tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346508933381337699.post3106648383193630926..comments2024-03-27T18:03:16.931-04:00Comments on Corona Jumper: Secret of Evermore #1 - Auburn MountainJerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14031388156675516231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346508933381337699.post-45179304909656570972011-01-10T04:09:55.869-05:002011-01-10T04:09:55.869-05:00I ran a post about the dark interpretation of My N...I ran a post about the dark interpretation of My Neighbor Totoro (http://jsmyth.wordpress.com/2010/09/02/rethinking-tonari-no-totoro/), so I think the Evermore conspiracy theory is plausible. I totally agree with the decision to cut that writer and change the story if it's true. They got some really good humor in there, so whoever they put in charge of the script was pretty brilliant, and it just wasn't the time or place for a dark game like that. You would have made a lot of kids cry.<br /><br />The puppet fight later in the game really scared me when I was a kid. The Medieval World as a whole is interesting because it's set in autumn, and we usually see fantasy worlds in summer: The Millennial Fair and all that. That makes it seem darker all by itself. What's remarkable, I think, is that the artists were able to fit as much as they did into the game without turning more heads. The giant bug, robot octopus, title screen, box art, and such were seen as "cool" instead of "scary," but it would have gone the other way if we came into the game expecting Scream rather than Squaresoft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346508933381337699.post-2950462371373128652011-01-05T15:36:28.345-05:002011-01-05T15:36:28.345-05:00"and the conspiracy theories mostly seem like..."and the conspiracy theories mostly seem like people grasping at straws."<br /><br />Like 99.9% of all conspiracy theories.brayniacxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288310601286201821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346508933381337699.post-79008319148649080622011-01-05T15:21:23.328-05:002011-01-05T15:21:23.328-05:00Evermore's been getting some attention lately ...Evermore's been getting some attention lately on the internets due to some kind of "conspiracy theory" as to the game's development. Basically, the rumor is that the original writer of the game, a Seattle-based short story writer, made it extremely dark and disturbing. He was then fired before the game was released, and can't be found in the credits. The idea is that there was some big conspiracy to cover up that Evermore was originally a creepy disturbingness-fest. Personally, I think it's clear that the game itself is darker than the script (which supposedly was heavily changed at the last minute) is. However, I don't think it was as bad as the rumors say, and the conspiracy theories mostly seem like people grasping at straws.Jerichohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031388156675516231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346508933381337699.post-25577336552933624842011-01-05T08:46:02.225-05:002011-01-05T08:46:02.225-05:00What's all this at the end about?What's all this at the end about?brayniacxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288310601286201821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346508933381337699.post-57706896447262410622011-01-05T08:31:22.104-05:002011-01-05T08:31:22.104-05:00"I'm not sure why they didn't just gi..."I'm not sure why they didn't just give you the ability to dash from the start like Mana did, but the fact that you get the ability about fifteen minutes into the game kinda makes up for it."<br /><br />Like Mega Man X?brayniacxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288310601286201821noreply@blogger.com