5th September 2005, 9:58 PM
Except neither of them really offer anything all that unique as far as gameplay. Plus, by limiting race selection to only 5 or so, it certainly makes it easier to fully flush them all out as well as balance them.
What I mean is this. A deku skipping around or hovering would be great and all, except koroks can fly so it would be a little pointless. A rito can fly, and I believe they can actually fly better. The reason I picked korok instead of rito is basically because I wanted one "midget" race that could also crawl in small spaces, nothing else really.
The gamer in me would want those, but the part of me seeing what's involved in making a game realizes it's best to stick with extreme ends and see what you can do from there.
If I end up having to rule out such extremely different abilities for whatever reason, then you can bet the next step would be only mildly different abilities, so the deku may yet end up as a race, at the expense of another.
What I mean is this. A deku skipping around or hovering would be great and all, except koroks can fly so it would be a little pointless. A rito can fly, and I believe they can actually fly better. The reason I picked korok instead of rito is basically because I wanted one "midget" race that could also crawl in small spaces, nothing else really.
The gamer in me would want those, but the part of me seeing what's involved in making a game realizes it's best to stick with extreme ends and see what you can do from there.
If I end up having to rule out such extremely different abilities for whatever reason, then you can bet the next step would be only mildly different abilities, so the deku may yet end up as a race, at the expense of another.
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