17th March 2004, 12:00 AM
I'm willing to bet that most of those 4 years it was sitting on someone's hard drive collecting virtual dust while Rare and Nintendo settled on agreements over copyrights.
But DJ, I doubt that the puzzles in SFA were overly easy because of its rushed production. The game was built on the idea of showing off hardware, so it had to be accepted by all skill levels. Typical Rare design. Unfortunately the second part of that design is to make much more challenging areas of the game for advanced players... that design never saw the light of day except maybe on paper.
Rare will make a big come back as soon as they release Conker's BFD. I can see the commercial now with the tag line of "Go piss off your friends" while showing a clip of Coinker urinating on someone in multiplayer. It'll be great. But then what's next? A game where you play as a fairy that collects animals in a magical forest? I bet XBox fans will love that!
But DJ, I doubt that the puzzles in SFA were overly easy because of its rushed production. The game was built on the idea of showing off hardware, so it had to be accepted by all skill levels. Typical Rare design. Unfortunately the second part of that design is to make much more challenging areas of the game for advanced players... that design never saw the light of day except maybe on paper.
Rare will make a big come back as soon as they release Conker's BFD. I can see the commercial now with the tag line of "Go piss off your friends" while showing a clip of Coinker urinating on someone in multiplayer. It'll be great. But then what's next? A game where you play as a fairy that collects animals in a magical forest? I bet XBox fans will love that!