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Nintendo Aiming To Release Super Mario 3DS This Year [Updated]
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AceBandage
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BowieZ said:
Eh?
There was 0 space in the teaser pictures.
Gamer @ Heart
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GodDuckman said:
Find that quote because i feel it in my bones that it isnt true. TP yes, but not SS. All we ever heard about it was that it was further long than we thought, which in Nintendo/Valve time, didnt mean much.
AceBandage
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Linkup said:
It was probably being worked on before SMG2 came out, so a year+.
And it's using the same engine.
Smiles and Cries
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"Je vous promets de tout faire pour vous livrer le nouveau Mario cette année !"
I promise to do everything I can to deliver your new Mario this year!
do want
I promise to do everything I can to deliver your new Mario this year!
do want
NeonZ
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AceBandage said:
Considering how he mentioned Mario 64 too, he clearly means the floating worlds in general. Mario Sunshine is the only 3d Mario that attempted to stick everything on the ground, aside from the extra stages.
I don't care which style they choose, I just hope it'll have consistent worlds that fit together nicely visually, unlike SMG2. In the end, I thought SMG1 looked better because the areas weren't nearly as random and fit together very well. SMG2's tech was at least as good as SMG's, but the stages often looked too randomly thrown together from a visual standpoint, even if they still played well.
That would be pretty awesome.
I've been playing Rayman, and while it's a really lazy port, it really shows off how the 3D effect will - not can, will - enhance 3D platformers. I find myself making jumps with far more confidence than other 3D platformers. In the original versions of Rayman 2, I'd hover at the peak of every jump, wait until my shadow was positioned in a safe spot, then release the hover. In the 3DS version, I only use the hover if my jump doesn't look like it'll have enough distance, and I don't even really pay attention to my shadow.
So if it makes a noticeable difference in a lazy port, I really can't wait to see what a talented developer like EAD Tokyo (they're doing Mario 3DS, right?) can do with a game built around 3D from the ground up. The sooner, the better.
I've been playing Rayman, and while it's a really lazy port, it really shows off how the 3D effect will - not can, will - enhance 3D platformers. I find myself making jumps with far more confidence than other 3D platformers. In the original versions of Rayman 2, I'd hover at the peak of every jump, wait until my shadow was positioned in a safe spot, then release the hover. In the 3DS version, I only use the hover if my jump doesn't look like it'll have enough distance, and I don't even really pay attention to my shadow.
So if it makes a noticeable difference in a lazy port, I really can't wait to see what a talented developer like EAD Tokyo (they're doing Mario 3DS, right?) can do with a game built around 3D from the ground up. The sooner, the better.
AceBandage said:
Using the same engine didn't seem to speed up SMG2 development any. They also talked about how they had so many ideas etc to put into the sequel after SMG was finished. SM3DS is probably first half of next year as they'll likely have MK3DS this holiday season. I just believe that until E3.
MidnightScott
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I hope it's out this year!
Lupin the Third
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EDIT: Oops, posted in the wrong thread.
lunchwithyuzo
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Yeah, I remember when they wanted Skyward Sword in 2010 too, then "early" 2011, now just 2011.
If we see Super Mario 3DS before 2H 2012, I'll be shocked.
If we see Super Mario 3DS before 2H 2012, I'll be shocked.
Lord_Byron28
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Wasn't MGS3 last said to be scheduled Fall 2011? Also no way on Revelations.AniHawk said:
Iwata heavily implied that it'd be ready in time for Holiday 2010 but he nor anyone else made any such promise or outright statement. Just as it was heavily implied that SS was going to release in the first half of 2011 but there was no such promise or statement.
JordanLMiller
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2012 release then. Nintendo doesn't stick to dates even when they make promises.
StickSoldier
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I really want to know how its going to play though. Wonder if its going to be about reaching the endpoint of a level or just a world with multiple stars to get like all 3D marios are.
StickSoldier
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Alrus said:
But it's like Mario 64, where you have one world with multiple stars. What I meant is, I wonder if they try to make it more like the 2D levels where its just one star/endpoint/whatever per level. I'm pretty sure it'll be like the other 3D Mario games, however, would just like to see something different.
From The Dust
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JordanLMiller said:
they changed their policies since TP. they don't commit to dates until the near end
friskykillface
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I say they go for a cock block and when Sony announces a release date for NGP, they release it the same day
mario kart and new mario this year D:, awesome but i want my star fox 64 3DS now!!!! B^)
mario kart and new mario this year D:, awesome but i want my star fox 64 3DS now!!!! B^)
CoffeeJanitor
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Delay that shit, Nintendo. I want a Galaxy-esque mario experience here. You don't get that without delaying your game 5 times.
Hmm, Mario Kart at the end of August and Super Mario 3DS the last week of November sounds about right. With Kid Icarus and/or Animal Crossing in September or October, perhaps. And Star Fox in July, and Ocarina of Time 3D in June. No idea about Paper Mario.
Doth verily I say to thee, tis the season of 3DS.
Doth verily I say to thee, tis the season of 3DS.
You know what's gonna happen? So far Nintendo has been giving the 3ds a lot of room for 3rd parties, but the 3ds install base is just getting started so 3rd party games aren't gonna sell gangbusters.
When the holiday season comes around lots of 3ds's will sell, growing the install base. At the same time more 3rd party games will be released to take advantage of the growing base and holiday season. BUT at the same time lots of big Nintendo 1st party games will be released like mario kart and Mario 3ds....
The 1st party games will dominate the charts and 3rd parties will once again complain that they can't sell on Nintendo systems! Nintendo can't win this argument. But I hope that's not the case.
When the holiday season comes around lots of 3ds's will sell, growing the install base. At the same time more 3rd party games will be released to take advantage of the growing base and holiday season. BUT at the same time lots of big Nintendo 1st party games will be released like mario kart and Mario 3ds....
The 1st party games will dominate the charts and 3rd parties will once again complain that they can't sell on Nintendo systems! Nintendo can't win this argument. But I hope that's not the case.
From The Dust
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Neiteio said:
fixed. 3rd parties am cry
CoffeeJanitor
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True on SMG2, but that was more of an expansion to start out. I view this as a whole new game.AniHawk said:
And SMB3 or YI is the best.
Dedication Through Light
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Didnt realize Super Mario 3DS even had some sort of release date attached to it. Then again, Im still weary of Mario Kart 3DS being a title for this year, the lack of equivalent amounts of press and footage like KI and OoT, makes me weary...
From The Dust
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Dedication Through Light said:
OoT just got a boost last week. new media and all that jazz. KI and MK3D are prolly E3 games
Eteric Rice
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Mario Kart, Mario Bros, Zelda, Starfox, etc.
The oncoming storm.
The oncoming storm.
CoffeeJanitor
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Obviously, SMG2 is maybe my favorite game of all time along w/ SMG. It is a fact that it started as an expansion. That doesn't take away from the end-product.AniHawk said:
I will concede that YI doesn't really fit with the rest of the 2D marios but it's an amazing platformer. I think it's fair to compare it; it's uniqueness is a positive.
And SMB3 still holds up today. The kickass level design has aged incredibly well.
I'm not one for nostalgia, either. I just prefer SMB3 to SMW or NSMB.
vagabondarts
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KevinCow said:
I absolutely totally agree. I can't wait to see it used in a modern 3d platform game. On that same note, I want to play starfox like... stat.
Guessing my distance from the environments was always tricky for me on the 64, whereas now I will have a spatial awareness of it.
i think calling yoshi's island a mario game makes about as much sense as calling mario a donkey kong game. it's a fantastic platformer, no doubt, but with a full-fledge sequel of its own and several spinoffs, it's definitely its own thing, whatever the box art might say.CoffeeJanitor said:
smb3 is still great, but it's a far cry from my favorite game of all-time like it was in the 90s. some of those levels are incredibly short. and while i think it's the best-looking and best-sounding 2d mario (smw's look and sound effects always felt off to me), nsmbw's level design trumps it easily.