I know Nintendo likes a gimmick for new Mario games. But maybe they should take a page out of Astrobot and make a traditional 3D Mario game that leans into Nintendo's history and nostalgia. Imagine the levels they could create for Mario visiting Metroid, Star Fox, Kirby etc. Imagine the cheeky cameos and interactions.
The Last 3D Mario was 8 YEARS Ago.
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SeanyQuest
Neo Member
Man I hadn't played Nintendo anything for about 10 years. Hopped off the train with the 3ds and I loved that thing. I got back in with the switch 2 and picked up Mario odyssey, wonder, 3d world and then Zelda botw and animal crossing. The Mario games have been incredible
tomato shrub
Member
The 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros is autumn. Don't worry, they will milk Mario dry soon
Instant_Classic
Member
Sunshine, Galaxy 1, and Galaxy 2 exists btw.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Well, Galaxy 1 and 2 were linear level 3D Mario games (so was SM3DW)
Sunshine I'll give you though. That one was free roaming like SM64
I don't consider Mario 3D world to be a true 3D Mario title. Same with Galaxy, Sunshine was somewhat there,
I am finally getting around to playing Mario Odyssey on my Steam Deck and it's OK. There are fun and exciting moments but it's pretty lackluster gameplay wise. It plays great but it's basically a non challenging collectathon.
I LOVED Mario Wonder but again it had absolutely no challenge to it whatsoever.
I am finally getting around to playing Mario Odyssey on my Steam Deck and it's OK. There are fun and exciting moments but it's pretty lackluster gameplay wise. It plays great but it's basically a non challenging collectathon.
I LOVED Mario Wonder but again it had absolutely no challenge to it whatsoever.
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Itchy Tickles
Member
Hasn't that been Nintendo's way for a few generations? 1 main game from their top 3 IPs per system with maybe 1 crossover at the end (usually a Zelda), not including ports? It's 1 reason I don't think the value of the system is worth it, paying that much money for a handful of games for its like cycle.
Super Lemon Drop
Gold Member
I'll take a Mickey Mouse movie over all of the garbage and woke cancer that Disney has become over the last decade.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Now, imagine a "modern" Mickey movie that is made for "modern audiences " Snow White style! The horror!
Kataploom
Gold Member
Yeah and I'm salty they decided to go with DKB instead first, like reeeally salty... But I think the results why they're not releasing more Mario games is because they have so much more variety these days, they've released more than a game per month in average for the Switch 1 so games cadence is not a problem, they just decided not only to focus on releasing mainline Mario games and give them more time so when they release, they're as good as they can, meanwhile they're releasing many more stuff
KungFucius
King Snowflake
The movement, i.e. the core of what makes a platformer good, is why the game was so fucking good.
Also Bowser's Fury was almost good enough for a full Mario game. DK drops at the end of next week. I'm expecting the next Astro Bot in terms of how that game captivated my kids for weeks.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
My only issue with Odyssey was going in I was under the impression each map was going to be much, much bigger than they turned out to be, I was expecting BOTW scale and it really wasn't even close to that, which was a shame because each level's theme were so cool that I just wished there was more.
I was also disappointed that there was no "ghost house" level with Boos the way Sunshine still had the haunted hotel part, but Odyssey is still one of the few times post 2010 that I felt like I was playing something as good as anything else I've ever played.
Matsuchezz
Member
Oh yeah. Unless they make Mickey gay.
ShadyAcshuns
Gold Member
I'm playing SMG again and it's still a blast.
Zannegan
Member
I don't know that that's fair. Bowser's Fury is plactically a full 3D Mario of its own.
For most generations Mario outsold Zelda by a good margin. It was Breath of the Wild that flipped the script.
powder
Member
Mickey is bitchmade but I still want an airtight third person platformer. He doesn't really have any abilities or special sauce so maybe it wouldn't hold up?
Zannegan
Member
I like the idea, but why make Mario the one visiting other worlds when his world has such a distinct style and presence? It would make more sense to pull a Kingdom Hearts and have an external character visiting various Nintendo worlds and characters. They could resurrect Captain N, not as an awful cartoon show, but a non-canon multiverse game...
But I guess Smash already fills that niche. Still, I'd love to see a Nintendo-centric Kingdom Hearts knockoff, maybe even one directed by Sakurai, as JRPG is one major genre that I don't think he's taken on yet.
Platinumstorm
Member
I don't know why this matters. Super Mario Wonder was incredible, it's not like Mario games exist in a bubble to be a certain way.
kevboard
Member
What if they gave him his trusty revolver back instead?
DreamcastSkies
Gold Member
I really liked Wonder.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
Official Mario games dont require development time nor 400 staff to make like they do for big budget games such as Spiderman, Halo etc. Their problem is they keep wanting to make a new gimmick each time to make it a completely whole new Mario experience. Nothing graphically demanding here to require years and years of development, they aint focusing on shaders for textures and RT or online.
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
You are looking at it wrong. We get one Mario per generation. The only exception was galaxy. After that, you get compromises, like browser's fury or captain toad.