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it just occurred to me, Star Wars characters in Kingdom Hearts. That would be the weirdest thing I could ever think of coming out of this.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a Just Dance Star Wars game considering tha dancing minigame and Disney having done stuff with Ubisoft such as Just Dance: Disney Party.
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Don't they already have a Star Wars dancing game? Isn't it abysmally awful?
Don't they already have a Star Wars dancing game? Isn't it abysmally awful?
There is a dancing game in star wars kinect, but that's it as far as I know. it was a reskin of dance central, so however much you enjoyed that series is how good it was.
Don't they already have a Star Wars dancing game? Isn't it abysmally awful?
There is a dancing game in star wars kinect, but that's it as far as I know. it was a reskin of dance central or just dance, can't remember which, so however much you enjoyed that series is how good it was.
Also, Disney buying Lucasarts guarantees that we'll never get anything mature out of Star Wars ever again.
Yes, because Disney NEVER releases anything mature.
Alternate answer: Yes, because everything Star Wars is 'mature'.
WTF is mature in this case anyway?
There is nothing that I've ever seen that I would call mature Star Wars. Some of the recent games and episodes of the CN show are a bit darker than I would expect but nothing I wouldn't show my son. With that said, the ending of the "OMG Kiddie Prequels" with Anakin burning in pieces is incredibly violent and left me feeling like it was just in there for people that wanted a dark, mature flick.
Disney has handled Marvel with pretty good grace as far as I've seen. Disney has an incredible talent pool, and is probably one of the only companies I would say could help helm a successful episode 7. We just watched the Tron sequel and it was really good.
Any cynicism I have towards the property or the prequels or anything like that is completely washed away thinking about taking my son to an honest to goodness first run Starwars movie.
Yeah, Disney also owns Marvel, and while it wasn't high class, I wouldn't call the Avengers immature and Iron Man 3 actually looks pretty dark.
When I saw Avenger's in the theater and I pointed out that this guy's kid wouldn't shut up he snapped at me that it was a kids movie so it should be expected.
The rage I felt...
Anyway, I think it's fine for Disney to own Lucasfilm. It's not like Lucas was using it anyway. Maybe they'll comb the IP list and bring back something awesome.
Anyway, I think it's fine for Disney to own Lucasfilm. It's not like Lucas was using it anyway. Maybe they'll comb the IP list and bring back something awesome.
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I always thought everyone had an issue with the direction George Lucas took the series. Now that it's out of his hands, shouldn't fans be happy? Or are Star Wars fans impossible to please?
Disney has really been doing a great job lately. They kind of fell into a funk when they closed their classical animation studios, but I really feel they've since found themselves again.
I think this is the best possible outcome for Star Wars. The only thing that could possibly be better would be if some mega-rich super fan bought the franchise, but that's just unrealistic.
Oh wow, I feel like an idiot. They already had hologram versions of Cortana since the first Halo. That'll teach me to not play an acclaimed series.
Worry not. There has been a bit of a row over the changes in Cortana's character design over time. It's not as bad as the Soul Calibur progressions, but hey.
And the design changes in the Chief.
I like to think of it as symbolic of Master Chief's growing obsession with his AI waifu. Like that he is physically changing the appearance to make her more realistic. Or maybe she is the one doing it.
Halo is weird.
I'm fairly sure that the AI's in Halo define their own projections, so Cortana changing her appearance is just her redefining herself. Of course, that's just the in-universe explanation for it, and the real-life motive is far more obvious. I don't see why anyone really cares that much, though.
AIs in Halo are created by cloning a brain's architecture. They look and sound like the person they are hewn from, in Cortana's case it is Dr Halsey. She was in Reach and is identical to Cortana, even having the same voice actress. They don't get to pick what they look like.
This is actually spelled out in the book that comes with Reach's collector editions--namely, the AI pick what they look like, and that Cortana initially looked like a much younger Halsey. I think she even expected Cortana would change her appearance over time as she matured.
Apparently, that meant she'd eventually get a navel and visible toes.
Well I guess that's a retcon or something. Cause I was sure in the earlier books they had to look like their dude.
Anyway, who the fuck cares? Is anyone really playing Halo for the story? And if they are, someone should stop them.
Activision Publishing has had a round of layoffs at its Minneapolis location, in preparation for a smaller slate of licensed games next year. Joystiq has been told that 30 full-time employees were let go. These cuts were made at the publishing level and no studio personnel were affected.
"Like any successful business, Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues – this is an ongoing process. In 2013, we expect that our Minneapolis division will release fewer games based on third-party licenses than we released during 2012," an Activision spokesperson informed Joystiq in a prepared statement.
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Activision's Minneapolis branch mostly handled licensed titles, like the Cabela series and Bond. Activision's 2012 slate was fairly licensed game heavy, but the company is stepping back from that in 2013.
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I could write a large post about Lucas' and Star Wars' maturity, but this is not the place for it, and it would probably be a large was of my time to write it anyway. Star Wars is hardly anything mature, and Disney is known for not being mature. They've bought other studios that are ultimately owned by Disney to make adult films (not adult-films like that), but I have no faith that Star Wars will never be anything decent ever again.
While I get that some people think Disney is bad news for Star Wars - I can't help but think that there's no way they could be any worse than things are now. While the CN show is great, I don't know anyone who was content with the prequel trilogy, the DVD/Blu Ray releases and edits, and the 3D re-releases.
Plus, my dream has begun to have a Star Wars project headed by Brad Bird.
Considering Disney mandated precisely zero changes to Marvel's comic line-up after they bought them (despite the ginormous Internet freakout) I seriously doubt they're going to mess around with a formula that works.
At any rate, we should probably steer this toward how this affects vidja games...
I'm hoping this means they'll invest more in making decent Star Wars stuff. Disney greenlit Epic Mickey 2 after the first one was a minor disappointment, plus they've put Oswald stuff in Disneyland thanks to the game. It sounds like they're willing to truly support brands beyond exploiting/diddling them till they croak, so this could be a real improvement in the games front.
Oh wow, I feel like an idiot. They already had hologram versions of Cortana since the first Halo. That'll teach me to not play an acclaimed series.
Worry not. There has been a bit of a row over the changes in Cortana's character design over time. It's not as bad as the Soul Calibur progressions, but hey.
And the design changes in the Chief.
I like to think of it as symbolic of Master Chief's growing obsession with his AI waifu. Like that he is physically changing the appearance to make her more realistic. Or maybe she is the one doing it.
Halo is weird.
I'm fairly sure that the AI's in Halo define their own projections, so Cortana changing her appearance is just her redefining herself. Of course, that's just the in-universe explanation for it, and the real-life motive is far more obvious. I don't see why anyone really cares that much, though.
AIs in Halo are created by cloning a brain's architecture. They look and sound like the person they are hewn from, in Cortana's case it is Dr Halsey. She was in Reach and is identical to Cortana, even having the same voice actress. They don't get to pick what they look like.
This is actually spelled out in the book that comes with Reach's collector editions--namely, the AI pick what they look like, and that Cortana initially looked like a much younger Halsey. I think she even expected Cortana would change her appearance over time as she matured.
Apparently, that meant she'd eventually get a navel and visible toes.
Well I guess that's a retcon or something. Cause I was sure in the earlier books they had to look like their dude.
Anyway, who the fuck cares? Is anyone really playing Halo for the story? And if they are, someone should stop them.
lots of people dig the story in halo, don't be a goose
While I get that some people think Disney is bad news for Star Wars - I can't help but think that there's no way they could be any worse than things are now. While the CN show is great, I don't know anyone who was content with the prequel trilogy, the DVD/Blu Ray releases and edits, and the 3D re-releases.
Plus, my dream has begun to have a Star Wars project headed by Brad Bird.
Brad Bird doesn't just work with Disney you know.
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I could write a large post about Lucas' and Star Wars' maturity, but this is not the place for it, and it would probably be a large was of my time to write it anyway. Star Wars is hardly anything mature, and Disney is known for not being mature. They've bought other studios that are ultimately owned by Disney to make adult films (not adult-films like that), but I have no faith that Star Wars will never be anything decent ever again.
I wonder if Warren Spector could do something with Star Wars after all the Epic Mickey games.
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Oh wow, I feel like an idiot. They already had hologram versions of Cortana since the first Halo. That'll teach me to not play an acclaimed series.
Worry not. There has been a bit of a row over the changes in Cortana's character design over time. It's not as bad as the Soul Calibur progressions, but hey.
And the design changes in the Chief.
I like to think of it as symbolic of Master Chief's growing obsession with his AI waifu. Like that he is physically changing the appearance to make her more realistic. Or maybe she is the one doing it.
Halo is weird.
I'm fairly sure that the AI's in Halo define their own projections, so Cortana changing her appearance is just her redefining herself. Of course, that's just the in-universe explanation for it, and the real-life motive is far more obvious. I don't see why anyone really cares that much, though.
AIs in Halo are created by cloning a brain's architecture. They look and sound like the person they are hewn from, in Cortana's case it is Dr Halsey. She was in Reach and is identical to Cortana, even having the same voice actress. They don't get to pick what they look like.
This is actually spelled out in the book that comes with Reach's collector editions--namely, the AI pick what they look like, and that Cortana initially looked like a much younger Halsey. I think she even expected Cortana would change her appearance over time as she matured.
Apparently, that meant she'd eventually get a navel and visible toes.
Well I guess that's a retcon or something. Cause I was sure in the earlier books they had to look like their dude.
Anyway, who the fuck cares? Is anyone really playing Halo for the story? And if they are, someone should stop them.
lots of people dig the story in halo, don't be a goose
I'm not saying it's worthless. But Jason Jones literally had banners made during the production of Halo 2 specifying the story was context, not an end unto itself. The Haloverse is the bare minimum of flavor needed to make your floating gun shooting aliens action not too abstract or arcadey.
Subtle changes to the design of a character is not cause for consternation. Just roll with it, worse things have happened to Halo lore.
Well the worst that can happen is 'Another Star Wars movie', which is what would have happened anyway, regardless of who owns the IP.
So Disney buying them out can only be good news. Not necessarily great news, but better than nothing and certainly no worse than if it was left to wither and die.
Disney is planning on licensing out the Star Wars IP for things like games. They are going to be focusing more on licensing than making or publishing. So Lucasarts is useful for what then?
I'm not saying it's worthless. But Jason Jones literally had banners made during the production of Halo 2 specifying the story was context, not an end unto itself. The Haloverse is the bare minimum of flavor needed to make your floating gun shooting aliens action not too abstract or arcadey.
Subtle changes to the design of a character is not cause for consternation. Just roll with it, worse things have happened to Halo lore.
Bungie and 343 have already clearly shown they have different approaches to lore and storytelling. Bungie wasn't the worst or anything, but they weren't really the best either imo. Stuff like always calling Master Chief the Last Spartan but actually he's not. Why do that? Either tell your book writers and what have you that he IS the last, or stop insisting on it when it's not even kind of true.
Disney is planning on licensing out the Star Wars IP for things like games. They are going to be focusing more on licensing than making or publishing. So Lucasarts is useful for what then?
Well, they do publish the Epic Mickey games, along with Where's My Water and other iOS stuff. So why wouldn't they or Lucasarts publish Star Wars games?
Disney is planning on licensing out the Star Wars IP for things like games. They are going to be focusing more on licensing than making or publishing. So Lucasarts is useful for what then?
Well, they do publish the Epic Mickey games, along with Where's My Water and other iOS stuff. So why wouldn't they or Lucasarts publish Star Wars games?
Those games actually sell well or somewhat well in the case of Epic Mickey (1.3 million in December in the USA is nothing to sneeze at)?
It doesn't really fit in with their move towards more mobile games as they haven't exactly been happy with their bigger studios like the ones they have kill. and the shell of Lucasarts is probably worth about as much as the studios they have killed.
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I wonder if they're going to let them finish that Stars Wars game they were working on or cancel it.
Angry Birds Star Wars is a better idea from a business stand point than whatever Lucasarts might do with stuff like that supposedly more mature Star Wars game.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see a Just Dance Star Wars game considering tha dancing minigame and Disney having done stuff with Ubisoft such as Just Dance: Disney Party.
Yes, because Disney NEVER releases anything mature.
Alternate answer: Yes, because everything Star Wars is 'mature'.
WTF is mature in this case anyway?
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It was in Star Wars Kinect. It involved reworded pop songs.
There is a dancing game in star wars kinect, but that's it as far as I know. it was a reskin of dance central, so however much you enjoyed that series is how good it was.
Yeah, Disney also owns Marvel, and while it wasn't high class, I wouldn't call the Avengers immature and Iron Man 3 actually looks pretty dark.
There is nothing that I've ever seen that I would call mature Star Wars. Some of the recent games and episodes of the CN show are a bit darker than I would expect but nothing I wouldn't show my son. With that said, the ending of the "OMG Kiddie Prequels" with Anakin burning in pieces is incredibly violent and left me feeling like it was just in there for people that wanted a dark, mature flick.
Disney has handled Marvel with pretty good grace as far as I've seen. Disney has an incredible talent pool, and is probably one of the only companies I would say could help helm a successful episode 7. We just watched the Tron sequel and it was really good.
Any cynicism I have towards the property or the prequels or anything like that is completely washed away thinking about taking my son to an honest to goodness first run Starwars movie.
Nah. It fits in with their other studios that produce shovelware for movies.
When I saw Avenger's in the theater and I pointed out that this guy's kid wouldn't shut up he snapped at me that it was a kids movie so it should be expected.
The rage I felt...
Anyway, I think it's fine for Disney to own Lucasfilm. It's not like Lucas was using it anyway. Maybe they'll comb the IP list and bring back something awesome.
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Disney has really been doing a great job lately. They kind of fell into a funk when they closed their classical animation studios, but I really feel they've since found themselves again.
I think this is the best possible outcome for Star Wars. The only thing that could possibly be better would be if some mega-rich super fan bought the franchise, but that's just unrealistic.
Well I guess that's a retcon or something. Cause I was sure in the earlier books they had to look like their dude.
Anyway, who the fuck cares? Is anyone really playing Halo for the story? And if they are, someone should stop them.
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Disney should jump aboard the zombie craze while it's still riding high and do a Death Trooper movie. That would be awesome!
So wait, is it gonna be good? Or bad? I can't figure this sentence out.
Plus, my dream has begun to have a Star Wars project headed by Brad Bird.
At any rate, we should probably steer this toward how this affects vidja games...
I'm hoping this means they'll invest more in making decent Star Wars stuff. Disney greenlit Epic Mickey 2 after the first one was a minor disappointment, plus they've put Oswald stuff in Disneyland thanks to the game. It sounds like they're willing to truly support brands beyond exploiting/diddling them till they croak, so this could be a real improvement in the games front.
lots of people dig the story in halo, don't be a goose
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I wonder if Warren Spector could do something with Star Wars after all the Epic Mickey games.
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I'm not saying it's worthless. But Jason Jones literally had banners made during the production of Halo 2 specifying the story was context, not an end unto itself. The Haloverse is the bare minimum of flavor needed to make your floating gun shooting aliens action not too abstract or arcadey.
Subtle changes to the design of a character is not cause for consternation. Just roll with it, worse things have happened to Halo lore.
Next Kingdom Hearts game.....Sephiroth is going to be Vader.
You watch and see.
Then I remember what Lucas has been doing to Star Wars and I'm like "Eh..."
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So Disney buying them out can only be good news. Not necessarily great news, but better than nothing and certainly no worse than if it was left to wither and die.
Bungie and 343 have already clearly shown they have different approaches to lore and storytelling. Bungie wasn't the worst or anything, but they weren't really the best either imo. Stuff like always calling Master Chief the Last Spartan but actually he's not. Why do that? Either tell your book writers and what have you that he IS the last, or stop insisting on it when it's not even kind of true.
Well, they do publish the Epic Mickey games, along with Where's My Water and other iOS stuff. So why wouldn't they or Lucasarts publish Star Wars games?
Those games actually sell well or somewhat well in the case of Epic Mickey (1.3 million in December in the USA is nothing to sneeze at)?
It doesn't really fit in with their move towards more mobile games as they haven't exactly been happy with their bigger studios like the ones they have kill. and the shell of Lucasarts is probably worth about as much as the studios they have killed.
Don't forget X-Men: First Class.
That was all Fox.
But now after all this, I want a Marvel/Star Wars cross over game.
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Not like anything worse could happen to it at this point....right.