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I would buy that game in a heartbeat.

 

[Anarky]

I would actually play a Mario football game over Madden. No fucking way it could be worse.

True dat. A mario football game would be cool.

 

[Blues1990]

I've been itching to play a solid arcade sports game, similar to NBA Street or Mutant League Football, so a Mario-themed American Football game seems like a no brainer.

Also, seeing Peach shoulder checking Donkey Kong would be a funny sight.

 

[Shizza]

This looks fantastic! I love and miss the old school arcade-style sports games like: NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey, etc. Basing sports games around the Nintendo franchises instead of real life ones could keep them fresh by only having say one of each entry per console (say Football one year, followed by baseball the next year, followed by soccer, etc).

 

[Htown]

Might be the only way to sell a football game without the NFL license.

Too bad it will never happen, since the sport's popularity is too specific to North America.

 

[mightynine]

Give it NFL Blitz / arcade rules and I'd be very, very interested.

 

[BodiesWithoutOrgans]

That look real damn that's good 0_o

 

[mkfred]

this looks amazing. Id definitely buy it

 

[Velcro Fly]

all well and good until Mario tears an ACL trying to juke some koopa troopas and then we get another year of fucking Luigi

 

[Vibranium]

Honestly, I think Mario football could do really well even without Europe or Japan. Give Next Level Games it (they've got the sports resume). Maybe make it digital only to cut costs or something.

It would fill the hole of arcade football and give people relief from Madden.

 

[-Horizon-]

Plot Twist: NX first game got leaked.

that'd be hilarious after everything we've been through in the past couple of months

 

[aggienader]

I want this.

 

[element]

NFL Blitz with Mario characters? Sold!

 

[Het_Nkik]

Somebody made fan renders of a Mario game that actually looks like a Mario game? That's the most impressive thing about this I think.

 

[Danis Saur]

Looks pretty cool, would definitely try out.

 

[lingpanda]

If I can pick Bowser as my Full Back and Donkey Kong as my Half Back I'm sold!

 

[Baleoce]

NFL Blitz with Mario characters? Sold!

I've always wanted either a new Blitz or Mutant League Football, but I would take this in a heartbeat.

 

[FunkyDealer]

Pretty cool. Not a sport I'm interested in, but I'd give it a go.

 

[optimiss]

I'm amazed by his restraint. He could have easily fooled us all with an NX "leak".

 

[MCN]

Watch Nintendo send a C&D to the reddit user because he or she is using their characters or their likeness. ;p

Nintendo tend to be pretty easy on people, right up until said people try to make money from Nintendo's properties.

 

[Doctre81]

I'm amazed by his restraint. He could have easily fooled us all with an NX "leak".

Maybe it is.

 

[Ooccoo]

I want it!

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Give it to Visual Concepts

 

[Yarbskoo]

I think the lighting could have used a few more passes.

 

[Roo]

Watch Nintendo send a C&D to the reddit user because he or she is using their characters or their likeness. ;p

Like MCN said, as long as you don't make money using their property they won't say anything to you.
Otherwise sites like The Model Resource wouldn't exist

Nintendo characters are usually the best way to start learning 3D modeling due to their rather simplistic nature.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

This is about 5 years too late. With all the controversy surrounding football and CTE as of late there's no way Nintendo would endorse such a sport.

 

[The Lone Courier]

I would buy a NX, wii, or wii 2 just to play a football game that isn't Madden.

 

[LiK]

better than the Olympics garbage

 

[ffdgh]

Never been a football person...but I'd give this a shot if it were real.

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and chaotic as heck like strikers charged

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Not football but the new Mario and Sonic at the Olympics has Rugby Sevens.

Also a 41 character roster.

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Sonic not fast enough for Mario.

I can see them modifying that into a NFL Street style game.

 

[Krappadizzle]

I'd play it.



It reminds me of Sega Soccer Slam.

I miss Sega Soccer Slam. Only soccer game I ever liked.

 

[timetokill]

I've wanted a Mario football game for forever, and ESPECIALLY since the Wii U GamePad.

Somebody give me a football game where I can draw my own plays, you fucking assholes!

 

[Mass Effect]

I would play the hell out of this. I'm kind of surprised they never did this on the Gamecube or Wii. I know American Football is... well, limited mostly to America, but I think it would have done well enough, at least on the Wii.

 

[qcf x2]

This is about 5 years too late. With all the controversy surrounding football and CTE as of late there's no way Nintendo would endorse such a sport.

Ridiculous. In Mario Kart you shoot drivers to make them crash at high speeds. I'd love to see them do a football game. I'm disappointed that there aren't any from high profile developers. Madden has the NFL license but consumers should still get some kind of option.

 

[Menitta]

I'd rather have that cancelled volleyball wrestling Mario sports game by Next Level.

This looks cool though.

 

[Salty Rice]

Even tho i hate Football games i would have loved to see this on WiiU over that terrible Mario Tennis.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Yo, I'd play the fuck out of this shit. Nintendo should've been on this decades ago.

 

[Mr. Patch]

I want to buy the shit outta this.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

The only football I'm willing it play IS NFL Blitz, and if they do that bullshit I'd be into it.

 

[CREMSteve]

Those images look terrific. This would be a system-seller.

 

[PixyJunket]

Nintendo should've been on this decades ago.

I'm really perplexed by this.

I mean, the violence argument went out the window with Strikers (and how), so that can't be it.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I'm really perplexed by this.

I mean, the violence argument went out the window with Strikers (and how), so that can't be it.

Retro wanted to make a Mario Football game back when they were first formed, but I believe Nintendo insisted that they make a realistic Madden competitor instead (the game was eventually canned either way). My guess is that football is not a big enough sport worldwide for a Japanese country to attach Mario to.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Might be the only way to sell a football game without the NFL license.

Too bad it will never happen, since the sport's popularity is too specific to North America.

I think it could work worldwide even with footballs lack of popularity outside of the US. The approach would inevitably be quite simple and arcadey, so you really wouldn't need to know the ins and outs of the sport. And people are always talking about how Nintendo needs to do more to appeal to the US, so this would be an obvious way to do that. Nintendo characters and gameplay with football would almost certainly be a big seller here. So even if it did bomb outside of the US, what it did here would make up for that.

 

[The Cool One]

dammit i want this. my main would be Daisy

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Un-Huh! Alright!, DAAAISY!!!!

Retro wanted to make a Mario Football game back when they were first formed, but I believe Nintendo insisted that they make a realistic Madden competitor instead (the game was eventually canned either way). My guess is that football is not a big enough sport worldwide for a Japanese country to attach Mario to.

Bruh bu bu but Eyeshield 21

 

[Shifty]

I love the hate foreigners give Football. Keep it coming.

I mean, it's a legit sport, just named wrong. Should have called it hand-egg.

American Hand-Egg.

 

[timetokill]

I mean, it's a legit sport, just named wrong. Should have called it hand-egg.

American Hand-Egg.

hand-egg again

Yawn

 

[Shifty]

hand-egg again

Yawn

Would sir prefer Metacarpus-Spheroid?

American Metacarpus-Spheroid.

 

[Always-honest]

No thank you (don't like the sport) but well done on the renders (asside from the strange noise)

 

[brawly]

This looks amazing. I'd be all over an arcade football game, don't like the NFL games. Put this on the NX and I'm buying one.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

The renders are impressive and I really love the design of the Stadium.

I dont know if american football would work as a super fast arcade mario type game though. Doesnt it have lots of stops during a play where you need to do tactics and all that jazz?
Ive only seen matches a few times on tv as an european, so pardon my ignorance, maybe american know how to transform it into a faster type of game suited for arcade sessions and that it can sell around the whole world.