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[greycolumbus]

Garbage last question.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

NOOO NOOOO NOOOOO

I need my Jigglypuff!

New, not old.

 

[evanmisha]

I'd like to know, it's interesting insight.

It's not like he's going to say "online is laggy as fuck, don't touch it." Or "there's exactly 49 characters and you've heard them all from the internet already."

Of all the things to ask, though...

Even on the subject of Greninja, what made them choose Greninja of the three final starter evolutions? Hey Samurai, give us some details on the design choices behind Greninja -- his signature move isn't his Final Smash, for example.

But just... when they decided to include him? Snore

 

[Mr. Smiley]

An online question. Thank you.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Now this is a good question

 

[Boss Doggie]

Holy crap, they knew Greninja was something special before X/Y even came out.

I'm teamchesnaught but you can never go wrong with narutoad

 

[Diggeh]

Q: online was broken in Brawl. How ensuring online experience will be good this time?

The last question...is actually good?

 

[TheOGB]

Last question, everybody go home

 

[Unicorn]

Closing up 30 mins urrrrley

 

[ShadowElliot]

Michael "TYP" Cole:
Q: online was broken in Brawl. How ensuring online experience will be good this time?

LAST QUESTION

 

[JavelinRobin]

Pretty tactless to ask Sakurai in that manner and in this context, but the question and offer itself are fine. Competitive game designers frequently monitor and use the assistance of high level players of their games to tune the games themselves. All the game developing talent in the world won't help you balance a game if you aren't as good as the players who will develop the meta and push it to its limits.

You don't approach someone who has been working on a project for years and years at what is supposed to be a "professional" Q&A and say "Hey, I played your old games a bunch. Hire me and I'll help make it better."

It's insulting. The subtext is clearly "I can make it better than you could alone." Tactless.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Does anyone a have a good estimation on how long it took Nintendo to update the Smash Bros site with the Mii Fighters and Palutena after the reveal trailer earlier today? Really hope we get to see a Pac-Man trailer after the roundtable, would be an awesome way for Nintendo to send me off to bed after a long day of awesome announcements.

They could wait until the daily Miiverse update so around 3 EST.

 

[jschreier]

Not great questions. Wish I had another one-on-one w/ Sakurai.

 

[Kaljinyu]

Asking about the netcode, I think.

 

[Starfish Hero]

All of the characters to consider were on our internal roster from the beginning of development. We had a slot for a new Pokemon reserved, but did not way for X and Y. We decided to use Greninja well before X/Y came out, based on early reference drawings.

I think that may explain why the Greninja leak was worded the way it was.

 

[rekameohs]

Closing up 30 mins urrrrley

10 newcomer trailers incoming!

 

[Guesong]

NOOO NOOOO NOOOOO

I need my Jigglypuff!

Jigglypuff isn't a new pokemon. Doesn't mean anything for her.

 

[Omzz]

Closing up 30 mins urrrrley

or enough time for multiple reveals

 

[Lilo_D]

"A competitive Smash player is trying to challenge Sakurai to see if he can win and help balance the game. Sakurai asked "have you ever made a game?""

OUCH.

What a stupid question.

 

[lamaroo]

So glad somebody asked about the menus, and when Greninja was put in the game.

 

[daripad]

This thing wasn't 90 minutes, it was 60 minutes ¬¬

 

[Berordn]

Does anyone a have a good estimation on how long it took Nintendo to update the Smash Bros site with the Mii Fighters and Palutena after the reveal trailer earlier today? Really hope we get to see a Pac-Man trailer after the roundtable, would be an awesome way for Nintendo to send me off to bed after a long day of awesome announcements.

Japan was updated pretty shortly after the direct, EN-UK was a just a bit after. Took a couple hours for the NA site, for some reason.

 

[traveler]

Yep. You don't need to be the lord of games to be good at making them. Sakurai has nothing to prove.

On the flip side, being a good developer doesn't mean you're going to get the balance right. Players WILL be better than you and WILL break things where you didn't.

But Sakurai is focusing on it as a party game first, so I don't expect him to integrate pro players into the balancing process like a Blizzard, a Valve, a Wizards of the Coast, etc.

You don't approach someone who has been working on a project for years and years at what is supposed to be a "professional" Q&A and say "Hey, I played your old games a bunch. Hire me and I'll help make it better."

It's insulting. The subtext is clearly "I can make it better than you could alone." Tactless.

Which is precisely the very first thing I say in the quoted post.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

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!

Quoting myself, but I found the video I wanted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y8m9hmKBblc#t=845

This is why debugging a game is important and why I wouldn't be so quick to say "But Namco gets games out on time!"

 

[uberluigi]

Closing up 30 mins urrrrley

30minute trailer for Falcon, Ridley and Geno right after.

 

[georly]

The last question...is actually good?

That's Jonathan metts! You should listen to his podcast. Good stuff. Man is literally a rocket scientist.

 

[vinnygambini]

New, not old.

I broke a sweat for nothing confirmed

 

[Byronic Hero]

I really hope it's not ending yet. I need more veterans confirmed.

 

[El Sloth]

Not great questions. Wish I had another one-on-one w/ Sakurai.

Kidnap him, Miyamoto style.

 

[AlexMeloche]

Sakurai believe he gave players too much choice in Brawl online. seems to have misunderstood intent of question.

#doh

 

[GregLombardi]

Too much choice in Brawl online?

Oh god.

Please tell me that wasn't his answer.

Please tell me.

That makes me literally cry.

 

[Raxus]

No new Pokemon confirmed.

RIP Jigglypuff

Spoiler

She better be in I swear to god, ultimate troll character.

 

[FSLink]

Neal Ronaghan: Sakurai believe he gave players too much choice in Brawl online. seems to have misunderstood intent of question.

Wat. :/ I hope they try reasking the question.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Noooo Sakurai that's not what he meant.

 

[MasterCheeze]

Good last question, bad answer.

 

[Immaculate]

#doh

:|

 

[IntelliHeath]

NOOO NOOOO NOOOOO

I need my Jigglypuff!

Eh? NEW POKEMON, not returning pokemon.

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

Good golly, these questions are awful. Someone needed to ask about incentives like eShop discounts/credit for purchasing both versions (they obviously won't have an answer yet, but it's a matter worth raising), the possibility of balance patches after release, the disparities between local/online multiplayer on the 3DS version (I am still unclear on this, especially with respect to Smash Run), the competitive scene's request for Battlefield rather than Final Destination as the For Glory stage... anything but this fluff.

 

[Japanmanx3]

Not great questions. Wish I had another one-on-one w/ Sakurai.

Sneak it. Its apart of your job! Press Sneak......then

 

[DaBoss]

The last question...is actually good?

The question is too vague.

 

[Dryk]

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier · 1m
Pretty much all the characters in Smash were decided at the beginning of development, Sakurai says. So, um, about those petitions...
https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/476560593428557824

Stay classy Schreier

 

[Magnet_Man]

Sad....anything gif....

 

[DICKS AHOY]

Final question!

Spoiler

WHERE'S GOKU?

 

[Loco4Coco]

NOOO NOOOO NOOOOO

I need my Jigglypuff!

New Pokemon Jigglypuff is safe....for now.

 

[Kusagari]

Smash guy might have phrased and asked the question wrong but it would be good for Nintendo to get some competitive players to test balance issues for them.

But I doubt it will ever happen considering how the series is ultimately viewed by Sakurai.

 

[Linkyn]

Ok, QA over, now give us an announcement to go.

 

[IntelliHeath]

Not great questions. Wish I had another one-on-one w/ Sakurai.

I wish someone asked him about their relationship with Konami and the position with Snake being cut or not.

I know he probably wouldn't answer to that anyway.

 

[jokkir]

Final question!

Spoiler

WHERE'S GOKU?

Gold Bowser, man

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

Too much choice in Brawl online?

Oh god.

Please tell me that wasn't his answer.

Please tell me.

That makes me literally cry.

He thought the question was about all of the trolls in Brawl's online.

 

[enzo_gt]

Definitely feel like this can't end without veterans revealed as well. Probably Jiggly.