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[Business]

You gotta give it to Nintendo, this looks so good

 

[Krathoon]

Mario Schizophrenia.

 

[MirageMew2]

“Super Mario Wonder” totally sounds like it could’ve been a 3D follow up to Odyssey. Should be great nonetheless

 

[Badlucktroll]

what are those talking things that egg mario on

 

[Astral Dog]

“Super Mario Wonder” totally sounds like it could’ve been a 3D follow up to Odyssey. Should be great nonetheless

Its Super Mario Bros. Wonder

 

[VeganElduderino]

Mario as been eating a bit too many Amanita muscaria, looks good!

 

[KXVXII9X]

The graphics and especially the animations look super cheap. Also, what's the deal with 2D Mario games without proper flying mechanics?

"Animations look super cheap"

 

[Nydius]

New 2D side scrolling Sonic game.
New 2D side scrolling Mario game.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
Probably buying both.

 

[{insert code here}]

This is going to sell 40M copies easy. Not my type of game but, mad respect for Nintendo focusing/investing on mechanics and gameplay instead of muh lifelike graphix.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Looks fun, my kids went apeshit when they saw the trailer.

 

[abstract alien]

Damn it almost looks like the Nintendo Power cover from years ago. This will definitely be a day one purchase. Shit, a day one preorder.

Also, I never thought NSMB looked bad artistically. I liked the clean designs and colors *shrugs*

 

[GeeseGoose]

Everything looked spectacular, aside from one tiny thing... the voice and "personality" of those yellow flowers is disgusting.

 

[Banjo64]

Fresh.

 

[AJUMP23]

I know what I am going to use my other voucher on.

 

[Hardensoul]

I know what I am going to use my other voucher on.

Is there a limit on the vouchers? I already used the $100 voucher this year on Totk. Can I buy another $100 voucher?

 

[Fredrik]

This looks soooo good! I feel like this is going to compete for GOTY with TOTK and Starfield for me, absolutely love everything single thing I see here

 

[SNG32]

New 2D side scrolling Sonic game.
New 2D side scrolling Mario game.

Sorry, couldn't resist.
Probably buying both.

We back to the Sega Genesis vs Super Nintendo era.

 

[AJUMP23]

Is there a limit on the vouchers? I already used the $100 voucher this year on Totk. Can I buy another $100 voucher?

$100 gets you 2 vouchers. So you should have another one. I used one on TOTK as well.

 

[AMSCD]

Ya I'm with you. The game looks fun but I am confused by people saying that the art style looks different. It's just a bit more sparkly.

 

[Doom85]

Man, I loved the music in this. Reminded me of some of the music from the Katamari Damacy games.

 

[bender]

Ya I'm with you. The game looks fun but I am confused by people saying that the art style looks different. It's just a bit more sparkly.

The animations on characters and enemies are way more expressive and environmental touches like clouds dispersing when you jump through them. You can definitely see the modern 2D Mario roots which is disappointing, for me at least, but it does look like a decent evolution. I still want to see more as I was excited about the painted world in New Super Mario Brothers U but that concept was fairly underused.

 

[NanaMiku]

Fresh.

Woah, pretty nice box art. The PNG pattern is a nice touch

Is there a limit on the vouchers? I already used the $100 voucher this year on Totk. Can I buy another $100 voucher?

$100 get you 2 vouchers. Each voucher can be used to redeem one game. So if you use the voucher only for TOTK, you should still have one more voucher than you can use. There's no limit on how many voucher you can buy

 

[bender]

Vouchers do expire though.

 

[NanaMiku]

Vouchers do expire though.

Oh yeah, I forgot about this. it's 1 year IIRC

 

[93xfan]

The graphics and especially the animations look super cheap. Also, what's the deal with 2D Mario games without proper flying mechanics?

Yeah, I miss the verticality and discovery with either the leaf or feather.

Still think I’ll have a good time, and art wise is a step up from the “new” series

 

[Stratostar]

Fresh.

Gonna nitpick because I'm on a video game forum. Boy do I hate all that white empty space. Why leave all that space effectively blank on the cover? Looks unfinished. They did the same thing with 3D World's Wii U box art. I remember in its box art thread (from 10 years ago lol) one user's quick photoshop job made a world of a difference, as you can see here:

From this

To this

 

[Salz01]

I will get this. Hope it has a good ghost house level.

 

[Jubenhimer]

Ya I'm with you. The game looks fun but I am confused by people saying that the art style looks different. It's just a bit more sparkly.

It looks similar in some ways. But the character models, animations, and overall aesthetic have been completely overhauled.

 

[IAmRei]

Totally feel you, it happens to me with racing sims, even more arcade-y Forza Horizon is too difficult for me, I felt like an accomplishment doing a lap without crashing once but then I had to do the same fast to win the race and gave up lol

as for racing, i can only do mario kart and ridge racer, back before i tried GT 4, and not touching others after that anymore, knowing todays racing should be more complex than before

 

[Sleepwalker]

I feel sorry for those that can't enjoy things like this because of the graphics or whatever. This game looks like its gonna be so much fun.

 

[Poltz]

This looks fantastic.

 

[existensmaximum]

Ye

Yeah, I miss the verticality and discovery with either the leaf or feather.

Still think I’ll have a good time, and art wise is a step up from the “new” series

Yeah without the feather the series reminds me too much of the limitations of Super Mario Bros (1). So it's such a step back, the series didn't get great until Super Mario Bros 3 imo.

 

[existensmaximum]

"Animations look super cheap"

Yeah, the movement looks almost interpolated? It's hard to describe what I mean.

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Really surprised to see comments that this is so much better than nsmbu deluxe. To me the art styles are extremely similar. This looks a little better of course but more of an evolution

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

Is there a limit on the vouchers? I already used the $100 voucher this year on Totk. Can I buy another $100 voucher?

You sure can

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

I'll probably buy a voucher for this and .. Mario rpg?

 

[Edder1]

Probably around the same amount that think "realistic > stylish" and "individual pixels > whole composition", which is common here at least, a matter of tastes.

It's hard to agree with the notion that the game is getting criticised simply because it's stylised when the game looks nearly identical to New Super Mario Bros. series aesthetically.

 

[Aldric]

Game looks pretty great, for the first few seconds I was annoyed at how similar it looked to NSMB but after watching the entire trailer I quickly changed my mind, it has a ton of meaningful improvements and its own unique identity that no other Mario game share. Much better lighting, more pastel colors, a much softer look compared to NSMB's plasticky style, grander, more detailed backgrounds with a lot of things happening in them and of course really charming animations giving characters a lot of personality. People saying that the games look the same are delusional.

Also something exciting to consider: the game already looks very creative but keep in mind most of Nintendo's major titles, especially mainline Mario games have pretty tame first trailers followed by a second one that unveils some batshit insane core mechanics. Just compare Odyssey's first trailer to the E3 2017 one. I'm pretty sure we haven't seen anything of the game yet and that there's some really off the wall stuff in there.

 

[93xfan]

Ye

Yeah without the feather the series reminds me too much of the limitations of Super Mario Bros (1). So it's such a step back, the series didn't get great until Super Mario Bros 3 imo.

2 was great as well imo. I do count it since the same people made it. 3 and World are the best for sure though.

Anyway, they have showed off some verticality which was nice, but man I miss flying

 

[93xfan]

New Zelda and Mario this year, just like in 2017. a good way to launch and close out the Switch 1’s lifecycle.

 

[NanaMiku]

New Zelda and Mario this year, just like in 2017. a good way to launch and close out the Switch 1’s lifecycle.

Then we also need a New Xenoblade

 

[UnNamed]

The art style is strange, sometimes animations are like those Flash games. It's a sort of improvement from NSMB but not that much. I mean, they could do better with the graphics.

Gameplay is interesting though.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

weird and wonderful

 

[Hudo]

This shit looks so good, man. They nailed the look, imho.

 

[AllyITA]

i find it very weird that mario and the other characters are significantly turned towards the audience instead of looking forward in the direction they are traveling (to the right/left) as they should.
is it just me?

 

[rubenburgt]

I can't help but wonder if they added Daisy because of the backlash the latest Mario's Strikers gotten.

 

[Robb]

The animations are just top notch;

They’ve really nailed that old-school classic look with this one:

Also, nightmare fuel:

Spoiler

 

[ADiTAR]

I can't help but wonder if they added Daisy because of the backlash the latest Mario's Strikers gotten.

Yeah, because that's how Nintendo plans. haha.

They prob added her as another female character because it makes sense.

 

[PianistaMacabro]

I really dont like 2d with 3d feel...can't think of a game that really worked for me but definitely better than nsmb art

 

[rubenburgt]

Yeah, because that's how Nintendo plans. haha.

They prob added her as another female character because it makes sense.

True, but why Daisy?

I mean, there is a reason why Rosalina usually was chosen, and that's because she is more popular in Japan.

Daisy, despite having a loud fanbase, is often seen as annoying.

So why choose her over any other character?