When the budget starts breaking multiple millions, concessions have to be madeThis is what’s wrong when you have to work on the same IP. You have boundaries to follow. Would’ve loved a new IP with their original ideas
Not quite - they specify that it was for this title, and that it wasn't a technology available to them at the time of Wii Sports. They actually used it though, they didn't just try.And they tried to use deep learning for the OG Wii Sports!
Same as people seem to often do with concept art. It existing doesn't mean it was actually considered or past a point where it was a game. Saying the game was rebooted also seems like an overexaggeration, since if scrapping prototypes falls into reboot then that'd apply to a lot if not most games.Y'all are reading a lot into a game that never got past the prototype phase. Though I'll admit I'm also interested in piloting a robot to play sports, I can't imagine it would've been popular if it was as complicated as they made it sound lol
Morii: [...] The player is inside the robot, but it is the robot that moves when you swing the Joy-Con controller. The robot is the one doing the bowling.
What? You operate the robot?
Yamashita: Yes, you operate this robot, and the robot throws the ball. I know it doesn't make sense. You might also wonder how big this bowling alley is. (Laughs)
Morii: At first, everyone was so excited about this robot idea that we all thought, "This could be fun!” We even made a prototype. But when we actually saw the robot on the screen and moved it around, a blanket of silence fell over everyone.
Absolutely insane revelations in this interview. haha
The interview pretty much give away that the game was in development for years as something completely different before the game was given a fresh start to be something more like an actual Wii Sports sequel.The interview makes me question if half of the dev time was spent on contents that got removed. Hopefully they'll add more other than Golf going forward.
We started off with Wii Sports but got so caught up in making it look new, the swinging motion controls became a secondary consideration, and other aspects of the game, like the game’s atmosphere, became a higher priority for us to put our efforts into. But we were working so hard at the time that we didn't really question it. We were very conscious of creating something new no matter what...
However, it didn't go well in the end. We had lost our way and were on the verge of losing the charm of Wii Sports. And by the time we acknowledged we'd pursued the wrong direction, years had already passed.
two more sports were already datamined. and I doubt so much dev time was spent on removed stuff. prototyping phase and proper dev phases can be split onto their own schedules (unless they're like Bioware where they spend too much time prototyping)The interview makes me question if half of the dev time was spent on contents that got removed. Hopefully they'll add more other than Golf going forward.
It was the reboot after the first rebootI can't wait for Pikmin 4 interview.
So you started development on this in 2013, when there was no Nintendo Switch?
Miyamoto: That's right.
But you are releasing in 2023. I thought that the game was already almosted finished back in 2015 as you said Miyamoto-san.
Miyamoto: It has been rebooted.
And after the reboot, did the development flow smoothly?
Miyamoto: No. (laughts).
It's nice they were allowed to go wild for years. Every other company would have commissioned a traditional, conservative sequel to their uber-successful game, but this approach would severely hurt Nintendo's creativity. Going wild sometimes you strike gold, sometimes you need to understand the experiments are failing and you have to try something more traditional.
For example, in Tennis where players play next to each other in a local multiplayer, the program recognizes if the player twists their racket – the Joy-Con controller – after swinging it, while the ball is flying, and changes the direction of the ball. Players can enjoy a smooth response by seeing the direction of the ball change as they twist their racket and experience the game immediately responding to their movement when hitting the ball. However, since there would be some time lag in online play, the ball may have already reached the opponent by the time the game recognized that you have "twisted the racket" and tried to change the ball's behavior. That is why we cannot use the same program.
In this volume of Ask the Developer, an interview series in which Nintendo developers convey in their own words Nintendo's thoughts about creating products and the specific points they are particular about, we're talking to developers behind Xenoblade Chronicles 3, launching on Friday, July 29th.
Chapter 1: The relationship between "Xeno" (foreign) things
Chapter 2 – coming July 27th!
Chapter 3 – coming July 28th!
I also can't wait to see where the series goes from here!Takahashi: Yes, that’s right. I guess you can say that this is like a summary for moving on to the next step in the future.
I feel pretty good we'll get one.i really hope they do one of these for bayonetta 3.
Gotta finish the other half of the dream. He was able to create his trilogy. Now he needs to finish the sextology.I love Takahashi, I’m glad this is acting as closure and as a culmination to other two games while also being the beginning of something new, pretty excited to see where he wants to take the series next.
Gotta finish the other half of the dream. He was able to create his trilogy. Now he needs to finish the sextology.
That's it's own thing, the same way Mega Man X is a different entity from classic Mega Man. I secretly hope that they are going to do a sequel (and hopefully a remake to get it off Wii U) at some point.Meanwhile behind the window
I expect he is going to be so relieved when they finally get to slap a 4 on the title of the next gameGotta finish the other half of the dream. He was able to create his trilogy. Now he needs to finish the sextology.
I expect he is going to be so relieved when they finally get to slap a 4 on the title of the next game
He has already said he has asked for ‘BOTW budget’ and Nintendo has responded back with where is your track record to get it?I hope Nintendo gives Takahashi an endless pit of money and let him make whatever he wants next. And X2 sequel.
People still keep expecting that to happen on PlayStation for some reasonXenogears remake.
It probably will happen as a multiplatform game quick remaster like Chrono Cross. I dont expect a remake or even XC: DE style remasterPeople still keep expecting that to happen on PlayStation for some reason
That could very much happen to be fair.People still keep expecting that to happen on PlayStation for some reason