Ravenprose said:

"It's too cartoony!"

She used to say "It's too kiddie!" now she's changed that to cartoony.

ROFFLES at this comment on the youtube video.

"I completely agreed with Morgan Freeman. Super Mario Galaxy 2 was not having enough 3D graphics without being cartoony. It needs more depth than story book and more adult sections of the HD."

LMAO

My Stop Smoking Coach with Allen Carr

Game for DS.  That would have to be the worst gift ever.

However, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi The Genie and the Amp is only $8.23 at amazon.com.

I bought it.  How do I know these people?  They must have been on before or after another show I used to watch.

Nintendo Power’s Sonic Colors Interview with Takashi Iizuka

Tristan Oliver | June 3, 2010

He’ll have a Hand in it, but not a Huge One

The other part of Nintendo Power’s six page Sonic Colors preview is a long Q&A with Sonic Team’s Takashi Iizuka.  But if that leaves you immediately concerned with the direction of the next Sonic, don’t be.

Iizuka plainly states in the Q&A that Morio Kishimoto will be directing the Wii edition of the game.  Previously, Kishimoto was the lead game designer for Sonic and the Black Knight and Sonic and the Secret Rings.  On the DS side, Takao Hirabayashi is director.  He had been lead planner for Sonic Unleashed recently.  Kishimoto and Hirabayashi will lead their respective divisions on each specific version–with help from Dimps for the DS version.  That means the same team behind SBK, known as the Storybook team, will handle the Wii version, and that corroborates the exclusive information we brought you this time last week.  It appears Iizuka will assume a supervisory role in this project.

In the interview, Iizuka also explains the process behind incorporating the new in-game Wisps, and the powers they contain:

When you say “Sonic,” the first image that pops into people’s heads is that of Sonic running.  And until now, we haven’t really been able to successfully implement any moves besides running.  We wanted to explore ways of adding new moves and new styles of play without sacrificing the traditional Sonic running action, and that led to the creation of the transformation power-up system.

[....]

In all of our past Sonic games, we tried to experiment with introducing new styles of gameplay that didn’t involve running, but I think that those elements were so different that they ended up clashing with the traditional Sonic gameplay instead of complementing it.  When it came time to work out the power-ups in Sonic Colors, I feel we really succeeded in embracing our core concept of “100% pure Sonic style high speed action,” and coming up with new moves that gelled well with Sonic’s core gameplay.

A couple of new details emerged from Iizuka’s others comments as well.  In the Q&A, he states all the game’s zones will be “fun areas” built in the context of amusement park rides, and that the game’s 3D areas will concentrate on speed, with 2D areas focusing more on platforming.  That’s likely for the Wii version; Iizuka said the DS version would have a different story, and it is there where other Sonic characters like Knuckles and Shadow may show up.  Iizuka also hinted at a multiplayer component in the interview, which we also exclusively told you about last week.

On the state of Sonic, Iizuka admitted that recent fare “have failed to play to Sonic’s strengths,” and said both this and Sonic the Hedgehog 4 aims to change that:

That’s why this year’s Sonic games [....] have been developed with a central focus on reestablishing the traditional Sonic gameplay experience.  Sonic Colors introduces a style of power-up driven action that is entirely new to the series, but I think it still maintains the sense of speed and satisfying pacing that are the hallmarks of the series.

Iizuka also said in the interview he would like to “evolve” the Sonic franchise into something that can be enjoyed by gamers of all ages.  He believes both Sonic 4 and Sonic Colors will be “a good demonstration” of his vision.

There are a couple off-camera scans of this interview and they show off a few screenshots.  There’s also a page showing a peek at the DS edition.

Vader

Enslaved's graphical influences revealed Miyazaki movies, Tarzan cartoons and more inspired Uncharted challenger, says Ninja Theory

Um, as someone who owns every Studio Ghibli film on dvd.... I don't see it.

Archangel3371 said:

I can certainly understand what she's saying and she has every right to say it given that the context of the discussion seems focused on providing personal opinion on the game.

Of course she has the right to say it, just as people have the right to respond to it.

You understand what she's saying when she says "It's not 3D enough?" Please translate that for us.

angrymonkey said:

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

I can certainly understand what she's saying and she has every right to say it given that the context of the discussion seems focused on providing personal opinion on the game.

Of course she has the right to say it, just as people have the right to respond to it.

You understand what she's saying when she says "It's not 3D enough?" Please translate that for us.

She said that !? - I didn't watch the whole thing. Geez

The 4 year old, mature, graphics comments - please. Oh you're too grown up for childish video games and you want the adult flavored childish video games. ok...  

Apparently she likes platformers too, which I don't understand as most platformers have colourful, kid friendly animal characters and such, and have done so for like 20 plus years.

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

I can certainly understand what she's saying and she has every right to say it given that the context of the discussion seems focused on providing personal opinion on the game.

Of course she has the right to say it, just as people have the right to respond to it.

You understand what she's saying when she says "It's not 3D enough?" Please translate that for us.

Archangel3371 said:

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

I can certainly understand what she's saying and she has every right to say it given that the context of the discussion seems focused on providing personal opinion on the game.

Of course she has the right to say it, just as people have the right to respond to it.

You understand what she's saying when she says "It's not 3D enough?" Please translate that for us.

Whatever. You're response is silly.

Of course, it's me

Archangel3371 said:

Look at the news caption and how you guy's are presenting it: "It's too cartoony" wha wha wha whereas if you actually present it in it's entire she's simply saying that she's grew out of it and it's too cartoony for her.

She said it's too cartoony and the caption says it's too cartoony. Am I missing something here?

Archangel3371 said:

Why the hell should I have to translate anything?

Because you said you understood what she was saying.

Archangel3371 said:

I don't know why she said that it was 3D enough.

Well there you go - O' Defender of the hot female game journalist. Why do I never see you defending male game journalists?

Just kidding Archie. You know me.

Archangel3371 said:

She said it's too cartoony FOR HER. So yeah you're missing something, like the rest of the sentence which totally changes one's perception of the comment.


Understanding why she may have grown out of something is NOT the same as TRANSLATING something.

Of course it's FOR HER. I double checked to make sure she wasn't referring to Obama, or Clinton before I watched anything

That's a given. If you want to add for her to the subtitle, by all means do so. The next time Cliff Blezinski or Hideo Kojima says something, be sure to add "for him" to the end of it too.  

"It's soooo cartoony, sometimes I just feel like: I'm not 4 and I wanna little more from the graphics."

Firstly, she loves platformers and then can't enjoy the best platformer ever made, nearly the best game ever made (according to critics.)

Then she doesn't think the graphics are good enough when nearly everyone is saying it's probably the best visuals on the system.

Then she feels the graphics are too cartoony, she doesn't want to feel like a 4 year old, she wants a more adult presentation and yet can happily play Mario and Luigi on portables, which have an even more kiddie presentation and are even LESS 3D than Mario Galaxy 2.

Then she says they could have done "a more 3D look". The whole game is 3D.

What bugs me is that it seems you feel that her opinion shouldn't be examined in detail because she's entitled to it. Well yeah, of course, but then why get antsy when someone has an opinion to her opinion? Aren't they entitled to that?

If we all stuck to this don't-you-dare-criticise mantra then the press would never hold politicians to account for the things they say, no one would bat an eyelid when Mel Gibson goes all anti-semetic on our asses either.

It's just natural, it happens whenever someone is a public figure, a celebrity - the Dixie Chicks fiasco for example - a politican or a musician or movie star.  

If someone says something which makes you think WTF? Then I say: WTF?

WTF?

I think sometimes people over estimate the strength of feeling on an issue. These kind of things are what the internet is made for. Someone may type all in CAPS for effect, but that doesn't mean they actually really give a **** about it. Some crazy person criticises game X for whatever reason? I point and laugh because that's what the internet is for.

When in reality, I'm shrugging here or thinking LOL