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Surfer Girl Rumors What's True, What's False, and What's Unconfirmed
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DayShallCome
Member
gutshot said:
I asked her in the comments section about the platform of the Zelda spinoff game, and she said that she didn't know for sure, but thought that it was for Wii.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Dayum. I hate surfergirl and yet I have to admit this is a good idea. Good job at collecting all the rumors OP
MrTroubleMaker
Member
wow! good work 
Metalmurphy
Member
Erm... was this ever confirmed?
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Scanning the OP, the "Fight Night 2008 comes to Wii" rumor is listed as false.
Didn't Face Breaker originally start as Fight Night 2008? Thus if Face Breaker is coming to the Wii... by technicality, shouldn't that be moved to the "Partially Confirmed" section?
Didn't Face Breaker originally start as Fight Night 2008? Thus if Face Breaker is coming to the Wii... by technicality, shouldn't that be moved to the "Partially Confirmed" section?
Souldriver
Member
With so many "unconfirmed" rumors, there's bound to be a few true.
Chris Michael
Banned
I am fairly sure this personality is a fraud - or at least some of her sources are.
I'm 99% sure that she's either many people or just has many inside sources - and some of these sources are frauds. Some, however, may be legit.
Just an assumption, but it's an educated assumption.
I'm 99% sure that she's either many people or just has many inside sources - and some of these sources are frauds. Some, however, may be legit.
Just an assumption, but it's an educated assumption.
seattle6418
Member
Snah said:
did they said something in the podcast? if thats the case, we can't make a statment. of course they won't admit it in public. this is the type of info that will neer be confirmed/unconfirmed
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9660049&postcount=25Sega1991 said:
Also, Surfer Girl's Facebreaker rumor never mentioned the Wii, so that can't "upgrade" it to a "partially true" rumor (God, I'm sounding lame).
Snah said:
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seattle6418 said:
Insomniac totally denied it on their podcast and said they do a lot of sharing with GG, and it's a ridiculous rumor to begin with. Who constitutes Insomniac games? One person? Did they do a survey of all the employees?
It's a disingenuous comment that deserves to be put in the FALSE category because it's so inane and absurd.
The Nature Roy
Member
Ehhh... Not necessarily. Sure, it was claimed otherwise on the podcast, but would you expect anything different? And can you be sure the guys on the podcast can speak for every single person at Insomniac?Snah said:
I'm sure there is no institutional resentment of GG fueling Insomniac's efforts on R2, but I wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if a handful of developers felt that way and at least one of them leaked those feelings to Surfer Girl (especially since SG has proven to have some sort of insider access to Insomniac in the past).
And if so, I don't think it's a big deal at all. No doubt developers are extremely competitive people and that only drives them to do their best, but they (usually) know better than to make such controversial statements about their 'rivals' in public.
I work in the media in another field and what people will say about their competitors off the record is vastly different than what they will say on it.
The Nature Roy said:
Then the rumor is false. They denied it on their podcast. What more is there to prove?
A handful of employees not liking GG's product (if we are to assume this is the case) is != Insomniac games.
This rumor should be put in the false category because it was one of the most ridiculous rumors put forth on surfer girl and its intent was to stir up shit that didn't exist in the first place.
The Nature Roy
Member
Granted, the wording ("general feeling of sharp resentment") is very strong and perhaps pushing towards unlikely, but even if it is true, you would expect such a denial, so that proves nothing. I don't see how this one can be considered anything other than unconfirmed.Snah said:
BlazeHedgehog
Member
Chris Michael said:
You just described most rumor outlets.
The Nature Roy said:
The fact is that Insomniac Games as a company denies this. I don't even know why this is a "rumor" in the first place, but what does it matter if some employees at Insomniac Games feel resentment? It doesn't. It doesn't matter if we would expect a denial even if it were true. If Insomniac as a company denies it, it's false, and the personal feelings of employees don't even matter. Why this was even posted I'll have no idea, but it seems to have done its job.
The Nature Roy
Member
No it doesn't. Not even close. And 'the personal feelings of employees' are exactly what the rumor referred to so they are the only things that matter.DarkJC said:
How many times has a company denied something (especially something that paints them and/or a partner in an unflattering light) only for it to later be proven true? It's a regular part of the business.
I'm not suggesting that the rumor is in fact correct, but based on Surfer Girl's rumor history with Resistance 2, I think we should give a little extra weight to any claim made related to Insomniac.
GremlinInTheMachine
Banned
I always wondered what its batting average was. This is a great thread.
BradVanDam
Member
who cares?
AlternativeUlster
Absolutely pathetic part deux
masud said:
It isn't exactly a sequel but a spin-off where the trucks live together and they go around and tell everyone their exciting stories. It is like the movie Cars but with edge.
shrapnelmagnet
Member
Madman said:
Just to chime in, it's not like you start working for a game company and gain this wealth of knowledge pertaining to all other companies and their products... Of course, there are those around companies that know more than most - but I'd feel comfortable to say it's the exception, not the rule.
Collectively, at a company, you might have a ton of random info - since different people have different friends and other companies. You still have to be pretty proactive to keep up.
flarkminator
Member
human5892 said:
:lol :lol :lol
flarkminator
Member
AAK said:
Yeah but I can't really pull that trick anymore, because everyone knows I work there now. The fun is gone =(
Seriously though, twisted metal? C'mon... that doesn't even make any SENSE!!!
Uhhh, this kinda stacks up with what has already been said by Capcom brass. Inafune himself stated that PS3 owners have a graphics expectation that a game of Mega Man-type presentation would never be able to fill which would translate to poor sales, and Wii is more than capable of doing so. He also believed that Wii had more gamers in Mega Man's core demographic, which is certainly debatable, but the man said it himself, nonetheless.Wizpig said:
So yeah.... Mega Man is gonna end up on Wii, if anywhere, this gen.