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Girl Gamer Elite on 05 December 2007
windbane said:
BlueVette said:
Why in the world would an excellent game like MP3, a final part of an incredible trilogy, need online multiplayer support? That has nothing to do with the game. Suddenly, at the end of the series, deviate to a frag-fest ?? Maybe it if was called "Metroid Hunters Wii" I'd except that. But, MP3 is not geared towards an all out "Arena" style game.. it is an exploration, puzzle solving, and shooting game. It stands on its own merits and Nintendo did a 100% completely awesome job on it. Shouldn't have changed a thing.. (well, MORE would be good.. MP4 would be welcomed) Sorta like wishing Mario Galaxy had FPS elements to it, or that it had a deep story line... just doesn't make sense because it isn't that sort of game.

Why can't it have a better storyline?  Why must Nintendo be constantly forgiven for not advancing certain aspects of their games?  Online multiplayer, voices, story.  Oh well.

Orange Box, UT3, Resistance, CoD4 all had great single player and multiplayer.  At least Brawl and Kart will be online finally. 


Because not all games need be held to the alter of online gaming.

Notice all the games you listed as having great single player and online are FPSs, lol.



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--OkeyDokey-- on 05 December 2007

online multiplayer didn't stop hunters from being the worst selling metroid game ever.



misteromar mk4 on 05 December 2007

"Gotta love people who don't understand was a series is about. :) "

QFT, the tc has not even played mp3.



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BlueVette on 05 December 2007

simple... more voice acting would be annoying. The very little that Mario does say in Galaxy is more than enough to be somewhat embarrassing. But, no.. why develop a story for a game that is meant to be a skill testing, fun platforming romp?? There are plenty of other games that do need involved stories (take Eternal Darkness or the Metroid Prime series for example). Must every game produced have huge, complex story lines, lots of voice acting, and meet a minimum number of requirement of gameplay mechanics? Where does that end? Let games stand on their own and accept them for what they are meant to be. If you want some other aspect to your gaming, try a game that is built around that... (only makes sense). There are plenty of choices out there! (Thankfully) Example: I think Marble Mania on the Wii is a very well done game. Guess what.. No plot/story AT ALL, nor Voice Acting (well, except maybe the noises from the little dude in the gyroball) And, putting a story or voice to that game would have just be flat out stupid and a waste of time.



Girl Gamer Elite on 05 December 2007

Thread basically boils down to: Every Nintendo game should be an FPS.



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--OkeyDokey-- on 05 December 2007

where'd you get that from GGE?



Yajimari21 on 05 December 2007

BlueVette said:

 

Sorta like wishing Mario Galaxy had FPS elements to it, or that it had a deep story line... just doesn't make sense because it isn't that sort of game.


 

Shooting Star-Bits = <3333

Should have expanded that somehow!

 

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idk about what all of you guys are saying about Metroid being about "puzzle solving," etc. But the advertisements of the combat system that I saw made it look PERFECT for online dueling.



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tarheel91 on 05 December 2007

Why can't there be more of an emphasis on dribbling in football? Why can't every sport have every possible athletic action? Why are people okay with only running and catching in football; shouldn't they demand more? Why can't it be four way instead of two way? More is always better.



mancandy on 05 December 2007
Yajimari21 said:
 

 

idk about what all of you guys are saying about Metroid being about "puzzle solving," etc. But the advertisements of the combat system that I saw made it look PERFECT for online dueling.

You're right. It probably would have made a good online multi-player, but there are already so many games that have great online components. Why would I want Nintendo to water down the single player game because they had to divert resources to add online functionality?

Online FPS has already been done to DEATH!!! Nintendo doesn't have to waste money on servers when they know you'll probably want to play CS or Halo 3 anyways.



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SeriousWB on 05 December 2007
windbane said:
Yeah, so would Ratchet and Uncharted.  Thems the breaks.  For that matter, Galaxy could use some better multiplayer.  Bioshock seemed to do fine without it, though.

If Bioshock is fine without multiplayer, Super Mario Galaxy is for damn sure.