Unpopular opinions about the Mario series
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Princess Céline
It's teatime!
Mr. Garrison said:
Pretty hard for that to happen since he's banned.
Princess Céline
It's teatime!
Tiny Kong and Peach are my favorite characters.
dude reallyJim Perry said:
um is such a nice guy, he can get annoying at times but he's really enjoyable to be around
anyway this is getting off topic
mkds is probably one of my favorite mario kart games
Princess Céline
It's teatime!
Mario Kart Wii is tied with Double Dash for being my favorite Mario Kart.
for me;
mkdd > mk8 = mkds > mkwii > mk64 > mk7 >>>> mksc > smk
mkdd > mk8 = mkds > mkwii > mk64 > mk7 >>>> mksc > smk
out of curiosity, what about it do you dislike?Zae Eildus said:
how's it slow? I can see the reasoning behind your other complaints, but I'm not sure if mario kart really qualifies as slowZae Eildus said:
Mr. Garrison said:
believe it or not, this mainly applies to after playing really speedy racers like extreme-g and f-zero which are high speed racing games, hell even sonic and sega all-stars racing transformed is much faster, but its only really an issue if you think mario kart speed doesnt fit you, in this case i prefer faster games to mario kart, kind of a hard thing to describe, but thats about as good as it gets for me.
fair point. tbf I feel as if mario kart was meant to be like an entry-level racing game, so that's likely why it seems slow in comparisonZae Eildus said:
Wait, this is the thread about unpopular opinions, if you want to post popular opinions you need to create a separate thread ;-) !Zae Eildus said:
Also, what do we have against those characters from Mario Party? We keep citing and criticizing them even when we don't intend to!
Paper Jorge
who? am? I?
Mari Ohara said:
is that really an unpopular opinion? i remember a time where the koopalings had appeared in super mario world last...and then that random superstar saga appearance. they were obscure, forgotten characters
If I have to be honest, I think that the Koopalings are given too much consideration - meaning too much of a deal is being made about them -, especially when we look at how much they are used: you can see how many times has Larry been used since NSMBW and how many Mario games were released in the meantime and you'll see that even him is present in less than 50% of the Mario games released since NSMBW.
I think the issue is more a symbolic one: probably also due to the games they have been in (NSMB series, P&D:SMBE and the last installments of the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series) they have become symbol of the Nintendo that doesn't want to try something new with Mario games and instead keeps reusing well known bosses. MK8 roster debacle and the "literal clones of Bowser Jr., complete with wrong body proprortions and barely any peculiar animation" appearance in SSB4 didn't help either...
I personally like the fact that they have started talking, as I think Nintendo need to create some kind of "official" personality after the NES/SNES era often developed them through material in which Nintendo wasn't always that involved. I also personally would like Nintendo to join the current story with the original depiction, and a translation of Paper Jam even suggested how this could be done (no, I'm not posting that image for the nth time, you surely know what I'm talking about...), but after seeing what the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. did, I think I'll just end up sitting patiently waiting for many a years unless NOE is a bit smarter than NCL...
I think the issue is more a symbolic one: probably also due to the games they have been in (NSMB series, P&D:SMBE and the last installments of the Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario series) they have become symbol of the Nintendo that doesn't want to try something new with Mario games and instead keeps reusing well known bosses. MK8 roster debacle and the "literal clones of Bowser Jr., complete with wrong body proprortions and barely any peculiar animation" appearance in SSB4 didn't help either...
I personally like the fact that they have started talking, as I think Nintendo need to create some kind of "official" personality after the NES/SNES era often developed them through material in which Nintendo wasn't always that involved. I also personally would like Nintendo to join the current story with the original depiction, and a translation of Paper Jam even suggested how this could be done (no, I'm not posting that image for the nth time, you surely know what I'm talking about...), but after seeing what the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. did, I think I'll just end up sitting patiently waiting for many a years unless NOE is a bit smarter than NCL...
It doesn't help that Color Splash has now joined the games with the "NSMB2/MK8 syndrome" that, for reasons stated above and other reasons too, I don't understand that much either...Jim Perry said:
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The Koopalings would benefit greatly from not always being grouped together as the Koopalings. Let one of them be the sole villain of a game, have them individually talk with other members of the Koopa Troop, maybe even make them the protagonist(s), but do something that actually gives them some personality beyond the one-note glimpses that we've seen so far.
No, the cartoons don't count. For one, they don't even share the same name.
No, the cartoons don't count. For one, they don't even share the same name.