Insomniac was not being negative with Super Mario Galaxy. The real problem with that quote is how arrogant it shows Insomniac (or at least that man representing them) really is. Just because Mario Galaxy uses sphere worlds, they instantly assume they got the idea from Ratchet and Clank?
No, they are not saying anybody copies them. They are actually flattered, but they don't have any evidence that R&C inspired Mario. Let alone the fact Miyamoto has been playing with sphere concepts ever since "Mario 128", which was what? 4... 5 years ago? It's just arrogance -- nothing more, nothing less.
Apathetic-Irony
His quote is being taken out of context, he said he would like to THINK that Miyamoto was inspired by their game. He did not say they were.
And besides, like some other people have said, why do some people here find the concept of Miyamoto being inspired by another developer impossible? I mean seriously.
[QUOTE="Xolver"][QUOTE="jg4xchamp"][QUOTE="Xolver"] Doesn't matter, Ratchet was and always will be better than Mario. Sales number do say otherwise, though, I'll admit.
As for inventing the genre, what about Crash Bandicoot? It came out 2 months after Mario. Since I doubt good PS1 games can be created, published, and released in 2 months, I doubt Mario "invented" 3D platforming, it was just the first to be there.
Oh, and stop saying things like "the world is round" and things like that. Using a spherical area like in R&C and Spore is way different from just "being" in a planet like in GTA. GTA is on a round planet, but can you feel it? Just the same, if no Mario game has used spherical worlds, it probably just "borrowed" the idea from another game, be it R&C or not.
By the way, I'm sure SMG wouldn't be SMG without R&C. I'm not talking specifically about the gravity or spherical worlds, but just the same, I assure you, there wouldn't be SMG in the same for if it wasn't for R&C.
jg4xchamp
um how many times this need to be stated. the concept was first done by nintendo with super mario world. that whole sperical worlds idea has been done in 2D. now there is just a whole nother dimension for them to work with.
And Sales and Scores(gamerankings average or metacritic average say Mario Sunshine was just right there with ratchet).
Mario 64 was way better than Crash i dont think thats even a contest. SMGs whole concept is nothing like Ratchet. Mario Galaxy is done more like Mario 64 or Sunshine than anything ratcheet did. Ratchets a good series, but No Miyamoto didnt steal or copy anything from insomniac, if anything he took a previous idea and is going deeper and more detailed with it.The concept of platformers? The didn't invent the concept of platformers if another friggin game came out 2 friggin months afterwards. They were just first to finish. Mario 64 being better or worse than crash has nothing to do with anything.
I don't care about Sales and Scores (well, I do care some for scores), R&C simply is better than Mario, all around.
I can prove to you in about 2 seconds that SMG wouldn't exist if it wasn't for R&C. Yeah, about 2 seconds sounds right. But nah.
1- No thats your opinion and you are entitled to it. Personally id take Mario, Banjo, Jak, and DK well before Ratchet.
2- i said the concept of the spheerical world. they did it in super mario world yoshis island. difference it was a 2D game. This time Miyamoto is going a bit further.
3- I never said Mario was the creator of platformers, allthough technically it did make the genre what it is in the 2D era, and from a 3D era standpoint Crash was nothing like Mario. It was still the same 2D type linear gameplay but in 3D grahics. in Mario 64 the worlds were in 3 dimensions and you could just about anywhere on the big maps(unless u fall to your death).
4- dont brag about proving someething in 2 seconds. Prove it. SMG could be made without ratchet, its nothing like the ratchet games, its more like the Mario games. If all u got is going commando, than your whole point is shot. SINCE THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF SPHERE WORLDS HAS BEEN DONE ON SUPER MARIO WORLD. look at the previous posts, look at the interview that someone listeed. Its nothing new, Nintend has done this allready.And the stuff you just said ISN'T your opinion? You're not going to win any arguments here using your opinion. Ratchet and Clank is just as good as the others. The only reason I think you are playing it down is because you feel offended somehow over what Insomniac said of your favorite developer.
You seriously have to like how sites like Kotaku and Destructoid, like to create drama over the internet. Are they journalists or drama queens?
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