Blind the Thief
CAGiversary!
With Nintendo’s E3 Revolution announcements only 2 ½ weeks away, I think it’s time to start some speculation / wish lists, and since I’ve been craving some Smash Bros. action lately, that’ll be first up.
What can we expect from the Revolution update? Melee was a huge upgrade from the N64 original, and honestly I’m having a tough time imagining what they’ll do this time around. Will they somehow add more moves to every character, while retaining that nice pick-up-and-play feel, or will they make it increasingly more complex, ala Street Fighter?
The already announced online functionality is going to be a huge aspect of it, I would imagine. Just as Mario Kart DS was a perfect game to kick off the DS’ handheld online play, online Smash Bros. will show gamers what Nintendo’s console online plan is all about. We can only hope for something a bit more…robust than most of their DS online offerings (though Metroid Prime Hunters was definitely a step in the right direction).
So what else? As with most fighting game updates, we can probably expect to see additional characters (though, personally, I’d rather see them flesh out existing characters and get rid of characters with the same moves as someone else, like Roy, Dr. Mario, and Ganondorf, rather than spend time on new characters). But who could they add? The Ice Climbers’ appearance in the last game made some old school fans cry out for Kid Icarus, and that might be cool. How about Diddy Kong? I’ve always been partial to Diddy…and gaming wouldn’t have been the same growing up without Megaman to me, and it would be great to see him make a special appearance, but I doubt it’ll happen. Chalk that one up purely to the wish list, I guess.
Other random stuff I’d like to see:
Yoshi – please, PLEASE use the noises from Super Mario World / Super Mario World 2, and NOT those retarded baby voices from the N64 game. No one liked Yoshi’s Story, anyway.
Pichu – C’mon, it was funny, but give us a better Pokemon, with his own moves.
Luigi – His lame-ass moves were hilarious in Melee. More of that, and no vacuum, please.
Pokefloats – This was one of the best levels in Melee, so I hope they include it as one of the “classic” stages.
4-Side – I hated this level. I’m all for Earthbound/Mother-themed levels, but make it better than this.
Mario 3 – This game has finally been getting some referential love (see: Mario Kart DS and Animal Crossing DS), so hopefully there will be at least a level based on the game (Airship, anyone?)
Mario 64 – While you’re at it, maybe a few references to this game, too. Everyone EVER played it, after all.
So how about you guys? What do you want to see? Obviously we’ll get new items, levels, and probably characters, but what do you think they should include?
And perhaps most importantly: though you can use the standard Gamecube controller, they’re sure to include some way to make the game work with the Revmote; any thoughts on how they might do that?
Only two and a half weeks, and we should get concrete info on this…until then, let the speculation begin!
What can we expect from the Revolution update? Melee was a huge upgrade from the N64 original, and honestly I’m having a tough time imagining what they’ll do this time around. Will they somehow add more moves to every character, while retaining that nice pick-up-and-play feel, or will they make it increasingly more complex, ala Street Fighter?
The already announced online functionality is going to be a huge aspect of it, I would imagine. Just as Mario Kart DS was a perfect game to kick off the DS’ handheld online play, online Smash Bros. will show gamers what Nintendo’s console online plan is all about. We can only hope for something a bit more…robust than most of their DS online offerings (though Metroid Prime Hunters was definitely a step in the right direction).
So what else? As with most fighting game updates, we can probably expect to see additional characters (though, personally, I’d rather see them flesh out existing characters and get rid of characters with the same moves as someone else, like Roy, Dr. Mario, and Ganondorf, rather than spend time on new characters). But who could they add? The Ice Climbers’ appearance in the last game made some old school fans cry out for Kid Icarus, and that might be cool. How about Diddy Kong? I’ve always been partial to Diddy…and gaming wouldn’t have been the same growing up without Megaman to me, and it would be great to see him make a special appearance, but I doubt it’ll happen. Chalk that one up purely to the wish list, I guess.
Other random stuff I’d like to see:
Yoshi – please, PLEASE use the noises from Super Mario World / Super Mario World 2, and NOT those retarded baby voices from the N64 game. No one liked Yoshi’s Story, anyway.
Pichu – C’mon, it was funny, but give us a better Pokemon, with his own moves.
Luigi – His lame-ass moves were hilarious in Melee. More of that, and no vacuum, please.
Pokefloats – This was one of the best levels in Melee, so I hope they include it as one of the “classic” stages.
4-Side – I hated this level. I’m all for Earthbound/Mother-themed levels, but make it better than this.
Mario 3 – This game has finally been getting some referential love (see: Mario Kart DS and Animal Crossing DS), so hopefully there will be at least a level based on the game (Airship, anyone?)
Mario 64 – While you’re at it, maybe a few references to this game, too. Everyone EVER played it, after all.
So how about you guys? What do you want to see? Obviously we’ll get new items, levels, and probably characters, but what do you think they should include?
And perhaps most importantly: though you can use the standard Gamecube controller, they’re sure to include some way to make the game work with the Revmote; any thoughts on how they might do that?
Only two and a half weeks, and we should get concrete info on this…until then, let the speculation begin!