Super Mario 3D Land

[BriGuy92]

When I first heard the title "Super Mario 3D Land", I didn't know it was referring to this game and assumed it to be a remake of Super Mario Land. I was all excited for like 30 seconds until I realized what it was actually talking about.

[ShadowBrain]

Really? Huh. I knew they'd shoehorn "3D" in there somehow, but I'd kind of hoped it would be more graceful than that. And for a game with "Land" in its title, most of the level footage so far has looked suspiciously like SMG outtakes.

[billy chilly]

Hmm, I think it looks more like SMB3 and SMG had a baby... and that makes me SUPER excited for this game.  Why yes, I WOULD like a combination of my two favorite Mario games!

[Weegee]

most of the level footage so far has looked suspiciously like SMG outtakes.

There's more truth in this statement than I would like to believe.

[nintendoclassic]

To be honest I personally don't like the latest Mario games I would rather see Nintendo create a Mario game that looked like this:

Look at that bowser that design was just awesome.
Im so hoping the will create a game that looks like that on Wii U

[The Chef]

The N64 renders are dated and plastic-looking.

Though I do like how Mario actually had darker skin to reflect his heritage. Nowadays he looks ghostly pale.

[BP]

The current promotional renders are plastic-looking too, I wish they'd go back to the art style used in SMB3 and SMW's illustrations

[nintendoclassic]

The current promotional renders are plastic-looking too, I wish they'd go back to the art style used in SMB3 and SMW's illustrations

I think the illustrations from SMB3 and SMW's could also make a fun game .
To bad Nintendo never tried to make a Mario game with the awesome artwork the already had.
Just imagine a video game actually looking like the old manuals.

Probably not going to happen; but still I would definitely buy it.

[BP]

I'd really love a Mario game with high-res sprites reminiscent of the classic artworks. I don't like when games are in 2.5D and make no use of it--Marvel vs. Capcom 3 gives you dramatic camera angles during hyper combos, Viewtiful Joe has cutscenes, moves and some level designs that take advantage of it, Smash Bros. has its nifty pause screen and the way the camera zooms in and out all the time would be kind of a mess in  a sprite-based game. The New Super Mario Bros. games don't really do anything that wouldn't work with sprites, so it's largely a matter of laziness...

[Weegee]

Aren't rendered 3D characters harder to animate than 2D sprites?

[The Chef]

As a matter of fact, they are. Although, I think that mostly applies to film and television as opposed to video games. Video game developers seem to have a better handle on CGI than Hollywood does.

[Glitchy]

To be honest, this kind of seems like the game everyone expected SM64 to be. I'm sure it'll be a good game even though I'm sick of "classic throwback mario" games. I can't really expect that much for a hanheld system, and to be honest I could care less just give me Super Mario Sunshine 2 in HD on the Wii U or whatever it's called.

[ShadowBrain]

could care less

[jmdblazer]

Now that I think about it, will Nintendo ever make a Mario game with sprites again? The last one that did was... Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story I think. And with Paper Mario on the 3DS, it would appear that Nintendo has moved on from that franchise (though there is a chance of it making a comeback in 3D).

[Weegee]

in HD