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Miyamoto: "A new kind of Mario is coming", announcement possibly next E3
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Dark Cloud
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It would be an open world platforming game.
I just love SM3DW, I think it is a brillant game but for me it's not a real 3D Mario. Yes back in the day Mario 64 was a revolution but for me Sunshine was also fantastic and that was as well because of the freedom to explore, to chill in the dolphino plaza jumping around etc.
I want to see more of that in a 3D Mario and I think these two types of games can coexist.
I don't see why one game couldn't have both an open world and/or large areas in combination with areas that are tightly designed. Zelda appears to be handling it just fine.
Green Yoshi
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Super Mario goes Open World? Or a 2D game?
Tarin02543
Member
This gets me very pumped as well
I really liked the Galaxy series but it still felt a little bit off to me
What I really want to see is a proper 6 year development cycle Super Mario 65
I really liked the Galaxy series but it still felt a little bit off to me
What I really want to see is a proper 6 year development cycle Super Mario 65
Just going by the 3D Mario series openness and the number of levels seem to directly take away from each other. Sunshine had small, tightly designed sections but not nearly as many as Galaxy, which didn't have as many as 3D Land and World which were almost nothing but those areas.
You can have both but some people want it to sway closer to one side than the other.
Of course here we have Zelda with it's big world + more than a hundred mini dungeons + regular dungeons on top of that...so I guess we could have plenty of both if Nintendo put that crazy level of manpower/time into it. Though I don't know if you can directly compare a mini dungeon with a Mario level.
I wouldn't want full on open world with big empty expanses between them, but levels that are more interconnected could be cool.
I would've expected them to launch with the new 3D mario, but a 2D mario near launch and a 3D mario 18 months later.. Sounds ok to me.
Combined with animal crossing and mario kart around Q4 2017, with splatoon 2, retro studios game somewhere in between and launching with smash remastered and zelda gives you a nice line-up of heavy hitters for the first year and a half.
Combined with animal crossing and mario kart around Q4 2017, with splatoon 2, retro studios game somewhere in between and launching with smash remastered and zelda gives you a nice line-up of heavy hitters for the first year and a half.
SolidSnakex
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I'm playing through Mirror's Edge: Catalyst right now and I can't figure out why anyone would want another platformer to go in that direction. ME:C is at its best when it's out of the open-world and into a confined area like when you're unlocking a Gridnode. Those are absolutely fantastic. But running around the world just isn't what it was in the original game or like in the Gridnode sections. Platforming doesn't pose any real challenge during the open-world sections. And that's probably because they don't want to aggravate by having them constantly restart because they died while just running around the world.
nobody cares that's why
Dark Cloud
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BotW is a killer app.
Stereogatari
Banned
Seamless World like Jak and Daxter I imagine.
Yes I suspect a Wii Sports/ Nintendoland equivalent for the NX to show the possibility of the gimmick. But alongside Zelda, I hope for a first party game like Luigi's Mansion 3/ Pikmin 4/ Animal crossing / Mario sport game and/or Retro's new game.
A Link to the Past
Banned
A killer app shouldn't be a last-gen upgrade.
It'll probably launch with a New Super Mario Bros type thing. Seems like every Nintendo system gets one early in its life.
efyu_lemonardo
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They NEED to have this!
Yup!
Let's hope so. They haven't actually released anything yet, aside from Splatoon. At this point it's a bit like congratulating Square Enix for making more JRPGs - it hasn't actually paid off yet.
Octavianus
Banned
It is.
Nintendo is by far my favourite console dev but even I'm not afriad to admit that some of their stuff has become a bit too predictable.... which isn't odd at all when you consider how long they've been around.
Keeping some conventions is fine of course, but when you can't answer why a certain convention is being kept maybe it's time to start questioning whether to keep them or if it's for the best to change / thow them out.
It certainly looks and sounds like they're doing just that and I couldn't be more excited.
Honestly, it sounds like the failure of the Wii U is the best thing that could have happened to them because I'm sure that had a big influence in them addapting this kind of thinking.
I hope they're not going the Galaxy 3 rout for this. Never been a big fan of 3D Mario, but I really enjoyed 3d Land and World so I'd like them to do something that expands on that in exciting new ways.
Pretty weird thing to say when the NX doesn't even have a release date.
mocolostrocolos
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BotW is the killer app.
It will kill WiiU sales for sure and give NX the jumpstart it needs.
I've been playing ME:C as well, (it's great, everyone should play it) however Catalyst isn't a true open world due to hardware limitations. You can see the seams where you have to go through a loading zone or you are stuck in another elevator. Nintendo don't have to worry about reaching hardware limitations with Mario so they can make a larger more lived in open world
Bots are better than you
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If we're talking about a Splatoon/Garage Games and Zelda-like shake-up, then bring it on. Although the main Mario games always did a really good job of offering something fresh already. imo.
Bony Manifesto
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They've announced that it's releasing before the end of March 2017.
Marvel
could never
I'm scared.
NX GEN IS HERE!
ElectricBlanketFire
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Thank you for your service.
CrossTrigger
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Mario is tired of jumping on things..... lol
spyroflame0487
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I want a Mario that exists in a 3D space and allows me to roam around a bit. Not really open world per say, but clear goals that I can get to, but plenty of secrets and places to visit before I get to Bowser.
YES! And a little more story based, please!
¨A new kind of Mario¨ has to mean that it's not so linear as the latest ones, right?
Nintendo Land was a Wii Sports-esque title and look how that did (they also launched with Mario). Wii Sports was a great game, and it was genius to bundle it in with the Wii, but you can't duplicate that. Though ironically, they are duplicating the same thing they did with Zelda by launching it on the old and new hardware. Twilight Princess was the killer app at launch for many people, so I can see them trying to carry the launch with Zelda as well. Perhaps Smash NX and some other stuff will tow the line.
But back to the main topic, I'm excited to see what they have in store. Mario has really never had a downturn except for maybe Sunshine. Afterwards, the Galaxy games redefined 3D platformers, the NSMB games modernized the 2D platformer and introduce multiplayer, and the 3D World series was a creative mix of both these styles. I admit, the first thing that comes to mind is "open world Mario" but I'm still not quite sure how that could effectively work.
redmetal86
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You know what to do, Nintendo.
