Thursday, April 24, 2008
Kart Fighter=amazing=piracy=what?
Talk about your unknown, unlicensed, pirated games. Kart Fighter surprises me because someone actually had the idea to put a bunch of Nintendo characters in side-scrolling 2D fighter. Even though the characters weren't original, the concept was. How many people looked at Super Smash Brothers as revolutionary? This game was 'released' more than half a decade before that. How amazing is that? And had this game actually been licensed and legitimate, think of how it would have evolved into a modern day SSB. It could have quite possibly changed the way we look at compilation game characters who are all in one game.
But I'm not dumb. Who is to say that Nintendo didn't know about this. They probably did know and started the SSB think tank a few weeks after this game first showed it's face. It's simply amazing that a game like this could have existed long before a game similar to this even was released and blew up the way it did.
What's interesting to think about for today is this; what games are being developed, that are unlicensed, that will one day be the next big idea? What person in their basement making a game based on well-known characters will end up having the next big idea in video games? I don't know who it is, or where they are at, but the simple fact that game making is easier to do than ever for computer nerds you just never know where the next big idea is going to come from. And you just never know when the idea actually evolves into something great if the people who originally thought of it will get any credit at all. Enjoy the video and the screens.
Tell me what you think about the screens AND the video (a two for one deal here peoples...I know, I know, hold your applause).
-Adridius
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I'm pretty sure Smash Bros. was exceptional due to its non-traditional fighter gameplay. The idea of a bunch of Nintendo mascots coming together was cool and all, but it probably would not have been successful if it had copied the typical fighter formula of winning by depleting your opponents health bar. Everyone always dreamed of compilation games, but copyrights and finding a market is the hard part.
You should check out the head tracking using a wiiremote video on youtube. THAT is a perfect example of programmers coming up with the big ideas that corporations seem to miss.
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