Did Masahiro Sakurai, director of the entire Super Smash Bros. franchise, just diss Mario, Zelda, and Pokémon?
In his weekly Famitsu column, Sakurai described his role at TGS, complaining that he had very little time to actually judge the games by playing them; rather, he and the other judges could only watch. The Game Designers’ Award is considered one of the most prestigious rewards given out at TGS, and Sakurai said that he wanted to give the reward to an original, indie-esque game rather than a heavily-milked AAA-title. Translated by various sources, Sakurai wrote the following...
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Cultured Vultures: True Nintendo fanatics may know some of these, but we doubt that everyone knows all of these facts about the NES.
I bought always awakening and it's sequel off Amazon for ps4 I didn't know it was released for nes for retro people lol.
There is no problem with old franchises. People are trying to make them into a problem, though, because they resent the success Nintendo has with them.
I never see anyone minimalizing the success GTA,Gran Turismo, God of War, or Halo for being old franchises. Its always just Nintendo.
This article takes what Sakurai said and spins it far out of context.
Problem is a square doesnt fit into a triangle no matter how hard you push.
There hasn't been a 3d 4 player mario game, a mario kart that had as much short cutting or such lush graphics, or a smash bros that adds some thing new... yet there has been a big problem with japanese anime influencing their games.
Wrong post
Just give me a new metroid game nintendo and I will forgive you. Cause right now you are really a sinking ship to me at this point.
just wait until early 2014-e3. (1.new shigeru miyamoto game, 2. X from monolith soft
3.super smash bros wii u 4. the legend of zelda wii u 5.mario kart 8) and this is just the stuff we know about.