Super Mario Galaxy

[epmode]

The first part of that same interview is pretty interesting as well. A little depressing, even.

So, about two years ago, after we were finished developing Donkey Kong Jungle Beat 3 for the GameCube, we had some time to plan what our next game would be. I had suggested creating a new, original game on our own, but then Miyamoto-san said in a rather sad tone, "I wish you could make a game with Nintendo characters..."(laughs)

[Bacon McShig]

Holy shit @ Spring Mario.

Vol. 3 hasn't been officially translated yet, but they announced there would be a lot of orchestrated music in the game.

Here's some JP commercials:
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27010.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27021.html

I can't wait for this one.

[NeoZeedeater]

The first part of that same interview is pretty interesting as well. A little depressing, even.

The really bothered me. Galaxy will probably be amazing but the fact that Miyamoto stopped the creation of what could have been a Mario-quality new franchise is not cool. I didn't think it would come from him. I remember in the late '90s he was asked they would do new franchises and he implied "not under Yamauchi's reign".

[Bacon McShig]

It's not like they were knee-deep in a new IP and then they were told to re-brand it or anything. A great high-profile game like this under their belt will definitely help the studio more in the long run, they'll probably expand to where they can take on multiple projects at once if they so desire, and being able to name-drop a hugely successful game helps immensely towards getting any subsequent projects off the ground properly. Mario Galaxy will be a much bigger feather in their cap towards getting the proper funding and marketing for any future projects than DKJB was (fucking genius game though it was).

[Dyne]

The really bothered me. Galaxy will probably be amazing but the fact that Miyamoto stopped the creation of what could have been a Mario-quality new franchise is not cool. I didn't think it would come from him. I remember in the late '90s he was asked they would do new franchises and he implied "not under Yamauchi's reign".

wait, so this game was not entirely made by Miyamoto and his team? from what i'm reading it sounds like he took someone else's idea, became a "producer" or somesuch and slapped Mario on it?

i havn't the time here at work to go through all the interviews.

[epmode]

Galaxy was developed by EAD Tokyo, whose last game was Jungle Beat. Jungle Beat was the best thing out of Nintendo in forever. Anyway, they wanted to make a new IP, Miyamoto said "wtfnopls" so they said "OK" and made Galaxy instead.

[Yoshi]

Considering the only worthwhile thing Miyamoto has done in the last decade is Pikmin, I hope he made the right call here.

[NeoZeedeater]

wait, so this game was not entirely made by Miyamoto and his team? from what i'm reading it sounds like he took someone else's idea, became a "producer" or somesuch and slapped Mario on it?

i havn't the time here at work to go through all the interviews.

I'm not sure what qualifies as a "Miyamoto team" anymore. He seems to always oversee a ton of projects. Like epmode said, it's by EAD Tokyo, an offshoot of EAD that formed a few years ago. They seem to be a mix of older staff that have worked on Mario games (the director is the same as for Sunshine but I will forgive him since Jungle Beat rocked. ) and younger guys. The only major person that seems to be absent for Galaxy's development is Takashi Tezuka who has worked on nearly all the Mario games since SMB.

[James]

Miyamoto choosing the Jungle Beat team to head the new Mario was an excellent move. Mario needs the kind of talent they've got, Nintendo needs Mario to be the best it can possibly be. Hopefully, their next game can be original.

James

[Finch]

i played it tonight at gamestop. For a brief moment all the bad things inside of me went away. This one's special. Now there needs to be a three punch so Wii can be not a piece of shit that i play old games on.