FloweryMarston
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I knew pants were the sign of a new splatoon
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Nintendo Switch |DT2| No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness
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Milly Osworth
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reXygfRilJo
Nice overview of the history of Nintendo (1995 to 2013).
Nice overview of the history of Nintendo (1995 to 2013).
TheLegendOfCap
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Does this mean.....Splatoon?!?!
This has to be Splatoon. All the updated models and
even the trees are brand new.
Mario Kart Switch is obviously 8 and Smash Bros from the ground up would be too much work in too little time.
Dark Cloud
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Splatoon had always looked like a sequel. There's no way Spla2oon will be packed in.
Does this mean.....Splatoon?!?!
OricWindstar
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It's totally Spla2oon.
Does this mean.....Splatoon?!?!
But man...can you imagine if they dropped a new Smash trailer on us?
Naked Snake
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Obliterator
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Smash feels like one of those franchises that should have a good long while between releases. I hope we don't see the next fully new game for another few years
TwistedFreeze
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Page 69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Also...if Splatoon 2 is ready for launch, I think Nintendo may have just guaranteed a Year 1 purchase from me
Also...if Splatoon 2 is ready for launch, I think Nintendo may have just guaranteed a Year 1 purchase from me
TDLink
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Does this mean.....Splatoon?!?!
Not enough time for it to be a Xenoblade sequel so early. What are you going to add to make it a sequel for Mario Maker? Smash has too much pre-established for it to not be a port with some extra stuff on top, otherwise it would need a much longer dev cycle.
Has to be Splatoon. It never looked like a port from what they showed and it makes the most sense.
The Real Abed
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So Mario Kart is a port? I can go with that, assuming it's MK8, as long as it comes with both big DLC packs as part of the game and has more DLC coming up later. I'll double-dip on it. Will be amazing to play MK on that nice big portable screen. (I plan on rarely if ever playing my Switch on my TV.)
Just keep putting out track and character DLC. Don't stop until every single track from every previous MK game has been remade.
Just keep putting out track and character DLC. Don't stop until every single track from every previous MK game has been remade.
Dark Cloud
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Zelda BotW AND Splatoon 2 at launch?? Sprinkle third party games around those two and that's it.
Thing is, Emily also says this about Mario kart
Philosophical question? When is a port no longer a port? If Splatoon 2 is the one she's referring to as a rumoured port that is no longer a port (perhaps turning into a sequel the way Galaxy 2 did), then how come MK8 would be a port?
https://twitter.com/ArcadeGirl64/status/819428165026254848
Philosophical question? When is a port no longer a port? If Splatoon 2 is the one she's referring to as a rumoured port that is no longer a port (perhaps turning into a sequel the way Galaxy 2 did), then how come MK8 would be a port?
the reason I asked is that despite the look of the game, there's been some skepticismin SplatGAF and the main Splatoon community if this would be a "Splatoon 1.5" or a "Splatoon 2.0"
but since this Emily Rogers tweet, I'm 100% full on board #TeamSequel
20 HOURS and 35 MINUTES LEFT BABY!
but since this Emily Rogers tweet, I'm 100% full on board #TeamSequel
20 HOURS and 35 MINUTES LEFT BABY!
McGruber21
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A hypothetical Splatoon 2 would be rebuilt from the ground-up. New hub world, new campaign etc., whereas Mario Kart seems to be adding on top of existing content.
Hero of Legend
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Folks seem to forget, it wasn't much longer between Smash 64 and Melee (just under 3 years, compared to just over two from 4 to now), and IIRC Melee was made in only 13 months.
Smash 5 could be realistic, even more so if Sakurai actually is not involved, as he's fond of just adding so much that the development takes forever.
A ground-up Smash 5 that's slimmer but the whole package is meaty (if that makes sense) could be very do-able.
Like the character count is still higher, but stuff like trophies are overhauled and only use HQ models (so no more Wii-like models, bar perhaps rips from games and identified as such), but far fewer in terms of all-new models, the rips are the filler, and a full-fledged Nintendo universe-themed adventure mode ala Melee.
Soundtrack can also be far slimmer in terms of composers. We don't need 41 composers like in Brawl or however many were in 4. HAL did it with only 4-5, keep it that way. There can be guests from 3rd-parties maybe and that's MAYBE. Honestly HAL's group can pull it off again solo like they did with 64 and Melee.
Namco's likely the developer since Serkan Toto was the original reporter of Namco making Smash at launch(?) and can just start with what they have with Smash 4 but with overhauled ground-up visuals (it really needs it).
One issue I have with Smash 4's music was why they never got Star Fox Assault's composer despite that being by Namco? That guy's work in the game is OUTSTANDING, and he got left out, fuck.
Too long didn't read; they can make Smash 5 happen at launch.
Smash 5 could be realistic, even more so if Sakurai actually is not involved, as he's fond of just adding so much that the development takes forever.
A ground-up Smash 5 that's slimmer but the whole package is meaty (if that makes sense) could be very do-able.
Like the character count is still higher, but stuff like trophies are overhauled and only use HQ models (so no more Wii-like models, bar perhaps rips from games and identified as such), but far fewer in terms of all-new models, the rips are the filler, and a full-fledged Nintendo universe-themed adventure mode ala Melee.
Soundtrack can also be far slimmer in terms of composers. We don't need 41 composers like in Brawl or however many were in 4. HAL did it with only 4-5, keep it that way. There can be guests from 3rd-parties maybe and that's MAYBE. Honestly HAL's group can pull it off again solo like they did with 64 and Melee.
Namco's likely the developer since Serkan Toto was the original reporter of Namco making Smash at launch(?) and can just start with what they have with Smash 4 but with overhauled ground-up visuals (it really needs it).
One issue I have with Smash 4's music was why they never got Star Fox Assault's composer despite that being by Namco? That guy's work in the game is OUTSTANDING, and he got left out, fuck.
Too long didn't read; they can make Smash 5 happen at launch.
Splatoon reveal had like 0 old stuff ignoring similiarities that come with sharing an IP. I never would have started to consider it port without the leaks telling otherwise. That said if it's supposedly ready by launch and a pack-in I'm not sure how this equation is going to work out.
OricWindstar
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I agree and am not expecting it tomorrow. But it, on top of the Switch craziness, would be crazy to watch.
Milly Osworth
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Page 35 you mean.
FF Seraphim
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All i want to know is when Mario Kart is coming out. That is the day I buy a Switch.
EatChildren
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The lines are blurry but I feel most people agree that a port constitutes the base game content being near identical to a previous release as opposed the package emphasising almost if not entirely new content. Despite new content, the extent of which we do not know, the implication seems to be that the core of Mario Kart Switch is primarily Mario Kart 8 and all new content supplements instead of defines.
I don't know if Melee is a good example, as while the turnaround is very impressive it, if I'm recalling correctly, came from an abhorrently immoral workload dumped on the team as they were pressured to get the game ready for the GameCube's launch window. Sakurai in particular I believe reflected on the development cycle and more or less spent every waking hour at Nintendo to see the game through to its rapid completion.
Regardless of the content quality I cannot imagine such pressure would be on the team for Smash 5 when a Smash 4 port would be more economical.
TDLink
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Mario Kart 8 is the same but just with more.
Splatoon has new or changed fundamental features. We've already seen ability to change hairstyle, for instance. It's been speculated there are new clothing items (like pants), which would also change a fundamental of the game. A new campaign could be part of that. New modes. New hub or expansion of the hub. Different rules for the game as we know it (more than 2 maps in rotation at once?). Could be a bunch of things.
JB2448
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Absolutely. Once you go 100 posts per page you can never go back.
Still wasn't sure though, rumors and all.
If it really is Splatoon 2 on release day I fully expect very bare-bones when it's first released and they keep adding on with updates. Maybe they can pull content from the old game to make up for it though.
But honestly I think it's something significant anyway. Not just a simple port. Wouldn't have gone through the effort of inviting Splatoon players from all around to try out Switch this weekend if that wasn't the case.
But honestly I think it's something significant anyway. Not just a simple port. Wouldn't have gone through the effort of inviting Splatoon players from all around to try out Switch this weekend if that wasn't the case.
It's 1:32 am right now, I should be sleeping to be fully awake tomorrow since the event starts at 10 pm here but ohhhhhhhh noo.
100 posts per page? That's a lot of scrolling through the pages!
100 posts per page? That's a lot of scrolling through the pages!
I think you can get it on clearance for a good price soon. Not everything will get ported. Assuming all rumors come true there's still some games like NSMBU, Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Nintendo Land etc. etc. fully worth playing. Depends on whether that is enough to make you buy a new console though.
Wait until the presentation and then decide.
ShockingAlberto
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I genuinely do not believe it to be a pack-in.
Jaded Alyx
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Always been on the #TeamSplatoonSequel from the time it was shown. Didn't look like just a port to me at all.
foxuzamaki
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yea havin custmizeable hair and pants is more sequel territory
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TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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The Train has arrived....
I'M ON BOARD THE HYPE TRAIN
I mean, less than 24 hours to go.
It would be very surprising. I guess it would make the brand better known or something? Not your typical Nintendo pack-in regardless.
Doubly so if it's an actual sequel no way that's happening.
Amazing.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I fully predict Smash and Xenoblade to be the lightest ports. Xenoblade the most with very little in the ways of new content, with Smash getting a newcomer or two and some 3DS maps/content at most.
20h20m left. It's 08:40 AM here and I'm dead asleep; I suppose that'll make it easier to go to sleep early in order to wake up before five goddamn am tomorrow. Sakurai help me, I'm more asleep than hyped at the moment.
I am READY for MK8 and Splatoon (pseudo)sequels. Give me them.
I am READY for MK8 and Splatoon (pseudo)sequels. Give me them.
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