03-02-2011, 04:11 PM
(03-02-2011, 03:53 PM)Koopaul Wrote: I believe fan fiction can be good if you make extreme restrictions. It's really hard to take another person's work and make your own story from it. But people do it in the professional world all the time.
Their have been many Star Wars novels that were way better than George Lucas' Episodes 1, 2, and 3. Oh god those were shit.
How do those authors go about using Lucas' universe and make a good story?
Think about that.
Except the Mario, Zelda, Kirby, etc. universes were not meant to be stories, but experiences. Mario, Link, Kirby, etc don't talk, so you're already departing from tradition when you give them lines (and it's even weirder to say something like "Mario made several odd gestures, implying that the Shroob mothership was taking over Princess Peach's castle in the past")
Nintendo games are to be played, not read. Movies and books/comics != games and books/comics.