Pokemon Rocks came to Seattle Center.
Everyone got a free video tape.
I was reminded of a story where my son Sam had 79 precious Pokemon killed when my younger son Thomas pressed the A button several times in a row while playing with Sam's Pokemon Red game.
There are a few games that have the "repeated A" flaw, including Ratchet and Clank (well, a minor variation on it, but the result is the same - if you aren't careful, goodbye save game!).
I think the Samurai Jack game I worked on has it. Oops.
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The latest version of Ratchet and Clank ("Up your Arsenal") fixes this problem by putting "Load Game" at the top of the screen instead of "New Game."
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that it took about 20 years for this simple innovation to come to fruition. It's a simple UI idea - people load games about 100 times more often than they start a new game, so why not make it the default?
Good job, Insomniac.