e3 2k14 (June 9-12)

[nawghtyhare]

figurines show up as FP (figure player) and are computer controlled. they can level up to 50. will learn your tendencies. better than level 9 cpus

 

[antidope]

Pac Man? For Why?

 

[nawghtyhare]

Sakurai wants players to think of figures as their partners in battle. Sakurai says you don't need to collect them all. But he will.

 

[nawghtyhare]

Sakurai is shifting to discuss smash run. The field is random.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

Mr. Game & Watch is a playable character now? Mind as well put in dude from Super Monkey Ball.

 

[nawghtyhare]

Mr. Game & Watch is a playable character now? Mind as well put in dude from Super Monkey Ball.

he been playable in the last 2 games though

 

[blackboyfly]

Mr. Game & Watch is a playable character now? Mind as well put in dude from Super Monkey Ball.

Mr Game and Watch been a playable character

 

[Mcflyy]

Mr. Game & Watch is a playable character now? Mind as well put in dude from Super Monkey Ball.

He was playable in brawl also.

 

[Fresh Like Will]

My bad.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

He was in Melee.

 

[nawghtyhare]

The final battle of snash run is random. It could be a standard battle or something odd like who can throw items the farthest

 

[nawghtyhare]

They are opening the floor to questions

 

[nawghtyhare]

First question: why would you want to release the different versions far apart?

 

[Fresh Like Will]

So the 3DS version doesn't bomb.

 

[nawghtyhare]

Sakurai cites need for debugging

 

[nawghtyhare]

Biggest reason is debug process. it is a really big game. They need several hundred testers and splitting the release gives them more time to space it out

 

[nawghtyhare]

Q: why are character tansformations removed?

 

[nawghtyhare]

A: we want people to focus on single characters more deeply

 

[nawghtyhare]

Q: what plans does Ninty have for the smash tourney scene?

 

[nawghtyhare]

Sakurai is not involved in tourney planning. He was impressed with the enthusiasm for this game at today's tourney. He wants to support the scene by making more games like these.

 

[nawghtyhare]

Sakurai says it is hard to balance the game. Discussing the process of balancing. he basically did it all by himself in Melee

 

[nawghtyhare]

Brawl had a 4 person team give grades to the power of characters. New one has 12 person team.

 

[nawghtyhare]

Q: Concern over balance after brawl's problems. A: it gets very technical. Sakurai was responsible for the changes from N64 to Melee. He had to use a broader grading system with help from staff when working on Brawl. The process became tricky due to biases in the graders' playing style. For the new games they have 12 graders, but there could still be balance anomolies.

 

[nawghtyhare]

soo bias is why brawl wasnt as good as melee

 

[eramx]

id say less than a 1/3 of the games looked good