No Gundam stuff this week. Although Strike Freedom came in the mail today from Tomopop user Stella (AKA Aiya). So there goes my productivity.
I was going to talk a bit about The Five Star Stories, which is wonderful, and you should really consider reading it. I was going to use this space to convince you to do so, but perhaps some other time.
So why did I change what to write about on the very day that I was going to write? Because I saw this on Kotaku. Create your own Sonic levels! I’m really not sure Sega is doing to the right thing here by charging for this service. What the should do is put all user created levels up for download on XBox Live or PSN. This way, when someone buys the downloadable version of Sonic The Hedghog, they would get the option to download extra levels for it. And the levels could be easily filtered by quality because of the rating systems on the services. Or maybe they’d just put up some of their favorite levels for download. Hell, they could even offer extra downloadable “campaigns” for a dollar or two. Get it? The same sonic engine that you loved when you were little, but with all new levels. Think of it as an expansion pack to Sonic. They’d make a killing.
You know what? Nintendo should do it too. Lunar Magic has been around forever and there’s quite a catalogue of levels now. I myself have played and enjoyed (despite the extreme difficulty) kaizo. Again, Nintendo could just create all new levels of Super Mario World. I’m excited by the thought. I should go e-mail Reggie.
Really, this whole idea is similar to what Capcom did with Megaman 9, but kind of taking it to another level. This here is an example of good DLC, unlike most of the crap they try to sell us.
On a slightly different tangent. This really says something about the longevity of these old games, as well as the fact that Super Mario World is on of the greatest games ever. Yes, I know I’m going off here a little bit but think about it, Sega made a Java version of Sonic that had a level editor but it was just some random guy that allowed you to edit the original Super Mario World. That is devotion.
Hmm, I guess this post was a tad short? Sorry about that. Hopefully next time you’ll have lots of pictures of Strike Freedom.
-Tony
