ElectricBlanketFire
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OP stole the winner with Mario Odyssey is a 3D runner.
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Funny conclusions people jumped to while game info was scarce
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Jonneh3003
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I wouldn't say everyone. A large chunk of us didn't think they would delay it to 2018 after announcing it as a 2017 title at E3...
I mean this part is probably true in a literal sense, but it doesn't matter. I mean, did people expect Nintendo to work on a sequel from complete scratch? It's like being mad there's OOT assets hidden in Majora's Mask.
sublimit
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It's sad that a lot of people still believe this.
"Square-Enix weren't talking about the PC port of Nier Automata in the run up to release because of Sony moneyhatting a delay for it at the last minute!"
Turned out the PC version came out the following week(With Steam exclusive DLC no less!) and they'd seemingly gone quiet because the PC version was a fucking mess.
But oh, how certain gaffers positively raged about it definitely all being Sony's fault.
Also: "Sony won't let Capcom release it on Switch or localise MHXX."
There are several Nintendo fanboys on gaf who have apparently taken this as gospel despite zero evidence to back it up.
Turned out the PC version came out the following week(With Steam exclusive DLC no less!) and they'd seemingly gone quiet because the PC version was a fucking mess.
But oh, how certain gaffers positively raged about it definitely all being Sony's fault.
Also: "Sony won't let Capcom release it on Switch or localise MHXX."
There are several Nintendo fanboys on gaf who have apparently taken this as gospel despite zero evidence to back it up.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Was that really a thing?
ViolentP
Member
Pre-ARMS release sounded like an ESPN boardroom.
Crankshaft
Member
"VC is never coming to Switch because Nintendo would rather sell classic consoles"
I don't think that was conclusion but actual rumors for it : http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1381389
And it was clear from the start it would be a mainline game.
autoduelist
Member
Both of these sound more like joke posts OP took seriously. I mean, like the Super Mario one - that screenshot does resemble an endless runner, so someone took a pot shot. Clearly nobody actually -thought- that.
GoldandBlue
Member
Kinda the reverse but I remember before Mario Odyssey was officially announced, somebody on gaf was saying people shouldn't assume the Mario footage shown during the Switch reveal was for a game that actually exist.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
"The end game of Shadow of War is a 40-50 hour grind unless you buy loot boxes to get legendary orcs that don't spawn in the actual game."
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
I distinctly remember people literally thinking it could be a runner.
And a lot of people thought it was going to be Mario 3D World 2.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
People pretty much had to go out of their way to come up with that theory when context and Occam's razor made it obvious it was a new game.
Idk if this counts but I was 100% convinced that the Wii U version of Breath of the Wild would get canned as to not compete with the Switch version/make the game look better by being a standalone title (you can't get this on any other system) etc. I thought this right up until it actually came out.
Double Donut
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Said no one ever.
SliceSabre
Banned
"Sony ordered/paid SE to cancel the PC version of Nier: Automata!!!"
That Nier: Automata delayed PC version thread was fucking crazy.
That Nier: Automata delayed PC version thread was fucking crazy.
I remember when Final Fantasy VIII was first revealed. The only characters announced at first were Squall and Laguna. Then the logo dropped and showed Squall embracing someone with long hair. We now know that's Rinoa, but then the only known character at the time with long hair was Laguna. Cue several posts on several forums angrily declaring they wouldn't touch the game if it had "fucking gays" in it.
How did this one turn out? I remember people telling me that moving away from the previous generation hardware gave them the ability to make more expansive worlds packed with content. The prime reason why the visuals didn't see a dramatic upgrade I was told.
I remember people being livid about there not being a female Fallout 4 player character option.
Another one was the Reef was shown in a super early video for Destiny and people complained they cut content to sell it later. Of course, the Reef eventually came out as a social space meaning it didnt really have much gameplay content to withhold and everyone had access to it anyway.
Another one was the Reef was shown in a super early video for Destiny and people complained they cut content to sell it later. Of course, the Reef eventually came out as a social space meaning it didnt really have much gameplay content to withhold and everyone had access to it anyway.
bizzarewars
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Any time a new mainline Pokemon game is on the horizon the speculation threads are fucking wild.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
you weren't here were in those threads were you? really shitty, but at least you can forgive those posts for looking at uncertainty since Switch was new there
posters here literally state E3 builds as final versions (ARMS, Mario) - now that is something insane and dumb that I wonder what fueled them to have those views
Ordinaryundone
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It didn't, all of the worlds are still made of small-ish, instanced areas. They are bigger than Destiny 1 and have more going on in them but the game didn't suddenly become Skyrim.
Damn T_T
tkscz
Member
Well, this one is still up in the air. We are getting a Pokemon main RPG for the Switch, but we haven't been given a name yet.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Kojima even tricked actual film directors into believing that the story of MGSV was gonna something other than laughably bad with those trailers.
tkscz
Member
So many people kept thinking this, even after the game could be ordered on the eShop. I never understood why people thought this.
Are you trying to give a new example for the thread or do you actually think this?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
You do realize it has been debunked right? Like literally, GF said the Switch deal is something new, not something whoever leaked has stated.
Booker Dewitt
Member
We haven't seen much of The Order: 1886 cause it's actually a horror game in hiding.
I don't think intentional misdirection really qualifies.
That Phantom Pain announcement trailer is still pretty dope.
Aaron Strife
Banned
I recall a Pojo.com feature back in like, 2000 about a guys experience playing through Pokémon Gold in Japanese. Since he didnt know the language, he had to go off of some weird assumptions, like the in-game phone being a walkie talkie (I suppose cellphones werent as widespread in America back then), the rival being a girl and the Bug Catching Contest being an auction of some kind. Not to mention the myriad of rumors, Pikablue, (turned out to be Marill which had nothing to do with the Pikachu line, and was also terrible) skateboarding, (dunno whatever happened to that, guess they figured the bike made it redundant) a girl player character (which actually was implemented in Crystal finally).
Infernostew
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Dragon Quest XI on ps4 won't sell over 500k in Japan and the 3DS version will outsell it 3:1.
Because this happens a lot with games that are in development hell. Games switch platforms. Mother 3 went from the SNES to the N64 to the GBA, for example. So it wouldn't be a stretch to say that even though BoTW started on Wii U, it would have been moved to the Switch.
tkscz
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I meant a Pokemon game in general. Not Pokemon Star, but an RPG and not just a random spin-off. Isn't that what they said at E3?
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Yea those trailers are very well edited.
Oh man, I loved those late 90's magazines like Pojo and Beckett where the writers were literally making shit up because no one on the team spoke Japanese. Those were the days.