Guardian Heroes Advance on the way?

[TobalRox]

I finally got around to watching the videos of this, and while it was cool to see some familiar enemies, I became less interested in it. It just seemed like another brawler. I know it was mentioned before, but the lack of "plane" fighting really seems to make this game lose a lot of it's appeal to me. Now, I'm sure it will still be great, but it just doesn't seem to do anything different enough, and that character that they used at IGN looked lame. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

[dhowerter]

TobalRox - I think the lack of multiple planes to fight on in the GBA Guardian Heroes is a design choice. On a TV screen, especially like a 27" or higher, multiple planes are not always easy to distinguish (the saturn version of GH).

However, on a 3" diagonal LCD screen, Im thinking it would be much harder to distinguish multiple planes and figure out which one your on. And if you can't do THAT intuitively, the gamepaly will suffer as a resuly on not knowing exactly (ie. on what plane) YOU AND your ENEMIES are on.

The Saturn Guardian Heroes had lots of onscreen chaos, making it sometimes hard to figure out exactly where you are, much less what plane you're on ;-D SO imagine making the screen NINE times (or so) smaller and trying to discern where you and your enemies are amid the on screen chaos AND which plane you are on all at the same time.. it would just be too crowded, heh, and it would definitely have hindered the gameplay.

I think they made the right choice :-)

[Diff-chan]

I think they made it like that because the GBA hardware cant handle multiple planes.

After all, the game has a ton of slowdown as is (according to IGN).

[Damian79]

I think they made it like that because the GBA hardware cant handle multiple planes.

It can't? So if you jump you can get hit by the guy above you?

[Frogacuda]

I think they made it like that because the GBA hardware cant handle multiple planes.

After all, the game has a ton of slowdown as is (according to IGN).

Even the Genesis could handle multiple planes. Rememeber Yu yu Hakusho played exactly like Guardian Heroes.

People make it sound like the planes are the only major design change here. Everything about it sounds different. I think they just reinvented the gameplay from the ground up and that's the reason.

[Diff-chan]

Even the Genesis could handle multiple planes. Rememeber Yu yu Hakusho played exactly like Guardian Heroes.

People make it sound like the planes are the only major design change here. Everything about it sounds different. I think they just reinvented the gameplay from the ground up and that's the reason.

Heh. I wasnt saying that the GBA cant handle multiple planes, although it certainly seems like that (my mistake). I was saying that the GBA couldnt handle a Guardian Heroes with multiple planes, as it seems that the system is buckling under the pressure of just one.

[MechDeus]

Heh. I wasnt saying that the GBA cant handle multiple planes, although it certainly seems like that (my mistake). I was saying that the GBA couldnt handle a Guardian Heroes with multiple planes, as it seems that the system is buckling under the pressure of just one.

It's probably more a case of running out of buttons, as even with only two planes you're going to need a button for switching between them (well, they could try something like double-tapping up or down but I don't like that method).

[Shooting Love]

It's probably more a case of running out of buttons, as even with only two planes you're going to need a button for switching between them (well, they could try something like double-tapping up or down but I don't like that method).

Or just use the shoulder buttons (like on the Saturn original)

[Ryan]

Or just use the shoulder buttons (like on the Saturn original)

Which leaves two buttons left.

[Shooting Love]

Which leaves two buttons left.

Punch, and Kick.

yeah, yeah...
anyway. The lack of multiple planes is almost unbelievable. I thought that was one of the things that made Guardian Heroes Guardian Heroes.