will do with GBA-GC connectivity?
Post by: RickPowers on February 28, 2003, 02:10:46 PM
Post by: Koopa Troopa on February 28, 2003, 03:22:34 PM
It'd be really great to have some 8-16 player Nintendo action!
Post by: Scoobert on February 28, 2003, 03:43:57 PM
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Wario World is being co-produced by one of Nintendo's internal developers and an unknown second party that Nintendo has worked with before. Thereafter, the Nintendo folk dodged any other questions about the game.
Here's my question, wasn't it already said that Treasure was working on Wario World? If they are working on it wouldn't that mean Treasure is a 2nd party? Was the whole, Treasure working on Wario World just bad info?
Post by: Perfect Cell on February 28, 2003, 03:59:39 PM
Post by: Mingesium on February 28, 2003, 04:06:38 PM
Post by: Mingesium on February 28, 2003, 04:15:48 PM
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According to Nintendo, 70-80% of all GameCube games released during the rest of this year will offer some sort of GBA connectivity. This isn't just first- and second-party games; it goes for third-party games as well.
Wow. That is a lot of games that will support GCN-GBA connections. I expect most of Ubi Soft and EA games will use the link cable. It seems that all Nintendo games will use the link cable is some form.
Post by: ArtVandelay on February 28, 2003, 06:45:15 PM
Post by: Bloodworth on February 28, 2003, 07:16:03 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
If it's like Mario Kart it seems like kind of a useless title to make
Actually, that was a little bit of a miscommunication from the phone call we made afterwards. It actually seemed quite different to me, and I altered the article to reflect that.
I also want to apologize for the third-party GC-GBA miscommunication. Miyamoto was only talking about their titles when he gave that figure.
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 28, 2003, 07:44:34 PM
Post by: Perfect Cell on February 28, 2003, 07:52:24 PM
Post by: Super Mekman on March 01, 2003, 03:36:24 AM
This not only warrents the long wait, it makes it feel a bit more unique now to own an import version of game.
Post by: LOUiE on March 01, 2003, 11:24:14 AM
Post by: FFantasyFX on March 01, 2003, 12:24:57 PM
As for the other news, I wonder how increased HAL's resources are. They are definitely developing two GCN games right now (Kirby's Air Ride & mystery game), and I think there might be an outside chance at three. I'm hoping one of them turns out to be Earthbound GC.
