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This could be enough to push me over the edge and buy a Wii U. It is very cool that Nintendo have embraced user made content, after being so against it for what

by Fuzzwah 12y ago

This could be enough to push me over the edge and buy a Wii U. It is very cool that Nintendo have embraced user made content, after being so against it for what seems like forever. edit: a couple of replies made me realize that I was off the mark slightly with my comment. I should have focused on how their attempts to support user made content have seemed to run into their legal department's over the top desire to "defend" their character IP.

Lambdanaut 12y ago
I'm not disagreeing that they are against user made content per se, but there are plenty of examples where they've embraced user content, ever since http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Paint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Paint and even to the more recent Wario-Ware games where you can make your own mini-games.
- wahnfrieden 12y ago
  Excitebike for NES also had a level editor built in.
- Scuds 12y ago
  even looking at the screnshots, they seem to have borrowed heavily from the Mario Paint interface, stream of icons on the top. No idea why they used a dog icon in the corner. IIRC that was the undo button in Mario Paint. http://e3.nintendo.com/_ui/images/games/wiiu/mario-maker/screenshot7.jpg http://e3.nintendo.com/_ui/images/games/wiiu/mario-maker/scr... Maybe it's a pun in Japanese?
  - Excavator 12y ago
    And the fly swatting and clapping hands that are also directly ripped out of Mario Paint. I'm a bit disappointed that they apparently didn't put in the music editor. > No idea why they used a dog icon in the corner. Perhaps him sneezing is related somehow? "Blowing away changes"… Edit: Or the similarity between Inu (Dog) and Undo?
  - littleweep 12y ago
    perhaps the dog from duck hunt?
jianshen 12y ago
Are the Mii's not considered user made content? In the upcoming Super Smash Bros', you can customize your own Mii to be a fighter and it looks like there's a whole community of Mii customizers [1] who make celebrities and the like. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=mii+celebrities&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=mii+celebrities&tbm=isch
- MBCook 12y ago
  Miis on their own are a bit weak because they're just a little display object. Their little social network Miiverse holds a fair amount of content though. Also, Nintendo has said that they won't be allowing you to see customized Miis when fighting other people online in SSB unless they're a friend of yours, probably to prevent copyright (and objectionable content) issues.
- evan_ 12y ago
  There was a free channel/game thing on the Wii where they'd give you a theme ("Pilgrim", "Mean boss", etc) and you submitted a Mii that fit that theme. It was pretty neat to see what people came up with.

by Fuzzwah 12y ago

Lambdanaut 12y ago

I'm not disagreeing that they are against user made content per se, but there are plenty of examples where they've embraced user content, ever since http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Paint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Paint and even to the more recent Wario-Ware games where you can make your own mini-games.

wahnfrieden 12y ago
Excitebike for NES also had a level editor built in.
Scuds 12y ago
even looking at the screnshots, they seem to have borrowed heavily from the Mario Paint interface, stream of icons on the top. No idea why they used a dog icon in the corner. IIRC that was the undo button in Mario Paint. http://e3.nintendo.com/_ui/images/games/wiiu/mario-maker/screenshot7.jpg http://e3.nintendo.com/_ui/images/games/wiiu/mario-maker/scr... Maybe it's a pun in Japanese?
- Excavator 12y ago
  And the fly swatting and clapping hands that are also directly ripped out of Mario Paint. I'm a bit disappointed that they apparently didn't put in the music editor. > No idea why they used a dog icon in the corner. Perhaps him sneezing is related somehow? "Blowing away changes"… Edit: Or the similarity between Inu (Dog) and Undo?
- littleweep 12y ago
  perhaps the dog from duck hunt?

jianshen 12y ago

Are the Mii's not considered user made content? In the upcoming Super Smash Bros', you can customize your own Mii to be a fighter and it looks like there's a whole community of Mii customizers [1] who make celebrities and the like. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=mii+celebrities&tbm=isch https://www.google.com/search?q=mii+celebrities&tbm=isch

MBCook 12y ago
Miis on their own are a bit weak because they're just a little display object. Their little social network Miiverse holds a fair amount of content though. Also, Nintendo has said that they won't be allowing you to see customized Miis when fighting other people online in SSB unless they're a friend of yours, probably to prevent copyright (and objectionable content) issues.
evan_ 12y ago
There was a free channel/game thing on the Wii where they'd give you a theme ("Pilgrim", "Mean boss", etc) and you submitted a Mii that fit that theme. It was pretty neat to see what people came up with.