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[AlexMeloche]

7:58
Michael "TYP" Cole: Q: you games have a stylish menu design. What is your philosophy on menu design?

Really?

 

[Meohsix]

YES! questions about menu design!!!

 

[Gartooth]

Smash now to be banned from EVO.

 

[Kaljinyu]

"Q: you games have a stylish menu design. What is your philosophy on menu design?"

I thought his waifu did the menus.

 

[BassForever]

Who the heck is asking about the menus?

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

I agree with Sakurai. I can't believe some of you take the game so seriously.

 

[Anth0ny]

sakurai should do the balancing by himself again

 

[nckillthegrimace]

Why would you ask about the menus?

Probably a European journalist.

 

[GregLombardi]

A+ on considering it a party game. Thank you.

Because that is what it is.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Seriously, somebody is asking about the fucking MENUS?

Game journos, I am disappoint.

 

[Diggeh]

you games have a stylish menu design. What is your philosophy on menu design?

SERIOUSLY? What is this? Who asks this? It's a Sakurai game, it's going to be polished!

I swear.

 

[Aaronrules380]

They're asking about menu design now. Fucking menu design

 

[georly]

Hope we don't have to wait for tomorrow's picture of the day for the pac man update on the smash website

 

[Velcro Fly]

Oh, gee, right, how could I have forgotten that Nintendo is doing an infinite job. Oh, my bad, TWO TIMES infinity! Clearly they are being totally serious about why the two versions are coming out apart, and there are not other possible reasons why the Wii U version has a holiday release date while the 3DS version is coming in October. Because infinity.

Whining about the game taking a long time to come out is being impatient. You really want a worse and unfinished game now as opposed to a polished product?

 

[jwluther]

I literally rolled my eyes at the question about menu design philosophy.

 

[C.Olimar788]

Sakurai can consider Smash a party game all he wants as long as he treats it with the fighting game respect it deserves.

 

[Kid Ska]

A party game? ooooooh lord

 

[illadelph]

cool game and all BUT THOSE MENUS DOE

 

[Byronic Hero]

These questions are terrible.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Uh oh, lotta people wont like this Sakurai...

The real reason we're not getting a live show.

 

[RagnarokX]

"I noticed your menus aren't pure shit like PSASBR"

 

[Unlucky]

You have Sakurai's undivided attention to answer one question from you, and you ask about MENUS?

 

[Unicorn]

Menu design doc:

Make it work.

 

[nephilimdj]

Someone should ask about DLC

Well it will get updates im sure for new figures, way mk8 is getting them

 

[SmokeMaxX]

Wish D1 would come out and ban the dude asking about menus.

 

[Cse]

There you have it. Smash is a party game, folks!

Ugh.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

That is not the question I would ask.

 

[The Xtortionist]

Someone there has to ask this. Especially if he already plans on doing DLC.

There's a lot that needs to be addressed

-If Nintendo is aware of the netcode issues with Brawl and if there are any plans to improve it
-If balance patches will come post-release
-If gametype settings for matchmaking will be tweaked post-release according to fan response (For Glory Battlefield/Stock)

 

[Ghost23]

Edit

 

[GuardianE]

I really hope there was an audible groan when he said "party game".

 

[L00P]

Well, it is kind of a party game

 

[LiamR]

Fun fact: his wife designs all those menus.

 

[Anteo]

There you have it. Smash is a party game, folks!

That doesnt mean it's not a fighter! I mean Mario Kart is both a racing game and a party game!

 

[Comet]

Oh, gee, right, how could I have forgotten that Nintendo is doing an infinite job. Oh, my bad, TWO TIMES infinity! Clearly they are being totally serious about why the two versions are coming out apart, and there are not other possible reasons why the Wii U version has a holiday release date while the 3DS version is coming in October. Because infinity.

Well I work in software QA (not gaming) and to me their debugging justification makes perfect sense comparing Smash to a Tekken fighter. :shrug:

 

[DXLelouch153]

the correct term is Party Fighting Game

we are still beating the crap out of each other

 

[Village]

A+ on considering it a party game. Thank you.

Because that is what it is.

It can be a multitude of things. Like video games are.

remember this is the same man who said no cut scenes because youtube.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

But I don't want to read the article.

 

[(mat)]

Rofl. Painful.

8:00
Michael "TYP" Cole: A: In famitsu magazine he has written a whole page on that topic. The important items have to be big--words or icon, but eadily understood.
8:00
Neal Ronaghan: Sakurai loves menus. he writes a column for Famitsu and wrote all about it already there. He makes the important menu items big. doesn't need to be words but need to be easily understood.
8:01
Michael "TYP" Cole: He says to read his article.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Namco can release a fighting game on multiple consoles at once, but Namco and Nintendo have trouble doing qa on a release for the Wii U and 3ds at the same time?

Are you joking? Do you remember some of Tekken Tag Tournament 2's glitches at release?

The game would sometimes just abruptly stop and resume five seconds later!

 

[scurker]

You're a journalist, at an exclusive press event for a highly anticipated video game and you ask about menu design. The hell?

I'm a UX engineer, and I wouldn't even ask that kind of question at an event like this.

 

[enzo_gt]

the correct term is Party Fighting Game

we are still beating the crap out of each other

How about

Party Tussling Game?

 

[Blues1990]

Hahah. Damn, Nintendo just can't never win.

Man, tell me about it.

 

[AlexMeloche]

"Read my article" -Sakurai

ahah

 

[AdanVC]

In a box somewhere.

LOOOL Post of the day right here.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Smash is a party game that found a niche as a fighting game. Why people can't accept this truth is beyond me.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Sakurai tells us to read his article in Famitsu....


...to a bunch of American game journalists.

 

[Spinluck]

Oh, gee, right, how could I have forgotten that Nintendo is doing an infinite job. Oh, my bad, TWO TIMES infinity! Clearly they are being totally serious about why the two versions are coming out apart, and there are not other possible reasons why the Wii U version has a holiday release date while the 3DS version is coming in October. Because infinity.

Sakurai have you a reason, now stop complaining, and be glad they're not rushing the game. Jesus.

 

[Magnet_Man]

Someone ask about the process of getting Mega Man to join...please....I'm begging ya.

 

[Takeda Kenshi]

Next question: What's your favorite gamecube color?

 

[Unlucky]

the correct term is Party Fighting Game

we are still beating the crap out of each other

I prefer the term Fighting Party Game, for the images of a fighting party