idk it would've been nice but i think the most RPG stuff i could have reasonably expected from this introductory film was a minor cameo or off hand namedrop anyway. The fact that a musical bit from Super Mario RPG was composed for the movie at all was crazy, sucks that it got replaced with...
this is the oddest list of Mario games i've ever seen. It somehow forgets the RPGs (as i'm used to at this point) but then... counts Pikmin games as Mario games??? Sir that is a whole separate franchise
Honestly the best way I can describe it is, the physics engine isn't all that more advanced than SM64, but the levels are designed as if it was. I think that's why there are so many weird, clearly unintended interactions that often result in the player's death. For all the shortcomings of 64's...
I mean for what it's worth Ms. Mowz counts as a playable character and she's part of the Little Mouser species originating from Yoshi's Island
Anyway yeah I wouldn't mind later enemies becoming playable. Obscure/one-off ones too. Imagine a Wizzerd firmly grasping a steering wheel with all four...
Dream Team, that game felt like a 2000s Mario game in a time capsule. It came out when the shifts in the Mario series hadn't yet been around long enough to feel like a real different era, but looking back that game was hella out of place compared to what was coming out around it, especially in...
My answer is hard to narrow down to just one, as for me it's the story and characters equally, mainly the original ones. While the characterization of the main cast is important, the characters you don't see in other Mario games, and the stories they're involved in, is really the bread and...
Wittgenstein is one of those niche characters I've just loved since I was a little kid, I've themed with him a couple times in years past, and this particular frame of him has been a recurring pfp I've used in various places because the mood it radiates is just me 99% of the time
Mario Party rosters (not even talking about just the playable roster, but the characters appearing in general) have felt safe for years. I remember when we'd get fucking Paper Mario characters popping up in the 2000s entries, perfectly translated into 3D and everything. Not to mention all the...
From the European site, looks like Bowser's gonna be an ally.
also OF COURSE THEY REVEAL A NEW M&L IN THE DIRECT I DON'T CLEAR THE DAY FOR SINCE I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS UNTIL SWITCH 2 AAAAAA
I agree with the take that Mario RPGs having many characters that don't appear elsewhere gives them a strong identity, but I also think that using one or two characters from each, basically "this was a very popular character who can represent this game" wouldn't take away from that. If Fawful...
I remember reading a random Twitter post that claimed Neosquid was relocalized to "Exorifice" and feeling a bit satisfied since it was still something weird and bizarre, just also an accurate description of it. But in reality they just called it "mouth" and that Twitter post had successfully...
I am definitely a diehard fan of SPM's original characters, but I don't see it like that. To me Bleck, Dimentio, etc are just as much Mario characters as the returning ones, the fact that they made their debut in that game and were not used again afterward doesn't change that status. The same...
I wouldn't mind having more pre-established characters show up but definitely not at the expense of characters original to that series. M&L has consistently given some of the best Mario characters, especially the ones from the Beanbean Kingdom. I don't want that lost. I would actually prefer the...
VGC also claims to have gotten it.
I did notice the SPM release date mistake, but Nintendo isn't immune to making mistakes. I thought there was a chance of it being fake at first, but now that an actual journalist is corroborating it I think the release date thing is just a mistake or typo.
God I hope so. I personally do think the RPGs and their flavor of characters is uniquely special. They appeal to me very strongly, so I want to see them thrive and Nintendo to use what they introduce in other games.
Nintendo apparently is starting to put out surveys about the RPGs that have...
Vivian & Prince Peasley (especially because I ship them with Mario & Luigi respectively)
I also want Fawful to become a racer in Mario Kart, but idk about in a mainline game unless it's specifically aiming to tell a parallel/alternate story to that of M&L. Otherwise it would undermine his death...
Daisy has grown on me a lot since this post. So here's an update.
Love:
Peach
Cackletta
Vivian
Tippi
Mimi
Pauline
Nastasia
Daisy
Rosalina
Goombella
Kammy Koopa
Lady Bow
Shadow Queen
Toadette
Kaley
Like:
Baby Peach
Princess Shroob
Ms. Mowz
Bombette
Queen Jaydes
Luvbi
Olivia
Indifferent...
I should add that in the event characters from Paper Mario ever do get added, I'd vastly prefer them being approached the same way Goomboss and the Star Spirits were in their 3D appearances, adapted into the same 3D style as the rest of the cast, rather than remaining flat despite no longer...
I honestly think a character Little Timmy doesn't recognize being in Mario Kart would be harmless at worst, and expose Timmy to more Mario games if they get curious about who that character is at best. It won't cause the game not to be bought, as all the recognizable characters are still there...
I don't think being main cast should be a line drawn. What defines main cast is a blurry line anyway. If you're going to include characters that didn't debut in the main series, you really can't define an objective line. And Toadsworth DID debut in the main series so I think he counts as main...
I still believe Mario rosters are not at the level they should be in this era.
Super Sluggers is to me still the furthest they've gone in the direction I want, which is expansive coverage of the extended Marioverse. They've done a good job representing a lot of common mainline bosses, some who...
The movie universe portraying current DK as the son of Cranky Kong as opposed to the grandson is enough to suggest to me it wasn't trying to be consistent with the games' lore. From all evidence provided, Donkey Kong Jr. doesn't even exist in the movie universe.
He still gets stunned, but you have to fall from a height that would've killed you in the original game. The original height to stun you is now harmless. There wasn't enough height to test if there is still a possibility to die, but the animation of Mario landing on his head IS in the files.
This was my first edit. It was removed almost immediately because the trivia section wasn't exactly the best place for it, but I am pretty sure I was the first to mention the existence of that stylus on the wiki at all, I just didn't know where to put it. Also at the time I was "Fawfulfan64"
I...
I want it to start exploring things from the RPGs. Not necessarily the main plot, but I just want things that establish that a version of those games could exist in this world. Sow the seeds so that maybe down the line they can build up to adaptations of some of them.
It sounds as though the label "Super Mario World 2" made you judge it as a core mainline Mario game, rather than a spinoff that isn't trying to be like the mainline games. Considering all the sequels dropped the "Super Mario World" label and were treated like spinoffs, I think it should be...
Morton, and it's entirely thanks to Bowser Jr.'s Journey. He is so adorably loyal and nice to Bowser Jr even when the latter treats him like crap. And this leads into more development for Bowser Jr, his reunion with Morton after freeing him from mind control is heartwarming. And since Color...
None. Despite living in New York (state) I've never been to the city. Also never been outside the USA, except one trip across the Canadian border as a kid.
Yeah in terms of the soundtrack I liked most of the remixes, they sounded about how i'd expect those songs to sound in a 3DS M&L. The only one I personally think was a notable downgrade was In the Final, but it's fucking In The Final, imo 99% of the liberties you can take with it will downgrade...
I definitely understand the criticisms but I still love the remake. I was downright crushed by how badly it sold, doubly so when the news broke of AlphaDream's bankruptcy.
Believe it or not I didn't really notice the FPS being lower until it was pointed out online. I did notice the timing of...
The main localization adjustment I'm rooting for is properly adapting Vivian being trans (while throwing out the transphobic dialogue from friendly characters in all versions including the JP version)
Just finished the main story. This was the first time I finished SMRPG in general, having only gotten as far as the first Belome fight in the original. Such a good game full of wonderful characters, and plenty of new prerendered cutscenes and remastered music that really amps up the emotional...
Gonna go full copium on this but idc
1. Mario/SpongeBob crossover game
2. Mario & Luigi revival (fully embracing its original cast like the first four please and thank you)
3. Paper Mario 64 remake + side story centering on Kolorado
4. Super Paper Mario remake + side story centering on Kammy...
It's very weird that almost every licensed GBA game I played had sound mixing options where you can decrease the volume of either to any degree you want, including muting them, but Mario games don't have that.
Fucking SpongeBob SquarePants: Supersponge should not be one-upping Nintendo's Mario...
I'd put Wario in the role, but I want the era back where Toadsworth was a contender for it. It was still stiff competition but in the 2000s I'd say he was about as important as Toadette, and Peach's parallel to what Kamek is for Bowser.