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Will there be a New Super Mario Bros. game on the Switch?
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The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
After the two we got on the Wii U, I hope we do get one on the Switch as well as a new 3D World. Then we'll have all three Mario style games on one console and I'll be happy as a clam.
Badlucktroll
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i hope they use the aesthetic of Super Mario Bros. 2 (Doki Doki Panic).
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
What's wrong with it? All of them have felt like normal Mario controls to me.
valkillmore
Member
A primarily 2D side-scroller, with 3D free-roam segments built into the levels via warp pipes. DOWN.
goldenpp72
Member
Hopefully not, but hopefully 2d Mario does return.
Pancakes R Us
Member
I feel asleep half way through my post, hah. What I meant to say is they they should change the same old, tired world tropes. Give us some fresh and funky out-there new world themes.
Velocity:Design:Comfort
Banned
Why wouldn't there be?
The better question is, will there be a game that isn't essentially New Super Mario Bros DS 5: Console Version Number 3. Cause I think there is still room to do something great with the presentation, world, mechanics under the brand NSMB - they just haven't ever. The level design is great though.
The better question is, will there be a game that isn't essentially New Super Mario Bros DS 5: Console Version Number 3. Cause I think there is still room to do something great with the presentation, world, mechanics under the brand NSMB - they just haven't ever. The level design is great though.
MisterGrey3000
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If Mario Kart 8 is any indication (the pre-WiiU MK games were honestly very homely looking games with cheap sounding, forgettable midi music), they don't have to abandon the NSMB brand in order to create a beautiful and exciting entry in the "New" series.
The platforming and level design within the NSMB games is top notch, they don't need to "reinvent" it, they just need to wrap a more compelling presentation around the super solid foundation that they have.
The platforming and level design within the NSMB games is top notch, they don't need to "reinvent" it, they just need to wrap a more compelling presentation around the super solid foundation that they have.
Lord_Byron28
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Yeah, I'd also like to see them break out of the SMB3/SMW mold, they've been recycling it since NSMB Wii. NSMB DS was a bit more SMB1 mixed with SMB3.
Both NSMB and NSMBW sold like 30 million copies each.
NSMB2 sold over 11 million copies.
And NSMBWU sold over 5 million copies on the Wii U, a console that only sold 13 million units, so not quite half of all Wii U owners.
The 2D Marios usually outsell the 3D ones.
They'd be stupid not to, but since this is Nintendo we're talking about..
NSMB2 sold over 11 million copies.
And NSMBWU sold over 5 million copies on the Wii U, a console that only sold 13 million units, so not quite half of all Wii U owners.
The 2D Marios usually outsell the 3D ones.
They'd be stupid not to, but since this is Nintendo we're talking about..
I was literally thinking this yesterday after i secured my pre order of that snes mini they really need to to a smw3!!
TwistedFreeze
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Has Nintendo ever shelved a popular series? Like a really popular ones? Off the top of my head, I can't think of any. It's most likely Nintendo will try to do something different with the 2D SMB games, which is definitely necessary after 4 very similar games
It's pretty evident if you play NSMBU in a post-Mario Maker world. That game is of insanely high quality.
Personally, however, I am hoping they retool 2D Mario into something new. Some sort of nice hand-drawn graphics would be nice instead of the current aesthetic.
OmegaDL50
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This isn't a one or the other thing. It's not mutually exclusive. 3D Mario and 2D Mario play differently enough that there is no redundancy. Besides the 2D Mario titles are generally developed by an entirely different team from the 3D Mario games. So it's not like it's a case of resources being taken away from one project or another either.
IronicSonic
Member
It's funny because all the other Nintendo's 2D platforms have nice art styles but their flagship title (a 2D Mario ffs) has the most boring and dull visuals... like ever
GamePlay Johnny
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Will Nintendo's CEO pick up 100 million dollars if he saw them on the floor?
I'm with everybody here hoping for a new look and some bold moves in the new 2D Mario. It's time for a reboot.
I'm with everybody here hoping for a new look and some bold moves in the new 2D Mario. It's time for a reboot.
I do hope there is a new 2d mario. Ideally something newer than the "bah-bah" Mario, but I'd still pick it up even if that were the case.
I'm on team SMB 1 Instruction manual art style for the next game. I hope to someday see an actual moving Mario game in that style.
I'm on team SMB 1 Instruction manual art style for the next game. I hope to someday see an actual moving Mario game in that style.
HubbaBubba
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Would way rather have a NSMB than a port or sequel to Mario Maker. At least NSMB would be filled with high quality levels
civilstrife
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Make it look like a Saturday morning cartoon from the 80s. Basically Cuphead, but 80s.
Before they do another reboot (handdrawn graphics? Yes please!), first let them release New Super Mario All Stars on Switch.
New Super Mario Bros., remastered in HD
New Super Mario Bros. 2, remastered in HD and featuring co-op play on a single device
New Super Mario Bros. Wii, remastered in HD
New Super Mario Bros. U (with touch gimmicks removed)
New Super Luigi U
I know these games are maligned by the purists for their somewhat bland graphics and music, but damn if that isn't an amazing package for $60.
New Super Mario Bros., remastered in HD
New Super Mario Bros. 2, remastered in HD and featuring co-op play on a single device
New Super Mario Bros. Wii, remastered in HD
New Super Mario Bros. U (with touch gimmicks removed)
New Super Luigi U
I know these games are maligned by the purists for their somewhat bland graphics and music, but damn if that isn't an amazing package for $60.
CJY
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What about a "Newer" series. Newer Super Mario Bros. Lol
AuthenticM
Member
Yeah, this is acceptable. And I'm always for introducing old games to new generations. That first New game for the DS, in particular, would not only be introduced to lots of new players, but it would benefit greatly from a remaster. It looks and sounds bad now. I mean, Christ, the coins and item boxes were grey. GREY! Instead of yellow. Like, what?
Personally, I want a traditional Super Mario Bros. game that looks like this:
You could say it would be the "cuphead" of Super Mario games.
I loved them too, but that doesn't mean we need anymore of them.
Nintendo is the master of reinventing franchises into something fresh. It would be a shame if they fell back on the same artstyle and branding for another 2D Mario game.
It's been over a decade since New Super Mario Bros. on DS. At this point, it's "New" in name only.
Personally, I want a traditional Super Mario Bros. game that looks like this:
You could say it would be the "cuphead" of Super Mario games.
I think we all want this. Who knows if Nintendo would ever actually do this though? They can be very unpredictable these days (in a good way).
Duane Cunningham
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The NSMB series is stale and no fun
...is what people who didn't play NSMBWU say.
But that said:
This WOULD be amazing. Honestly, it seems like the art style is what turns people off of NSMB more than anything. Switching to a hand drawn Miyamoto/Kotabe style game would give the series a huge boost.
...is what people who didn't play NSMBWU say.
But that said:
This WOULD be amazing. Honestly, it seems like the art style is what turns people off of NSMB more than anything. Switching to a hand drawn Miyamoto/Kotabe style game would give the series a huge boost.
Bucket Mouse
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Peace be upon him.
There is an obvious demand for 2d Mario titles. Nintendos job is to meat that demand with new titles as long as it is there. Now they already released a mobile version so I wont expect one until 2019. They will have to evolve the series in a meaningfull way, though. Another new super mario bros will probably not cut it and not reach the DS and Wii numbers
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
I would buy the shit out of this. Especially since I never had a 3DS and never played 2.
I'd accept it over a sequel. I've wanted to replay the first game for a while.
Just one thing. Please PLEASE make it so I can play as Luigi in all games, even if it's just after I beat the game. The only one (Excluding NSLU, which didn't even let you play as Mario for obvious reasons.) that let you was NSMB1.
Hell for all I care, after Oddessy they could just port all the previous Mario games and not even do another normal Mario on the Switch and I'd be happy. 1, 2, 3, World, Yoshi and 64 on the Virtual Console. Sunshine in HD. Galaxy 1+2 retoolings in HD. All 5 NSMB games remastered in HD. I'd be in heaven. I wouldn't care if the Switch just became a HD port machine. As long as I can play all those things on it.
KojiKnight
Member
They don't use the same assets.
Which is silly since each game uses a different artstyle and NSMBU's is by far the prettiest.
I should have brought this up in that thread, but this is how NSMBU looked at E3 2011 a year and a half before launch:
And this is how it looked when it was finished:
The E3 2011 demo, known as NSMBMii, featured 5 levels that used assets from NSMBWii with a few new assets they were making for NSMBU. In that desert level all of the assets except for the stone heads are from NSMBWii.
SuperLeviathan
Member
But in the case of U, wasn't it bundled with the most common SKU?
I too would like a 2D game that takes risks again. Like a final villain thats not Bowser.
SuperLeviathan
Member
But in the case of U, wasn't it bundled with the most common SKU? DS and Wii not only sold more copies but sold on their own
I too would like a 2D game that takes risks again. Like a final villain thats not Bowser.
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I hope not. I'd love a Super Mario Bros. 5 though.
jts
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Well, they needed the Wii U to sell so they were trying to use Mario to move some Wii Us, and not the other way around. They bundled almost all if not all the most popular Wii U games.