InKikizo’srecent interview withInsomniac, Marketing Director Ryan Schneider said that he thinks Nintendo’s upcoming Wii title Super Mario Galaxymay have borrowed a concept from an Insomniac game.
One that we’re even extremely flattered by isSuper Mario Galaxy, with their spherical worlds; we did spherical worlds inGoing Commando, andUp Your Arsenal. It would be amazing to think that Miyamoto-san thought that was so cool that he wanted to incorporate it intoMario Galaxy. Granted, he’s doing it in a different way, but it’s still a spherical world, so it’s flattering to see those sorts of things.
Schneider also brings up another PS2 game that “borrowed” from an Insomniac title, but this time he’s a bit less complimentary, and he doesn’t mention the title’s name. He says that this one is“more or less a direct rip-off of Ratchet and Clank.”
Thefull interview onRatchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destructioncovers the development of this PS3 title, the battle against casual games, andR&C’sfancy in-game cutscenes.
[thanks, JV]
