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Mario Chat / Re: New Mario Movie (Not Joke)
« on: January 07, 2015, 07:40:56 PM »
Were there references to her parents in the Japanese version that were localized out of the other releases, or was it removed entirely?

First, take a look at her mother. Very similar to Peach.

As for localization quirks, take a look at the last page, "Family."
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That night, when the girl lay down to sleep, a soft light enveloped her and reminded her of the blue planet she once called home.
"But it would be nice to return home once every one hundred years to nap in my favorite sleeping nook."

My own translation of the Japanese line (and, as Sapphira notes, the French line) goes like this:
"Once every hundred years, though, I'd like to go back to that blue planet, to touch Papa's proud mustache and take a nap on his warm lap."

Make what you will of it. Sapphira seems to recall that the person who wrote the storybook intended to imply a relationship between Peach and Rosalina, but Miyamoto "nixed the idea." There are other translational differences, like the Star Cake originally being Star Bread, but they are of little importance.

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Site Discussion / Re: Sigh... where is everyone?
« on: January 07, 2015, 07:27:58 PM »
If I remember correctly, he's living a comfortable city life doing translation work. I rather envy him for being able to work from home.

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Mario Chat / Re: New Mario Movie (Not Joke)
« on: January 06, 2015, 11:10:52 PM »
Great characters? They're all amusing and endearing in their own way, but they don't exist in a medium that lends itself to the kind of storytelling you're looking for. Mario games play by their own flip-flopping fairy-tale sensibilities; a genuine mythos requires much more consistency and logic than a mascot character and company can provide.

Wow. I don't think I've had this conversation in a while. Anyway...

I'd call them iconic characters, as they were born to play out iterations of the same cartoon scenario. Any of the Mario RPGs do a good job of creating a "set" you can play out a narrative in, with some interesting and colorful characters, but our heroes are as always light-hearted caricatures. Rosalina is kind of an exception, as she has a detailed, if somewhat bizarre backstory you can read about, but according to Sapphira and my own translation-checking, that story had its most interesting implications concerning her parents removed.

Why the dumbed-down backstory? Because Mario characters aren't supposed to provide the kind of escapism that, say, any given BioWare game provides. Even in the RPGs, it wasn't so much about roleplaying as it was Mario games with RPG elements. In Mario games, you're free from the logic that constricts reality and makes it "real." Logic only ever applies to gameplay/puzzle solving.

I do feel that people desire a lot more mythos from their entertainment than they used to. You could attribute that to a lot of things-- improved graphics, the conflict between science and religion, Netflix.

Edit -- every -> ever

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Site Discussion / Re: Sigh... where is everyone?
« on: January 06, 2015, 10:46:09 PM »
Yes, I know who Watoad is. On occasion I'll even muse about whatever happened to him. Are any of the original staff or oldbies still in contact with him?

I have a standing invitation to go see him in northern Tokyo.

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General Chat / Re: Winter 2012 ADVANCED Poster Awards!
« on: January 04, 2015, 07:36:34 PM »
I didn't print mine, but I certainly still have it on my hard drive.

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Forum Games / Re: The Pointless Topic!
« on: December 25, 2014, 08:03:56 PM »
A cutting board in the shape of the state of Washington and gingerbread cookies was my highlight.

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Site Discussion / Re: Sigh... where is everyone?
« on: December 04, 2014, 07:47:24 AM »
Usenet, there's an interesting parallel.

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Site Discussion / Re: Sigh... where is everyone?
« on: December 03, 2014, 06:40:29 AM »
No animosity here, I think this is a worthy discussion, anyhow.

Glad to hear it! I probably should have stuck a </facetious> tag on the end of the sentence, as it was more of a tired, mental nod to how people sometimes go off on rants in Youtube comments and such... Before I added that note, I actually did go on a long bit about games-as-spectacle, psychological game loops, and what not. I don't remember much of it now.

That's definitely a fun anecdote, it's nice to think that kids these days would see old consoles as treasure troves.

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Site Discussion / Re: Sigh... where is everyone?
« on: December 02, 2014, 09:32:55 AM »
They're a plague to the internet and a bane of our intelligence. Articles like "The Top 20 Mario Moments You Won't BELIEVE," are attention grabbers, sure. But there is really a paucity of any real content in such articles.

Yes, the "Top (N)" and all Upwordy/Buzzkill/etc clickbait articles are the absolute scum of the internet, but whether or not the articles are "real" content or not is beside the point. At least there's something new to talk about-- that's why forums pop up around Youtuber communities. Even if there's not a new title or console around the corner, there's always the topics the personalities bring up to discuss.

As a game designer/programmer, I have my doubts about any significant retro resurgence. The indies 8~16 bit throwbacks are largely to save on design costs and send people our ages and above on nostalgia trips. It's not like people claim in earnest that older games "feel better" as people claim vinyl, as an analogue medium, "sounds better." I'd go further into it, but I don't feel like generating too much animosity uninvited.

Anyway, I agree that TMK has a great feel to it, that's why I called it a living tribute to the internet we grew up on.

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Site Discussion / Re: Sigh... where is everyone?
« on: December 02, 2014, 06:02:42 AM »
Forgive me while I ramble a bit. Heh, isn't that the kind of thing Insane Steve would say? Anyway...

As a whole, I kind of feel like TMK is a living tribute to the turn-of-the-millenium "if you build it they will come" magazine-style sites, such as Zelda Legends. TMK was late to the crowdsourced Web 2.0 thingymabob (I think that's what they called it), and trusted volunteer staff can only dedicate so much of their time before they are burdened with other responsibilities, or simply grow tired. These days we have blogs with writers who make their living off attention-grabbing articles about games and other things. Perhaps Web 2.0 has replaced "posters" with "commenters."

How we interact with internet media aside, another big problem is youth recruitment. Cliched as it is, youth are the future, and necessary for maintaining communities. Youth come because they have interest, and google queries like "Mario games," "secrets," or "MIDIs." They'd come for the data and stay for the speculation on forums. Remember how we all talked about Project Dolphin, Revolution, and that weird water gun thingy Mario was getting? Guess where the kids get their speculation now? Professional blog writers, sometimes Youtubers! Or so I am led to believe.

Perhaps the biggest problem facing Nintendo sites in general, however, is that the playing field is now several times wider that the "Mario vs Sonic" wars of yore.

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Fan Creations / Re: Gallery of BP
« on: December 02, 2014, 05:16:07 AM »
The best way to learn forum etiquette is to make the improving edits yourself. Behold how in my ripe old age (25) I have become a most wise and...uh...benelovant, moderator.

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Video Game Chat / Robocraft builds
« on: November 12, 2014, 06:40:33 AM »
Internet-ional Man of Mystery, Suffix/Hagu here. I recently won a video-making contest for the build-your-own-vehicular-combat F2P game, Robocraft.

Some of you might even play it. If so... roll out your robots!



Here are mine, in order of garage bay.


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Hahaha, "pun not intended." I didn't even think about it until I read that.

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No, exactly the same in Beijing. But Pizza Hut is different (worse).
That appears to be a place somewhere in the world (OFC), but I don't think it's a chain restaurant.

Yeah, what is it with the Pizza Hut out here? The Pizza Hut franchise in WAGA-NIPPON (Japan) is also a sad affair, largely thanks to having bowed to the irrational demand for mayonnaise on pizza.

Also, hello again Forest Guy, sorry I'm late to the party.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Meet the...?
« on: June 21, 2014, 08:56:28 PM »
That's what I was hoping for, although I wouldn't call it DLC, given that TF2 just...updates. But, no such luck.

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