The only way I could see them pulling it off is either through a live service aspect where it comes in free every once in a while &/or expand the stage creator to include Board the Platform/Break the Target.
He absolutely did not ever say this. He said something along the lines of making each game as if it were the last (in other words, trying to make the game as good and big as he can so that it can be worthy of being the last and going out with a bang if it somehow did end up being the end of the series—or the end of his involvement in it, at least—and in general just not thinking about a potential future sequel until it comes time for that and instead just focusing on making the current game the best it can be), and he’s talked about it being difficult to imagine making Smash much bigger than it already had gotten without cutting something else, but he never said any Smash Bros. game would definitely be the last.
this is an artist position for the corporate HQ where marketing/distribution for the region happens.
he is design cordinator on NOE, whenever this mean
I'm assuming that position is as part of the marketing team at NOE. Could potentially be something else, but unless NERD is growing to have a team focused on game development in addition to their usual MO, a design coordinator position on the marketing team (in this case, would probably mean making sure all promotional material matches brand image and fits within guidelines) is most likely to me.
No way they’re going to let a team outside of EPD make a 3D Mario lol
The core design of Bowser’s Fury was done by EPD actually, iirc.
Not quite; EPD handled the porting aspect and had staff work on Bowser's Fury. 1-UP, the usual 3D Mario co-developers also worked on Bowser's Fury, with NST providing roughly half the staff. NST had a significant role there, for sure, but it was a joint production (as is to be expected). You can see the credits here, including a handy breakdown between EPD, NST and 1-UP. Remember, folks in this thread run Kyoto Report and it's a really cool resource, so make use of it when you want to know stuff!
Mario Wonder is actually doing a lot of DKC(R/TF) stuff, ironically.
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Yes, but that isn’t the same as him saying that a game was “definitely” going to be the last game in the series, which is what I was responding to. He never definitively said that any game was going to be his last or the last in the series. I just wanted to correct that because this is exactly how misinformation spreads.Masahiro Sakurai Admits That Super Smash Bros. for Wii U May Be His Last in the Series
Expects the franchise to continue
He has absolutely said on more than one occasion that he doesn't imagine he would be working on the series any more only to turn around and do so anyway.
He's not said that one would be the last presumably because he's not a fool and knows that if he turns it down, they'll just make it with someone else.
Yes, he said he personally didn’t think there will be. That’s hardly definitive. The post I quoted put emphasis on “definitely” which was absolutely not correct.
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Oh shit, he worked on the Mario RPG remake? He was one of the OGs from the original. Hell, Love-de-Lic was more or less the chunk of said team that didn't form AlphaDream IIRC.
On the subject of Mario RPG, it looks like Cattle Call were responsible for programming the game and have worked with ArtePiazza on several projects.
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Cattle Call (company) - Wikipedia
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When it comes to the relationship between Bandai and Nintendo on the third party support front, for the Switch 2 the division to follow will be Studio 3 because they notably haven't done anything on Switch.Bandai Namco Studios revealed more about their internal structure
組織紹介／第１スタジオ | バンダイナムコスタジオ公式サイト
フォトリアル系タイトルを中心とし様々なジャンルのコンシューマーゲーム開発を行っています。長く愛され続けているシ
Studio 1 is responsible for Tekken and Ace Combat as some of the examples they gave, plus God Eater 3 and Code Vein. They have 257 staff
Studio 2 we already know as they work on Smash Bros and also work as support for other nintendo games. THey have 152 staff
Studio 3 is Idolmaster, Tales of, Scarlet nexus and blue protocol. its the biggest one with 377
BNS has in total 1.2k employees so its still missing some not counting corporate side i guess. still is interesting seeing how they are organized internally, just wish to know which other franchises they work but i guess this only now looking up what each staff worked on before
Their technical studio has 296 people and their corporate HQ has 60 people, which is about 60 short of 1.2k. The development enhancement studio and sound team don't have numbers, but they should account for the rest.
HOL UPBandai Namco Studios revealed more about their internal structure
組織紹介／第１スタジオ | バンダイナムコスタジオ公式サイト
フォトリアル系タイトルを中心とし様々なジャンルのコンシューマーゲーム開発を行っています。長く愛され続けているシ
Studio 1 is responsible for Tekken and Ace Combat as some of the examples they gave, plus God Eater 3 and Code Vein. They have 257 staff
Studio 2 we already know as they work on Smash Bros and also work as support for other nintendo games. THey have 152 staff
Studio 3 is Idolmaster, Tales of, Scarlet nexus and blue protocol. its the biggest one with 377
BNS has in total 1.2k employees so its still missing some not counting corporate side i guess. still is interesting seeing how they are organized internally, just wish to know which other franchises they work but i guess this only now looking up what each staff worked on before
Do you remember when they "started" look at that? Its interesting because their full slate of games coming up: SandLand, DBZSZ, Tekken 8 and I imagine the next Tales of are in UE5 (there are some that I am not sure).HOL UP
for those that don't know, Bamco was developing their own engine. being transferred to "S Studio" would mean this engine is being made for a Nintendo game (specifically Smash)?
February 2022
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next Mario Kart/Super Smash Bros runing on Bandai Namco new engine?HOL UP
for those that don't know, Bamco was developing their own engine. being transferred to "S Studio" would mean this engine is being made for a Nintendo game (specifically Smash)?
just Smash. Mario Kart will be on Nintendo's engine as usual. if Studio 2 leads another game, it's up in the air what it could use: UE5 or this new engine
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for those that don't know, Bamco was developing their own engine. being transferred to "S Studio" would mean this engine is being made for a Nintendo game (specifically Smash)?
Bamco does not "make" Mario Kart. They are support for Mario Kart.
note the date of the linked article. that page was created in 2022. this new technology page was made in Dec 8th 2023. Bamco said they wanted their engine to be usable on everything, for everything, so they were probably talking about their grandest ambitions at the time
The type of game will depend more on Nintendo and Sakurai (if he is involved) than on Studio S
arent they co-developers for Mario Kart 8?
they worked on it, and provided some tech support in areas, I think. but the leads are all Nintendo
