Indie Gamer Chickさんのイラストまとめ

Kirby's Dream Land 3
Developed by HAL
Published by Nintendo
Verdict: NO Pile
Thread: https://t.co/9JPAetKJGo

+ One-of-a-kind graphical style. Excellent first action game choice for young children.
- Toothless bore. Boring settings. Somewhat clunky mechanics. Too easy to cheese.

The final piece of proof??

That he left gaming instead of landing at another company. You mean to tell me NOBODY would want to hire the director of four major first-party, best-selling Nintendo games? NOT ONE COMPANY?

What if it's because he was holding out for a boardroom seat

Which is not to say "he aspired to be head of Nintendo" but the dude piloted 4 *major* Nintendo games, two of which cracked a million copies sold.

Maybe he aspired to be HAL's new chief, and didn't get it. Maybe he hoped to be named Iwata's top lieutenant and didn't get it.

It is NOT unusual for people to leave a company if they expect a promotion and don't get it.

Iwata was elevated. Maybe Shinichi Shimomura expected to be promoted within HAL, was passed over or not even considered, and resigned in protest and left gaming altogether.

It happens.

The person worked with him on Kirby 64 and is still with Nintendo.

I asked if he liked him. Paraphrase: "I didn't KNOW him, but he was nice to everyone."

Something occurred to me

What else happened in 2002? Iwata's elevation. Maybe instead of passing away, he was PASSED OVER..

I got an "answer"

Says my source: Shinichi Shimomura is a male and they don't believe he's dead, that he just left. Nobody knows why. Nobody was close with him. Nobody even knew if he had a family or not.

All they gave me so far. I sent a follow up asking if anyone WOULD know..

I'm not going to call Kirby 3 a complete disaster because I enjoyed the tree boss fight and the twist it featured..

And because I'm going to trust my fans that have reported back that Kirby 3 was an excellent entry-point for their younger children.

But Kirby 3 offers me nada..

It's after work hours there so might not get a reply tonight

Meanwhile, I'm getting ready to make my call on Kirby's Dream Land, it's just a matter of whether it's going to replace Power Rangers as the new south-side Terminator Line game. I think it's probably good enough for it

Here's why the lack of production credits trips me up..

Nintendo's hierarchy is that directors are elevated to producers. Nobody would be assigned directing duties for FOUR games without being assigned to oversee anyone else's project or sit-in on production meetings.

Hmmmmmm..

You know what's REALLY weird?

Not a single producer credit. Okay, something weird is going on with this one and I want to find out more.

Meanwhile, if you have the broom power AND the owl, you use the owl as a feather duster.

That's.. absolutely cruel and hilarious. I love it.