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[Halcyon776]

Seriously?

I didn't mean to be rude, then! It's okay not to know something. With GAF though sometimes you assume that if someone says something that isn't quite right, it's because they're being a jerk.

Sadness is being "developed" by Nibris (a Polish company). They do not have Wii development kits as far as anyone can tell. They're not properly licenced. The game has been announced for years, but no resources from the game have ever been released. They've went through several publishers who have dumped them. They've also passed off art for other projects as art for Sadness, which is a very sleazy thing to do.

Hahaha I've been following the game since it was announced...what 2 years ago now...maybe 3; actually I was being sarcastic... I thought it was obvious enough... I didn't want to make it too-obvious by announcing that... but thanks for your concern!

 

[egocrata]

Nintendo buys Monolith.
Monolith gets Nintendo's delay syndrome.

It's CONTAGEOUS!

Miyamoto is furiously upending tea tables all over their office. He is on a rampage. Run!

 

[Mithos Yggdrasill]

Myamoto is not happy with the result is seems.

Fixed for more accuracy.

 

[batbeg]

wait... so people are dumb enough to think this will come out within a month's time? :lol

edit: ah, july. thought it said june. but still, this is at least 3 months away. we've seen nothing. think about it.

Just like the media blitz on Glory of Heracles! And Soma Bringer! And Battalion Wars! And Forever Blue!

Wait...

 

[bryehn]

VADERNOOOOOOOOOOOO.GIF

This was one of the last things I had to look forward to on Wii.

Oh well, guess It's all about Mad World for me now.

 

[ivysaur12]

Please don't be canned, pleased don't be canned...

 

[Mdk7]

Seriously?

I didn't mean to be rude, then! It's okay not to know something. With GAF though sometimes you assume that if someone says something that isn't quite right, it's because they're being a jerk.

Sadness is being "developed" by Nibris (a Polish company). They do not have Wii development kits as far as anyone can tell. They're not properly licenced. The game has been announced for years, but no resources from the game have ever been released. They've went through several publishers who have dumped them. They've also passed off art for other projects as art for Sadness, which is a very sleazy thing to do.

unluckily i do think they are licensed developers.
Or at least, for DS they are.

Anyway Sadness is pure bullshit, and let's not forget they were referring to that as a "Resident Evil Killer", LMFAO.

 

[AceBandage]

Please don't be canned, pleased don't be canned...

I was so happy to see at least 2 new "gamers" IP from Nintendo with Hammer and Disaster. Now Hammer is canned and Disaster looks to be a struggle. Bravo. Let's do another Mario franchise game instead amirite?

Seriously, people. Games get delayed all the freaking time. Are we going to freak out every time this happens?

 

[Ranger X]

I was so happy to see at least 2 new "gamers" IP from Nintendo with Hammer and Disaster. Now Hammer is canned and Disaster looks to be a struggle. Bravo. Let's do another Mario franchise game instead amirite?

 

[duckroll]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

 

[AceBandage]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

It would make sense, actually.
There were a few movies that got delayed after 9/11 because they were shot in NYC.

 

[Matt]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

That does seem to be the best explanation...

 

[Loudninja]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

That does make alot of sense.

 

[grandjedi6]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

Which means it could still be on track for a European/NA release...

 

[duckroll]

Which means it could still be on track for a European/NA release...

What?

 

[thetrin]

Which means it could still be on track for a European/NA release...

*facepalm*

 

[grandjedi6]

What?

*facepalm*

Wasn't it suppose to be coming out in Europe soonish? Or am I getting random placeholders mixed up with official dates?

 

[duckroll]

Wasn't it suppose to be coming out in Europe soonish? Or am I getting random placeholders mixed up with official dates?

That's.... not what I meant. >_<

 

[grandjedi6]

That's.... not what I meant. >_<

I'm so confused. What did you mean then?

I was just trying to point out that if the game was delayed due to the recent Asia disasters then it wouldn't necessarily be delayed in the rest of the world

 

[duckroll]

I'm so confused. What did you mean then?

I meant that this:

I was just trying to point out that if the game was delayed due to the recent Asia disasters then it wouldn't necessarily be delayed in the rest of the world

would result in this:

>_<

 

[thetrin]

I'm so confused. What did you mean then?

I was just trying to point out that if the game was delayed due to the recent Asia disasters then it wouldn't necessarily be delayed in the rest of the world

natural disasters that kill 50k people in Asia don't just affect Asia...

 

[grandjedi6]

natural disasters that kill 50k people in Asia don't just affect Asia...

Yes but it would be no where near as politically incorrect to release the game in the US compared to Asia after these disasters. I'm just trying to say that if Nintendo delayed Day of Crisis due to the recent natural disasters, that doesn't mean it will effect Nintendo of America and Europe's plans for the game.

 

[Nibelung Valesti]

Yes but it would be no where near as politically incorrect to release the game in the US compared to Asia after these disasters. I'm just trying to say that if Nintendo delayed Day of Crisis due to the recent natural disasters, that doesn't mean it will effect Nintendo of America and Europe's plans for the game.

Well, as far as we know they just delayed the Japanese release. So, they might be working on the US and PAL versions right now... ^^ Maybe a simultaneous WW release is not impossible in the near future ^^ (assuming they have delayed the game because of the typhoon and the earthquake, that is).

 

[pakkit]

It'd make sense; same reason that Phone Booth was delayed after the DC sniper shootings.

 

[rakka]

no big deal, wasn't as if it was looking great anyway.

 

[Haunted]

Miyamoto upended the tea table again?

Or Nintendo not wanting a PR nightmare with a game about disasters after that catastrophe in Asia as ducky said. That Schwarzenegger movie Collateral Damage was also held back after 9/11 and came out at a later date (as were several others, of course).

Early 2009?

 

[Man God]

natural disasters that kill 50k people in Asia don't just affect Asia...

Also remember that September 11th basically shelved the original Advance Wars in Japan, and that was far smaller loss of human life.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

People were actually expecting it to come out this year? Craaaazy.

 

[klausbert]

I'm all for delaying games if needed. The more polish it gets the better it will be.

 

[stilgar]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

Yes. I didn't thought about it, but it could really be the clue.

 

[Terrell]

Yes but it would be no where near as politically incorrect to release the game in the US compared to Asia after these disasters. I'm just trying to say that if Nintendo delayed Day of Crisis due to the recent natural disasters, that doesn't mean it will effect Nintendo of America and Europe's plans for the game.

.......
*looks at past 5 or more days of front page newspaper headlines involving Chengdu*

Sorry, man, I know we're not as sensitive to the world around us as some others, but it still has a severe impact to a lot of people here, too. Nintendo doesn't HAVE to do anything about the release in these territories, but a show of respect should be easy to interpret and appreciate given current circumstances.

 

[Shiggy]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but there's a lot of speculation on 2ch and whatnot that the game was not delayed because of development issues - instead Nintendo just didn't want to start promoting a cool action game about natural disasters so soon after the typhoon and earthquake disasters in Asia now, so they're delaying it instead.

I think this seems likely, they did the same with Advance Wars after 9/11, didn't they?

 

[grandjedi6]

.......
*looks at past 5 or more days of front page newspaper headlines involving Chengdu*

Sorry, man, I know we're not as sensitive to the world around us as some others, but it still has a severe impact to a lot of people here, too. Nintendo doesn't HAVE to do anything about the release in these territories, but a show of respect should be easy to interpret and appreciate given current circumstances.

I'm not trying to be insensitive but you are naive if you think there would be an uproar in America if this game released in July.

 

[Polari]

I'm keeping hope alive that this game will be halfway decent. Hopefully they've pushed it back because they've got something great on their hands and want to get it right, rather than pushing it back because it's so atrocious that even the company that released Bongo Blast can't face putting it out there in its current form. I have little faith that developers who specialise in RPGs can put out good action games though and the lack of media/previews to date doesn't exactly inspire optimism.

 

[Captain N]

I'm so confused. What did you mean then?

I was just trying to point out that if the game was delayed due to the recent Asia disasters then it wouldn't necessarily be delayed in the rest of the world

People are giving Nintendo a hard time about Wii Fit calling a little girl fat..they don't want to see what happens if they were to bring this game out now.

 

[Jocchan]

I'm not trying to be insensitive but you are naive if you think there would be an uproar in America if this game released in July.

You're overlooking the stupidity of people and media.

 

[duckroll]

I'm not trying to be insensitive but you are naive if you think there would be an uproar in America if this game released in July.

It's not about there being an uproar. If Nintendo has decided it would be insensitive and they're keeping a lid on the reason just to be more sensitive about it, there's no way they will release the game in the US and Europe before Japan simply because the incidents are further away. That makes no sense at all.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

It's not about there being an uproar. If Nintendo has decided it would be insensitive and they're keeping a lid on the reason just to be more sensitive about it, there's no way they will release the game in the US and Europe before Japan simply because the incidents are further away. That makes no sense at all.

If the insensitivity differs from region to region, why wouldn't the response?

 

[klausbert]

It's not about there being an uproar. If Nintendo has decided it would be insensitive and they're keeping a lid on the reason just to be more sensitive about it, there's no way they will release the game in the US and Europe before Japan simply because the incidents are further away. That makes no sense at all.

Didn't you say that was a rumour on 2ch? I don't think that's the reason why they delayed it anyways, terrible things happen all the time. The earthquake and the tsunami didn't cause the media to go as wild as 9-11, where everything with two towers got cancelled. Terrible things happen all the time, if it's not 9-11 it won't make anybody delay anything. Or did you see Illusion delaying Battle Raper 2 because of some raping incident? :lol

 

[VAIL]

no big deal, wasn't as if it was looking great anyway.

Do you troll in every Wii thread?

 

[duckroll]

Do you troll in every Wii thread?

He's telling the truth though.

 

[samratty]

That's an interesting, and plausible thoery. Hopefully even if it has been delayed due to the typhoon and earthquake Monolith will continue to polish it so that when it does come out it will be better (without taking too many staff of whatever else than plan to be working on).

I just hope ths game is good... It looks interesting, but that's all we know really.

 

[VAIL]

He's telling the truth though.

Says you, idea is interesting, and some of the bits of footage look pretty good.

 

[batbeg]

Didn't you say that was a rumour on 2ch? I don't think that's the reason why they delayed it anyways, terrible things happen all the time. The earthquake and the tsunami didn't cause the media to go as wild as 9-11, where everything with two towers got cancelled. Terrible things happen all the time, if it's not 9-11 it won't make anybody delay anything. Or did you see Illusion delaying Battle Raper 2 because of some raping incident? :lol

It'd be as ridiculous as Square-Enix taking out allusions to kidnapping in FFVI Advance due to kidnappings in Japan :lol

Oh wait.

Do you troll in every Wii thread?

He tries his best. I asked him about it before but he'd already left the thread for another Wii one to say something bad about a console I doubt he owns.

Not that his opinion is necessarily wrong this time, it does look pretty mediocre by all accounts, though I'm still interested.

 

[duckroll]

Says you, idea is interesting, and some of the bits of footage look pretty good.

Yes, SAYS ME. Now what?

 

[Fuzz Rez]

I was never too excited about this game so I really don't care of this delay. Although it would be nice to see new Nintendo franchise that doesn't involve Mario or he's friends.

 

[Shiggy]

Didn't you say that was a rumour on 2ch? I don't think that's the reason why they delayed it anyways, terrible things happen all the time. The earthquake and the tsunami didn't cause the media to go as wild as 9-11, where everything with two towers got cancelled. Terrible things happen all the time, if it's not 9-11 it won't make anybody delay anything. Or did you see Illusion delaying Battle Raper 2 because of some raping incident? :lol

Nintendo delayed Advance Wars for several months in Europe and Japan due to 9/11.
Taking a look at the description of Disaster, there are many similarities between the natural disasters in Burma and China.

The game's main objective is to survive natural disasters.
There's a monster wave that floods the USA, well at least it's not Burma.

The player has to drive by car to escape from the all-destroying wave; jump aside since houses collapse due to a gigantic earthquake and swim for their lifes in a torrential flood.

The game's slogan is (German translation, so I'm not sure whether I did it wrong)
"Come hell or high water, fight for your life!"

And then there are terrorists, they could be compared to the junta. He has to fight against them but his real challenges are the natural disasters.

 

[duckroll]

Like I said, it's just a theory, but considering how close to release this delay is (just before they would have started marketing the game with previews and a website in fact), and how similar the themes are to what's happening right now, I do think it's pretty likely.

 

[Eteric Rice]

Ah well, more development time never hurts.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Says you, idea is interesting, and some of the bits of footage look pretty good.

You mean the 10 seconds in-game footage.

Yeah, what a great indicative.

Let's say is a cool idea, that's all, we can really say right now.