Topic: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 146

[broodwars]

Yeah, it would be so long as you could still play the game competently solo as well.  Wouldn't want a repeat of Resident Evil 5's idiotic Sheva AI during offline play (which really hurts the experience), would we?

I don't think Star Fox friendly AI could get much worse.

Sheva's AI in RE5 is right down there with Slippy's, only worse because she's wasting your ammo and your health items when she's being an idiot.  She won't even use any other weapon than her frickin' pistol, and when she's low on ammo she races ahead of you and breaks item crates open so she can take the ammo before you can (and it's not easy getting the ammo back cleanly once she gets it).  When surrounded by enemies she stands there and just shoots instead of retreating to get a better shooting angle, and when she dies YOU lose.  At least with Star Fox AI, you only had Slippy to deal with and him getting shot down usually had no real damaging impact on your playing experience (in fact, it usually improved it since you didn't have to hear some squeeky 30-year old doing their worst 10-year old boy impression).

[NWR_insanolord]

If we'd gotten as many platformers in the last decade as we've gotten FPSs there'd be that kind of innovation in the genre. Sadly the genre is next to nonexistant outside of Nintendo these days, especially the 3D variety.

Totally agree.

EDIT: I just realized that Lindy's reaction to Galaxy is basically the same as my reaction to Super Mario World.

Do you mean in comparison to Super Mario Bros. 3?  I can see that.  I didn't buy Super Mario Bros. 3 when it was released (in fact, I've never beaten it), but I played the heck out of Super Mario World.  When I went back to play SMB3 when it came to VC, I couldn't believe how similar it was to SMW.  It felt like I was playing SMW all over again.

Yeah, for me it was just the other way around. SMB3 is my all time favorite game and you'd think something so similar would be great for me but I never really got into World despite playing through it multiple times. On the other hand Super Mario 64 is in my top 5 and Galaxy, something very similar, has joined it there.

[vudu]

I didn't buy Super Mario Bros. 3 when it was released (in fact, I've never beaten it)

Are you fucking kidding me?!?!  The director of Nintendo World Report hasn't beaten Super Mario Bros 3 or Mario Galaxy?  This calls for mutiny!!!

[NWR_Lindy]

SMB3 was at a weird time for me.  I pretty much skipped it and went straight to Super Mario World.

And yeah, I gotta beat Mario Galaxy.  It's a hole in my resume for sure.