Awkward Brawl postmortem, Wii Fit panel announced for GDC
by JC Fletcher 
{ Jan 15th 2008 at 5:00PM }
In "Building Characters: The Super Smash Bros. Brawl Postmortem," Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai will discuss the challenges of throwing so many distinct Nintendo characters into a game together, staying true to both the game design and the integrity of the original characters. This postmortem will be extremely uncomfortable if the game isn't actually, you know, mortem yet, a possibility that seems ever more likely. In fact, Brawl will not be out by the time GDC opens on February 18th, but it could still be finished if they meet their January 31st release date for Japan.
"Wii Fit: Creating a Brand New Interface for the Home Console," led by EAD general manager Takao Sawano will discuss the development of both Wii Fit and the weird controller that goes with it. And Takashi Aoyama's "Planning the Wii Menu: From Pre-Launch to WiiWare" is about ... the Wii Menu. Well, and also the development of the Wii's internal programming.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mr Khan @ Jan 15th 2008 5:13PM
Will be mortem for Japan by then
Although i wonder if this year's GDC will devolve into an anti-Wii bitchfest like it did last year
raindog @ Jan 15th 2008 5:14PM
Umm, if they ship on January 31 in Japan, the game actually will be out before February 18, even if not in the region where GDC is held.
Tristan @ Jan 15th 2008 5:45PM
I didnt realize have so many characters is problematic, or is it much more complex then we expect?
0suit @ Jan 15th 2008 6:27PM
please stop mentioning brawl its making me depressed...T-T
hvnlysoldr @ Jan 15th 2008 7:04PM
Hey 0suit....
Huh
Oh. BRAWL
BBBBbbbRRRrrRRrrAAaaAAaWWwwwWwwwwWLLLlllLLLLlll!!!11!
0suit @ Jan 15th 2008 7:32PM
thanx alot hvnlysoldr, im gonna go kill myself now....
hvnlysoldr @ Jan 15th 2008 7:36PM
Aww don't be like that.
BRAWL!
0suit @ Jan 15th 2008 8:37PM
uurrgghhh......(silence)
icicle0424 @ Jan 15th 2008 9:44PM
Ok, I don't know where else to put this... but there's 3 new Smash Bros videos on the Japanese Wii.com... 2 more commercials, and a "how to play" sort of video... although it's loading really slow on my computer so I don't know if it'll be like that for everyone...
icicle0424 @ Jan 15th 2008 9:56PM
Sorry to double post, but that last video also shows characters and levels, assist trophies and pokeballs, some final smashes, some wifi things, some clips from Subspace Emissary, it's like the uber commercial!
Targets, fighting alloys, homerun contest, trophies, stickers, music, level editor in action!
I'll never be as awesome as that five and a half minute clip that took me 20 dang minutes to watch