In "Building Characters: The Super Smash Bros. Brawl Postmortem," Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai will discuss the challenges of throwing so many distinct Nintendo characters into a game together, staying true to both the game design and the integrity of the original characters. This postmortem will be extremely uncomfortable if the game isn't actually, you know, mortem yet, a possibility that seems ever more likely. In fact, Brawl will not be out by the time GDC opens on February 18th, but it could still be finished if they meet their January 31st release date for Japan.
"Wii Fit: Creating a Brand New Interface for the Home Console," led by EAD general manager Takao Sawano will discuss the development of both Wii Fit and the weird controller that goes with it. And Takashi Aoyama's "Planning the Wii Menu: From Pre-Launch to WiiWare" is about ... the Wii Menu. Well, and also the development of the Wii's internal programming.
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1-15-2008 @ 5:13PM
Mr Khan said...
Will be mortem for Japan by then
Although i wonder if this year's GDC will devolve into an anti-Wii bitchfest like it did last year
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1-15-2008 @ 5:14PM
raindog said...
Umm, if they ship on January 31 in Japan, the game actually will be out before February 18, even if not in the region where GDC is held.
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1-15-2008 @ 5:45PM
Tristan said...
I didnt realize have so many characters is problematic, or is it much more complex then we expect?
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1-15-2008 @ 6:27PM
0suit said...
please stop mentioning brawl its making me depressed...T-T
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1-15-2008 @ 7:04PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Hey 0suit....
Huh
Oh. BRAWL
BBBBbbbRRRrrRRrrAAaaAAaWWwwwWwwwwWLLLlllLLLLlll!!!11!
1-15-2008 @ 7:32PM
0suit said...
thanx alot hvnlysoldr, im gonna go kill myself now....
1-15-2008 @ 7:36PM
hvnlysoldr said...
Aww don't be like that.
BRAWL!
1-15-2008 @ 8:37PM
0suit said...
uurrgghhh......(silence)
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1-15-2008 @ 9:44PM
icicle0424 said...
Ok, I don't know where else to put this... but there's 3 new Smash Bros videos on the Japanese Wii.com... 2 more commercials, and a "how to play" sort of video... although it's loading really slow on my computer so I don't know if it'll be like that for everyone...
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1-15-2008 @ 9:56PM
icicle0424 said...
Sorry to double post, but that last video also shows characters and levels, assist trophies and pokeballs, some final smashes, some wifi things, some clips from Subspace Emissary, it's like the uber commercial!
Targets, fighting alloys, homerun contest, trophies, stickers, music, level editor in action!
I'll never be as awesome as that five and a half minute clip that took me 20 dang minutes to watch
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