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Wario64 · Oct 12, 2004

Sho Nuff · Oct 12, 2004

MAGICAL SPELL IS EI-EI-PU~~~!

Speevy · Oct 12, 2004

"For deluxe monkey ballin' there's no power greater than X."

Alcibiades · Oct 12, 2004

with such a simple graphic design for the game, you'd think jaggies wouldn't be an issue...

Sho Nuff · Oct 12, 2004

efralope said:
with such a simple graphic design for the game, you'd think jaggies wouldn't be an issue...

Surely only the Gamecube could render this game properly. Purchase -1.

Dan · Oct 12, 2004

Why are the colors so dull and diluted?

Soul4ger · Oct 12, 2004

Sho Nuff said:
Surely only the Gamecube could render this game properly. Purchase -1.

You can't tell me you don't see the jaggies in that pic. Don't be such an anti-Fanboy fanboy.

Solid · Oct 12, 2004

I'm getting this for Xbox. Wee!

Soul4ger · Oct 12, 2004

Deepthroat said:
I'm getting this for Xbox. Wee!

Yeah, I'll be getting it, too. I have the GC games, but the prospect of new levels is too much for me to handle. Besides, it's only $20.

Wario64 · Oct 12, 2004

If it had Xbox Live, I'd be all over that. Looks like it won't though

GDJustin · Oct 12, 2004

1st screen of a new level:

cvxfreak · Oct 12, 2004

Soul4ger said:
Yeah, I'll be getting it, too. I have the GC games, but the prospect of new levels is too much for me to handle. Besides, it's only $20.

$30

Soul4ger · Oct 12, 2004

Wario64 said:
If it had Xbox Live, I'd be all over that. Looks like it won't though

When has Sega ever been that smart?

Pimpbaa · Oct 12, 2004

Did these come from gamespot or something? There are some really nasty jpeg artifacts in those pics.

ToyMachine228 · Oct 12, 2004

Probably just prepping for Super Monkey Ball 3 being multiplatform...I don't care what platforms, as long as their is a Super Monkey Ball 3. I could definitely see a Super Monkey Ball DS in the near future...Nagoshi-san did mention the possibility.

MetatronM · Oct 12, 2004

Eww, what did they do to the visuals?

Lord Error · Oct 12, 2004

You can't tell me you don't see the jaggies in that pic. Don't be such an anti-Fanboy fanboy.

99.9% games made today don't use FSAA. SMB on Gamecube - didn't have it.

olimario · Oct 12, 2004

They really botched the graphics porting this.
I'll bet the framerate isn't stable, either.

duderon · Oct 12, 2004

olimario said:
They really botched the graphics porting this.
I'll bet the framerate isn't stable, either.

:lol

I'm sure the port is alright.

Don't worry oli, this game won't sell as much as the gamecube mokey balls.

olimario · Oct 12, 2004

deadlifter said:
:lol

I'm sure the port is alright.

Don't worry oli, this game won't sell as much as the gamecube mokey balls.

Oh, I know that. Has any SEGA title on the XBOX outsold SMB?

dark10x · Oct 12, 2004

Nice texture aliasing in this shot...

Hopefully it will have progressive scan support on XBOX, unlike the GC version of SMB.

Pimpbaa · Oct 12, 2004

You people realize that these shots are heavily compressed, right?

TekunoRobby · Oct 12, 2004

I really would only pick it up for Xbox Live, which apparantly it doesn't. The new levels sounds pretty interesting though, we'll see when it launches.

fennec fox · Oct 12, 2004

olimario said:
They really botched the graphics porting this.
I'll bet the framerate isn't stable, either.

I played it at TGS and the framerate was superb. In fact, so were the graphics!

Coen · Oct 12, 2004

Such a great game, I'd like to think Sega is doing this so everybody can enjoy it. But I'm sure they're just trying to make more money, in the proces alienating GameCube-owners. I really don't mind them porting this, but they should've ported some of the Sega property on other consoles to GameCube too, or at least bring this bundle to GameCube.

Brofist · Oct 12, 2004

I'll pick up the PS2 version, can't wait.

Sho Nuff · Oct 12, 2004

I also played the Xbox version at TGS. Indistinguishable from the GC one.

cybamerc · Oct 12, 2004

Marconelly said:
99.9% games made today don't use FSAA. SMB on Gamecube - didn't have it.

It has something else though. Mip-mapping.

Seth C · Oct 12, 2004

When does this come out?

M3wThr33 · Oct 12, 2004

I bet the extra levels spell out "WE HATE NINTENDO AND PREFER MONEY"

Sho Nuff · Oct 12, 2004

Eh, I'll assume those shots are from the PS2 one. If the Xbox shots lack mipping then you may bitch all you want.

Folder · Oct 12, 2004

olimario said:
Oh, I know that. Has any SEGA title on the XBOX outsold SMB?

No.

nubbe · Oct 12, 2004

M3wThr33 said:
I bet the extra levels spell out "WE HATE NINTENDO AND PREFER MONEY"

That doesn't even make sense :/

AniHawk · Oct 12, 2004

nubbe said:
That doesn't even make sense :/

Yeah. As a decade of gaming has proven, Sega does not prefer money.

MightyHedgehog · Oct 12, 2004

Still, I can't see how Sega would lose any money on this deal...they're just bringing over already-done games with a few extras thrown in. Maybe total cost on both versions ~$1 million...something they can easily surpass within a month or two of it's release.

Dynamite Shikoku · Oct 12, 2004

craptacular

dark10x · Oct 12, 2004

cybamerc said:
It has something else though. Mip-mapping.

Oh yes?

Based on this shot, I'm not so sure about that...

puck1337 · Oct 12, 2004

Pimpbaa said:
You people realize that these shots are heavily compressed, right?

Shhhhhh

TheGreenGiant · Oct 12, 2004

SMB isn't that great a game (only bought 1). I don't understand the allure; its not really ... fun.

I didn't feel the need to pick up 2.

6.85/10 (for real)

segasonic · Oct 12, 2004

TheGreenGiant said:
SMB isn't that great a game (only bought 1). I don't understand the allure; its not really ... fun. I didn't feel the need to pick up 2.

6.85/10 (for real)

metdroid said:
craptacular

olimario said:
They really botched the graphics porting this.
I'll bet the framerate isn't stable, either.

MetatronM said:
Eww, what did they do to the visuals?

efralope said:
with such a simple graphic design for the game, you'd think jaggies wouldn't be an issue...

hirokazu · Oct 12, 2004

TheGreenGiant said:
SMB isn't that great a game (only bought 1). I don't understand the allure; its not really ... fun. I didn't feel the need to pick up 2.

6.85/10 (for real)

play some games with friends, it can be good fun.

Ranger X · Oct 12, 2004

When is that game coming out?

to Nbots:
The proof that Sega is beginning to understand how to make money is because they made the game also for Ps2 and Xbox.

Subitai · Oct 12, 2004

I really don't see any significant number of Xbox owners getting this game. PS2, who knows.

jarrod · Oct 12, 2004

Wyzdom said:
to Nbots:
The proof that Sega is beginning to understand how to make money is because they made the game also for Ps2 and Xbox.

But why not release it on GameCube also... where there's already a substantial SMB audience. It'd be like Sega releasing VF4FT for GC & Xbox but skipping PS2, makes little sense. :/

dark10x · Oct 12, 2004

jarrod said:
But why not release it on GameCube also... where there's already a substantial SMB audience. It'd be like Sega releasing VF4FT for GC & Xbox but skipping PS2, makes little sense. :/

Perhaps the upgrade is not significant enough to make this worthwhile?

It's not like it even matters to you, Lord Portable.

MightyHedgehog · Oct 12, 2004

jarrod said:
But why not release it on GameCube also... where there's already a substantial SMB audience. It'd be like Sega releasing VF4FT for GC & Xbox but skipping PS2, makes little sense. :/

I don't think that would be so hot. It's a compilation of SMB 1 & 2, with some new levels. Both games are still widely available for GC, at cheap prices. They'd be stuffing retailers with a relatively redundant release while they sit atop unsold copies of both the original games on the system. Then again, Rockstar did release GTA Double Pack less than a year after VC released and while GTA III was still selling well.

jarrod · Oct 12, 2004

dark10x said:
Perhaps the upgrade is not significant enough to make this worthwhile?

It's not like it even matters to you, Lord Portable.

MightyHedgehog said:
I don't think that would be so hot. It's a compilation of SMB 1 & 2, with some new levels. Both games are still widely available for GC, at cheap prices. They'd be stuffing retailers with a relatively redundant release while they sit atop unsold copies of both the original games on the system. Then again, Rockstar did release GTA Double Pack less than a year after VC released and while GTA III was still selling well.

Eh, there seems to be notable new content, moreso that Final Tuned actually. In addition to the 46 extra levels, there seems to be more bonus/multiplayer games and playable monkeys as well... seems like a significant amount of extra stuff to me. And while the older SMB1-2 might be doing okay business on GameCube now, you'd think this DX rerelease would encorage repeat buyers (of SMB's 1 million strong audience) as well as new budget shoppers. Plus most of the game is already coded for GC, dropping dev costs even further... just seems like a dumb move to skip GC imo. :/

And yeah, DX doesn't concern me in particular too much... though I wouldn't mind a PSP port.

Oh, and can anyone confirm if AV has done these games inhouse? Or if they were farmed out, to where?

SyNapSe · Oct 12, 2004

I'll purchase it for the Xbox.. it's only $30. I might be enticed to pay $50 if they would take out the horrendous monkey singing cutscenes.

Koshiro · Oct 12, 2004

segasonic said:

That series of images will never outlive their usefulness (easy enough to slap new logos on that t-shirt). Thankyou c0ckles.

cybamerc · Oct 12, 2004

dark10x said:
Oh yes?

Based on this shot, I'm not so sure about that...

Hah... I thought that was a PS2 screen. To be honest it's been a while since I've played it. SMB2 does have it though.

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