A while back, Insomniac made a somewhat arrogant claim by stating it was flattered that Super Mario Galaxy had Ratchet & Clank-inspired spherical worlds. It was a presumptuous statement to make at the time, and now legendary Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto has just added both injury and insult by admitting he has no idea what Ratchet & Clank even is.
"It's not an idea we got from anywhere else," claimed Nintendo's resident pixie when asked about the spherical worlds. "I'm sorry but I have to admit that I've never seen the game in question. Is it a PC game?"
Ouch, that's cold. Still, it's nice to see that one of the most respected games designers in the world doesn't seem to follow the videogames industry. As for Insomniac, I suggest sending Miyamoto creepy emails and rooting through his garbage. That's how I used to get attention from women who didn't know me. Don't worry, at least half the cases won't make it to trial.
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10:06 AM on 12.14.2007
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It WAS a very smug comment by Insomniac, though. But I think Miyamoto is the mad scientist that just stays in his office and his home's garden... and gets high while designing game concepts....
Make sure you read that in a hard-hitting journalism voice while wearing underpants on your head, just so you know how seriously it should be taken. I'm very surprised he doesn't know about the game though.
It would be hilarious to hear Miyamoto smack talking though.
lol@Insomniac
Shenanigans!
Remember his reactions towards Haze and his comment about Halo..
Well then fucking make it.
Also, this is shocking.
EVen though I do not know a lot about how well R&C is selling in Japan, to call it the "best competitor to his Mario platformer," is a pretty bold statement to make. You work for Insomniac too?
i dont care about Imsomniac.
i've heard great things about Mario Galaxy from people.
not much about Ratchet... or any PS3 game.
And technically the scrapped sonic extreme game was probably the 1st with speherical 3d worlds.
Good point, rented mine from gamefly.
It's just like literature all the truly great ideas get borrowed and reworked.
Most people claim that the Mario franchise invented platforming, but I seem to remember lots of little platforms in "Joust" on the Atari 2600...
old new is old, he said this months ago when the allegations popped up even before R&C future was released.... somehow... THAT particular game is not selling out in stores.... hmmmm thats kinda like saying Halo took every other shitty gun concept from games before it like unreal or quake
Miyamoto is in his own world working at Nintendo and he does great work that way. Why should one of the industry's top figures need to keep up with other games?
It's the other games that need to keep up with him.
Excuse me while i barf 3 $ bills and walk on water.
looks kinda corny
He's too hardcore for Ratchet and Clank, guys. He's all about the Wii Fit.
2. People are taking this out of context... SMG has been in the works since when... since before the Wii was released. R&C same thing, both of them tried new ideas on their new game in new system.
They are both original. Abut the gravity IP? shit I remember a NES MCDONALD game that had that... so give props to them, a 1986 game....
so Jim: McDonald invented gravity.