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Liam R: Intelligent Systems killed Crashmo Wii U game; Now focused on Switch projects
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Graphics Horse
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IS are pretty prolific, the last year they didn't release something was 1997 if I'm reading Wikipedia right. Despite them cancelling a port of this we should see at least one game from them this year.
DecoReturns
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its rather impressive how many titles IS is capable of releasing
foxuzamaki
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NeonZ
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The backgrounds were good, but the character 3d models still were fairly weak. Just compare Lucina in Awakening and Smash Bros. The Fates models were an improvement and more detailed than before, but the faces were still very flat in spite of the semi-sd proportions which gives more emphasis to them.
Good don't think anyone will miss this version. I can see a switch version getting revived one day though. Also im glad they're already working on switch with full force, happy that thay're done working on ancient 3ds hardware. Fire emblem hd, might be my first FE
I also wouldnt mind a switch port of color splash, the game deserves a bigger audience. One of the best looking games ever.
I also wouldnt mind a switch port of color splash, the game deserves a bigger audience. One of the best looking games ever.
Lord of Ostia
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Even more impressive considering how good most of their games are. Intelligent Systems is by far my favorite Nintendo development group.
Going by Fates creepy face touching minigame I would say that IS has a very good handle on higher quality 3D graphics. If they could translate those over to the normal character models that would be insane. Environments for the most part were quite nice and well above what was seen in either of the GC games. Especially in Fates with how the combat environment reflected the overworld location with nice detail.
That was Ken Yokoyama and as far as I can tell he's MIA completely. He wrote FE GBA, PoR and RD and then just disappeared from gaming. Not sure if he's the same Ken Yokoyama that is also a singer and head of a band/record label. As FE Ken did write the lyrics to RD's Dawn Awakens song.
I would love for them to get him back, dude wrote the three best FE's in terms of overall plot and writing.
That was Ken Yokoyama and as far as I can tell he's MIA completely. He wrote FE GBA, PoR and RD and then just disappeared from gaming. Not sure if he's the same Ken Yokoyama that is also a singer and head of a band/record label. As FE Ken did write the lyrics to RD's Dawn Awakens song.
I would love for them to get him back, dude wrote the three best FE's in terms of overall plot and writing.
Often times they are party involved in development. They outsource a lot like Platinum now too, it's basically get that logo on as many releases as possible with a lot of outsiders helping do the work.
Lord of Ostia
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I highly doubt that's the same guy, as the Ken Yokoyama you are referencing was running a record label at the time of FE7's development.
That said, the Ken Yokoyama who worked for IS definitely had a hand in why those 3 games are so great narratively (FE8 being no slouch either). Hopefully the next entry will see an improvement in the writing, as honestly that's the only major flaw with the more recent titles.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Pullblox is my favourite game in the series so I'm just glad Wii U got that a while ago. Sad Fallblox World was cancelled but eh not a huge loss.
Actually the faces are 2D. It's just separate parts merged into a picture and made to move independently. Check out Live2D.
That's unfortunate to hear. It's a delightful series that could get cruel as you progressed. Absolutely would've bought this.
It was a fantastic game. No idea why the aesthetic was such a turn off for people. It looks lovely to me.
It was a fantastic game. No idea why the aesthetic was such a turn off for people. It looks lovely to me.
Yeah, I have it, but I'd like to see what they could do with the hardware if this was more than a basic port of Crashmo.
This was evident this generation. They released:
- FE Awakenig (2012)
- FE Fates (2015)
- Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (2015)
- Pushmo (2011)
- Crashmo (2012)
- Pushmo World (2014)
- Stretchmo (2015)
- Game & Wario (2013)
- PM Sticker Star (2012)
- PM Color Splash (2016)
And you have to consider their - although minor - involvement with TMS (2015). A pretty solid list for a not-so-big studio. Do they still prepare development kits?
I would love to see something from them in the Switch event, but I think it's a little early for FE.
UnemployedVillain
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Even if they're not at the Switch event the exciting part is that all of their efforts will be focused on a single platform. It's going to be amazing
Dark_castle
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My man. RD is my favorite FE, although admittedly I didn't play all of them yet, especially the older ones. I really want FE to back to 3D visual like PoR and RD, get rid of the marriage and child system, dial the fan service back down from eleven and go back to having a competent story/writing.
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I wonder if Switch will slow down IS's output, given that it's HD. I imagine that it'll take some time for them to develop an HD FE engine, though perhaps their work on mobile is building towards that.
As much as I'd love for the children aspect to be cut, I feel like it's too popular for IS to get rid of it. But I'd also just settle for them not writing in a nonsensical reason why the children fight alongside their parents and instead going with a mandatory time jump where you play with the second generation. I think the simultaneous parents/kids thing worked in Awakening to some degree, but the way I heard it works in Fates just had me rolling my eyes.
As much as I'd love for the children aspect to be cut, I feel like it's too popular for IS to get rid of it. But I'd also just settle for them not writing in a nonsensical reason why the children fight alongside their parents and instead going with a mandatory time jump where you play with the second generation. I think the simultaneous parents/kids thing worked in Awakening to some degree, but the way I heard it works in Fates just had me rolling my eyes.
Shikamaru Ninja
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They didn't have a minor role in TMS, they had a zero role. That was Nintendo / Atlus.
As someone mentioned above, their logo may flash on all those games, but besides the eshop Crashmo most were all multi-developer projects. The Paper Mario and FE projects have about 6 major developer collaborations in each. Game&Wario series they do about half the work.
NeonZ
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In Fates, I think the idea is that they could introduce children without needing to sacrifice the main story around that mechanic. If you think about it, they could use a similar excuse to even introduce children and My Castle in remakes without changing the main plot at all. Of course, the issue is that Fates' main story was weak anyway, so the obvious excuse just makes it another apparent misstep in storytelling.
Triforce141
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Bring back WarioWare and Metroid.
My bad about TMS, I thought they gave major feedback at the start, but it turns out that Ando and Yamagami were the ones more involved from Nintendo.
About the rest of the titles... yeah, other development teams collaborated with the projects to different degrees, but I was under the impression that IS had the leading role in all of them. Which is, if I understand correctly, a common practice with the titles Nintendo publishes; I can't recall the last time I saw ending credits for one of their games with only one company logo.
The bit about FE is interesting. Studio Anima worked on the cutscenes, for example, but I'm not so sure if that's what you are referring to with "major development collaborations". What do you mean by that? Not doubting you or anything, just really curious.
And even with the external help you pointed out, I think it's a strong resume for the last few years. I also wanted to ask, do you know something about their collaboration with development tools? It seems like they helped with 3DS, but I can't find if that occupied much of its employees or if it they still are expected to work in those tools for the next platforms.
Proge, Tose, Media Vision, and Red Entertainment are the bigger names on the list according to the credits. There are more it seems.
They just need to get back to making Advance Wars along with Fire Emblem.
Hope he does come back for a future FE title then. The series needs that style of storytelling to make a comeback, and then it will be perfection.
I'm 95% sure we'll get this, and I hate it. While the game is very pretty, that's all I think it is.
Not to mention I'm 99% sure it'd just bomb all over again and truly kill the franchise.
Bonen no Max'd
Banned
All I really want is a Fire Emblem game with sprites again.
I know that's too much to ask for, though.
I know that's too much to ask for, though.
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Radiant Dawn is one of the rarest game that I've come across that lets us fight against protagonist in a battle of life and death, and then lets us fight the same character we used to fight the protagonist. I tell you, mind were blown that day.
SinCityAssassin
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Can't wait for Switchmo.
Yep. And as someone who played prior FE games, seeing 3rd tier promotion classes was also mind blowing
Child system isn't going anywhere. It's here to stay, for good and bad. So I can only hope they do something interesting with it this time. Take a page from Genealogy of the Holy War.
Give us a 40-50 chapter game where the first half involves the parent's generation taking on some conflict. Then break for ~20 years and pick up following the children's generation continuing that fight. Have a mix of fixed marriages and player controlled ones.
I know many wouldn't like this, but they could technically pull a Fates and split the two time periods into their own games. But many wouldn't like the idea of having to pay to match make.
In any event they could easily get away with a Revelations type dlc expansion that simply provides a true ending or they could do something more interesting like have another campaign following the grandchildren's generation instead.
Personally I just really want a set protagonist again the Robin/Corrin setup is just not good. It has a severe impact on the game's story compared to having a set Lord with a defined personality and background.
Dark Cloud
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They should consider bringing back an IP they haven't used in a while.
For the Frog the Bell Tolls remake.
Toadthemushroom
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Aye, I couldn't imagine the game without its proudly chunky cel-shaded art and environments.
I only played through it once and that I can remember almost every level is testament to both the level design and art design.