(11-15-2011, 01:45 AM)Koopaul Wrote: (11-14-2011, 05:19 AM)Alpha Six Wrote: The Mario Kart games have always been about character variety, anyway. After all, SMK had DK Jr. Like, really?
Actually DK Jr. had his own game and is pretty recognizable. So atleast he has that. But Queen Bee? What the fuck does she have? Super Mario Galaxy? Or whatever she's from.
Point is, DK Jr. is recognizable now. Back then nobody really cared. Most people still don't know there was a Jr.
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11-17-2011, 12:53 AM
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(11-15-2011, 02:33 AM)Alpha Six Wrote: Super Mario Galaxy? Or whatever she's from.
Point is, DK Jr. is recognizable now. Back then nobody really cared. Most people still don't know there was a Jr.
How is he more recognizable now? He was the hero of an arcade game and really didn't do much after that. What did DK Jr. do in the time being that makes him more recognizable now than he was before?
All I'm saying is that DK Jr. was the star of his own game but Queen Bee was a brief and minor character in Galaxy with two lines of dialogue and did practically nothing.
Brief and Minor Character VS Star of His Own Game
You can't compare them.
(11-17-2011, 12:53 AM)Koopaul Wrote: (11-15-2011, 02:33 AM)Alpha Six Wrote: Super Mario Galaxy? Or whatever she's from.
Point is, DK Jr. is recognizable now. Back then nobody really cared. Most people still don't know there was a Jr.
How is he more recognizable now? He was the hero of an arcade game and really didn't do much after that. What did DK Jr. do in the time being that makes him more recognizable now than he was before?
All I'm saying is that DK Jr. was the star of his own game but Queen Bee was a brief and minor character in Galaxy with two lines of dialogue and did practically nothing.
Brief and Minor Character VS Star of His Own Game
You can't compare them. You can't even call that a star of his own game, I'd never heard of him until I got the free game with the ambassador pass. And I don't even like the game.
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11-17-2011, 02:00 AM
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DK Jr was one of my all time favourite videogames as a child whose only console was the Adam Coleco Vision.
Also correct me if I'm wrong but (I looked it up and I'm not) at the point of Super Mario Karts release DK had never been a playable character, while DK Jr had been.
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Yeah the only Mario characters who had been playable up until that point were Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, and DK Jr.
Koop, I think you missed what I was saying. I'm not saying DK Jr is more relevant now, but he IS more recognizable now-- because of his age.
Back then lots of people didn't even know there was a Jr., or they didn't care. Then he got put in Mario Kart + Mario Tennis and now more people are aware.
That's all I'm saying.
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11-17-2011, 09:53 AM
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Quote:Back then lots of people didn't even know there was a Jr.,
Except that they totally did.
In fact, DKJR was so recognizable at that time that he starred in his own cartoons. Right along with Q*Bert, Mario, DK SR, Frogger, and Pac-Man. The video game all-stars of the time.
Unfortunately there's a lot of disconnect as far as the DK continuity goes. Nobody's really quite sure if the current Donkey Kong is actually an adult JR or not. I would love to see JR show up in another spin-off title, but the chances are unlikely and it's in no way a deal-breaker.
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Guys, this is the complete roster right here! Careful, spoilers!
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/amkj/character/index.html
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(11-17-2011, 10:11 PM)A.J. Nitro Wrote: Guys, this is the complete roster right here! Careful, spoilers!
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/amkj/character/index.html
メタルマリオ!! ah!!
why doesn't it show Dry bones on there though, he is in 7 right...right?
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(11-17-2011, 10:18 PM)Guy Wrote: (11-17-2011, 10:11 PM)A.J. Nitro Wrote: Guys, this is the complete roster right here! Careful, spoilers!
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/amkj/character/index.html
メタルマリオ!! ah!!
why doesn't it show Dry bones on there though, he is in 7 right...right?
Aw man, don't tell me that he isn't!
C-can someone check that for me and see if there is at least Koopa Troopa? I don't want to spoil the whole dang roster but I at least would like to know that. ><
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(11-17-2011, 10:23 PM)Tellis Wrote: Aw man, don't tell me that he isn't!
C-can someone check that for me and see if there is at least Koopa Troopa? I don't want to spoil the whole dang roster but I at least would like to know what. ><
I don't think DB is in, but Koopa is in there so need to worry about that.
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Yeah I knew that was the whole roster. Really stupid isn't it?
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