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Barely Able said:
Let me ask Chris since apparently he is my wife’s distant cousin (none of us have ever
met him but we grew up a few miles away from each other).

On serious note, a Christmas release time is probably best for this movie since that is a huge moviegoing day.
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His you say that Furukawa is your relative and now you're saying you wife is part of the Pratt clan. All the more reason to suspect that you're the senior Nintendo producer posting on Era.
 
Raccoon said:
personally I am all about new and unnecessary levels
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The best Mario experiences are built out of new and unnecessary levels.

Psyborg said:
I'm only on chapter 5 so far. I'm guessing that's halfway through? So I'll know what you mean in another 50 or so hours of game time. 😄
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oh I wasn't talking about the game as much as I was the discourse. 😅

GamedadJP said:
Know what would make it an even stronger RPG system? :p
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*whispers*
Chrono Trigger...?
 
Barely Able said:
I also live not too far from NOA and worked for a Japanese company. My secret is starting to unravel….
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Now we know how Chris Pratt go the role of Mario. Neopotism.

Furukawa: "Barely Able, my illegitimate son, after you are done producing that Mario game, help decide on who play Mario in the movie".
Barely Able: "Father, I have an idea already. Chris Pratt is my wife's cousin. Let us cast him for the role. He's a big name. He will bring us lot of money and ensure that it will say in the family".
Furukawa: "Good work my son. You have made me proud"
Barely Able: "Now excuse me father. Some asshole Hockey Bird called me an idiot on Reset Era. I must go and argue with him".
 
Barely Able said:
I also live not too far from NOA and worked for a Japanese company. My secret is starting to unravel….
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You were barely able to keep it under wraps
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Any relevant info in the last few days dear people? Or just the good old crazy hype?

Couldn't keep with the thread lately.
 
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Dark Cloud said:
If you’re getting Splatoon 3 the wait for the direct next week should be easier for you.
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Strangely enough, not really. I preordered it and am certainly excited, but it’s definitely been on the back burner in my mind.

Thankfully, I’ve had other stuff to keep me occupied so the wait isn’t unbearable.
 
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Dark Cloud said:
If you’re getting Splatoon 3 the wait for the direct next week should be easier for you.
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My body is Reggie. And I'm really hoping the direct ends up being on Tuesday, because I was able to block off time on my calendar just in case lol.

Also, I'm having a hard time trying to play anything right now. I finished BOTW for the first time last week, and I don't want to start on my backlog because then I'll have more than just Splatoon 3 competing for my attention. So I'm just running around looking for Koroks lol. Should keep me occupied until Friday though.
 
If the Mario Movie’s been delayed, what’s the point of even having a Direct anymore? Pack it in, we’ll try again in the spring.

/s
 
I've been playing through Astral Chain for the first time over the past week and it's made the wait for the direct easier. Despite being a massive Platinum Games fan I didn't like the visual style of this game so that's why I didn't jump on it straight away. But being super hyped for Bayonetta 3 I needed some good Platinum goodness. Going through it now I don't think the art is one of the better aspects, but I'm absolutely loving the gameplay. I'm about 12 hours in and it seems I have a decent amount to go.
 
Even if the Mario movie is delayed again, I’m still predicting a new Mario platformer to be shown at this Direct. Both 2D and 3D Mario are overdue, though now we do know DK is less of a wild card which does complicate things.

Maybe the order is 2D Mario early in the year and the DK game in the winter? The original DK rumors were that it was a new team for EPD, but we now know it is Tokyo. DK is Mario adjacent enough that I think you could sell it alongside the movie where allegedly too he has so much of a role there’s a rumored DK spinoff planned.

It could be the other way around though since we’ve heard fresh info about DK that it is closer and Mario was always later. I guess the safest bet is that either Mario or DK is shown, probably not both at once, but I’ve been Team Mario for so long I’ll stick with him.
 
Chun said:
Genuine question for the thread but do any of you folks genuinely want to see a Sci-Fi mainline zelda or a zelda set in space bc I do not understand the appeal of that at all.

Sneaking in a secret quest or implementing something extra terrestrial in BotW2 as a side quest/expansion? Fully down for that. Just don't want it as an overall theme for a main game.
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Sure, they could probably do something interesting with that. Zelda has flirted with sci-fi a lot in the past, and the setting is fairly malleable.
 
sci fi zelda would be cool if it’s unique.

Like the sheikah tech in BotW is pretty striking and unique visually (until it gets old bc all the mini dungeons and dungeons use it lol)

But the point is I think the team could deliver something unique if they weren’t that route
 
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Pokemaniac said:
Sure, they could probably do something interesting with that. Zelda has flirted with sci-fi a lot in the past, and the setting is fairly malleable.
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Seeing the Sheikah Slate for the first time was a little jarring. But now I love the idea of Zelda incorporating more magic tech into the world. I think of something like Xenoblade when I think of a true mixture of fantasy and sci-fi but I don't know how much I would want Zelda to go in that direction.
 
Smaggledaggle said:
Some news from @NintendoPrime

He is "putting his reputation on the line" as he has received word from an "inside source" that the remake of F-Zero GX is happening.

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Honestly I wish I could say more but they want to remain anonymous even though it makes more sense when you know who it is.

In the end, I still call it a rumor myself and if it's wrong, I'll never use my own sources again. But there is zero word on when it's actually going to come out.
 
Honestly I would rather Nintendo come up with a novel IP than heavily alter the setting of Zelda games. It's not that Zelda intrinsically can't work as sci-fi or something, I just think a departure that large could better be served by something they don't do too often, and create something totally new.
 
It's more or less a week left, huh?

Massive itsbeen84years.gif vibes.


switchum said:
For anyone who cares for an update:

She’s guilt-tripped me so much that I almost unblocked her. I spoke to a loved one, who knows what it’s like to be manipulated and deceived, and she warned me to be careful of this girl.

You all helped me come to my decision too. Thanks for that.

I’m going to block her again. This time, EVERYWHERE.

I thought I needed her in my life. But from now on, I need to prioritize myself. No matter what she’s trying to spin this into.
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I'm glad you have that insight that you need to prioritise yourself, because that is 100% correct! I empathize with your position, since I've been there myself. Such people are not worth it, and it's always important to identify who to keep in your life and who to shut out for your own good.

Certain people can indeed "get in your head" and blocking them can be such a good and necessary measures prevent it from happening - you'll see soon enough that she will fade away from your life, and you'll be better off for it. Manipulative people are the worst. I believe in you!
 
xghost777 said:
Link can blast off to the moon for a dungeon, I'm cool with that. He did it before once...kind of.
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I feel like sci-fi or technological aspects happen in Zelda when a specific dungeon, sequence of puzzles or gameplay idea requires a solution, and the artistic interpretation of that solution can either be magic or sci-fi (as in, a magic warp circle or an ancient Sheikah teleport tube, both have the same effect), rather than because it’s a central concept around the setting of the game. Zelda’s always felt led by mechanics rather than theme, with Hyrule having all manner of technology and magic hidden under suspicious looking rocks etc :)

Even Spirit Tracks- I suspect that originated from ‘what if exploration was a network of nodes with some hidden paths’ and then ‘you mean like an underground rail network’ rather than ‘what if Zelda with a steam train’. Same goes for Zelda as your ally in her spirit and knight form, which feels like it originated from ‘what if the central dungeon needed two characters with different abilities, like a puzzle platformer’ rather than ‘what if Zelda was with Link this time’. Although I think it’s high time Zelda took the lead, personally. How about “The Zelda of Legend: It’s About Time :D
 
Pixelknight said:
I feel like sci-fi or technological aspects happen in Zelda when a specific dungeon, sequence of puzzles or gameplay idea requires a solution, and the artistic interpretation of that solution can either be magic or sci-fi (as in, a magic warp circle or an ancient Sheikah teleport tube, both have the same effect), rather than because it’s a central concept around the setting of the game. Zelda’s always felt led by mechanics rather than theme, with Hyrule having all manner of technology and magic hidden under suspicious looking rocks etc :)

Even Spirit Tracks- I suspect that originated from ‘what if exploration was a network of nodes with some hidden paths’ and then ‘you mean like an underground rail network’ rather than ‘what if Zelda with a steam train’. Same goes for Zelda as your ally in her spirit and knight form, which feels like it originated from ‘what if the central dungeon needed two characters with different abilities, like a puzzle platformer’ rather than ‘what if Zelda was with Link this time’. Although I think it’s high time Zelda took the lead, personally. How about “The Zelda of Legend: It’s About Time :D
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I agree with this that historically they are generally gameplay driven before being world driven, but I feel like with open air Zelda in particular world design has become a much bigger focus for the series moving forward since that is where the gameplay happens (overworld > dungeons). With it reusing the same map, the potential for discovery is lessened hence them looking above and below for expansion. We don't really know how big this game is exactly, but there is a lot of potential for additional maps even if they are smaller and I think space isn't a terrible idea for one and would be something generally new for the series even if it isn't a big focus. I'm also just curious what low gravity Zelda gameplay looks like especially in the context of the physics engine.
 
Raccoon said:
My new official guess for the Zelda title is The Legend of Zelda: The Hands of Time. Link has a magic hand that turns back time, time as a theme is a Zelda (and especially a Breath of the Wild) staple, and reversed music was even in the original teaser. I think it conveys a lot already, and could potentially be part of a broader theme of the game; Nintendo has said that revealing the final title will give away too much.
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Ya know what? Hands of Time gave me a title idea that works with how I think the gameplay progression will work.

I've thought for some time, and still do, that we will be controlling both Link and Zelda. Link will be above ground/in the sky, and Zelda will be underground. Parts of the map both above and below will be blocked off, and each will have to do stuff to open up paths for the other. The Sun Mask challenge in Majora's Mask worked kind of like this.

Now, I also believe that Zelda's areas will be places from previous Zelda games. In the past, so to speak. As they need to help each other, but are far apart, how about The Legend of Zelda: Hands Across Time? Link's weird hand clasping Zelda's beautiful hand would make awesome cover art.

The lineage of Zelda subtitles does make it a shaky guess, though. The only word Zelda subtitles have ever used twice other than The, Of, A, and Link is Oracle, and that was for a Pokémon-like situation. The closest thing was Ages and Age (of Calamity), but it was still different. None of the subtitle acronyms have ever made real English words, either. "Dude, could you believe the third miniboss in HAT???" Eh... :confused:

What the hey, I'll take it.
 
jirou said:
I feel inspired, if Dragon Quest III HD-2D doesn't come out February 10th 2023 I will delete my account
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Gambling your account with a bet on a SQEX game release date?

A SQEX game release date?

SQEX game release date?!

Next you tell me you're going to gamble on Geoff not having something Kojima at his next event.
 
Emily said:
Nintendo knows that some legacy titles are highly requested. Sakurai is aware that people want Kid Icarus Uprising on Switch. Nintendo is aware that there is a loud group of fans for games like F-Zero GX and the older Paper Mario games. I'm not saying those games are getting remasters, but Nintendo has seen how loud and vocal those fans are on social media.

So, the company is trying to figure out which games are worth remastering / remaking. That's why it's so important for fans to get loud on social media. Because Nintendo is paying attention to fan requests. NOA/NOE sends feedback up the chain of command to NCL.
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All right, that's it.

Need to start recruit people to my Star Tropics twitter army.
 
NintendoPrime said:
Honestly I wish I could say more but they want to remain anonymous even though it makes more sense when you know who it is.

In the end, I still call it a rumor myself and if it's wrong, I'll never use my own sources again. But there is zero word on when it's actually going to come out.
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Well, it's not even an original rumour so even if it's finally true, I don't think that validates you or your source at all.

I could say it too about MPRemaster or a new FE with a main character with blue and red hair a la SMTV.
 
Irene said:
Wasn’t #RemasterThousandYearDoor trending a while back?
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I feel like something like that is regularly trending. People are passionate about TTYD for good reason (though some are toxically passionate). I replayed it earlier this year and it’s still one of Mario’s best adventures.
 
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After this Direct airs and we see what we get, we should organize our own hashtag campaign on Fami to see how powerful we are. Make a thread with a poll on what game/series to bring back and then go from there.
 
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