i doubt it would be a fizzled prototype. Kumazaki has said the next game will be very different.
however it still is not certain whether it will happen.
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however it still is not certain whether it will happen.
kirby has been getting more involved in it's lore as well. star allies was the first exposition dump the series had so the next kirby game may be story based as well.
the current director of kirby (kumazaki) used to write or was a fan of lovecraftian horror.
That's exactly what we need in a kirby lore-writer (I'm completely serious).
IDK why anyone would be sure that Kirby folder thing means anything related to 3D gameplay at all...
i don't think so but i couldn't find any source saying it was misinterpreted. if you have would you mind posting the link.
Even if not (meaning it doesn't mean anything) I think a 3D Kirby game is the way to go. Star allies really did feel like 2D Fan service the game, and Kirby kinda needs to get pushed into another direction.
That and we haven't seen a Kirby game in almost 3 years (if you exclude the fighters 2 game
that's good too know. i would still say 3d kirby is next, kumazaki has been extremely coi (idk how to spell the word in english) about how different the next game will be.
kirby's sales potentiate has giant but it has never been ale to live up to it, a 3d game could be great for the franchise as a lot of the fanbase who buy's the current games are hardcore kirby fans or casuals with almost no in-between. a breath of fresh air as well as a better explanation of the lore would go a long way to grow the franchise.
kirby feels too simple for its own good. throwing in some more complexity, whether it's by way of level design or going full 3D might do it some good. and without the expense of its approachability
expending the approachablility would grow the franchise rather than keeping it
it's a very approachable game as it is. even more so than pokemon. but I think it's a bit barren past that
You can expect some kind of Kirby release almost yearly, so they're always working on them. There was Kirby Clash a year before Fighters 2.
Nintendo has always been like that, they just cover stuff under the cuteness and colors.
you can't have bosses like this and then continue to try to appeal too casuals
im thinking kirby would be much better off if they didn't hide that. from the outside it's a generic cutesy platformer.
Cosmic horror hidden behind a cutesy platformer is ingrained in the franchise now. If I'm remembering correctly the lore built up over time.
Not sure if this has been discussed (didn't find any history of it in these threads), but there was an update for Switch sales in Korea from Daewon Media as of the end of Q2. Not the full picture, since Nintendo of Korea distributes a large portion of Switch consoles.
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No, that's definitely new info. Thanks for posting.
It goes along with Nintendo's IR showing big growth in Asia.
If they can get Rainbow Curse to work, I expect it'll be that, but we'll see.
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According to thesame article, Daewon Media acounts for around half of korean market.
"The actual cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch and game titles are estimated to be about two times higher than such figures since the products selling at large discount stores are supplied directly by Nintendo Korea.
In particular, the sales of Nintendo Switch picked up from the second quarter of this year thanks to the popularity of the brand-new game Animal Crossing: New Horizons that was released on March 20.
TMON Inc., one of the country's major e-commerce operators, held a promotional event in May selling ten units of the Nintendo Switch packaged with the Animal Crossing game. It received 562,088 phone calls in only one hour."
"The actual cumulative sales of Nintendo Switch and game titles are estimated to be about two times higher than such figures since the products selling at large discount stores are supplied directly by Nintendo Korea.
In particular, the sales of Nintendo Switch picked up from the second quarter of this year thanks to the popularity of the brand-new game Animal Crossing: New Horizons that was released on March 20.
TMON Inc., one of the country's major e-commerce operators, held a promotional event in May selling ten units of the Nintendo Switch packaged with the Animal Crossing game. It received 562,088 phone calls in only one hour."
probably like Devil may cry and bayonetta but a bit more open ended.
doubt Kirby would be as popular as he is if they leaned too much into its eldritch lore. the fact that it's subtle is the fun part
Super Mario 3D World, but with Kirby
It's definitely hard to think about what a 3D Kirby would look like. Most of the 2D Kirby games I've played have been pretty straightforward course clear types of 2D platformers where the main hooks are the powerups you get from enemies and Kirby's overpowered movement mechanics. I think the former translates fine to 3D (why wouldn't it?) but the latter seems like it'd be a nightmare to design stages around. It already seems like a bit of a nightmare to design engaging 2D stages around it.
My personal wish would be to see them keep a focus on powerups from enemies (obviously) and still using these powerups to fight things, but maybe working in more collectables and environmental puzzles around them where "course clear" isn't really the main draw but trying to find as much stuff as you can while working through the courses (and having fun fighting enemies using your powers). Like a 3D take on Yoshi's Woolly/Crafted World type of collecting-focused platformer but also with better combat scenarios due to Kirby's more engaging fighting mechanics compared to Yoshi.
But yeah idk. Nothing feels like a perfect fit with Kirby mechanics as we know them. Interested to see what direction they take if there really is a 3D Kirby game on the horizon.
Surely I wasn't expecting to see this much discussion about the next mainline Kirby for Switch (the hybrid system which is home & portable at the same time. Not just home. Not just portable. Both. They're one and the same, you can't just consider one aspect while completely ignoring the other) in this week's Media Create thread.
Remember, we're fanboys for considering this instead of just denying that the switch isnt just a handheld
The issue with making it a simple 3D platformer is as you said Kirby's movement mechanics are rather overpowered. He can just fly or float anywhere. I can't think of a 3D platformer that just lets you fly at will, that can't be easy to design.
Inducing limitations would make the most sense. In Smash Bros, kirby can float for a limited time. Doing the same here solves that problem.
