Posted

Jan 15th 2008

Mood

Heartbroken

Music

Fake It - Seether

...AGAIN.
Seriously, WTF!? The game is near 100% completion and they are delaying it again. The fans won't stand for this!! I have been waiting patiently for SSBB since 2006. I eagerly awaited December 3rd, and a growing excitement built as the date neared.
And then they announced a two month delay. But they revealed Sonic, as a sort of collateral. The wounds healed, and we took up the mantra "A delayed game is eventually good; a rushed game is forever bad." We sucked it up and waited, hoping they were tweaking and balancing, adding and perfecting. Honestly, my excitement for the game started to wane. They announced no new characters for two months, with updates often as crappy as "Hey! Check out the Options menu! Isn't that great!?"

Fuck. Nintendo can't just do this. They're losing a lot of respect and credibility for all these delays! I can understand taking time to make a game the best it can be, but don't delude yourself (and your faithful fans) and promise a deadline you can't complete! I know Legend of Zelda was delayed by almost a whole year, and it (EVENTUALLY) won Game of the Year and almost perfect 10s across the board.
"A delayed game is eventually good, a rushed game is forever bad"
This better be the best game of all time.
...
Of course it won't be; It can't be. And do you know why? Because some brainless shooter will come out on another platform closer to Christmas, score perfect 10s (despite the fact that, you know, it's just another shooting game), and snag GotY. I hate the world...