Mario Strikers Interview w/ Director Mike Inglehart! (OG Strikers & Charged, Punch-Out Wii, Waluigi)
720We had a chance to talk with Mario Strikers, Strikers Charged and Punch-Out Wii Director, Mike Inglehart, formerly of Next Level Games about working on the series, his thoughts about Battle League, the Waluigi chop, and Punch-Out Wii!
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➤ Some Punch-Out Wii footage from LongplayArchive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORhOBhC2pfkSome
➤ NHL Hitz Pro footage from LongplayArchive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uF9p7kNOcE
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:34 Seeing Battle League made by someone else
4:25 Any Abandoned Ideas Resurfaced in Battle League? Crowd Riot
4:58 Orb in Battle League
5:30 Battle League Equipment Meta
6:25 How did Strikers get started? (NHL Hitz Pro)
7:03 First Strikers prototype was a soccer platformer!
11:05 When did attitude come in & how much leeway with Nintendo?
11:55 The infamous Waluigi crotch chop pt1
13:40 Picking traits for characters in Charged
15:25 The infamous Waluigi crotch chop pt2
17:45 What was it like to work with Nintendo?
18:40 Working with Kensuke Tanabe
19:55 Bowser tilting the field was tough to understand
20:55 Sega Soccer Slam's influence
22:02 How did the electrified fence happen?
23:44 Working on Mario Strikers Charged for Wii
25:50 Any motion control ideas that didn't make it?
27:10 Expanding the content & depth in Strikers Charged
28:49 The Captains, Figuring out interactions
30:28 Why did Waluigi make a wall?
32:00 Battle League Ideas
34:05 Why a Kremling as goalie in the originals?
35:18 Charging Chuck as goalie
37:42 Strikers Charged challenges being one of the first Wii online games
39:42 Thoughts on taking 15 years for a Strikers sequel
41:38 Could Mario Strikers have saved the Wii U?!!!
41:51 How did you decide on NES vs SNES Punch-Out characters?
44:55 Making Disco Kid
45:36 How Mike become the voice actor for Super Macho Man
47:30 Donkey Kong in Punch-Out
48:35 Mini-games that didn't make Punch-Out Wii
50:23 Moving Bowser from obstacle to character
51:11 How the Strikers trailers were handled
53:09 Mario Strikers Robot Super Team
54:17 Any other Nintendo properties you'd like to work on?
55:44 Favorite Next Level Games memories going to Japan / Wii prototype
57:37 Mike's custom Strikers Charged arcade cabinet
59:29 Where to follow Mike
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