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Smash Bros Brawl Dojo Official Update Thread: Goodbye, Cherry-don
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KittenMaster
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That's what makes this stage unique within everything else that's a multi-colored rainbow. It's obviously a desert now, and Nintendo did a good job.Nice stage, but too brown
This is really a very morbid stage, because the once fresh environment that was active we knew, is now a post apocalyptic setup. It's as if it's a message telling us what happened to the old Mario levels while the games take place in new settings.
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MisterHero
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Too much dust has corroded your copy of Super Mario Bros.! Quick blow your cartridge!!!
dragonlife
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Fuckin' awesome update!
...It's so depressing, though D: They make it seems as if we abandoned it...D: Oh, but hey! They make us feel better with an awesome track!
Yay!
...It's so depressing, though D: They make it seems as if we abandoned it...D: Oh, but hey! They make us feel better with an awesome track!
Yay!What, Kondo did the arrangement too? Oh man. D:
Now, don't get me wrong guys, it's pretty good, and certainly nowhere as bad as the garbage that his minions have concocted in games like NSMB, but there's a lot of notes missing. It doesn't have that punch, I'm afraid. :/
Now, don't get me wrong guys, it's pretty good, and certainly nowhere as bad as the garbage that his minions have concocted in games like NSMB, but there's a lot of notes missing. It doesn't have that punch, I'm afraid. :/
Mgoblue201
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I really love the foreground. The pipes and blocks really have a distinct style. I was hoping for more of a Mario Bros. reinterpreted though with the background, not a complete style change, for instance I loved the simplistic hills and the clouds with eyes. But it's a great concept that breaks away from the past retro Mario stages while still being a take on the same idea.
Gekkonidae
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Holy shit. This is one of my favorite updates ever.
ShockingAlberto
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This jives with what a 2channer said about a SSE story point.
Also.
Ruins!
Also.
Ruins!
BuddhaRockstar
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Here's an actual quote from someone on smashboards about this update-
If you hate this stage then you hate fun. There is no debate here- if you don't like the color scheme, fine, but you don't go and hate on 1-1, that is something a real Nintendo fan just doesn't do.
If you hate this stage then you hate fun. There is no debate here- if you don't like the color scheme, fine, but you don't go and hate on 1-1, that is something a real Nintendo fan just doesn't do.
Toy Soldier
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KittenMaster said:
I hadn't even thought about it that way (I just figured they tried to offer a 'real-world' interpretation of the stage), but yeah, that's a better way of looking at it.
EDIT: Oh, Sakurai explains it in the post! See, I didn't read it - too hyped about the screens. But yeah, as I said before, definitely makes sense. How rad is it to see the old stage revisited like this, as it would be 'today.'
There's no stage I'm more excited about playing. No question.
MisterHero
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This stage could also be a technical demonstration of what you can do with Stage Builder (though except the ability to scroll)
ShockingAlberto
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It's like this incredibly melancholy statement about how even the most historic of video game levels eventually falls in to disrepair.
It almost makes me depressed.
It almost makes me depressed.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl = Sakurai's love letter to gaming.
As for the color scheme, yeah, it's a bit brown. In fairness, SMB1 was also loaded up on brown--I mean, the floor, the blocks, and the breakable bricks were all brown there too--but at least that had some bushes and such.
Personally, though, I think the biggest dealbreaker for colors is the sky, and I think Mushroomy Kingdom would look super incredible if not for the ominous clouds. Imagining a bright and clear blue sky of optimism and hope contrasting against this wasteland where even the question mark blocks and pipes have had their colors muted by time... That would have been a dream.
Edit: I'll hold out hope that you can unlock some kind of alternate color scheme or something after you clear the level in Subspace Emissary. >_> You never know; it is Sakurai.
As for the color scheme, yeah, it's a bit brown. In fairness, SMB1 was also loaded up on brown--I mean, the floor, the blocks, and the breakable bricks were all brown there too--but at least that had some bushes and such.
Personally, though, I think the biggest dealbreaker for colors is the sky, and I think Mushroomy Kingdom would look super incredible if not for the ominous clouds. Imagining a bright and clear blue sky of optimism and hope contrasting against this wasteland where even the question mark blocks and pipes have had their colors muted by time... That would have been a dream.
Edit: I'll hold out hope that you can unlock some kind of alternate color scheme or something after you clear the level in Subspace Emissary. >_> You never know; it is Sakurai.
KittenMaster
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Sounds like an anti-Gears of War statement to me. The color is fine for the setting. Notice how Mario still retains color.
Scalpel Knight
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Now I'm all depressed. It's somehow heartbreaking to see 1-1 like that (yet awesome all the same).
Gekkonidae
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MisterHero said:
Who says you can't make your stage scroll?
perfectchaos007
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I freakin love this update. 1-1 from SMB is my favorite video game level of all time, and to see how it looks 24 years after I first played it is pretty awesome. Looks like a nuclear bomb wiped out the area like chernobyl.
ShockingAlberto
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You know what's funny?
I was planning to make this exact screen in Level Builder.
I was planning to make this exact screen in Level Builder.
BuddhaRockstar
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I think in motion the brown is going to be offset by the vibrant colors of the characters and it will probably be a really cool effect.
MisterHero
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I just thought the pieces would fit nice in a Custom Stage but I don't know if Stage Builder would give you that kind of control, let alone have a stage long enough to match one like 1-1. But I'm open for surprises.Gekkonidae said:
KittenMaster
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cvxfreak said:
I'm absolutely baffled why they haven't done this yet. It would be an instant million seller and it probably wouldn't be too hard to make.
ShockingAlberto
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Zerodoppler
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Kondo did a good job with this remix. If there are more tracks of this quality, the game might be worth picking up after all.
But yeah, this is a problem I've noticed for a good while now. Melee had such a vibrant art style. Brawl, with few exceptions looks significantly more dull and brown by comparison. I hope some of the other levels brighten things up a bit.
ShockingAlberto
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Yes, otherwise it will be an abject failure of a game. I can't imagine how anyone would want to play it!Zerodoppler said:
layzie1989
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Is mario sliding? Is that his dash attack? i forgot
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Rindain said:
Same here... it's exponentially fantastic.
Diablohead
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The whole area was probably caught in a blast, part of the story or something related.RagnarokX said:
Azure Dream
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Even the flag is tattered.
It's strange that it's so desert/ruins-y in the background, even if it's been ignored. I guess I never saw the level that way.
It's strange that it's so desert/ruins-y in the background, even if it's been ignored. I guess I never saw the level that way.
MisterHero
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It also makes me miss Bowser being able to spit fireballs and not that pansy flamethrower. :lol
Toy Soldier
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cvxfreak said:
Oh man. Wow. Yeah. Make it happen. Please. Even a $199 MSRP, I'll start pinching pennies today.
layzie1989
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