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Thats-bullshit-but-i-believe-it.jpgGood evening Fami, hope you all are having a brilliant day : )
I usually don’t do this, as I don’t like attention. And I hope even after this we will focus on the game, not me.
As some of you know, I do hobby journalism behind the scenes and research various things for fun. Some accurate Nintendo rumors that were reported by YouTubers and other sites in the past partially were based on my research. As I said, I don’t like attention and thus always asked everyone to keep me private, which I intend to continue remain private in those stories.
However, now I have something super excited that I’m aware of. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Remaster is finally happening and coming out soon!
I have been in touch with 3 sources with this. One of them redirected to me to the third source, who I hadn’t interacted before so it was just me cold messaging them on LinkedIn. Because this third source wouldn’t acknowledge the release date I had heard from the previous two sources, I’ll just leave it as “coming soon.”
I informed both @NintendoPrime and @NateDrake about this privately. There’s one more person I have informed, but they wish to remain anonymous.
I personally had always wished for TTYD remaster. I never played it on GCN so I’m over the moon excited to finally play it on Switch soon.
Reading that article the only thing that stuck to my mind was the thought: did Kid Icarus Uprising use the gyroscope for the flying segments?
im not seeing anything about uprising even having gyroscope functions so like with everything in that article im assuming its a "source: i made it the fuck up" momentReading that article the only thing that stuck to my mind was the thought: did Kid Icarus Uprising use the gyroscope for the flying segments?
It's been a long while since I last played it so I'm not sure.
The debate is over. We finally know who is faster.
Hell, not even "Final Fantasy" had chocobos and moogles. But things like a weird group of characters having to collect several bafmodads to save the day, arguments about the planet having a spirit, visitation from a remnant of an alien civilization, overly aggressive generals futilely using stupid large weapons--all felt pretty Sakaguchi Final Fantasy to me.I haven’t seen it in over a decade. It’s not horrible, but they really should’ve dropped the FF branding from it just to keep expectations in check. It’s good for what it tries to do at a time. But a lot of people went in expecting chocobos and moogles and it ain’t that at all. And after seeing how Advent Children turned out I think that was 110% the right call. Just… they should’ve called it “Spirits Within” and left it at that.
I emailed them about this; Kingdom Come is still in development for Switch, it just saw a big delay because the team working on it is in Ukraine, so under the circumstances the fact it's still coming deserves massive props.Wonder what happened to Saber. They're supposed to have 2 Switch ports but not a single word from them. It's like, as if, they're dead. In two months, there will be 2 years after the announcement of Kingdom Come Switch port...
I feel like if it ever happens, they’ll market it by pointing out how weirdly it goes against the rules. So to more answer your question, it’s grandfathered in weirdness and thus allowed.Wouldn't a Paper Mario Thousand Year Door remaster go against all of the current Nintendo rules regarding the Mario IP? I doubt it happens for that reason.
It would definitely line up with Nintendo's rule of making a lot of money.Wouldn't a Paper Mario Thousand Year Door remaster go against all of the current Nintendo rules regarding the Mario IP? I doubt it happens for that reason.
Yea, you can definitely tell it was penned in the late 90’s by Square. So many themes overlapping with Final Fantasy VII in particular. But that’s sort of the thing where I’m not entirely sure a lot of people come to the series for. Thematically everything is there. But the window dressing just isn’t.Hell, not even "Final Fantasy" had chocobos and moogles. But things like a weird group of characters having to collect several bafmodads to save the day, arguments about the planet having a spirit, visitation from a remnant of an alien civilization, overly aggressive generals futilely using stupid large weapons--all felt pretty Sakaguchi Final Fantasy to me.
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Do it to @Dark Cloud and we'll get the post-movie Direct some people are expecting.ban someone we need to go back to 3,999
I hope so too. April may still be slow around the industry other than some more Zelda stuff, but at least we’ve got that and then into May the summer news will start to ramp up too.Now that the Mario movie is out I hope things get more interesting newswise
I've never heard of the Dalek theory before but holy shit that is captivatingThe "Nintendo doesn't allow for creative characters" thing has entered the same territory as the "Daleks have to appear every year in Doctor Who or they lose the rights" thing. Neither has ever been confirmed by the powers that be, yet there's always just enough evidence to make you think they're true.
We’ve been disparaging the Dualshockers article but turns out Sony has been up to similarly petty behavior in their patent applications since 2011:
The vouchers are valid for 12 months! As for the games you would’ve missed in the last few years, I’d recommend (limiting the list to Switch exclusives so it’s not too long):Just pre-ordered the Zelda OLED on Amazon (and got a standard Pro Controller also). I have been going back and forth for a few weeks now if I was going to make the move as we know new hardware will probably arrive in 2024ish... but I need Zelda and Metroid Prime Remastered and Pikmin.
Haven't had a Switch since mid 2019 (last game I got was Link's Awakening) as my Switch died. Time to research on what I missed in 2020, 2021 and 2022, any suggestions would help
Debating if I should sign up for a month of NSO to buy the vouchers before Zelda, no idea when those will end. I somehow still have $129.80 in my Nintendo Wallet lol
It's interesting to look at the movie at the light of this statement. Toads have very minor variations in designs. Kong designs can be very different. Koopa designs do not have major variationsThe "Nintendo doesn't allow for creative characters" thing has entered the same territory as the "Daleks have to appear every year in Doctor Who or they lose the rights" thing. Neither has ever been confirmed by the powers that be, yet there's always just enough evidence to make you think they're true.
huh, I hadn't seen it but last page it seems. Hoping that's not the main Paper Mario project if so, would rather have a new title in the franchiseWhy am I learning about Thousand Year Door rumors on Reddit?
I don't think IS would work on a remaster for 3 years, that's the thing. Unless this is a full-on remake.This isn't the first time Paper Mario remaster rumours - Thousand Year Door specifically - have turned up on this forum, though I haven't had any coffee so don't expect me to remember when I heard about it or who posted what. If Paper Mario did come this year, it'd be slightly ahead of schedule (usually ever 4 years, and Origami King was 2020), but it'd make a degree of sense given we have no Mario title for this year and there's some not unreasonable expectation some heavy hitters will be held back for new hardware.
Be interesting to see if that and the F Zero GX rumours pan out for releases this year, because that's 3 GC remasters from Nintendo in one year plus Baten Kaitos from Bamco. If Paper Mario was coming out this year, I'd actually expect it pretty soon; maybe even late August or early September.
It was in the third Nintendo Direct Speculation thread back in August / September. Paper Mario TTYD was never outright said, but heavily hinted at as being a possibility as part of the Nintendo is always looking to get games remastered and a lot of GameCube games specifically were on the way discussion.This isn't the first time Paper Mario remaster rumours - Thousand Year Door specifically - have turned up on this forum, though I haven't had any coffee so don't expect me to remember when I heard about it or who posted what. If Paper Mario did come this year, it'd be slightly ahead of schedule (usually ever 4 years, and Origami King was 2020), but it'd make a degree of sense given we have no Mario title for this year and there's some not unreasonable expectation some heavy hitters will be held back for new hardware.
Be interesting to see if that and the F Zero GX rumours pan out for releases this year, because that's 3 GC remasters from Nintendo in one year plus Baten Kaitos from Bamco. If Paper Mario was coming out this year, I'd actually expect it pretty soon; maybe even late August or early September.
Intelligent Systems are always working on multiple projects, and we shouldn't assume they handle development themselves if this is true. They supervised WayForward's Advance Wars remakes, for example, and Nintendo have been willing to outsource remasters for more prestigious series like Zelda. I'd assume Intelligent Systems had some role in a potential remaster, but I wouldn't assume it was their main focus or that it was even a big focus for them.I don't think IS would work on a remaster for 3 years, that's the thing. Unless this is a full-on remake.
Thanks for explaining in detail. If there's a TTYD remaster, it would really be pretty mind-blowing. It would essentially destroy any conception about Nintendo having an embargo on heavily modified Mario characters nowadays (at least for remasters/remakes)Intelligent Systems are always working on multiple projects, and we shouldn't assume they handle development themselves if this is true. They supervised WayForward's Advance Wars remakes, for example, and Nintendo have been willing to outsource remasters for more prestigious series like Zelda. I'd assume Intelligent Systems had some role in a potential remaster, but I wouldn't assume it was their main focus or that it was even a big focus for them.
It certainly wouldn't have occupied IS's entire workforce for the last 3 years, but there seems to be a slight trend whereby they've had their games done well ahead of release. WarioWare had an age rating 12 months or so before release, suggesting it was content complete in summer 2020 (launched September 2021). FE Engage also seemed to be largely complete well ahead of the eventual release; seemed to be content complete around summer 2021, nearly 18 months before it released. There's been some spare bandwidth at IS, so to speak, over the last 18 months, and we also had rumours the studio was working on a Genealogy of the Holy War remake. Whatever supervision role they had on Advance Wars also concluded some time ago now (at least 12 months ago, given the game's delay).
I don't really draw any definitive conclusions from that other than the obvious one: as always, Intelligent Systems will have multiple irons in the fire, and it makes sense one is Fire Emblem and one is Paper Mario.
We’ve been disparaging the Dualshockers article but turns out Sony has been up to similarly petty behavior in their patent applications since 2011:
I don't think we will be getting ever a GC on NSO. They can get money from remastering the games, like they did with sunshine or Primer remastered. And GC doesn't have so much first party games left, assuming WW and TP HD will come to switch eventually.Although I would kill for a TTYD HD Remaster, I’ll see it to believe it. I think Nintendo would rather release it when they get into the GameCube part of the Online membership.
Then again, they could ride the Mario Movie wave and release it, digital only, and garner part of the Switch’s install base.
Good evening Fami, hope you all are having a brilliant day : )
I usually don’t do this, as I don’t like attention. And I hope even after this we will focus on the game, not me.
As some of you know, I do hobby journalism behind the scenes and research various things for fun. Some accurate Nintendo rumors that were reported by YouTubers and other sites in the past partially were based on my research. As I said, I don’t like attention and thus always asked everyone to keep me private, which I intend to continue remain private in those stories.
However, now I have something super excited that I’m aware of. Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door Remaster is finally happening and coming out soon!
I have been in touch with 3 sources with this. One of them redirected to me to the third source, who I hadn’t interacted before so it was just me cold messaging them on LinkedIn. Because this third source wouldn’t acknowledge the release date I had heard from the previous two sources, I’ll just leave it as “coming soon.”
I informed both @NintendoPrime and @NateDrake about this privately. There’s one more person I have informed, but they wish to remain anonymous.
I personally had always wished for TTYD remaster. I never played it on GCN so I’m over the moon excited to finally play it on Switch soon.
I feel like Spirits Within had a mix of general rpg/videogame tropes of ancient advanced races, large-scale warfare and the sins of the past, apocalyptic settings, environmentalism, spirits and technology side-by-side, that would fit perfectly into a Final Fantasy game, particularly FFVII and FFX. But yeah the film was a story of one character with a link through generic FF themes rather than anything to do with what it’s like being a FF party of adventurers.IIRC it also coincides with the release anniversary for Mario Bros.
I haven’t seen it in over a decade. It’s not horrible, but they really should’ve dropped the FF branding from it just to keep expectations in check. It’s good for what it tries to do at a time. But a lot of people went in expecting chocobos and moogles and it ain’t that at all. And after seeing how Advent Children turned out I think that was 110% the right call. Just… they should’ve called it “Spirits Within” and left it at that.
Oh, boy, here I go, rambling about Doctor Who again...I've never heard of the Dalek theory before but holy shit that is captivating
I have never heard of any of this (nor the DWEU), but holy shit I am invested.Oh, boy, here I go, rambling about Doctor Who again...
The contractually-obligated Dalek theory is so prevalent that even Steven Moffat was asked about it during his time as showrunner (he said it wasn't true, by the way). Personally, I think it's just a combination of the Daleks being THE Doctor Who monster as well as the fact that the BBC apparently had to pay quite a sum of money for the rights to feature the Daleks in New Who, so they probably think they might as well use them whenever they feel like it.
Incidentally, had the BBC not managed to get the rights to use the Daleks, the Ninth Doctor episode "Dalek" wouldn't have happened (obviously) and it would have been replaced by another episode titled "Absence of the Daleks", which would have revealed that the Daleks had been exterminated (ba dum tss) by a Dalek killer race called the Toclafane.
This of course would have been bullshit, because only one being is worthy of the Dalek Killer title:
(the Doctor Who Expanded Universe is fucking wild, yo)
Good points.I don't think we will be getting ever a GC on NSO. They can get money from remastering the games, like they did with sunshine or Primer remastered. And GC doesn't have so much first party games left, assuming WW and TP HD will come to switch eventually.
If the finally announce Paper Mario and F-Zero GX remaster, I would discard totally the possibility of GC NSO.
I’d kill for Kid Icarus!Man, it's been a minute since I talked here. I see we have a new remaster rumour to go along with the others that have been going around for the last few months or so.
NGL, after the confirmation of Metroid Prime: Remastered, I've got a bit more faith in these rumours. Makes it seem likely that the other rumoured remasters (F-Zero GX, Kid Icarus: Uprising) are real.
I don’t think we’ll get a Zelda Direct. We’ll get more promo and stuff, but not a Direct. They went full with the gameplay presentationWondering if we will get a Zelda direct announced this week, as we’re two days away from being a month away. Similar thing happened with Animal Crossing, where we were nearing the day before launch by a month (and people thought the game was going to get delayed), and then Nintendo announced a direct for Feb 20th, a month from the March 20th release date.
Would be nice and exciting to see more of Zelda will it’s own direct, get a story teaser and more gameplay.