Favorite hub worlds?

[Flake]

A great conversation on Sonic Adventure vs Sonic Adventure 2 in the SEGA forum got me thinking about hub worlds.

Namely that I hate almost all of them.

Except Down Town Kattelox Island from Megaman Legends. Before I even knew what hubworlds were, I liked that part of the game. It felt natural and alive. The people responded to what was going on in the game and if you were a dick / thief they would treat you accordingly.

Anyone have their own favorite examples of a hub world?

[ZeroAX]

Yeah the hubworld from Megaman Legends was great.

But the best imo was Delfino Plaza in Super Mario Sunshine. I loved playing around that place for hours. That is more than I can say for the hotel stage.

[alienjesus]

But the best imo was Delfino Plaza in Super Mario Sunshine. I loved playing around that place for hours. That is more than I can say for the hotel stage.

Dammit, you beat me to it. I came to this thread just to voice my love for Delfino Plaza.


Personally, I quite liked the hotel stage too...

[Pichu]

I agree with Delphino Plaza. Best HUB ever.

Although I quite like Moga Woods in Monster Hunter Tri, but I don't think that's a hub.

[lisalover1]

The best hubs, in my opinion, are Gruntilda's Castle from Banjo-Kazooie, and Toad Town from Paper Mario. [The N64 had a lot of great hub worlds! ]

[ZeroAX]

Dammit, you beat me to it. I came to this thread just to voice my love for Delfino Plaza.

yeah. Mario 64's castle was really fun to explore. I remember spending hours running around the court yard, doing triple jumps, z jumps, crouch jumps, and my favorite, sudden turn jumps.


On the other hand, Mario Galaxy's hub was horrible. So horrible in fact, that the mini hub world of Mario Galaxy 2 (the space ship) and the map for level select are much better. Still I would love to see another hub world like Delfino Plaza. For all the bashing Sunshine gets, I think people should give it more credit for its hub world.

[gennss]

Super Mario 3, haven't been able to tolerate many hub worlds since..

[equalsign]

The hub in Conker's BFD is done well enough that you hardly even realize it's there.

[Fickieboy]

Dpes the town in majoras mask count as one? Boy, I loved that place

[Josh]

Nostalgia says to me Paper Mario 64, though I will say the hub in Paper Mario 2 was quirky in a certain kind of way. I fell in love with Toad Town as a small child, and Rougeport is also quite nostalgic. Same goes for Super Mario Sunshine's Delfino Plaza. Absolutely gorgeous.