One thing is for certain in the videogame industry – everything is secret until otherwise noted. Developers will typically spend years on original IPs before announcing them, and often when they are announced early, the details are scant at best. That’s why when MTV Multiplayer asked a newbie Nintendo employee JC Rodrigo how his first day was, he couldn’t really answer.
From the interview:
Umm, I’ll say it was exciting but I can’t tell you what it was. Because I looked around and basically, I said to my boss, ‘Really? Are you serious?!’ and he said ‘Yeah, I’m not kidding.’ So, I’m like ‘oooookay!’ [laughs] So I started doing…something. Something exciting and something unexpected — something completely unexpected.
Before I figured out that writing about videogames was a sweeter deal than developing them, I wanted to work at a big developer like Nintendo. Rodrigo’s comment frames what it’s like to have an inside track into the business. Seems like a lonely place, doesn’t it?
Regardless, I really hope Rodrigo saw a Wii version of
Mother 3. The gods know too well how excited I would be at the very prospect of Nintendo doing the honorable thing and giving it an excellent port. What do you think he saw?
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7:47 PM on 10.07.2008
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It's pretty amusing when a large group of developers get together and start talking in generalities on their projects because none of them are announced.
I wonder if it was something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmOS5RTPHHU
That would be completely unexpected.
Then he probably had to stare at more peach porn.
Even more unexpected.
Then he probably got yelled at for not looking at enough peach porn.
Extremely unexpected.
Then finally, he was introduced to Darth Maul.
Cause we all know there has to be something wrong with Nintendo these days.
Must be the evil side of the force.
Psychoticly unexpected.
Though in all honesty I bet it was just the Donky Kong arcade game -.-
YES! My thought exactly! I've finished M3 last week, and I thought all along that, while a great game, it would have been 10X more awesome if it would have been in 3d, like it originally should have been. That's when I began to dream about "Mother 3d", basically a 3d cell shaded version of Mother 3 on wii, with some extra stuff and playable versions of Mother 1 & 2. And that NoA would be FORCED to bring it here. It would be SO awesome... ;.;
I think he found soda, snacks, and comfy couch with games. Don't tell me it just punch out and DSi.
I thought that was called 'Twilight Princess'? ;)
Also, Nintendo bought the Halo IP; Halo 4 Party Mania confirmed for Wii with balance board support and ZAPPER.
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