Board the platforms, why is it gone?!

[aflyinglamppost]

Who thinks they should have kept board the platforms in melee and brawl?

 

[_Tiamat_]

I completely forgot this existed but now that you mention it it was pretty cool. it was more fun than the other trophy-snagging minigame that somehow took its place in Melee, and something different than break-the-targets wouldn't hurt Brawl.

 

[Crazy_mofo213]

I wish they'd bring that mode back. It was way better then smashing targets over and over again.

 

[Pink-eye]

thats my exact words when i saw it wasnt in melee, and then again when i found out it wasnt in brawl. it was my favorite mode

 

[Martial]

Well, Nintendo decided to ditch the character-specific mini-games in favour of general "levels" that can be completed with every character. Break the Targets is relatively easy to put through that transition while maintaining balance, but my guess is that Board the Platforms would drastically favour characters like Pit, Metaknight, and ROB because of their insane recovery potential. It would be very difficult to design Platform levels that would be difficult for those characters to complete, without the same levels being absolutely impossible for characters like Ivysaur (can't tether to platforms) to finish.

 

[Morrigan]

Well, Nintendo decided to ditch the character-specific mini-games in favour of general "levels" that can be completed with every character. Break the Targets is relatively easy to put through that transition while maintaining balance, but my guess is that Board the Platforms would drastically favour characters like Pit, Metaknight, and ROB because of their insane recovery potential. It would be very difficult to design Platform levels that would be difficult for those characters to complete, without the same levels being absolutely impossible for characters like Ivysaur (can't tether to platforms) to finish.

^This.


And I remember losing 9001 times in Jiggly's BTP back when I was young and didn't know how to solve it.

 

[Digimonkey]

They really needed board the platforms. We only got to see 12 BTP's on N64 and it wouldn't be so hard to come up with creative new levels even for the characters with advanced recovery abilities.

 

[Hughalicous]

Definatly a necessary bring back for SSB4. They've got quite a list now. Also, what happened to race to the finish? individual ones of that would be cool. Individual everything is cool, adds so much more the the game. I want the old Target tests back

 

[LUVTOY77-ROGUE WIREFRAME]

Yea wtf happend to race to the finish?^^
Anyways, board that platforms was always annoying when I was young and just wanted 2 show all my friends how 'i am the best cuz i bet i'm the only guy in town whose beaten the hand before'.
Yea... It was pathetic.. haha anyways, now I miss it! Bring it back! Board the platforms has potential, and could possibly teach you knew ways to use recovery tactics...! Am I right?

 

[SmashBrother2008]

Definatly a necessary bring back for SSB4. They've got quite a list now. Also, what happened to race to the finish? individual ones of that would be cool. Individual everything is cool, adds so much more the the game. I want the old Target tests back

Yeah, they take out race to the finish once Sinic is added. Smart move, Sakurai...

 

[Guthix]

Wow, I used to love BTP! I forgot all about it. They should add it in to the next Smash Bros.

 

[iEatPikmin]

^This.


And I remember losing 9001 times in Jiggly's BTP back when I was young and didn't know how to solve it.

You're not alone. And they took out BTP because....it was too...fun.

 

[Shineenigma]

Also, what happened to race to the finish?

They removed the timer, made it longer and renamed it the 'Subspace Emissary'.

The Brawl developer have said that there were many things that they never got to include and that they gave up adding new concepts early in development because of time constraints. They wanted to put in all the same stuff you do, but if they had, we'd still be waiting for it to be released. Plus, it would cost even more to make, so a price increase might have been required to make it econimically viable.

If you wanted BTP or Race to the Finish to return, what would you drop in exchange?

 

[Cors]

I never really played the first Smash Bros so not aware of Board the Platforms.

However, I was extremely dissapointed in the Target Test in Brawl. I really dislike only having 5 different levels which you have to beat with every character. It makes it so tedious. As if there wasn't enough tedious ways to get trophies (Multi-Man Melee with all characters.......). I really loved having the specific targets tests in Melee. Too bad they're gone.

Though I'm glad Race to the Finish is gone. It wasn't all that much fun IMO and clearly favoured faster characters over the slower ones.

 

[old king coal]

i actually love the target test in brawl

 

[BBQ°]

Do people not understand that Race to the Finish gave slower characters a longer amount of time to get to the end?

 

[Krnxmatt7]

They removed the timer, made it longer and renamed it the 'Subspace Emissary'.

Haha, I was just going to say this.

 

[steel_bee]

I do quite like the Brawl target tests, but I REALLY miss "Board the Platforms" and "Race to the Finish". If they had made individual BtP and a communal RttF then I would definitely have been satisfyed.

 

[teluoborg]

If you wanted BTP or Race to the Finish to return, what would you drop in exchange?

Err well, something like the seven f****** hundred stickers ? Seriously, as if the 544 trophies were not enough.

 

[Sosuke]

Because.
N64 had board the platforms.
Melee had race to the finish.
And Brawl has boss battles.

 

[takeurlife2]

Because.
N64 had board the platforms.
Melee had race to the finish.
And Brawl has boss battles.

64 had race to the finish too.

In fact, 64 was the best as far as the minigames went.

 

[Sosuke]

64 had race to the finish too.

In fact, 64 was the best as far as the minigames went.

....dammit. Ahh oh well.
And yeah, it was.

 

[Fool's Gil]

A nice quiz game would've been nice.

 

[LUVTOY77-ROGUE WIREFRAME]

SSB64 did have the best minigames didn't it?
They shoulda made individual target tests and then had the ones they have now as co-op ones....
and board the platforms was a pain in the *** when I played SSB64, and I did NOT enjoy it, but now I miss it! , same goes 4 the bumper but now I enjoy that item

 

[Psylark]

I think that Board The Platforms is the same as Target Test, really. However I like BTT much better, as there are many ways of getting faster times - projectiles, etc.

 

[Brawlmatt202]

It was a neat mini-game, and it'd be cool if they brought it back...

Along with Race to the Finish.