Things That Bother You About Gaming

[Daxdiv]

The more I see about how NoA handles FE:Fates, the less I want to play it.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I've got nothing.

Paper Mario is done, I think.

[gunswordfist]

"Let's paint the town Red" With the blood of Developers who chose to stick to fucking Sticker Star Gameplay.?

[Spark Of Spirit]

It's just baffling.

TTYD - Response: Excellent - Result: Make a sequel entirely unlike it
SPM - Response: Pretty Good - Result: Make a sequel entirely unlike it
SS - Response: Tepid At Best - Result: Make a sequel exactly like it

It's completely bizarre. I don't understand why Nintendo can't just go back to basics. They're doing it with Star Fox, for crying out loud.

[Foggle]

It took three abnormal Star Fox games before they finally ended up giving fans what they wanted. Maybe after this one we'll finally get Paper Mario 3...

[Spark Of Spirit]

Thing is, I could have even understood a sequel to Super Paper Mario. It wouldn't have been ideal, but it would have been far preferable to this.

And I'm not even a Sticker Star hater. I played it, beat it, thought it was alright, and had no desire to ever play it again. But, it was poorly received. So, they make a full sequel that is exactly like it only with paint instead of stickers? If I never planned on replaying Sticker Star, I certainly have no desire to play a game just like it.

It would be like if Capcom kept making the sequels to Devil May Cry 2 exactly like DMC2 and wondered why nobody was buying the series anymore.

[Nel_Annette]

They done fucked up with Color Splash. This is exactly what people didn't want from a new Paper Mario. I mean, I shouldn't judge a game before it comes out, it looks very pretty, but... This is Sticker Star again. World map and battle system are virtually the same. I'm pretty damn disappointed.

[gunswordfist]

Wait, they made 2 more Star Foxs are the GC one? 

[Foggle]

Wait, they made 2 more Star Foxs are the GC one? 

Assault and Command. I played the former and hated it; never touched the latter myself, but I've heard horrible things about it.

[Spark Of Spirit]

This is why we're not getting a TTYD sequel.

Iwata: Miyamoto-san really persevered with Paper Mario this time. Exactly what was he particular about?

Tanabe: Aside from wanting us to change the atmosphere a lot, there were two main things that Miyamoto-san said from the start of the project—"It's fine without a story, so do we really need one?" and "As much as possible, complete it with only characters from the Super Mario world.

Iwata: That's a difficult task. In some ways that would be the exact opposite direction from recent games in the series.

Tanabe: Yeah. With regard to the story, we did a survey over the Super Paper Mario game in Club Nintendo, and not even 1% said the story was interesting. A lot of people said that the Flip move for switching between the 3D and 2D dimensions was fun.

But here's the thing, the negative reaction to Sticker Star dwarfed any of the old negativity of the first three games. If anything, Color Splash should have either been something new or a sequel to Super Paper Mario.

Instead this game is exactly the same as the last game like they didn't listen to fans at all. Heck, they addressed NONE of the issues with Sticker Star with Color Splash.

So why was abandoning the RPG style pertinent despite it being the series roots and what the fans want okay, but not getting rid of a style nobody wanted more of? It's completely nonsensical.

[gunswordfist]

Face palm. Nintendo, you're better at listening to the fans than any other game company. Don't do this.

[Foggle]

Did people really not like the writing in Super Paper Mario...? I thought it was the main reason that game was received well.

[Daxdiv]

Yeah, say what you want about Super Paper Mario's game play, but I thought the writing/story was top notch. Poor Count Bleck, he just wanted to be with his love.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

This video sums it up perfectly: https://youtu.be/JmxQG6Cfyr4

[Foggle]

I do feel like the Uncharted 3 example does a good job of supporting that particular moment in the story, and that the No More Heroes 2 scenario is 100% intended as a parody of the other games featured, but yeah, this trend is really fucking annoying.