http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/live.kotaku.com.png http://live.kotaku.com http://live.kotaku.com Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:49:02 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001034&view=rss&microfeed=true A: With Mario 64 I was the main director, in this case I;m more involved in game design. In one sense I'm even more involved in SMG then I was in Super Mario 64. The game is being developed in Tokyo. I've had a number of trips to Tokyo to work on the game and now we have video conference calls so we can play and work on the game.
Q: Some would say that Super Mario Sunshine was a little difficult... you said you are making this game a lot more accessible. Is it safe to assume the later levels are the more hardcore ones?
A: That's a question I struggled with a very long time. There are a number of people on the staff who thought Super Mario Sunshine was very difficult, but others thought that's what made it fun. In terms of Super Mario Galaxy. I think it's a good thing to have a suitable level of difficulty. To be honest the game was significantly easier until a few months ago and I started making it much more difficult, to the point that the team in Tokyo was starting to get worried that I was making it too difficult.
]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:48:23 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001033&view=rss&microfeed=true A: Both myself and my family have been a little more health conscious recently. I've been weighing myself and going to the gym. I found out the more you talk about it it makes it kinda of fun. I thought it would be nice to make some kind of entertainment experience around that. We looked at a variety of technologies and the one we thought would fit best was a balance board. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:41:21 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001032&view=rss&microfeed=true A: The interesting thing about this system is that since it's all sphere based, you can make the sphere's bigger and bigger. If you make it big enough it essentially makes the surface flat. So you can expect to see some big areas. As for the discussion of Luigi, that's a secret. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:38:27 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001031&view=rss&microfeed=true A: That is something I look forward to seeing that. My wife hasn't seen Super Mario Galaxy and doesn't even know about Wii Fit. My wife has begun playing Legends of the Phantom Hourglass.
Q: Have any other developers been briefed about the Wii Fit controller?
A: Given we announced the Wii Balance board yesterday, since then we've had a large number of inquiries from companies. We've also had a great deal of interest from the physical fitness industry. While we were finalizing the design we were in talks with medical hospitals and rehabilitation centers. So I think there is a lot of potential.
Q: Do you see lots of peripherals in the Wii's future?
A: When we first designed the wii remote, one of the goals was to allow it to have these expansion capabilities... ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:35:11 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001030&view=rss&microfeed=true A: You certainly don't have to worry about that. I'm having a tremendous amount of fun working on Super Mario Galaxy, I'm also having fun working on Wii Fit.
]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:28:42 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001029&view=rss&microfeed=true A: I think there really are a variety of different possibilities that the balance board offers... the simplest would be a snowboarding game. I think you will probably see some products for that very soon. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:25:41 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001028&view=rss&microfeed=true A: The structure is going to be very similar to Super Mario 64, you wont need to get all 120 stars to battle the final boss, I don't know if that will be Bowser or not.
Q: Do you think this is the first true successor to Mario 64, if so what does that say about Super Mario Sunshine?
A: One of the great things about Mario 64 was that it allowd you to run around in a 3D space. I think with the gravity system and the spherical orbs you get that same feel. At the same time, the control is much simplier than we've had in the Gamecube. Running with the control stick, jumping with the A button and shaking your hand is enough to get through the game... ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:24:28 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001027&view=rss&microfeed=true There is a Bee Mario suit and there also will be a Boo Mario Suit, plus some others.
On to the Q&A session. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:19:21 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001026&view=rss&microfeed=true It's got a different feel than the bits of the game we've seen before.
Another level now, called the Cookie Factory. Wow, that's way different. Mario is running along a multi-colored strip of material that is moving toward him. The strip has patterns cut ot of it, and if he falls in one, he has to start over. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:16:18 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001025&view=rss&microfeed=true Now he's showing another level not available on the show floor called Beach Bowl Galaxy. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:13:15 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001024&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:11:19 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001023&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:08:56 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001022&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:03:14 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001020&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:02:02 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001019&view=rss&microfeed=true "In fact we've found there are so many things, that we don't have the time to go through the game before it launches and find them." ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:59:44 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001018&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:58:25 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001017&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:56:18 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001016&view=rss&microfeed=true ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:53:31 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001015&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:51:37 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001014&view=rss&microfeed=true A: I've been speaking to Miyamoto about giving the developers enough time to make quality games. I'm sorry, I can't give you an exact time frame.
Q: You said you transitioned off of direct development for this project, is that going to be long term and are you interested in working on games other than Zelda.
A: Yes, this time around I worked very closely with the director of the game... moving forward I feel I could work in the same capacity... with regards to making something besides Zelda. Creating something original has always been a theme for me, so I guess that's a possibility. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:38:57 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001012&view=rss&microfeed=true A: How you streamline gameplay has been effective, but Im waiting to see the response to the US and European version before making that decision. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:35:32 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001011&view=rss&microfeed=true Answer: Would you like that? We are still planning things out so we're glad to hear any suggestions. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:31:20 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001010&view=rss&microfeed=true The first question is about Aonuma doing sequels to the Zelda franchise or pursuing more original Zelda ideas, like what you see with Phantom Hourglass.
He said Twilight Princess could have a sequel, but that he also enjoys creating games like Hourglass. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:28:57 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001009&view=rss&microfeed=true Aonuma wanted to tell us them, but he said Miyamoto nixed the idea because it was too early in the process and they weren't 100 percent sure they were doable.
]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:26:39 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001008&view=rss&microfeed=true Now he's talking about future Zelda projects. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:24:08 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001007&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:21:03 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001006&view=rss&microfeed=true "This time around my staff included not just the people who worked on the Zelda franchise, but there were also some newbies to the group." ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:18:10 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001005&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:14:26 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001004&view=rss&microfeed=true Later on Shigeru Miyamoto will be up talking about Super Mario Galaxy. ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:11:49 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001003&view=rss&microfeed=true Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:11:01 EDT Brian Crecente http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5001002&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:01:59 EDT Noah R http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000998&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:29:29 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000997&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:28:49 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000996&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:17:20 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000994&view=rss&microfeed=true Russia and Middle East are together in this game. It's like all the evil stereotypes in one game! Now they are showing a video. Some similar footage to Microsoft's party last night. Bomb explodes, pushes a bunch of helicopters. That looked great, and even possibly real. Intense, epic. "Boner" in the words of Kennedy. ]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:11:34 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000993&view=rss&microfeed=true Now they are on CoD4. ]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:06:14 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000992&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:04:08 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000991&view=rss&microfeed=true Showing island now, lots of pine trees. Looks huge in the fly over.Now they're in the game. Looks like Halo meets BF2. Now they are inside. "Use key" allows one button actions, automatically find tool you need. A lot of vehicle stuff now...oh, and an anti-vehicle turret. Essentially, each player gets a mission to do simple things. Instead of know to take turret out, it just tells you. ]]> Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:59:55 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000989&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:54:44 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000988&view=rss&microfeed=true Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:46:24 EDT Mark Wilson http://live.kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5000987&view=rss&microfeed=true