Solid SOAP
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Yoshi's Island was an experiment to begin with though, remember that.
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New Yoshi title announced for Wii U! (Looks like Yoshi: Epic Yarn)
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Yoshi's Island was an experiment to begin with though, remember that.
Solid SOAP
Member
I don't really have a problem with "Yarn" becoming its own series, really. If the concept screens are supposed to be vindictive of the game's final look, which I'm really hoping it is, then the game is taking more of a unique look than the video might lead us to believe. The screens with the hills and the one with the windows in the back especially look fantastic.
Fuck no, YI was hardcore man!
It was supposed to look like a baby drew it or something! Babbys were it's theme! It was a prequel.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Not the gameplay. And I would draw a distinction between "babby" (fast becoming on of my least favorite memes used in GAF discussions) and storybook. The soft pastel aesthetic comes across a bit more namby pamby than the rough hewn and color saturated look of YI imo. Still looks pretty good though. If the thematic variety is there I think the Epic Yarn look will work just fine.
Haunted
Member
Oh, aren't you the MLG master Mr FancyPants. Yoshi's Island was pretty solid, difficulty wise. Hard to 100%, too.
Yoshi's Story and Kirby and Wario Shake It are much easier and make it extremely trivial to just get to the end, but you do need some skills to 100% them.
I'm fairly certain this will fall into the latter category.
PRjumpman124
Member
So what's next, Mario's Epic Yarn? I'd actually like that.
Yeah, the screens look really great. I have been wanting Epic Yarn to become a part of Nintendo's rotation since Kirby, and suspected it would be used on Yoshi since their styles seem to naturally blend. I would of been fine if Epic Yarn's look stayed with Kirby, but if Nintendo wants to try this on different characters I won't complain.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Yeah, I can't help but thing Nintendo has been neglecting the Mario franchise lately. We need at least, like, 10 Mario games on Wii U, all variations on styles we've seen before.
PRjumpman124
Member
I agree, starting, with a Mario RPG. Haven't seen one of those since Super Paper Mario and the rpg elements in that one are pretty light.
As someone who enjoyed Epic Yarn, I'm surprised that they would go back to that sort of art style so quickly, but at the same time I don't mind it. I liked the little "evolution" from the thread-outline Yoshi into the more fully-formed knit one and I think that already starts to hint at something a bit more complex than what we got in Kirby's game. Even so, the grab-and-toss mechanics from Epic Yarn make total sense with Yoshi anyway, and I'm curious to see how they ramp up the level designs for it.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
I wouldn't mind that, although it'd be better if they took some creative risks with it. Also, isn't Bowser's Inside Story a pretty highly regarded part of the franchise?
PRjumpman124
Member
Definitely, I love that game, especially Fawful's beeflessneess. I meant a console Mario RPG. The gamepad would be great for inventory management or whatever quirkiness Nintendo can come up with.
To Far Away Times
Member
Well, fuck. No gaming announcement will surprass this this year, not even the announcement of new consoles.
Takashi Tezuka (The guy with perhaps the best track record in gaming history?) back on board with a console Yoshi game? Fuck.
Nintendo's not fucking around after the Yoshi's Island DS disaster.
Nemesis_
Member
I see Wii Music and NSMB2.
Hopefully those two outliers are not going to be joined by a third.
Dion Blaster
Member
Honestly this looks so much better than Yoshi's Island stylistically. I get what the game was going for but in the end it looked like my little cousin drew it.
I see Wii Music
Hopefully that outlier is not going to be joined by a second
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NSMB2 is good (though not great)
I see Wii Music and NSMB2.
Hopefully those two outliers are not going to be joined by a third.
nsmb2 was pretty rad. it just lacked some effort with regards to presentation.
To Far Away Times
Member
I see Wii Music and NSMB2.
Hopefully those two outliers are not going to be joined by a third.
Significant contributions or directing for Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, Zelda NES, Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Link's Awakening, Yoshi's Island, Mario 64, Ocarina of Time and Mario Galaxy 2.
It blows my mind.
And that they made his involvement a significant portion of the reveal, well, I have high hopes.
Nemesis_
Member
It's weird, because when NSMB2 came out I was all over it and finished it 100% within the first three days.
Then I played NSMBU, and for some reason it made me realise how boring and by the numbers NSMB2 was
Got to browsing that wiki link and realized how many people at Nintendo have been there for ~20 years; it's amazing.
gamergirly
Member
This is going to be a cute and niche game. Just like Luigi's Mansion. I see it developing its own group of N followers
Father_Brain
Banned
Stopped clock is right twice a day, throw enough shit at a wall and something will stick, etc.
Hero of Legend
Member
I'm conflicted, this game's style is perfect, problem is KEY exists, if we acknowledge that, it feels rehash-y, if we don't, it's perfection, know what I mean?
LiveFromKyoto
Member
I love the visuals in this. I kind of hope it is easy, my girlfriend would love this but she gets discouraged by anything too tough.
Or Zelda Chain Link
MrCookiepants
Member
Don't get why people are saying it's straight up copying Kirby's art style. How does this
look like this?
Looks closer to Yoshi's Story to me.
look like this?
Looks closer to Yoshi's Story to me.
Shadowlink
Member
Hoping we get more information soon. I also wouldn't mind an early demo either.
Probably too early in development.
What disaster? I loved that game.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Interesting. I find NSMB 2's controls and level designs more appealing. I've also gotten an amazing amount of replay with coin rush mode and street pass records. And although it's a little tricky to put my finger on, there's something more natural and unassuming about it. If the visuals weren't so highly derivative and the bosses were less expected it would be pretty up there in my 2D Mario pantheon. Even as is the game strikes me as incredibly solid.It's weird, because when NSMB2 came out I was all over it and finished it 100% within the first three days.
Then I played NSMBU, and for some reason it made me realise how boring and by the numbers NSMB2 was
That said, I think NSMB U has a lot of its own strengths, like the more integrated map and ideosyncratic variations on the old level themes. The layering of elements in the backgrounds gives the game visual oomph that the other NSMB games kinda lack. I still haven't seen everything there is to see in it, so who knows, maybe my preference will change. Regardless I think they're both tighter and more fun than their predecessors.
Silent_Ocarina
Member
Don't get why people are saying it's straight up copying Kirby's art style. How does this
look like this?
Looks closer to Yoshi's Story to me.
That first image does look quite different, but the gameplay shown in the Nintendo Direct definitely looks like Kirby's Epic Yarn.
The jewels from Kirby's Epic Yarn are even there. Not shown in this animation is the part in which Yoshi steps on an enemy, and the enemy explodes into yarn scraps much like in Kirby's Epic Yarn.
There seems to be some sort of visual progression here. I'm really interested in how it turns out. I just hope the gameplay isn't so boring.
StreetsAhead
Member
The game was first rumored in September 2011. What about the stuff shown says 'early development'?
To Far Away Times
Member
Well, you know. Direct sequel to Yoshi's Island and all. You gotta bring your A game when you're dealing with such a prestigious game.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
it would be cool if it were a mish mash of visual styles, a sort of trip through all sorts of nintendo aesthetics. i would love that.
the androgyne
Member
Not to discount Tezuka at all, but he was supervisor on Yoshi's Island DS just like he is here.
Yoshi's Island DS is probably one of the best examples of a game developed with Nintendo sensibility (alright, directly ripping it off) but without the polish. Perhaps he's more involved this time though considering they thought it important enough to mention.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I played it for the first time a few months ago, and it's an offensive aping of the original Yoshi's Island.
That might by hyperbolic, but only a little.
the androgyne
Member
Some of the later levels in YIS could have easily been in those 'crazy mario' custom levels on YouTube!
S could have easily been in those 'crazy mario' custom levels on YouTube!Killa Sasa
Member
This. game. looks. GLORIOUS.
If nothing else, this Nintendo Direct was just amazing for artstyles alone. This, X, and WWHD (for me, personally -- I get that not everyone likes it), is just too much T_T
I'm literally cruising the vistas.
If nothing else, this Nintendo Direct was just amazing for artstyles alone. This, X, and WWHD (for me, personally -- I get that not everyone likes it), is just too much T_T
I'm literally cruising the vistas.