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NEWS: Mario & Luigi RPG Developer AlphaDream Files for Bankruptcy




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LiteMangime



Joined: 21 Jun 2014
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:10 am Reply with quote
Superstar Saga was my childhood, replayed it so many times I actually lost count, and I would go on to play the preceding "sequels" as well. Thank you for the memories AlphaDream Crying or Very sad

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Яeverse



Joined: 16 Jun 2014
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Location: Indianapolis
PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:29 am Reply with quote
Did Ninty not pay them?
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Break Xerxes



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:25 pm Reply with quote
That sucks, they made some great games.
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BadNewsBlues



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 1:39 pm Reply with quote
Яeverse wrote:
Did Ninty not pay them?


The simple is answer, is that alpha dream's products were simply not making enough money to recoup the budget that was spent on them.
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Themaster20000



Joined: 05 Aug 2014
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:40 pm Reply with quote
The series peaked with the third game. Damn shame,it was a fun series with a cute sense of humor. I'm guessing the dumb idea of remaking,Inside Story, didn't help them (the game wasn't even a decade old)

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Lizuka



Joined: 27 Jul 2018
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:46 pm Reply with quote
Unfortunate but I can't claim to be surprised. Mario & Luigi games are really all they make and those have been both slow and steadily doing worse and worse, to the point the Inside Story remake was a complete bomb. And it's been pretty clear for a good while where they've been looking for ways to cut the budget on them.
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DavetheUsher



Joined: 19 May 2014
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:25 pm Reply with quote
Inside Story was the best and most creative of the games, especially with the boss battles where you had to do stuff either inside/outside Bowser to help out the other. Dream Team and especially Paper Jam felt like huge steps down, and I didn't like the shift away from sprite art to the 3D models. Considering the last two games were just remakes, it's not surprising the series had a huge fall off.
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