Bomberjack
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 #31 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 7:29 am |
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| Mario could not survive dropping off a platform in Donkey Kong. Would you like them to go back to that?
The copy ability defines Kirby, without it he has no identity. |
That's not remotely the same thing. |
It certainly looks like it to me. Mario's main characteristic has always been that of being good at jumping, but in his very first game, he was unable to survive the slightest fall and could not use his jumps to harm enemies.
Similarly, Kirby's defining tract has been since his second game that of taking enemy abilities, whereas in his first game he could only use them as projectiles.
| he's still recognizably and undoubtedly Kirby even without the copy ability. It's a signature ability, yes, but not a part of his identity. |
Not really. That'd be the same as hacking Mario's sprite over Link and labeling a Zelda game Legend of Super Mario. Videogame characters are not just their appearances.
| He also doesn't have copy abilities in the puzzle games (as they are just would not work in those kinds of games) |
Well, obviously.
Unfortunately, because as Dream Course demonstrated it could very easily work.
| although he had copy abilities to use in Milky Way Wishes, they worked completely differently from the norm and could not obtain them (excluding limited use ones) from enemies. And Canvas Curse also had Copy Abilities work completely differently then usual. |
And I'm perfectly fine with that. In fact, it's exactly my point: you can innovate Kirby without having him lose his identity.
| Perhaps, but it does still look like and resemble a Kirby game. I'd assume it'd have a similar feeling while playing the game too. While your Star Fox Adventures example is a good example of how not to slap a character onto a game, there are some that do actually work. |
Are you aware that it is not even possible to die in Epic Yarn? It plays nothing like a Kirby game and it's look/style is uniquely its own (heck, I'd say it resembles Yoshi's Story more than it does Kirby). |
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