Phil

Wow, you guys sure are a tough crowd.

Am I saying the SNES controller is the greatest controller of all time? No, but I am saying it seems to have a great influence on things.

As for "ignoring" the black and white buttons on the Xbox controller to help prove my point, well I tend to liken them to the "z" button on top of the Gamecube pad. Those two buttons are not part of the face buttons much the same way that the z button isn't really part of the trigger/buttons on the Cube pad.

For those that actually got what I was trying to say and enjoyed it, thanks for reading.

Geez! Isn't this the same marketing department that came up with that PSP ad that caused so many problems?

I think Sony needs to fire their entire European marketing department, these people are clearly insane.

Face it guys, this game is never going to come out, and if it does, it will be awful.

All I know is that it's going to be so hard to not buy a PS3 when that game comes out. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself (probably be $700 poorer).

I'll agree with Final Fight being gimped and ignored, but SF2 Turbo is a worthy edition of the VC library, they should have skipped the original and just went with Turbo. I think the classic controller would do fine with SF2 Turbo, especially since it's basically the SNES controller with analog sticks. However, I'd wait until Super SF2, it'll be coming.

Ludwig,

Yes, it's an "animated showcase" but the word you used to describe it was joyless. What I'm saying is that I find "joy" in watching/playing Dragon's Lair, because it's a really well done piece of animation.

I do believe that Dragon's Lair did implement what it did rather well. Yeah, some of the moves are confusing, but if you pay close enough attention to what Dirk is doing and/or what direction he's looking in, you can play the game and have a great time doing so. The dynamic was implemented to the best of their ability.

Part of the fun of Dragon's Lair is the sense of accomplishment once you learn it, and I think that it's a rewarding experience to master the game. Yeah, you don't have any room to screw up, but that's the draw. You want to see what's next, and that "one more try" element is there the first time you biteit. It's trial and error game play at it's most simple, but looking back, weren't most games trial and error in those days?

Another thing about DL, if you become good at the game, you can fly through it with no problem on the 50 cents you'd plug into the machine. Other shallow (but great) arcade games like TMNT are designed to take your money just as much as DL. The difference is that you can't get good at those games, you just get your ass beat the entire time, but I don't see people knocking those games when they're brought up or re-released.

Or you know, maybe I'm just a sucker for an old school game like DL. That could be it.

Nova Scotian, please, for the love of god show me the proof that the reason the N64 stuck to carts is because of Miyamoto.

Last time I checked, it's because Nintendo owned manufacturing plants, didn't want to pay another company (like Sony) royalties for CDs, and because Nintendo wanted to make money off of every single cart that was manufactured - not just sold. Did it kill them? Sure thing, but don't blame Miyamoto.

You know, it kills me when people bust on Dragon's Lair. The gameplay dynamic is shallow, but I commend Bluth's attempt at making a game that looked amazing when everything else was a bunch of squares flying around on the screen. The interesting part is that this same dynamic is found in games like Shenmue, God of War, and RE4 (like AoE mentioned) and when it shows up in those games everyone commends it. God forbid there's a game that's an interactive animated short.

To call DL a joyless animation showcase is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard. The animation, artwork and design is freaking top shelf stuff, and it's actually fun to just WATCH Dragon's Lair, especially Time Warp.

Geez.

Gabe,

Just wanted to comment on this...

"He's certainly right that a lot of people didn't like the 3D stuff in our trailer. I happen to be one of them. All I can say is that we'll keep working on it and hopefully make something cool."

If you didn't like the 3D stuff shown in the PA trailer, why show it off? I'm under the impression that the two of you have a lot of control over what has been going on with that game. Hasn't there been a time in development where the two of you thought "This 3D stuff isn't working" or even trying out a different, more stylized look?

And I'm sure the 3D guys on the PA game team are now home in bed crying after reading that comment. Regardless, best of luck.

Now, it may not be Nights, but I'm willing to say that whatever the mag has in store ISN'T an April fools joke. Seriously guys, you really think a magazine is going to plug an April fool's joke ahead of time? If that were the case, we would have been hearing "rumors" about Mushroom Kingdom Hearts about a month and a half ago.