That's something I find intriguing about this game. The NSMB series was basically built to play off of people's nostalgia. And yet, for me, it simply didn't work. This game, however, seriously makes me feel like it's the NES/SNES era while at the same time being very new. It's the perfect mix of old and new to me.
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Super Mario 3D World: New Trailer
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That's something I find intriguing about this game. The NSMB series was basically built to play off of people's nostalgia. And yet, for me, it simply didn't work. This game, however, seriously makes me feel like it's the NES/SNES era while at the same time being very new. It's the perfect mix of old and new to me.
It does.
Encyclopedic? I remember lots of things about things I've experienced. If I forget or don't know something there are actual encyclopedias where you can check these things. Some people in previous threads could have used checking them before making claims that weren't supported.
Interestingly, I did not own an SNES or an N64 and I hated Nintendo irrationally because all I had was a Sega Genesis and a PSX. I didn't start enjoying Nintendo franchises again until I got a GCN and then I caught back up on what I missed with game rereleases and virtual console. Though I did play some games back in the day on a borrowed SNES and my cousin's/friends' houses (DKC, DKC2, SMW, ALttP).
I dunno why you gotta keep up with the ad hominems, though.
KillerTravis
Banned
Or Twilight Princess.
Anticitizen One
Banned
^ hasn't played Kid Icarus: Uprising or most Zelda games since OoT.
Hell, remember Kirby's Adventure?
Or Mario 3D Land?
uh there was a twist in Mario 3D Land?
You beat world 8 and find out you've only beaten half the game.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Anticitizen One
Banned
I really should have worded that better. I was really referring to mainline Mario games.
RobFox64tm
Member
When I was a kid I was mesmerized by claymation: the lighting, the texture, the expression. It makes me smile to see that look make its way into a Mario game, and furthers the child like joy I know I'll have playing through this game. I honestly didn't think a Mario game's graphical fidelity could ever surpass that of the Galaxy games, but this game makes really good use of the expanded technology.
Sir Alemeth
Member
Why would a mainline Mario game need story??
KillerTravis
Banned
Well I guess the one in Sunshine counts right?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
TWIST! The princess is in another castle!
freezamite
Banned
NO. Nintendo is one of the few that still focuses on gameplay above everything, if you wan't that, Sony has plenty of first party offerings that are basically a plot through a lineal path with tons of scripts.
I don't want this to be Nintendo's focus.
Then say that instead of making giant generalizations about every single game a company has ever made for over 25 years. When you do that you're pretty much guaranteed to be proven wrong.
The ultimate video game twist.
You can only move goal posts after your claim has been torn to shreds
SMG 1's story also doesn't fit with his claim. Now he's gonna move on to "bu-bu-bu TWISTS?" ...
Nintendo has games that have a massive focus on story and they have games that don't have massive focus on story.
Examples: Fire Emblem, Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario (excluding Sticker Star) Kid Icarus Uprising, Xenoblade all had story as a big focus while also having great gameplay. I suppose you can throw Advance Wars into that category too but it's story is more of an excuse for the tactical battles. I'm sure there's others that I missed too.
Then you have things like mainline Mario entries and even to a degree the Zelda series where story is still there but is quite minimalist. They aren't completely filled with cutscenes and there are vast periods of time in the games where you don't see a cutscene for quite some time. Mainly talking about Zelda here, as Mario story is literally "_____ got kidnapped go save them."
Cow Mengde
Banned
Yeah, this looks amazing. Pretty much expect from EAD.
Nintendo posted a new gameplay video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywt4cNb650
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iywt4cNb650
Oh man I love just looking at the gifs after not seeing them for a few hours. So good.
Stories in videogames are like bacterial infections that infect and destroy one game after another until there are barely any healthy specimens left in the gaming industry. Fortunately Mario has high levels of immunity.
Stories in videogames are like bacterial infections that infect and destroy one game after another until there are barely any healthy specimens left in the gaming industry. Fortunately Mario has high levels of immunity.
It looks like one campaign with drop in drop out multiplayer.
The second level with the shadows is AWESOME,
4 player multiplayer with those cherries is gonna be NUTS!
Imagine a Yoshi for every player and his "cherry-images", eating your friends and throw them outside the map XDDDDD
This game is going to be insanely fun.
Yoshi in a DLC....do it Nintendo!!!
The multiplayer in this game is going to be amazing.
I love those short nintendo minute videos, btw.
I think they focus just the right amount. And most times, there story-driven games like Zelda and Fire Emblem have very good engaging tales and don't include M. Night Twists, nanomachines, or dudebro fanfics.
Super Mario Bros. 3 easily has the best twist ever. I mean, let's face it, no one saw that coming.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Nintendo almost always has the perfect amount of narrative in their games. Pikmin 3, which I just finished, had a simple, yet very effective story. Give me motivation to move forward and let the gameplay do the rest.
The original twist.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
OH! DAISY!
*motherofgod.gif*
Never doubted EAD Tokyo in the least. My only dilemma now is if I choose to download this sucker or pony up to buy a disc.
If only there was a way to clone them so that they can just make games faster...
Yay!
Id listen to what Shikamaru has to say about Nintendo stuff.
Just think, the tricks and shortcuts in SMG2 + the multiplayer shenanigans in NSMBU. I'm ready to be amazed.
Spieler Eins
Member
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=593881
edit: nvm.
Hopefully not another Mario game. As unsatisfying as 3DWorld is, I rather see them moving on from it anyway (for this gen) instead of these guys becoming as trapped as Aonuma lol
I'm pretty sure he will. Maybe he's controlling Bowser or it will be 4 vs 4 boss wise. Bowser, Wart, Wario and Baby Bowser/Waluigi.
ToastyFrog
Inexplicable Treasure Hate
I did not say anything of the kind.