In case you are wondering, yes, it is related to Puzzle & Dragons. In case you aren't aware, there is a game where Puzzle & Dragons has a Super Mario theme. It is to be sold together with the Puzzle & Dragons Z (the original version) stateside, as the idea is that Mario will direct attention to Puzzle & Dragons to people who may otherwise not be interested to it.
This is not really a new idea, as in days past, popular franchises were used as a basis in promoting games that have characters and settings that aren't as popular. Taking an example related to Mario, we have Doki Doki Panic, as this game uses characters from a Japanese TV broadcasting company. It would be a stretch to call this gameplay as needing Mario's help since it wasn't considered earlier, but since the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (a.k.a. The Lost Levels) was considered inappropriate in its difficulty, this game was used instead, as a Mario-based game. It's also appropriate too, due to Nintendo being this game's development team. A bit of trivia: if Koji Kondo knew this game would be a Mario game, he would have compose the music differently (check the last question on this article's page).
Taking this idea into account, there might be some franchises that would benefit from the Mario touch, due to Mario's popularity.
One of my suggestions is Puyo Pop. For the savvy fan, you might think along the lines: "but Kirby's Avalanche and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine exists!", or if you want to cite even more obscure territory, you could cite Timon and Pumbaa's Bug Drop instead. Certainly, the franchises mentioned are all popular to a degree. In addition to this, the original source material might be deemed too surreal for the Western audience. For example, the game they based on have a character who is a fish with arms and legs (and likes to dance!), an elf-like creature with one giant foot and a skeleton who likes to drink tea.
Anyway, I feel that Mario's eccentricities could be a good fit to Puyo Pop's eccentricities, so it could be tackled in two ways: Mario could meet with Puyo Pop's cast and they have a face off, or Mario somehow uses Puyo Pop's mechanics squarely using Mario's cast (as in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition). If such a thing would happen, I would look forward in looking at the conversations between two characters between fights, and bonus if they are voice-acted (though I doubt that, due to the intolerance by certain people in hearing Mario talk too long).
I could go on and on with this idea, but I think I'll stop here because it might overshadow this topic starter. If you are interested in hearing more about it, I would happily do so.
Thanks for reading.
This is not really a new idea, as in days past, popular franchises were used as a basis in promoting games that have characters and settings that aren't as popular. Taking an example related to Mario, we have Doki Doki Panic, as this game uses characters from a Japanese TV broadcasting company. It would be a stretch to call this gameplay as needing Mario's help since it wasn't considered earlier, but since the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (a.k.a. The Lost Levels) was considered inappropriate in its difficulty, this game was used instead, as a Mario-based game. It's also appropriate too, due to Nintendo being this game's development team. A bit of trivia: if Koji Kondo knew this game would be a Mario game, he would have compose the music differently (check the last question on this article's page).
Taking this idea into account, there might be some franchises that would benefit from the Mario touch, due to Mario's popularity.
One of my suggestions is Puyo Pop. For the savvy fan, you might think along the lines: "but Kirby's Avalanche and Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine exists!", or if you want to cite even more obscure territory, you could cite Timon and Pumbaa's Bug Drop instead. Certainly, the franchises mentioned are all popular to a degree. In addition to this, the original source material might be deemed too surreal for the Western audience. For example, the game they based on have a character who is a fish with arms and legs (and likes to dance!), an elf-like creature with one giant foot and a skeleton who likes to drink tea.
Anyway, I feel that Mario's eccentricities could be a good fit to Puyo Pop's eccentricities, so it could be tackled in two ways: Mario could meet with Puyo Pop's cast and they have a face off, or Mario somehow uses Puyo Pop's mechanics squarely using Mario's cast (as in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Edition). If such a thing would happen, I would look forward in looking at the conversations between two characters between fights, and bonus if they are voice-acted (though I doubt that, due to the intolerance by certain people in hearing Mario talk too long).
I could go on and on with this idea, but I think I'll stop here because it might overshadow this topic starter. If you are interested in hearing more about it, I would happily do so.
Thanks for reading.
