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Mario Chat / You know, folks call Mario a flat character...

« on: October 14, 2011, 11:26:41 AM »

 But I don't agree... in a lot of games, they paint him as as a jolly goofball. He has a lot of fun being a hero in spite of insurmountable odds (who do you know that says "whooo hoooooo!" when shot out of a cannon?)

But think about this: he's also said to "represent the player". And Mario games are all about eschewing the details in order to get right to the fun part.

I don't know if Nintendo did it on purpose, but it's clever...

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Mario Chat / Would you trust Intelligent Systems to make a main-series game?

« on: September 13, 2010, 10:55:50 AM »

Sometimes I wish the Mario platformers had as much comedy and charm as the Paper Marios. I wouldn't put it past Intelligent Systems to make a good main series game with an EAD-made engine.

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Mario Chat / How would you wrap up the Mario series?

« on: May 14, 2010, 06:28:45 PM »

If the brass of Nintendo decided to end it all, and gave you creative control, what would you like to see in the last game that sends off the Super Mario Brothers once and for all? Would anybody die? Would new villains be introduced or would you bring back old ones? Would it be set somewhere different?

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Mario Chat / Could Mario talk more without it being annoying?

« on: April 12, 2010, 10:03:12 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihWsOcbS_E This is a decent start here.

I'm not asking for loads of dialogue, but a little something more than a grunt of pain and a yes and a no.

If the characters started talking more it could open up new possibilities for the Mario games...make 'em a little deeper without turning them into crappy ripoffs of some other story.