Gonzo The Great
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100% from my favorite review site, eh? I was hoping for Jeremy Parish, but Mackey is nice too. Color me hyped. Pun intended.
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Kirby and the Rainbow Curse - Rolling, Painting, Polarizing REVIEW thread
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100% from my favorite review site, eh? I was hoping for Jeremy Parish, but Mackey is nice too. Color me hyped. Pun intended.
User 479360
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It's beautiful and runs well, but it's kind of boring.
Since when? $20-$30 has always been mid tier...
Yep, DS one was the same but noticeably worse because awkward controls and bad DS graphics.
OrbitalBeard
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Maybe back in the PS2 era when games were generally $40 or $50 but it's 2015 now and a typical, full-priced retail game is $60.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Nor has any game, ever
User 479360
Banned
True. But this is more of a niche title, imo, which only has a certain audience.
WHOA. I think you just sold me the game.
Yoshi's Woolly World has been in development for quite some time now (compared to Captain Toad and Rainbow Curse which were developed over the course of about a year). I don't think we should expect it to be a budget release.
User 479360
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I really liked Kirby's Epic Yarn, but didn't much care for the last 3DS game because it was too slow, easy and boring. Kirby's Dream World was also fantastic.
TheMoon
Member
There's no way in hell this was a 3DS game. From the visual to the gameplay, nothing would make even a tiny ounce of sense on the 3DS.
brought to you by the same reviewer who called Captain Toad not worth it's already $40 budget price tag...
TheSlySoul
Member
So two high reviews and two low reviews. Guess this is a game you have to play yourself. GameXplain was about a 3/5 gathering from the video.
MissileTrick
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Yes I agree there should be a stage where we guide Kirby against a burrito. Maybe even have one part the burrito is being rolled up and we must guide Kirby out of it before he becomes a part of the burrito.
Steve McQueen
Member
Clearly this game is not for everyone. Luckily enough...it's exactly what I want so I can't wait to get my hands on it.
No, I've never heard $40 titles being called mid tier even during this last gen. Mid tier often means it just wasn't a AAA budget title not anything to do with the msrp...
Leafhopper
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Eh not to me personally. Probably has to do with the fact that I don't buy 60 dollar games anymore but, a mid tier game would be 15-30 bucks. $40 dollars is a slightly discounted full priced game.
That's just me though.
Visuals? Sure but, that could have came later. Gameplay? What are you saying this wouldn't make sense on the 3DS. Canvas Curse was a DS game. I don't follow what you mean.
OrbitalBeard
Member
That's fine that you've personally never heard of $40 being considered mid-tier/budget pricing, but that doesn't mean you're correct.
And that's totally fine but the industry standard for a full-priced game is $60. If your game is $40, it's considered budget-priced or mid-tier priced by most.
I rarely pay $60 for games either.
I mean, did you read Dan's review? He was clearly a fan of Canvas Curse, and he loves nintendo games.
Stop being embarassing.
Another person here just said the same thing, seems like its just you arguing that these are "mid tier" games...
Leafhopper
Banned
Oh I agree with you on what the industry would say it is, I was just stating in my own mind what that mid ground price for a game would be, to me.
I consider $5-$15 within an indie price range because it's a common price point among smaller titles. $20 low tier, $30-$40 mid-tier, $50 A and $60 AAA.
TheMoon
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No such game exists. Which game are you actually referring to?
OrbitalBeard
Member
No, Leafhopper was giving his personal opinion and he stated as such. You're attempting to make the point that $40 is considered a normal, full-price by retail, console standards and you're wrong.
SerTapTap
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Kirby gets so little respect for consistently putting out some of the best music out there
I'm saying you Dont define mid tier by their msrp, that is stupid. Mid tier is 100% defined by the budgets allocated to the game. You can call a title "a budget title" (which I Dont think $40 is).
OrbitalBeard
Member
Completely agree. I am a massive, massive fan of the music found in pretty much all Kirby games. The soundtrack is almost always my favorite part of these titles.
TheSpaceBetween
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Killed you mean. The mid tier has been dead for quite a few years. The Wii was a haven for them, and one of the reasons why it was every bit as good a system as the PS360. It is incredibly limiting, and I find it very strange that some have this mentality that games should either be 1$, 5$, or 60$.
Leafhopper
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I like this.
EDIT:
Seems like significant DLC is occupying that $10-20 range now
Maybe return to dream land...?
Kirby music is always a favorite of mine. It always cheers me up with how peppy it can be.
TheMoon
Member
A DS has two interchangeable screens whereas the 3DS is setup with asymmetric screens where the top screen is the main gameplay screen with a widescreen aspect ratio and stereoscopic 3D while the bottom screen is a 2D touch-screen and a square-ish format. On 3DS you cannot draw on the main gameplay screen. This was possible in Canvas Curse on the DS because you could pick whichever screen you wanted as the primary gameplay screen for your game. On 3DS that just isn't possible because the top screen is it. Period. Rainbow Curse is designed like Canvas Curse in that you draw on the actual gameplay screen. Thus Wii U was a natural fit for the idea. And this is also where the co-op comes in. You have three people playing Waddledees on the TV while you're drawing on the GamePad. Also still not possible on 3DS.
This is a Wii U game through and through with zero chance of ever being playable on 3DS without being heavily redesigned.
OrbitalBeard
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Really? Because, it seems to me, that is precisely what you did....which is how this entire conversation got rolling.
Captain Toad was well worth $40. It was packed with content, had a strong presentation, and there really isn't much like it out there. It's noticeably shorter than full fledged titles like 3D World, but that's why it was only $40. I'm sure this has enough content, presentation, and fun to be worth $40. An unconventional platformer like this is expected to be somewhat controversial, as it won't click with everyone.
I'm interested in this. Not right now though, since I've got a fairly large backlog. I'll probably pick this up when there's a nice deal and I've cleared out most of my Wii U library.
I'm interested in this. Not right now though, since I've got a fairly large backlog. I'll probably pick this up when there's a nice deal and I've cleared out most of my Wii U library.
Sorry, I was typing and watching something. I meant that mid tier titles are usually $20 to $30, not that $20 to $30 titles are always mid tier. I see where your misunderstanding came from
And good luck on playing it on PC, as TI82 so genuinely suggests.
Those are both things I'm extremely happy about. I wanted more Canvas Curse and I don't want to play it on my TV.
What makes it the best music out there? I think they're cute jingles, but the state farm commercial has a cute jingle.
EDIT: This is an actual question, not trying to troll (even if the tone came off as abrasive). I'm really curious because I think evaluating video game musical scores is probably the most murky area of review processes. There is no in-depth analysis of musical scores because I think most don't find them extremely important; they're just background noise. I don't get why people freak out over musical scores in games like Pokemon because half the time I mute it. I think the only game that has really wowed me with it's score that perfectly fit the atmosphere was Hotline Miami. I was thinking of making a thread on this because it's one of those grey areas that reviews don't really seem to care much about, but then you come to a community like GAF, and it gets brought up frequently albeit not explained extremely well.
TheMoon
Member
He does? Oh boy.
Leafhopper
Banned
You know what, I actually forgot that fact in terms of the screen differentiation between the DS and 3DS and totally forgot about the multiplayer aspect of Rainbow Curse. The game would have had to be remade from the ground up. You are right, my mistake. However, I do think, before this game was made obviously, that they would have made a 3DS canvas curse like game but opted to make this instead. As in the idea was there for it, due to the success of Canvas Curse.
I haven't played the game, and it will be a while as EU gets the middle finger again, so even though i feel possitive about it i may end up not liking it at all, but that mobile devise port begging, 2/5 review is the most disgusting of the bunch. Enough salt to make an ocean jealous.
And why is that? You can play canvas curse on desmume...
WrenchNinja
Member
Yeah, and?
I edited my post to better explain my position. I didn't want to come off as too abrasive. I'm really hoping it doesn't end up in a list fest because that doesn't explain to me why the music is so good. I can look up the music myself, but what makes it good music?
Its someone they disagree with so he must be a wrong idiot. Dissenting opinions need not apply!
Nocturnowl
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Seems like it will be interesting to see how this measure up to Canvas Curse/Power Paintbrush, on paper it should be a winner taking that base and refining it with much stronger visuals and music on top of that .
But seeing that some of the more negative reviews are from those that did dig the original concept back on DS perhaps it's not quite as clean a successor as that, well I'll look forward to finding out when NoE begrudgingly drop it in the summer or whenever.
Maybe it doesn't have Ink trial, now that would be a tragedy.
But seeing that some of the more negative reviews are from those that did dig the original concept back on DS perhaps it's not quite as clean a successor as that, well I'll look forward to finding out when NoE begrudgingly drop it in the summer or whenever.
Maybe it doesn't have Ink trial, now that would be a tragedy.