Phil Fish, creator of the dimension-flipping XBLA platformer FEZ, finally decided to hop on the Monster Hunter train starting with Ultimate for 3DS. He thinks the game itself is fine, but he's having difficulty playing without a second stick. So he did what anybody else would do and took to Twitter to vent.
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Mario Kart DS still plays a fine game of handheld Mario Kart more than 20 years after its initial release.
I really liked the Mission Mode. They had you doing crazy stuff like driving backwards, or collecting all the collectibles as quick as you can between a litter of enemies.
They should add it to Mario Kart 9 for sure, along w online leaderboards for the mission stuff. That's how they could expand on the already excellent Mario Kart 8, bc track quality it's hard to imagine them getting much better beyond slightly tighter graphics and 4k on the Switch 2. Maybe more Diddy Kong Racing-esque adventure layout w more emphasis on boats and planes.
It's hard to say that Mario Kart DS is the best "handheld Mario Kart" though, bc Mario Kart 8 is handheld. It's definitely got some uniqueness that I appreciated. The 2 merged together would be amazing.
Mario Kart Double Dash, MKDS and Super Mario Kart are the only three that are actually fun to play. Sure MK8 is pretty but its just that. It lacks the soul of double dash. the DS one controls really really well and the orignial with the feather power up is cool.
To be honest, despite owning a 3DS... Monster Hunter would have been better suited to the Vita no doubt. It has the second analog stick and they could have pushed it further graphically.
I love my DS, 3DS, PSP and I'm sure I'll love my Vita once I get it. Really there is no need to get all mad at him, he's just expressing his opinion (perhaps in a very over exaggerated manner).
I do disagree with him on the second screen thing though, people used the second screen on the DS in some very cool ways that really added to the game and the DS has an extremely strong library of games. Sometimes even a simple use of the screen like a map or some inventory items can improve a game. Maybe he needs to play a game that makes good use of the second screen.
As for the 3D, some people like it and some people don't, but its entirely optional and isn't forced on people who don't want to use it. And yeah, most agree that the 3DS should have the second stick built in, it's a very valid complaint. But Nintendo has been on a roll lately with their 3DS releases so if they keep it up, you won't hear much complaints from me.
ds and 3ds suck in general.
Can't wait for the next 3DS:
2 touch screens with the same wide aspect ratio
Stylus + multi touch (SAMSUNG does it)
Built in CPP
Hopefully the VITA by then has L2/L3/R2/R3 and backpad use is less obtrusive.
I guess he was put off by a bit of a learning curve when using 2 screens.
How many handhelds are Nintendo going to release before they give us a damn second stick? FFS Nintendo dual thumbsticks have been standard for so many years. Iwata Needs to GTFO.