Author Topic: Mario on Crack....er Launcher (Read 12886 times)

Super-Jesse · « **on:** May 31, 2007, 03:05:56 PM »

The newest item revealed on Smash Bros DOJO!! (their title, not mine) has Mario welding a Cracker Launcher (again, their title, not mine). No, it's not what you think. I'll let Masahiro Sakurai explain:

"This is a shooting item. Basically, you hold it in your arms. After you grab this item, it’ll rapidly release blast after blast of firecrackers that explode gaudily. You can walk around and jump while holding the launcher. You can also aim the launcher at different angles by tilting the Control Stick up or down."

Some of these items led themselves to the Wii's functionality, yet Sakurai always says you use the Control Stick to tilt the item. I know he said it'd be a traditional control type game, but does anyone think maybe, just maybe, it'll have some motion sensing controls?

BP · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2007, 04:59:36 PM »

It was established that GameCube controllers (and likely Classic Controllers) will be used to play Brawl. However, on the site the icon next to "How To Play" is a sideways Wiimote... did I miss something?

Kojinka · « **Reply #2 on:** May 31, 2007, 11:58:48 PM »

I noticed that too, and, well, I don't know if a sideways Wiimote would be all that well suited for a game like this. It worked nicely with SPM, but that's a different genre.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #3 on:** June 02, 2007, 07:34:00 AM »

I think that from a business point of view, even if it's 100% obvious, they still can't guarantee everyone who buys Brawl will still own a GCN controller. And name one instance when they--or anyone-- will do it again! My guess: The nunchuck will be used, or Sakurai didn't translate to the best of his ability.

BP · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2007, 02:26:35 AM »

Mmmmm. Even with the Nunchuk, there simply aren't enough buttons for a game like Brawl. In fact, you'd have more flexibility with the sideways remote by itself... And motion sensitivity isn't really fitting for the fast-paced Super Smash Bros. series... perhaps it will come with a coupon to save on a Classic Controller or something. Sucks to be whoever buys it without a controller with which to play. I'm on the other side of this--if you need to use a remote to play, then I'll have to buy more, and I don't want to until more colors are introduced (I don't really know why, I like it that way), and the price tag isn't very appealing. I have enough GameCube controllers for four players already, despite the fact that one's buttons are sticky and one is third-party, aka broken-like. If and when I fix this one WaveBird, I'll have three of them (that is, WaveBirds), and I plan to buy a fourth one and laugh in the face of cords. In this scenario, Brawl being GC-controller-controlled is... awesome.

...Related to the topic, could I get a cheese launcher too?

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2007, 03:20:03 AM »

Here's LD's Awesome Prediction:

The control will be optimized for the Wii Classic Controller.
There will also be a GameCube Controller scheme, very similar to SSBM.
But to prevent little kids on Christmas from being screwed without any controller, there will be a remote/nunchuck scheme, possibly using some motion to make up for lost button access (dodges?). This scheme will be undesirable, but functional.

You heard it here first!

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2007, 08:40:27 AM »

It's not the Classic Controller when you use it for a new game (and you still have to plug the remote into the back of it).

Glorb · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2007, 12:45:18 PM »

The cracker launcher should launch crackers. Not firecrackers. That's crazy. What's next, a Bowling Ball Gun that fires monkeys?

BP · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2007, 01:15:24 PM »

The name "Classic Controller" doesn't have to mean it's for playing classic games, but that it's the classic video game controller design.

MaxVance · « **Reply #9 on:** June 03, 2007, 02:29:46 PM »

Nintendo could call it something else for the purposes of SSBB. However, I doubt that will happen.

Toad · « **Reply #10 on:** June 03, 2007, 04:53:02 PM »

This looks like something BirdPerson would dig up, but somebody has already made an artist's interpretation of the cracker launcher..

Here

BP · « **Reply #11 on:** June 03, 2007, 05:44:40 PM »

Ha, ha. Nice.
...Saltines are, like, the worst kind of cracker you can get though. I'd've put a Ritz cracker in a Cracker Launcher Photoshop...
Edit: Like this.

Toad · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2007, 06:02:19 PM »

Lol. Yea, the Ritz crackers fit the Launcher more than the Saltines. Nice!

MaxVance · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2007, 07:30:08 PM »

You should put some Cheez Whiz on that Ritz cracker.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #14 on:** June 04, 2007, 04:17:22 PM »

I'd go for some meat and cheese.