By the look of the gaming setup there, which includes quite a few arcade sticks, I wouldn't at all be surprised if this game is competitive.
I was a competitive Melee player and have won countless tournaments. Hundreds of dollars while I was in college. I tried to get into brawl and couldn't. I love it as a party game and it is in my wii almost constantly non the less, it is well crafted and if you look at the other games Sora has worked on you know the talent is there.
Let us remember that the softening of Brawl may very well have been heavily pushed by Nintendo, rather than the majority of the development team.
Anyway, I switched over to BlazBlue as my competitive game of choice....but I have alot to learn, that game is not smash brothers.
It's nice to see that they are playing on competing consoles as well, and that they're not afraid to show it. Sometimes you get the feeling that Nintendo is completely oblivious to anything that its competitors are doing, hardware or software wise. Plus that HDTV gives me hopes that Wii's successor would support HD resolutions (yes, you never know with Nintendo).
As much flak as Brawl gets from the competitive community (including me) for how it was purposely undermined as a competitive possibility, it was still a tremendously fun, pretty, and well-made game.
Assuming they aren't working on a competitive genre of gaming, I can't wait to see what these guys have in store for us.
Do I see a PS3 and an XBOX360 in the office? That's slightly humorous. *Might be something Sega in the top left of that TV stand?*
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm REALLY looking forward to this. Not because its the Smash Bros. guy, or because its a new Nintendo company, but BECAUSE THEY PROMISE SOMETHING NEW! Yeah... oddly enough... I'm not being sarcastic about that. Totally looking forward to whatever they shell out, here's to hoping it's a new RPG franchise for Nintendo! Or not.
@Timothy Saskiewicz: That's the exact thing my eyes were first drawn to. Oh Sony, how you mock me so... You'll give a white PS3 to even Nintendo before you offer one to me!
@Boom-Chicka-Ah: If you're impressed by that, you should check out Level 5's offices. They have more geek-cred than gencon. http://www.level5.co.jp/creator/navigator.html
Yes, I believe so. At least I know the one with the black top is. The ones with the silver top have a bit of a different layout than Hori's sticks... So, I dunno.
I've always got this sort of arrogant "Hey kids! we're a super happy corporation!" vibe from Sakurai and everything he represents in written form. These photos add to that particular image.
@Ichidou: That doesn't strike me as unusual so much as very Japanese. To say 'positive work environments are a lot more important there' might be a bit of a misnomer (no two companies are alike, after all), but the feel of the environment--and the image you present to potential customers and partners, is an important part of it, and what little experience I had back in the days I was an office jockey saw a similar attitude, so it sort of matches my anecdotal observations, at least.
I'm not saying it's strictly a Japanese thing, but sufficed to say, the difference in an office environment in Japan and your average American corporate office is pretty well documented. (God, I remember the training videos we had to suffer through that ended with an expectant middle-manager being like 'See! Be positive and work can be fun!' Like saying it loudly was all it took. NOT THAT I'M BITTER).
I hope he dies in a fire with his game and get back to making -good- smash bros. titles. :P I want a gamecube upgraded version! And if anyone says that's the wii version, I will stab them in the jaw. Brawl was slow paced and boring.
I mean, with the huge success jump Ultimate stars has made in japan, wouldn't it be logical to maybe adapt smash 64 to the ds? Now that, I would buy anytime
I'm not all that serious about him dying btw, so no bashing please
@Phibius: yeah, i remember reading a rumor of a smash bros game coming to ds many moons ago.. thought it sounded brilliant.
as for the melee/brawl comment.. i actually preferred brawl because i like the slower pace. thats just me.. im not a hardcore smash bros fan either. its like how some people prefer street fighter IV to street fighter III.. not me.. street fighter IV is fun, but totally dumbed down compared to III. usually, those people arent hardcore fans though. so, i see where youre coming from.
@shouryuuken: But at least Street Fighter IV was marketed to the hardcore crowd. I haven't played it and I'm sure there are tons of differences, but from what I recall they wanted it to be an updated SFII, meaning they wanted it to be competitive.
Brawl is...garbage. Seriously. I honestly regret spending my 50$ on it. I'll play it every once in a while for about five minutes and then think something like 'Why the hell am I playing this? I've got Melee right here!'
@Sensai: yeah... now i dont regret buying street fighter IV, but i often think "man id rather be playing III." if sf III had online play.. id definitely be on it more. it was "marketed" to the hardcore crowd.. but many people think sf III was perfection when it comes to 2d fighters.
quite a bit of the hardcore crowd tears sf IV apart for its ease and simple combos. its too simple.. and it really is just street fighter II with prettier graphics.. and street fighter II is overall the better game.. so theres not much reason to play IV over II besides the graphics.
Saw the picture of the DS then read half of the title and thought "OMG, Smash Bros. DS!". Then I read the article and said "oh... that game seems nice. I guess." So yeah, WarioWare-type games are good but they still cant compare to my feelings for Smash Bros. for the DS. What was I talking about again? :P
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I was a competitive Melee player and have won countless tournaments. Hundreds of dollars while I was in college. I tried to get into brawl and couldn't. I love it as a party game and it is in my wii almost constantly non the less, it is well crafted and if you look at the other games Sora has worked on you know the talent is there.
Let us remember that the softening of Brawl may very well have been heavily pushed by Nintendo, rather than the majority of the development team.
Anyway, I switched over to BlazBlue as my competitive game of choice....but I have alot to learn, that game is not smash brothers.
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Assuming they aren't working on a competitive genre of gaming, I can't wait to see what these guys have in store for us.
07/14/09
I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm REALLY looking forward to this. Not because its the Smash Bros. guy, or because its a new Nintendo company, but BECAUSE THEY PROMISE SOMETHING NEW! Yeah... oddly enough... I'm not being sarcastic about that. Totally looking forward to whatever they shell out, here's to hoping it's a new RPG franchise for Nintendo! Or not.
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thankyou for showing me that. you just brought tears to my eyes.
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Yes, I believe so. At least I know the one with the black top is. The ones with the silver top have a bit of a different layout than Hori's sticks... So, I dunno.
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Now, does this mean Project Sora employees get to play Blazblue and SF IV?
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That being said, GOD I wish I worked there :(
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I'm not saying it's strictly a Japanese thing, but sufficed to say, the difference in an office environment in Japan and your average American corporate office is pretty well documented. (God, I remember the training videos we had to suffer through that ended with an expectant middle-manager being like 'See! Be positive and work can be fun!' Like saying it loudly was all it took. NOT THAT I'M BITTER).
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I can say the American company I work for really makes me feel welcomed there. :)
(can't say where, though...)
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I mean, with the huge success jump Ultimate stars has made in japan, wouldn't it be logical to maybe adapt smash 64 to the ds? Now that, I would buy anytime
I'm not all that serious about him dying btw, so no bashing please
05/28/09
as for the melee/brawl comment.. i actually preferred brawl because i like the slower pace. thats just me.. im not a hardcore smash bros fan either. its like how some people prefer street fighter IV to street fighter III.. not me.. street fighter IV is fun, but totally dumbed down compared to III. usually, those people arent hardcore fans though. so, i see where youre coming from.
05/28/09
Brawl is...garbage. Seriously. I honestly regret spending my 50$ on it. I'll play it every once in a while for about five minutes and then think something like 'Why the hell am I playing this? I've got Melee right here!'
05/28/09
quite a bit of the hardcore crowd tears sf IV apart for its ease and simple combos. its too simple.. and it really is just street fighter II with prettier graphics.. and street fighter II is overall the better game.. so theres not much reason to play IV over II besides the graphics.
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Sakurai working on another Smash Bros? No thanks, not after the pile of crap that was Brawl.
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Like how awesome Mario Kart Wii was compared to 64 and DS? Then sure.
05/28/09
*SMASH!* "Dang, I broke my DS." :P
I sure wish it was real though.
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