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Author Topic: Worried about the future of Mario  (Read 22372 times)

« on: June 08, 2013, 11:58:54 AM »
For the past 4 platforming Mario games, Nintendo has basically made the same game. You could say there are different power ups but that's like saying each Pokemon game is different because it has different Pokemon. The graphics have been the same style since NSMB, and while they try to add things like carrying Yoshis and lots of coins, they come off as cheap gimmicks. I feel Nintendo is going the route of other big corporations and not caring about its customers.
Now with grandeur.

The Chef

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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2013, 12:33:27 PM »
1. NSMB is a sub-series, not the main series.

2. Nintendo didn't make a machine that focuses only on watching TV and spying on people. I think we're getting the better deal here.

« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2013, 12:45:12 PM »
If it isn't the main series then what is? The SMB series died 20 years ago.
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2013, 02:50:53 PM »
You can't seriously be discouting SM64, SMS, and SMG as part of "the SMB series". If your criteria for that is two-player options and side-scrolling, then... well, the whole point of NSMB was to bring that back, like it or not.
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BP

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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2013, 02:58:17 PM »
I'll take what we've got over what we had during the GameCube era any day of the week.
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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2013, 03:54:35 PM »
I for one liked Super Mario Sunshine.
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2013, 04:23:21 PM »
Besides not being so big on Sunshine I also refer to the coincidental drought of real Mario games at that time. The best RPGs were all made in the early aughts but wow where did the real-time face-stomping action go?
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BriGuy92

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« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2013, 05:13:37 PM »
Remakes on the GBA.

Nothing but remakes.

(which I'm actually fine with. That's how I first played SMB3 and Yoshi's Island.)
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The Chef

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« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2013, 05:30:22 PM »
Don't forget all those spiffy e-Reader maps in SMA4.

BriGuy92

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« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2013, 05:31:15 PM »
I never had any of those. I didn't have an E-Reader. Made me a little sad.
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« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2013, 07:02:36 PM »
Don't forget all those spiffy e-Reader maps in SMA4.
Yes, but they only release series 1 and 2 of the cards.  Maybe we'll get all the levels on Wii U eventually. 
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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2013, 07:07:44 PM »
Back when these forums got started, in the late N64 and early Cube era, there was thread after thread of people begging, pleading, dreaming, and scheming for new 2D Mario platformers.

Now that we get them constantly, sometime multiple a year, as well as 3D brilliance like SM3DL and SMG2, people complain about it.

The Chef

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« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2013, 07:47:08 PM »
Yes, but they only release series 1 and 2 of the cards.  Maybe we'll get all the levels on Wii U eventually.

We won't.

« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2013, 08:02:16 PM »
Back when these forums got started, in the late N64 and early Cube era, there was thread after thread of people begging, pleading, dreaming, and scheming for new 2D Mario platformers.

Now that we get them constantly, sometime multiple a year, as well as 3D brilliance like SM3DL and SMG2, people complain about it.

Because they're all basically the same game.
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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2013, 08:12:14 PM »
The levels are completely different each time. That's what actually matters. Graphics and power-ups are just fluff.

Have you actually played SM3DL? The future of Mario is bright.

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