Iwata: Most of the Time and Resources Spent on Cut-Scenes Could Be Spent on Something Else

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RenCutypoison said:

Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Well, it depends on the game really. Some games do cutscenes really well while others just have too many of them so yea I guess?

Just played a new game on new super mario bros, 30 second mandatory cutscene was too much.

Meanwhile I can't imagine a Final Fantasy without the mandatory 2 hours cutscenes as the intro (of course there are a few minutes of fight/exploration in the middle)

Exactly. When I tried some Wii games made by Nintendo, they pretty much all started with cutscenes that were unskippable.
I really don't care what Bowser did or why Mario must save the Mushroom Kingdom again, make them skippable!


Another thing though. I would agree with him on CGI cutscenes, but ingame ones don't use much "energy" at all.