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[AuthenticM]

I mean like this:

Watching videos of Cuphead only strengthens that desire of mine. Nintendo has top-tier artists and gameplay designers working for them. There is still demand for old-school 2D sidescrolling Mario. And, with the release of the NES and SNES classic minis, old-school Mario is probably even more on people's minds than usual.

The game doesn't even need to have the same crazy amount of animation frames that Cuphead has (though I sure as shit wouldn't mind of it did). I just want to help you visualize what I am taking about. Beautiful 2D art/sprites, old-school-style. Reminiscent of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Fucking get Koichi Hayashida and put him on that shit, yo.

 

[Lupin the Third]

Closest we will ever get is Wario Land:Shake It/Dimension. Anime character animation frames by Production IG were yummy even if it wasn't like, butter smooth. Problem was it wasn't a Mario game.

 

[mrmickfran]

Please yes.

No more of that nasty NSMB shit art please

 

[WhoaIsThatMars]

I've been wanting a Wario: Shake It type of art direction for Mario for years. I've come to accept the fact that it'll never happen

 

[Belgian Dude]

I don't remember Bowser having a cape like that, haha. It's pretty neat.

A mix between that and the more crayon-like images would be awesome.

 

[sinonobu]

That'd be super cool.

But to be honest I'm fine with anything but NSMB style.

 

[Marcel]

NSMB series is huge seller so I think you're gonna have to deal with another game in that style eventually.

 

[mrmickfran]

I don't remember Bowser having a cape like that, haha. It's pretty neat.

A mix between that and the more crayon-like images would be awesome.

omg these are glorious

 

[ItIsOkBro]

The closer to anything SMB3 the better

 

[maxcriden]

I couldn't agree more, especially with Kotabe or Kotabe-inspired art.

Reposting something I posted in an awesome recent thread about 2D Mario art.

Super Mario postage stamps just launched in Japan.

Kotabe's Mario art is my fave, for sure. I'm not sure if he did the art for these stamps but it looks similar to me. His art or something in the style of it adorns my Wii U GamePad cover (from GameStop). And then I love the inclusion of his art in 3DL and 3DW.

Kotabe-related threads:

New Summer Wallpaper from Nintendo reveals Mario's CHONCH status (image appears to be broken)

Nintendo Illustrations to Highlight The Wii U Difference (JP)

Old Iwata Asks: Yoichi Kotabe - The father of Mario art

Some similar art I like:

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Yoichi Kotabe's Mario art is amazing. I would love a 2D Mario game with his art style.

He did all the postcards in 3D Land too.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Please yes.

No more of that nasty NSMB shit art please

It's been pointed out in the last thread but NSMBU actually looks great. It took them a while to make that art style into something interesting though.

But yeah, it seems like that style is done for mainline games. I would love to see Nintendo try something unique for their next 2D Mario. Specifically, amazing 2D art.

Gotta keep that 4-player mode though. So damn fun.

 

[KingSlime]

I don't know that there is anything more prospectively exciting to me (video game-wise) than the thought of a 2D Mario game with hand drawn art in that style. I would love to see Nintendo put a team together who specializes in that kind of style, and have them revisit some of their classic franchises this way. A new Mario, a new Zelda in the style of Link's Awakening with high-res 2D art... I would go crazy for that.

 

[shandy706]

 

[Mr.Deadshot]

Yeah that would be awesome. I really hope for a new 2D-Mario because I am not a fan of 3D-Jump'n'Runs.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Yes, that would be amazing.

I absolutely detest the New! art style.

 

[KHlover]

I like the NSMB artstyle more SMB3 comic art *ducks and hides*

 

[Marcel]

It's been pointed out in the last thread but NSMBU actually looks great. It took them a while to make that art style into something interesting though.

But yeah, it seems like that style is done for mainline games.

Based on what?

 

[VendettaRed07]

Yes please, and ditch that damn “BAH BAHHH” song forever as well

 

[Marcel]

Pretty much everything after the first one are ugly as hell. This is why they're on DA and not at Nintendo.

 

[Screamapillar]

I am very much hoping for this as well. That they do away entirely with the "New" style of sidescroller and make a new one.

This sort of echos comments made by Tezuka a year or two ago about what they want to do with the next 2D games when they happen. The two series and developers are seperate between 2D and 3D games.

 

[psyfi]

Yeah I've been saying this for years. It's their best Mario art style, and there's no reason they couldn't pull it off.

I like the NSMB artstyle more SMB3 comic art *ducks and hides*

lmao I refuse to believe anyone likes the NSMB aesthetic

 

[compo]

I liked the photo realistic look that certain parts of Paper Mario: Color Splash had. I think that could be a cool style for a side scroller.

 

[Ionic]

Pretty much everything after the first one are ugly as hell. This is why they're on DA and not at Nintendo.

I'd play the crap out of Obese Mario's wheezing adventure through the streets of Brooklyn though.

 

[Altered Juice]

Super Mario Run's VS mode has the other players as hand drawn artwork. Kotabe i think

They've been pushing this since 3D land, surprise we haven't gotten one because Wario Land for the nintendo wii is nearly 10 years old

 

[DarkConfidant]

Please yes.

No more of that nasty NSMB shit art please

Yeah, I was so surprised they didn't use the classic artwork in those games.

Super Mario postage stamps just launched in Japan.

After these came out, I really miss the old look.

 

[PSFan]

Dang! I never noticed in the SMB3 artwork, that Luigi was making off with Peach while Mario was distracted with all those enemies.

 

[PMS341]

Super Mario Run's VS mode has the other players as hand drawn artwork.

They've been pushing this since 3D land, surprise we haven't gotten one since Wario Land for the nintendo wii.

Oh my god Daisy. Daisyyyyy.

 

[Forkball]

Stay with me here.

YARN MARIO

 

[CookTrain]

I liked the photo realistic look that certain parts of Paper Mario: Color Splash had. I think that could be a cool style for a side scroller.

I wish Colour Splash were a better game because I think the presentation might be the best Mario has ever had. Such a complete, solid look.

 

[uncleslappy]

FUCK. YES. I had the same thought the other day.

 

[clemenx]

The hate for New! I think is really hyperbollic. It's not bad at all.

I agree we don't need more games in that style tho. They created an almost perfect 2d MArio with that style in the WiiU version.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Whats good for Wario, is good for Mario.

 

[maxcriden]

3DW OST art was amazing:

 

[Instro]

The hate for New! I think is really hyperbollic. It's not bad at all.

I agree we don't need more games in that style tho. They created an almost perfect 2d MArio with that style in the WiiU version.

Define not bad? By comparison to a wide array of recent 2D games, both indie or otherwise, it doesn't stack up well. The WiiU game is a step up, but nothing particularly special outside of certain levels.

 

[jett]

The hate for New! I think is really hyperbollic. It's not bad at all.

It's the dullest shit. It is bad, and deserves the hate it gets. It's like the artists working on those games just flat out don't care.

 

[psyfi]

Dang! I never noticed in the SMB3 artwork, that Luigi was making off with Peach while Mario was distracted with all those enemies.

He's trying to help her get to safety. He's a good friend.

 

[Marcel]

It's the dullest shit. It is bad, and deserves the hate it gets. It's like the artists working on those games just flat out don't care.

Look if you want Nintendo artists that don't care you should play a Paper Mario game after Thousand Year Door.

 

[Yohane]

Fuck cold CGI angry mario, we want the awesome 2d hand drawn mario!

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

i really need to avoid every mario thread from now on, don't want to see anyhting mario odyssey related!

But i agree with you OP!

 

[jett]

Look if you want Nintendo artists that don't care you should play a Paper Mario game after Thousand Year Door.

No, no, you aren't twisting my words like that. I specifically said the artists working on the NSMB games, and specifically those games.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Yes please!

I have little interest in odyssey.

But another smb3? Id rebuy the switch immediately the day it comes out.

 

[Heartskips]

Anything is better than the New series aesthetic, but hand drawn Kotabe would be the perfect style.

 

[Common Knowledge]

I just hope they drop the "New". Dumb name that doesn't make sense anymore. Be cool if they pull a Mario Kart and just call it Super Mario Bros. 9 or whatever number we're up to at this point.

 

[Instro]

It's the dullest shit. It is bad, and deserves the hate it gets. It's like the artists working on those games just flat out don't care.

I would guess that either they don't care, or in someway they believe that the art style contributes to the sales success of the series. Maybe both.

 

[Omnii-chan]

Yep, very much sick of NSMB art.

I'd love to see them make one with an art style like Cup Head.

 

[Heartskips]

I just hope they drop the "New". Dumb name that doesn't make sense anymore. Be cool if they pull a Mario Kart and just call it Super Mario Bros. 9 or whatever number we're up to at this point.

I don't think they would do that, the New series is already it's own thing. Imagine a E3 reveal "Super Mario Bros... 5" tho. The only problem is almost no one knows World is SMB4.

 

[NintendosBooger]

Do the same for 2D Zelda.

 

[Tye The Czar]

Remember how much Miyamoto loathed the idea of Mario that it influenced him to create Yoshi's Island with its unabashed 2D art style? Even more ironic now that we see how bland NSMB the has looked.

I want to see them make a new Mario game with that sort of regret. With art possibly by KyoAni.

 

[Altazor]

Kotabe's Mario art is like my childhood. Man, I'd love to get a 2D Mario that looked just like that, but in motion.