Favorite Designer, Franchise, Game, and Character

[Shoe]

This is just for fun, and to settle my curiosity as to what everyone likes the most in detail. I'm also seeing if anyone will list designers other than the well known big boys. The designer I picked I didn't really know of, but he's one of them, though apparently not as well known.

If this belongs in the general gaming section, then go ahead and move it, but I thought this would better fit the Yoshi Cafe.

All right, here's how it works:

Please tell us...

...your favorite game designer
...your favorite franchise that designer made or worked on
...your favorite game from that franchise that the designer made or worked on
...your favorite main/ friendly character from that game.
...your favorite enemy.
...why these were your choices.
...anything else you'd like to say, whether it be something interesting about the designer, a favorite level, or anything else that you might think of.

Takashi Tezuka
I chose Takashi Tezuka because he's worked on some of my most favorite games, and a lot of them the most successful including Galaxy, Super Mario Bros 3, and Ocarina of Time.
Yoshi's Island
The reason I chose Yoshi's Island for the franchise is mainly for the artwork and it has, in my opinion, the truest depiction of Yoshi yet. I'm a Shy Guy lover, and those games have the biggest variety of Shy Guys than any other game I've played. I'm not exactly particular to the babies, and if they make a 3D version of the game, I'm hoping they take the babies off. Oh well, as long as they keep true to the original style and idea of Yoshi's Island, I'm fine.
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
My favorite game from that franchise is the first Yoshi's Island, for the Super NES. I choose it because it was more challenging than the GBA port, and I didn't like the additional babies for the DS game. One baby is enough, thank you. But those aren't the only reasons, oh no. I also chose it because it literally pushed the Super NES's performance. It used a Super FX 2 microchip which allowed the designers to have a lot of freedom with sprite scaling, polygon effects, and pre-32-bit computer effects called Morphmation which was pretty advanced for a Super NES game, and boy did they take full advantage of it. But I don't need to tell you that.
Yoshi
My favorite character is of course, Yoshi. Just because his design was so well grounded to how one would depict Yoshi. If someone asked me, "What game should I play to see Yoshi at his best?" I would immediately answer, "Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island." Honestly, there's no other Yoshi game that portrays him better.
Shy Guys
Now if it weren't for my love of Shy Guys, this would be a real toughy. There were so many enemies introduced to this game, it was unbelievable. From the Dazees, the Wiggleflies (The Wigglers with Butterfly wings, I'm not sure of the official name), the penguins, though they were more neutral, and so many others. Not only because I love them so much, but because this game depicted the Shy Guys in all of their glory, as it did with Yoshi. I'm sure it's safe for me to say that this was the first time the Shy Guy's true colorful and mischievous nature was brought out. There were the Fat Guys, the Skinny Guys, the Stilt Guys, Ghost Guys, and Fly Guys to name but a few of the new types. Again, I'm not so sure those are their official names This is the game that brought out my love for them as well.
Extra Tidbits
Something I learned about Mr. Tezuka was that his wife was the inspiration for the Boo character. The reason is that she is often shy, but one day she became very angry at him for spending too much time at work.
One of my most favorite levels in SMWII was the skiing level. I also loved the "Welcome to Monkey World!" Level, which was 3-1.
I got the game from my best friend from childhood, thinking it was Yoshi's Story, haha. I quickly found out that it wasn't but it was even better. I still have the same copy that I received from him.

[Yoshi]

Hmmmmmmmmm...

Favorite Designer:

I'd specifically like to thank the guy who made the EF-88 Hunter fighter bomber for Military Madness. You alone had the vision, the expertise, and the pull to say "Lets take the most powerful unit in the game, and give it the second highest movement value and support effect at range. Now make it fly." And then for giving the computer seven of them at the same time. Jackass.

Franchise they worked on:

Welp. I guess that would be Military Madness. The single most difficult, infuriating, mind-bending and addictive turn based strategy game out there. Every time you lose, and you will, a lot, it goes into a little dirge about how much of a failure you are as a commander and how that failure doomed everyone. Victory is an amazing feeling after that. If you like turn-based strategy you should get it, it's on the Virtual Console for easy access.

Game:

The Playstation version, called "Nectaris: Military Madness." It has a new campaign as well as the old one, and the battles are in 3D. I still hate that EF-88 though.

Favorite Character:

I'm kinda torn. I liked the Grizzly battle tank because it kicked ass and was very hard for the computer to kill, but I also liked the Lynx. The Lynx was this tiny buggy with missles that could move, shoot, then move again on the same turn. Its missiles were indirect attacks so basically it could drive in front, shoot things with impunity, and drive back to hide behind bigger tanks. It could shoot airplanes too.

Favorite Enemy:

Not the EF-88 Hunter.

Extra notes:

Seriously, screw the EF-88.

[Shoe]

Haha! That sounds like a trip.

I'll definitely add that to my list.

[Rackinac]

...your favorite game designer
Dunno. Whoever desgined Shadow of the Colossus. The graphics, characters, monsters, and game play was like this elaborate beautiful movie, and I still play it years after beating it where there's nothing to do.
...your favorite main/ friendly character from that game.
There was only one so... I liked the horse. The horse was cool. You can shoot it and stuff, but it still follows you. That and it fell of a cliff. And lived. That's pretty awesome.
...your favorite enemy.
Oh man, so many to choose... I liked the sand snake one. Very hard. It took me four months to find out how to kill it, another thing I love about the game. Takes months to figure it out unless you cheat. Anyway, you have to stand on a specific rock where it can't see you. Then, quickly, jump on the horse and run like Hell. When your rumble is so strong your remote can jump out of your hands, turn your camera around only to see the huge mothereffing eye of this huge snake. Now, using awesome aim and good horse riding skills, two of the hardest things in the game, shoot it in the eye. This will do like... a centimeter of damage on it's foot long health bar. Repeat until the thing dies in this awesome scene where the the body flings in the air and decomposes in the sand and turns to rubble. While your remote vibrates wildly. So awesome.
...why these were your choices.
Why wouldn't they be? It's awesome.
...anything else you'd like to say, whether it be something
A lot of people don't like this game. It's hard, long, and involves more riding your horse around doing nothing than fighting. But the boss fights and graphics make it worth it. B-E-A-U-Tiful.

[Shoe]

I agree with everything you said. Except my favorite Colossus was Phalanx, the Flying Snake like creature. Everyone said that was too hard, but when I did it on time attack, I beat it in one shot without having to jump off. I loved that Colossus.

The game is indeed awesome. The people who made it are known as the ICO team, and after playing SotC, you have to play ICO. The stories tie together in more ways than one. You'll see.

[Rackinac]

Mar 7, 2008 23:53:59 GMT -5 Shoe said:

I agree with everything you said. Except my favorite Colossus was Phalanx, the Flying Snake like creature. Everyone said that was too hard, but when I did it on time attack, I beat it in one shot without having to jump off. I loved that Colossus.

The game is indeed awesome. The people who made it are known as the ICO team, and after playing SotC, you have to play ICO. The stories tie together in more ways than one. You'll see.

Where do you find out their names. Tell me. Tell me.

Oh, you know who was a pain in the butt? That turtle one you had to flip over with the water and climb on his belly. It took me 6 months to defeat him. 6.

[Sol Vent]

Designer: Yusuke Naora/Tetsuya Nomura

You can't really have one without the other when it comes to...

Franchise: Final Fantasy

Aaahh, Final Fantasy. With it's various assortment of insanely powerful girly men and holy women (Aeris, Rinoa, Yuna, what's up with that, anyway?), along with the myriad of monsters, magic, and weapons, it creates a brand new world all of it's own. Wait, did I say world? I meant "worlds." Not just one, but a whole galaxy's worth. Whether it's Gaia, Spira, or Ivalice you're in for an awesome adventure filled with the most incredible locations.

Game: Final Fantasy X

Sure, this game features a great cast of characters and an awesome backstory. Despite all this, my favorite part of this game is it's amazing geographical locations. From the Moonflow, to the cool formations of Mushroom Rock Road, to Guadosalam, to my personal favorite, Macalania Woods. Every location is one-of-a-kind. You'll see nothing like them anywhere else.

Character: Kimahri

A blue lion-man who's a dragoon/blue mage? HELL YES! Not only this, but you can customize his stats any way you want. You can make him your Auron or your Yuna. Just make your choice.

Enemy: Sin

This is a little obvious, but the menacing titan is a truly formidable foe, and a good contrast to the normal "extremely powerful evil guy with a master plan to make the world suffer." Seymour fills that role, but isn't extremely powerful or the main villain, so I'm willing to forgive this.

This is one of the first games where I was truly involved in the story. I played VII, VIII, and IX later. (I was more focused on Nintendo games at the time.) Also, a runner up was Yasuyuki Honne for Chrono Cross, another amazingly beautiful game.

[Marik]

Favourite Designers: Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka

Reason: I am a big fan of Mario-Related Games, and these big boys have worked on some of the best game franchises around. Several of them are Super Mario Bros, Super Mario World, Paper Mario, SSB, Yoshi's Island,Galaxy, Yoshi's Story,Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart, Mario Party, and the like.

My favourite games from these franchises.. would be all of em! xD


My favourite character from these franchises would obviously be Yoshi, who PWNS and is smart,cool,cute,strong,loyal, and all the other good characteristics that exist in our world xD and he's the best. Simple as that.

My favourite Enemies from these franchises would have to be.... Erm, Waluigi. Because he's cool, smart, and I love his personality! xD

Why these were your choices: Because they PWN. Simple as that. They are the best games ever!! I also grew up with these games and they have contributed to many hours of content and happyness.

[Digi]

...your favorite game designer
Err.. Kosuke Fujishima and Takashi Hasegawa .

...your favorite franchise that designer made or worked on
A few of the 'Tales of' series.

...your favorite game from that franchise that the designer made or worked on
Tales of Symphonia, man. Must be one of my favorite RPGs.

...your favorite main/ friendly character from that game.
Hm.. Excluding the obvious Lloyd Irving.. It'd have to be a tie between Sheena and Zelos. Though I do like most of the main cast.

...your favorite enemy.
The Sword Dancer. He was always fun. Or any of the Seraphim, they all looked ridiculously cool.

...why these were your choices.
I dunno. They're really likable? Sheena because she's so badass and Zelos has a great personality along with a pretty deep background. As for enemies, they all looked really cool. XD If that's a real excuse. But really their designs and weapons were so fitting.

...anything else you'd like to say, whether it be something interesting about the designer, a favorite level, or anything else that you might think of.
Although the game itself fell into practically every RPG cliche possible, it was still a hot game. One of the things that really got me was the voice acting. I love Lloyd's voice to no bounds. LEVEL UP ! ! And it's replay value is pretty high, at least for me. In fact, I've been replaying it recently. XD And I can't wait for its sequel.

[Shoe]

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Hey, Moogle! You know they're coming out with a sequel for the Wii, right? ;D