Which AlphaDream devs boarded Brothership?

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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2024

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  • @nintendoforecast
    @nintendoforecast  13 дней назад +38

    ADDENDUM: Although I compared credits for Bowser's Inside Story+Bowser Junior's Journey and Superstar Saga+Bowser's Minions, I made a typo in my search for Paper Jam so there are actually two more people to credit:
    - Chihiro Fujioka who did World Design for Paper Jam and who was also credited on the 2020 Olympics game; and
    - Jun Iwasaki on battle design as he was in 2015.
    It may be that there are people who worked in the pre-2015 titles - I didn't go back that far.
    Huge thanks to @PikaPhantomVG for querying.

  • @Arcadia_warlic
    @Arcadia_warlic 14 дней назад +102

    The ability to suss out when a game entered development by reading the credits is quite striking.

    • @fgvcosmic6752
      @fgvcosmic6752 14 дней назад +18

      This is what I like about this channel. Not only does it avoid making things up, but it makes _realistic_ conclusions from _real_ data that most people just never look at

  • @BigEOT3
    @BigEOT3 14 дней назад +55

    I keep having to remind myself that the new Mario and Luigi game is developed by the same people behind Akiba’s Trip. I just find it hilarious and neat Homie.

  • @DavidCosmology
    @DavidCosmology 14 дней назад +29

    Neat information video! It's nice to hear that some of the employees went to other Nintendo associated developers
    Only thing I'm sad about is that Yoko Shimomura wasn't involved in the music, she gave the series such a unique music style

    • @davidcruz1941
      @davidcruz1941 11 дней назад +2

      Seems to be because she was burnt out since she was working on so many games at a time

  • @seanbroderick2224
    @seanbroderick2224 11 дней назад +4

    This video actually made me sad. I’ve known since the day they shut down that AlphaDream was no more and yet I never really thought much about it until now; this was basically their series. Aside from a few other games, this was their legacy. As much as I’m loving brothership so far, it doesn’t feel like a continuation of the previous games but it also doesn’t feel like a reboot? Either way it just hits hard knowing that they aren’t around anymore. I’m really glad Nintendo decided to take a chance and try a new game though, really shows how much they valued this series and the fans

  • @PikaPhantomVG
    @PikaPhantomVG 14 дней назад +23

    Hmm. If I remember correctly, when Brothership leaked, people on Famiboards counted 6 AlphaDream alumni being involved with Brothership. You did miss at least one: Jun Iwasaki, who worked on battle design for every prior game in the series according to MobyGames, took the role of lead battle game designer for Brothership.
    It does also feel a bit odd to say "barely anyone from AlphaDream actually returned" while kind of downplaying the pedigree of those involved. Both directors of Super Mario RPG worked on Brothership, for instance.

    • @nintendoforecast
      @nintendoforecast  14 дней назад +11

      Huh. I'll have to check that - didn't show up in my search. Thanks // And yes, that is a fair point!

    • @nintendoforecast
      @nintendoforecast  13 дней назад +8

      Thanks - I've added this as a pinned comment: ADDENDUM: Although I compared credits for Bowser's Inside Story+Bowser Junior's Journey and Superstar Saga+Bowser's Minions, I made a typo in my search for Paper Jam so there are actually two more people to credit:
      - Chihiro Fujioka who did World Design for Paper Jam and who was also credited on the 2020 Olympics game; and
      - Jun Iwasaki on battle design as he was in 2015.
      It may be that there are people who worked in the pre-2015 titles - I didn't go back that far.
      Huge thanks to @PikaPhantomVG for querying.

  • @vyse4907
    @vyse4907 13 дней назад +7

    This is a comment to let the algorithmn know, that this channel is very good and needs to be showed into more peoples faces.

  • @SamirSoriano
    @SamirSoriano 14 дней назад +34

    Acquire was also recently acquired by Kadokawa, which also owns FromSoft and Spike Chunsoft. Both of which are listed as 3rd party devs that Nintendo is strengthening relations with

    • @paperluigi6132
      @paperluigi6132 14 дней назад +6

      Zelda Souls in the future?

    • @SamirSoriano
      @SamirSoriano 14 дней назад +6

      @paperluigi6132 heh interesting, though I don't think FromSoft has the appetite for making platform exclusive titles anymore, they're likely focusing more on ports.

    • @toledochristianmatthew9919
      @toledochristianmatthew9919 13 дней назад +7

      @@SamirSoriano They are multi platform now and it has been their winning strategy for a long time. If they had remained exclusive to Sony, they would have never garnered the creative freedom and the massive playerbase of PC and Xbox. It was a big deal when they ported the original Dark Souls to PC and it propelled the popularity of the Souls genre.

  • @AvatarSteven
    @AvatarSteven 14 дней назад +25

    Finally a good Nintendo Channel without clickbaiting misinformation, and with a clear perspective on Nintendo Topics. Even though i don’t agree with your take about piracy, i really like your videos a lot. A channel that i finally can recommend. Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

  • @tuskoub
    @tuskoub 13 дней назад +3

    Nobody else does credits analysis like you do, and it’s part of why I love this channel. I’ve done it for a long while myself to help guide my own development career and give myself steps to how I can reach Nintendo myself, but I still find myself surprised by the details in these videos.

  • @zeeborsloweffortchannel3889
    @zeeborsloweffortchannel3889 13 дней назад +4

    Real Ones know Acquire as the makers of Tenchu and Akiba's Trip. If you have to ask what one of those is, you are not ready to be a Real One

  • @minecrafter3448
    @minecrafter3448 13 дней назад +6

    This talk of brothership has me wondering what the budget was, and how long it was in development for. Seems to be much more ambitious than any previous Mario and Luigi game, which leads me to believe Nintendo is going to push this game hard.

    • @Madi_Slays
      @Madi_Slays 13 дней назад +4

      If I remember somewhere on the game’s Wikipedia page, Nintendo filed a trademark of the Mario & Luigi series in January of 2020, 3 months after its original company AlphaDream filed bankruptcy so I’m assuming it had been worked on for 4 years?

    • @minecrafter3448
      @minecrafter3448 13 дней назад +2

      @ makes sense

    • @nicolassanchez3047
      @nicolassanchez3047 2 дня назад

      Apparently the development finished early this year going by the ESRB filing.

  • @PeanutByte0
    @PeanutByte0 14 дней назад +3

    The final boss gives me a lot of Octopath Traveler II final boss vibes.
    The setting it's pretty damm similar, I wonder if they got inspiration on that

  • @malo932
    @malo932 14 дней назад +1

    I am still waiting to have enough time to enjoy this game. It looks promising, i can't wait

  • @SuperSonic64-64
    @SuperSonic64-64 14 дней назад +8

    Amazing Informative Video 👍

    • @ErenTheWarcriminal
      @ErenTheWarcriminal 13 дней назад +1

      Based profile picture

    • @SuperSonic64-64
      @SuperSonic64-64 13 дней назад +1

      @@ErenTheWarcriminal Thanks

    • @ErenTheWarcriminal
      @ErenTheWarcriminal 13 дней назад +1

      @@SuperSonic64-64 I love you Lady Palutena please come back in the Kid Icarus: Uprising 2 or remaster

  • @Tazer_Silverscar
    @Tazer_Silverscar 12 дней назад

    Many of Acquire's games that were Sony exclusives have been ported onto Switch as well, so it's not like Acquire were unfamiliar with the system. They are very good at working with graphical limitations, as well as their talent for expressive animation, so they were a very good choice. I wonder if maybe AlphaDream's management were asking for a little too much, maybe that's why they went under so quickly. A lot of these smaller Japanese studios seem to regularly have funding problems, it seems.

  • @ekurisona663
    @ekurisona663 13 дней назад

    i knew in my heart there was no way mario+luigi series was dead when AD was shuttered - there was no way N was walking away from a huge long-running series like that - it was upsetting when sales were announced and AD was closed, but i knew there was no way M+L was done!!!!!!!!! ❤

  • @AzumarillConGafasBv
    @AzumarillConGafasBv 14 дней назад +2

    Great video

  • @Kenny-the-Platypus
    @Kenny-the-Platypus 14 дней назад +6

    Bro

  • @yeizzi2913
    @yeizzi2913 13 дней назад +1

    they “acquire” the mario & luigi franchise

  • @Terranigma23
    @Terranigma23 13 дней назад +1

    Who is the story writer of Brothership ? :)

    • @nintendoforecast
      @nintendoforecast  13 дней назад +6

      I can't see any discrete writing credit which isn't uncommon for Nintendo games (or even M&L games) where the story is often worked out long after the gameplay mechanics. On Echoes of Wisdom, a lot of it came from Aonuma himself but he has no additional credit and on the Iwata Asks for Dream Team they discuss collectively having an idea so I guess it's largely a team effort among the senior people - Kobayashi and Maekawa but also potentially some of the new Acquire and EPD people pitching in too.

    • @TMS-Oddbot
      @TMS-Oddbot 12 дней назад +1

      @@nintendoforecast Do you just remember this stuff? Conversations about Dream Team is a pretty old thing to reference. Impressive!

  • @Dani-ll2nm
    @Dani-ll2nm 13 дней назад +1

    Off-topic question, but how do you think the “Trump Tariffs” could impact Nintendo and the launch of Switch 2? I’ve been seeing reports that these tariffs could increase the price of Chinese/imported goods by quite a margin. What would be Nintendo’s plan to avoid these tariffs if they even could?

  • @Baiano29
    @Baiano29 14 дней назад +5

    Shame about the music though :(

    • @NuiYabuko
      @NuiYabuko 14 дней назад +10

      The music is good, though.

    • @netyokai
      @netyokai 13 дней назад +1

      @@NuiYabuko it's generic slop idc

    • @UrLastSurprise
      @UrLastSurprise 13 дней назад +1

      @@netyokai You can thank Shimomura being busy with KH4.

    • @vdpt9911
      @vdpt9911 13 дней назад +5

      @@netyokai "something I don't like = generic slop", true? What are your thoughts on PJ's music? How about actual slop like Ubisoft?

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 13 дней назад +3

      @@NuiYabuko but it could be much, much better than just good.

  • @corey2232
    @corey2232 13 дней назад +2

    I really hope this game gets a performance patch.
    IGN was right. The terrible performance makes enjoying this game a chore. It's so distracting, but it's clear there's a good game underneath the bad technical state.

    • @Streetcleanergaming
      @Streetcleanergaming 10 дней назад

      I have not had a single performance issue in my whole playthrough. I'm not sure where it could be in the game either.

  • @soda5439
    @soda5439 14 дней назад +1

    I agree with Ign honestly

    • @DontKnowDontCare6.9
      @DontKnowDontCare6.9 14 дней назад

      Sure. Whatever you say, Kim Bel-air. That dummy accounts not fooling anyone.

    • @dannypalin9583
      @dannypalin9583 14 дней назад

      I think you’re an idiot honestly.

    • @Xf3rnaPlays
      @Xf3rnaPlays 13 дней назад

      It's okay to agree with a reviewer who voiced his opinions in a review, therefore making a terrible review at that, rendering you an idiot for thinking it was an actual review.
      It's okay to agree with an opinion, it's an opinion after all, who the hell cares, but if you consider that a proper review, you need to get smarter my guy

  • @Nin10doGR
    @Nin10doGR 13 дней назад +2

    Why do Nintendo games keep flopping nowadays? Peach Showtime, Mario vs DK remake, Another Code Recollectio, Endless Ocean Luminous, Zelda EoW, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Zelda EoW, Luigi Mansion 2 HD etc

    • @nintendoforecast
      @nintendoforecast  13 дней назад +4

      EoW did well, Jamboree was well received and the others were very minor games. Remember that a huge part of Nintendo's sales at this point will be its evergreens so can't blame them for keeping their powder dry on major titles for the next system.

    • @tuskoub
      @tuskoub 13 дней назад +1

      I don’t imagine Nintendo intended for most of their releases this year to be received so flaccidly from fans and critics, but it may be the inverse where they’ve kept their strongest teams busy on Switch 2 software

    • @jclkaytwo
      @jclkaytwo 13 дней назад +1

      what do you consider to be the criteria for "flopping"? you must have a very loose definition of the word.

    • @ErenTheWarcriminal
      @ErenTheWarcriminal 13 дней назад +1

      How the FRICK did Mario Party flop??? You must live under a rock if you think that, also Zelda is a GOTY contender. The rest of those are niche remakes.

  • @docmarion8902
    @docmarion8902 13 дней назад +4

    Not the narrative guys. The new story, direction and dialogue is ass

    • @delueks
      @delueks 11 дней назад

      true

    • @mallowfan22
      @mallowfan22 10 дней назад +1

      aint that bad the story is a lot better than everybody says it is.