Do you think Nintendo characters could benefit from having actual personalities and opinions and actually talking and engaging with the characters and situations around them, instead of being purely gameplay puppets?
Not necessarily as a permanent change in the main series, just in one-off side games. The brand value of western mascots isn't nearly as safeguarded and they're doing fine, so that's not an excuse.
No
They should remain gameplay puppets forever
We've seen enough bad results, especially from outsider medias, to discourage any attempt
>instead of being purely gameplay puppets?
They're not though
Spirit Tracks Zelda was the best.
They are though
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>NO I DON'T WANT DEEP COMPLEX PERSONALITIES IT'S TOO MUCH FOR MY LITTLE BRAIN I HATE STORIES I JUST WANT HEROE SAVED GIRL STORIES MAKING A DEEP STORY IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
But with all honest here, Nintendo games don't need characters with personalities of their own, cause of how shit Nintendo is at making a likeable personality for their heroes, they seem to stick with the formula of "heroe is embodiment of (bravery or wisdom or good etc.)" and it seems to work out for them, so whatever
These are always only good for CD-I Link
It's not that they don't want, it's that they're too incompetent to do it, see Pokemon vs Digimon
Punch-Out characters have personality
It'd be nice to have a genuine Link+Zelda romance in one of the games, the safe relationship they have got kinda old
>Samus was a gameplay puppet before
>Other M attempts to give character to Samus
>it’s the worst game in the entire franchise and commits character assassination on what little character she did have prior to it
Nah, no thanks
Isn't the blame for Other M on Team Ninja?
Mainly Sakamoto actually. TN didn’t influence the plot very much. They just delivered a mediocre, but okay gameplay experience. Not the best but it was functioning
Leave social politics to Snoy, Ubishit and EA.
>gif
>literally rape
the 90s sucked
engaging character is just double talk for "self insert who would do what I think they would do"
>t. Retard who doesn't play Nintendo games
There is literally nobody better at this than the guys at Nintendo.
Cartoon Link is based
Fucking Based
God, I love Majora's Mask
Its not about gameplay puppets. Most characters are left vagueish in nintendo games so that the player can fill in the gaps themselves. It makes a more interesting experience.