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The Wonderful 101: Kamiya "focus on fun, not length..." [Update: Inaba comments]
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Aquamarine
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Well yeah, obviously.
Platinum Games is an extraordinarily efficient, well-managed studio. The Wonderful 101 could ship tomorrow.
It's Nintendo who's deliberately staggering their release schedule to give the Wii U a bombastic lineup of back-to-back releases post-E3.
dark_prinny
Banned
Just give it to me.
frankie_baby
Member
As long as it has good replayability who cares
Kamiya wasn't really involved in MadWorld, it was directed by Shigenori Nishikawa.
Almost no game releases only when it's done.
This is one of those game details that shouldn't be revealed in Twitter without consultation with Minami and/or Nintendo. I'm sure Platinum wants the game to sell well and comments suggesting TW101 will be short will hurt more than help. I'm sure the game will be highly replayable, but without a PR piece that details exactly why this game will be worth the admission price this comment will just push people away.
iconoclast
Member
Nothing wrong with that as long as the game has enough to depth to justify repeat playthroughs.
Now this is an idea i can get behind
This right here.
Aquamarine
Member
IIRC, I don't think he was involved at all with Madworld.
I'm pretty sure he has only been involved in Bayonetta and Okami these past couple of years.
Now people will think he made Madworld.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Price it accordingly then
As you get older you tend to value the tightly designed super replayable classics more.
Most of the really good games still have a bunch of padding that somewhat kills my desire to replay them, stuff like Rising and Vanquish is GOGOGO all the way and they're all the better for it.
Good philosophy to have when making an action game, all killer no filler!
Most of the really good games still have a bunch of padding that somewhat kills my desire to replay them, stuff like Rising and Vanquish is GOGOGO all the way and they're all the better for it.
Good philosophy to have when making an action game, all killer no filler!
You caught then! Their sales arenterrible due to lack of software and they're holding back content for... Some reason...
Coffee Dog
Banned
Rising was so replayable you got a ton of hours out of it. If this is the same then I'm happy.
Eh, I can't really justify spending money on a game if I don't get a good amount of time out of it. If I paid $60 for an 8-10 hour game I'd feel cheated, which is why I no longer buy games at full price. If the game is short or lacks replay value, no way in hell am I paying full retail price. I just don't have enough money for that. If WoW101 has replay value like MGR apparently does, cool.
Nemesis_
Member
MGRR was short -- and fun as hell. I'm not concerned about TW101 being a quick game. It looks like a "dense" game with tons of variety per capita, so that's cool with me.
Side note: He could be throwing a red herring to distract from his Okami-style hat trick of "you beat the game -- now here are the two sequels!"
Side note: He could be throwing a red herring to distract from his Okami-style hat trick of "you beat the game -- now here are the two sequels!"
Really? brb gonna go make a thread
on a serious note, yeah I don't care for length if the game is fun though a 1-2 hour game would be kind of too short
Onion_Relish
Member
How come when kamiya says this its ok but when i say this to my girlfriend it's not 
Kamiyahrs
How come when kamiya says this its ok but when i say this to my girlfriend it's not
Kamiya's games are actually fun a second time.
15-20 hours at least, or i'm not paying $60, period.
Aquamarine
Member
Given Bayonetta's length (~9 hours + tons of replayability) and Okami's length (~40 hours), I think it's very safe to say that Kamiya will jam-pack the game with enough content to get your $60 worth.
Kamiya didn't work on any of Platinum's other games, so I don't think it's fair to attribute the shortness of games like Madworld to him.
Kamiya didn't work on any of Platinum's other games, so I don't think it's fair to attribute the shortness of games like Madworld to him.
I'd be fine with W101 being six to eight hours, what I've played of it was magical but possibly not an easy fit for, say, a ten to fifteen hour game. Much less than six hours would be disappointing (unless the game sucks like MadWorld) unless there are plenty of side missions and challenges or something.
Acquiescence
Member
Says the guy who made Okami, a 10 hour game stretched to an artificially-extended, piss-poorly paced 30 laborious hours. I'm glad his philosophy has changed since then.
Oh not this again. The crazies and their value per hour BS.
Haha.
And how many of these 15-20 hour games are there? There aren't many that go above 15 hours.
Oh man that trolling.
This will haunt me forever
Haha.
And how many of these 15-20 hour games are there? There aren't many that go above 15 hours.
Fuck. Gonna pass on this now. Probably going to be as awful as Vanquish and Revengeance
Oh man that trolling.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Fuck. Gonna pass on this now. Probably going to be as awful as Vanquish and Revengeance .
.Is it short? Awesome. Hate a long game.
I agree my time is more limited but that doesn't mean I'm wiling to spend $60 for a short experience. If this is indeed the case here then Kamiya should keep his mouth shut until Nintendo has decided how they want to advertise this game. One of the first details to come out should not be it's possible very short length!
Now even if the game has multiple modes and a nice bit of replayability (what Nintendo likely could want to focus on when talking about the game.) that's overshadowed by this news because it was the first thing officially said. The first impression of the game outside early demos has been impacted negatively.
Nemesis_
Member
Fuck. Gonna pass on this now. Probably going to be as awful as Vanquish and Revengeance
Vanquish was so boring
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