@1983parrothead a kirby rip-off. the powers thing looks like a lot of fun, and im sure i would enjoy it. but i just so happen to be addicted to japan AND gameboys. i like ds too, but i think i wanna try his first game first. and ur probably gunna say, "oh go try it on virtual boy" (haha i mean visual boy :P im never gunna play virtual boy, it sucks :P) but i like cuddling up underneath my covers with my gameboy better than sitting on a table and making my eyes go crappy on a computer.
@1983parrothead i like both sonic and mario. im sure i would like starfy too, and i already love kirby. i never even said kirby was better. im just saying that when i first saw this commercial in 2009, i thought he was a kirby rip-off. this is america's first impression of starfy. if we had been introduced to the older games first, then i would have known all about starfy, loved his games, and realized there was a new innovation in the series. but,of course, i lived i america, so it looked like
@Hmmfomtgal That's like saying Donkey Kong Country ripped off Super Mario Bros. without knowing the concept was created by the same company in association with another.
@1983parrothead no it's not. the commercial made it look like a weak kirby clone. when i saw this commercial, i had no idea who he was, but since he was the same starfy but in a different form, i assumed that he was a kirby rip-off. now that i know all about his games, i know that he's not a kirby rip-off and the developers were trying something new. if u look at starfy's past games, you'll see that he doesnt transform in any of them. i might get this game, but the older ones look a tad better.
@Hmmfomtgal He kind of does transform, but in suits instead of hats. These arguments are like Mario VS. Sonic arguments. Some are about originality VS. innovation, while some are about enjoying both.
Okay, so people are complaining that this isn't "CUTE" enough... wtf, it's super cute! I think this is better then the Japanese ones, Monstar is so cute here!! Sure it might not be crazy, but I don't think it would appeal to a large audience if it was goofy (in the US) like it would in Japan. (and if it was dubbed you'd complain about the voices...) Also, you people act like Starfy never gets mad. He gets a mad look when in Monstar form, it's appropriate. 6.6
The first time I saw the first commercial, with the old man and the kid in the boat, I think I nerdgasmed halfway to the stars. It's effin' Stafy! ...er, Starfy.
Now the angry eyes of him seen near the end of this commercial is actually based on a specific official artwork made by Nintendo of Japan, but not Nintendo of America.
Ay, I've seen that piece of artwork. Don't forget, I've been importing the Stafy games too ;)
It's just amusing to compare the commercials. The Japanese ones are ultra-cute and happy, while the American ones thus far are end-of-the-world battles...
Ironically the two together fairly well mirror Stafy's own game arcs, where they start off cute and happy, and usually end with some huge apocalyptic-style battle....
Sound's like you are pushing it. Kirby looked happy in the Kirby Canvas Curse commercial, but the front cover for the game advertised in it shows him angry. Kirby also smiled a few times in some North American commercials (Amazing Mirror's doesn't count, because it was its Japanese commercial).
Just saying, American ads try to portray them in a different light.
The best example is Kirby and his animal pals. Japanese commercial: Cute animals are coming to play! American commercials: Kirby and his evil animal gang are murdering bikers.
It's just amusing is all.
Although recently NoA seems to have gotten out of that mindset with more 'cute' Kirby ads.
I'm talking about how two different regions do things. And here's another interesting thing: compare cartoon shows and reality movies to the Japanese video games they are based on. Americans aren't very good at translating most video games into cartoon shows and reality movies, but Japan is.
Americans are zany and like to say things like "KOMBAT TIME!", while the Japanese are very good storywriters for video games. Compare the Japanese video games to American video games. Americans want to be funny, while the Japanese want to be creative.
True... although American company 5th Cell is really shining in the Creative department with things like Drawn to Life, Lock's Quest, and Scribblenauts (which if you haven't heard of yet I urge you to check out).
Hrm... Silicon Knights is Canadian, right? I really admired their writing in Eternal Darkness...
Although it is a bit of a stereotype, not all Americans at KOMBAT TEIM :P I know many who are just as intrigued by clever concepts... it's just that the other group is... louder.
I got the "KOMBAT TIME!" quote from Sonya Blade in the Mortal Kombat cartoon. America's like "lol, let's have fun!", while Japanese wants to be serious. Also, compare how Japan doesn't care if they use whatever song they use in whatever they want to hear it in, to how America doesn't want one person to use a song in whatever type of media without asking the song's respective owner's permission.
I actually love how this commercial is like, since he is supposed to be a legend and all. Of course, I was wishing they were animated like the Japanese ones, but beggars can't be choosers.
Well, I mean I went to see if it appears before "UP!" starts, but I think it came on during those trivia and quizzes seen before the previews of some upcoming movies and commercials about the theater you watch it in.
@1983parrothead a kirby rip-off. the powers thing looks like a lot of fun, and im sure i would enjoy it. but i just so happen to be addicted to japan AND gameboys. i like ds too, but i think i wanna try his first game first. and ur probably gunna say, "oh go try it on virtual boy" (haha i mean visual boy :P im never gunna play virtual boy, it sucks :P) but i like cuddling up underneath my covers with my gameboy better than sitting on a table and making my eyes go crappy on a computer.
Hmmfomtgal 3 months ago
@1983parrothead i like both sonic and mario. im sure i would like starfy too, and i already love kirby. i never even said kirby was better. im just saying that when i first saw this commercial in 2009, i thought he was a kirby rip-off. this is america's first impression of starfy. if we had been introduced to the older games first, then i would have known all about starfy, loved his games, and realized there was a new innovation in the series. but,of course, i lived i america, so it looked like
Hmmfomtgal 3 months ago
I REMEMBER THIS COMMERCIAL!!!!! but i thought it was a kirby rip off so i didnt get it. im just gunna get the ones for gba.
Hmmfomtgal 7 months ago
@Hmmfomtgal That's like saying Donkey Kong Country ripped off Super Mario Bros. without knowing the concept was created by the same company in association with another.
1983parrothead 3 months ago
@1983parrothead no it's not. the commercial made it look like a weak kirby clone. when i saw this commercial, i had no idea who he was, but since he was the same starfy but in a different form, i assumed that he was a kirby rip-off. now that i know all about his games, i know that he's not a kirby rip-off and the developers were trying something new. if u look at starfy's past games, you'll see that he doesnt transform in any of them. i might get this game, but the older ones look a tad better.
Hmmfomtgal 3 months ago
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@Hmmfomtgal He kind of does transform, but in suits instead of hats. These arguments are like Mario VS. Sonic arguments. Some are about originality VS. innovation, while some are about enjoying both.
1983parrothead 3 months ago
starfy is the coolest
7chidori77 8 months ago
CUTE!! :D
ONS3Tnow 9 months ago
@ColinPetal I agree. This game is way better then the kirby and mario games I have. And I also think it's cute even though I'm a boy and I'm 12.
SamuelHeaton 10 months ago
Desu no stafy
TheTouchedIpod 1 year ago
Yep... I seen this commercial when I saw up in 3D
zingarzahoy26 1 year ago
Chuck norris...meet STARFY!
NotToooShabby 1 year ago
kirby knockoff
metakight4 1 year ago
@metakight4
have u even played the game, no u haven't and yet ur calling it a knockoff
TottokoHamtaro10 1 year ago
@TottokoHamtaro10 i actually did play this shit head and it's a kirby knockoff =l
metakight4 1 year ago
@metakight4 ...they play nothing alike.
RayAndFlare 1 year ago
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penelopeham19 8 months ago
@metakight4 Starfy isn't a Kirby knockoff and a Kirby ripoff!
penelopeham19 8 months ago
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@metakight4 This game is nothing like Kirby idiot!
penelopeham19 7 months ago
Any chance of seeing starfy in the next gen Smash bros? If so don't disappoint me by doing to him what you did to poor shadow.
Maymona13 1 year ago
weird can you really use monstar on big sqiuddy? cause i dont remember that?
MelmanOfDaSouthh 2 years ago
I know, huh?
valzilla2000 2 years ago
Wow I loved this game XD its too bad i got 100% and beat master lobber : (
msmall6 2 years ago
This made me lol.
Darkspine345 2 years ago
My little brother got this 2 days ago, I beat it for him yesterday XD! Very short game
Eenelover238 2 years ago
Indeed it is. I never get tired of it though. x3
Pokemondreamer 2 years ago
Starfy is now one of my favorite Nintendo Maskots, I like him way better than Kirby. he's bad ass ;p
Donatello97 2 years ago
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So when Nintendo is trying to make a good Mario game, they should use Starfy to keep us occupied.
wiiviewerofnintendo 2 years ago
i love big squiddy.
siegfriedwii 2 years ago
Okay, so people are complaining that this isn't "CUTE" enough... wtf, it's super cute! I think this is better then the Japanese ones, Monstar is so cute here!! Sure it might not be crazy, but I don't think it would appeal to a large audience if it was goofy (in the US) like it would in Japan. (and if it was dubbed you'd complain about the voices...) Also, you people act like Starfy never gets mad. He gets a mad look when in Monstar form, it's appropriate. 6.6
kierakaru 2 years ago 9
Cambells commercial!! XD!!
Th3unh01y5had0wz 2 years ago
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Jovanniboxer 2 years ago
me too the game play looks very similar
XxLeoKantizxX 2 years ago 2
The game play is similar, yet, completely different. Great game, lots of extra things to do!
dandyzinc 2 years ago
I like the other one better, it seems more mysterious and you wonder what his face looks like
paintbrushkirby 2 years ago
I WILL DEFINENTLY GET THIS!!!!!
ShadowRaptor1O1 2 years ago
Monstar stafy saves the guy from the squid! yay!
pokefanjp10 2 years ago
Oh, gawd, they're giving Starfy Angry Kirby Syndrome, too? -.-'
MrMeepStudios 2 years ago
Not really...
StafyDoesIt4Real 2 years ago
Starfy is a asshole, provoking the squid and then leaving the fisher to his doom.
Enigma14 2 years ago
No no, it's an evil squid. Starfy then zipped over to the nearby shore to get his dragon transformation to fight the squid :D
The fisher was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, like a guy with a fruit-cart wandering on an F-Zero race track.
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
I think it's funnier to think of it as the former. XD
MrMeepStudios 2 years ago
Know that its bad but from the prespective of a friend of mine, it seems like Starfy's a jerk. =p
Enigma14 2 years ago
True, that does make him more fun...
Watch Starfy rile the beasts of the deep then leave the hapless citizens to fend for themselves in, Legendary Jerk Starfy...
But naaah, when you play his games, Starfy's too adorably naive and innocent to be a jerk...
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
I was a bit sad when I never saw this commercial in MY theater...
BTW, I live in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
SUPERFOX5 2 years ago
why does the octopus look like blooper from mario?? the rezamblince is to greeat
milkinthevideos 2 years ago
It's just a coincidence. The Blooper from the Mario series nor even Squishy from the Kirby series never did pop up in my mind when I saw this squid.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
well if you ask me its alot like blooper
milkinthevideos 2 years ago
Blooper's don't have any very long tentacles, unless you count that one from the Ricco Harbor in Super Mario Sunshine.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
The first time I saw the first commercial, with the old man and the kid in the boat, I think I nerdgasmed halfway to the stars. It's effin' Stafy! ...er, Starfy.
GlobalsoftPirka 2 years ago
Heh.
It's kind of amusing that Stafy's getting the same "MAKE HIM MANLIER!" treatment that Kirby gets.
I.E., Japanese commercial = Super Cute Happy Fun, American commercial = Apocalypse fighting giant monsters fire breathing epic music...
Also, America = Angry Eyes!
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago 8
Now the angry eyes of him seen near the end of this commercial is actually based on a specific official artwork made by Nintendo of Japan, but not Nintendo of America.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Ay, I've seen that piece of artwork. Don't forget, I've been importing the Stafy games too ;)
It's just amusing to compare the commercials. The Japanese ones are ultra-cute and happy, while the American ones thus far are end-of-the-world battles...
Ironically the two together fairly well mirror Stafy's own game arcs, where they start off cute and happy, and usually end with some huge apocalyptic-style battle....
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
Sound's like you are pushing it. Kirby looked happy in the Kirby Canvas Curse commercial, but the front cover for the game advertised in it shows him angry. Kirby also smiled a few times in some North American commercials (Amazing Mirror's doesn't count, because it was its Japanese commercial).
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Not really, try searching YouTube for American vs Japanese Kirby.
Oooh, and it seems another recent poster agreed with me, aware of Angry Kirby Syndrome.
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
Watch The Karate Kid Part III, and compare how John Kreese and Mike Barnes train their students to how Mr. Kesuke Miyagi trains Daniel LaRusso.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
No thanks :P
Just saying, American ads try to portray them in a different light.
The best example is Kirby and his animal pals. Japanese commercial: Cute animals are coming to play! American commercials: Kirby and his evil animal gang are murdering bikers.
It's just amusing is all.
Although recently NoA seems to have gotten out of that mindset with more 'cute' Kirby ads.
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
Miyagi uses yoga, while John and Mike use rage.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Ay. But I really wouldn't use Karate Kid movies as any kind of decent comparison, even if it does fit....
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
I'm talking about how two different regions do things. And here's another interesting thing: compare cartoon shows and reality movies to the Japanese video games they are based on. Americans aren't very good at translating most video games into cartoon shows and reality movies, but Japan is.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
True, a lot of Japanese live-action adaptations are much more on-spot than American ones...
Casshern... Yatterman... Cromartie High... Cutie Honey...
I just wonder these days, is that how we really are, or how advertisers and marketing people assume we are?
I mean, I'm American and I don't go out fighting bikers and biting wood beams in half. Except on Saturdays, but them's my special times.
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
Americans are zany and like to say things like "KOMBAT TIME!", while the Japanese are very good storywriters for video games. Compare the Japanese video games to American video games. Americans want to be funny, while the Japanese want to be creative.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
True... although American company 5th Cell is really shining in the Creative department with things like Drawn to Life, Lock's Quest, and Scribblenauts (which if you haven't heard of yet I urge you to check out).
Hrm... Silicon Knights is Canadian, right? I really admired their writing in Eternal Darkness...
Although it is a bit of a stereotype, not all Americans at KOMBAT TEIM :P I know many who are just as intrigued by clever concepts... it's just that the other group is... louder.
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
I got the "KOMBAT TIME!" quote from Sonya Blade in the Mortal Kombat cartoon. America's like "lol, let's have fun!", while Japanese wants to be serious. Also, compare how Japan doesn't care if they use whatever song they use in whatever they want to hear it in, to how America doesn't want one person to use a song in whatever type of media without asking the song's respective owner's permission.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
I actually love how this commercial is like, since he is supposed to be a legend and all. Of course, I was wishing they were animated like the Japanese ones, but beggars can't be choosers.
StafyDoesIt4Real 2 years ago
Oh, don't get me wrong, I like it too!
It's actually appropriate, as I've found under the Starfy's cute surface, there's usually quite an epic series of battles to be had...
...I'll say nothing about the Secret final boss of this game... But he's... hard. x-x
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
The final boss was very easy, in my opinion at least.
StafyDoesIt4Real 2 years ago
Not the boss in the castle... the one later, after the secret time attack type stages...
He's pretty darn hard, you have to admit... and flashy!
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
oh
I haven't bothered with those yet :x
StafyDoesIt4Real 2 years ago
Aaaah...
Complete each of them under a specific time, and you'll unlock the special extra boss who is pretty dang hard...
AlgusUnderdunk 2 years ago
@AlgusUnderdunk It's not so much "make it seem manlier" marketing as it is "don't judge it just because it's cute" marketing
jackedsamurai772 7 months ago
I didn't see the Starfy commercial before the Disney Pixar movie "UP!" came on. I wonder why?
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Well, I mean I went to see if it appears before "UP!" starts, but I think it came on during those trivia and quizzes seen before the previews of some upcoming movies and commercials about the theater you watch it in.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Cool. I'm glad to see a little bit of the CGI Starfy. He looks cute in the dragon costume.
BlackHawkOmega 2 years ago
Very nice, far better than the first commercial.
"Legendary Starfy commercial will run before Pixar's UP movie in theaters. "
Really, now? I gotta hand it to Nintendo... I didn't think they were going to push the game like this, but I'm glad they are.
Ojin0 2 years ago
Ok, this commercial is WAY better than the other one!
Hyperstar96 2 years ago 2
I'm gonna be seeing UP tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing this commercial ON THE BIG SCREEN.
mailanbr 2 years ago 2