GenGAME writes: "For New Super Mario Bros. to produce a title that truly claims the title of “worthy successor to Super Mario World,” Nintendo is going to need to get over this content problem. They’re going to need to stop making new games basically remixed level packs and start producing actual expansions to Mario’s world like they did back in the 80s and 90s.
"The saddest part is that they haven’t been shy about doing this in the 3D games – we explored Peach’s Castle in Super Mario 64, Delfino Island in Sunshine, and the vast galaxies beyond Mushroom World in Galaxy – but in New Super Mario Bros., it’s been the same old worlds over and over and over again."
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3 had a good balance of difficulty before crybabies stepped in and cried about the difficulty of SMW, which is why the game was made easier before release. Would also explain why most other games have been easier except for special worlds etc.. or ones you unlock after you beat the main game.
Isn't the reason we got a Doki Doki Panic sprite swap because Lost Levels was originally deemed too difficult?
This is a lot of revisionist history. All games back then had to be difficult or else they would be over in less than an hour. Super Mario 3 was actually super approachable because you could use the map and warp whistles to go right to the boss. And as with Super Mario World, you could farm stages for more lives. The beautify of Super Mario 3 was the abundance of secret areas and tools like Hammer Bros. suits. You didn’t really want to rush it. The lost levels were a different beast. They were never marketed as a mainline Mario game.
I watched an interview with a developer (I think it was for Disney's Aladdin) from years ago and he said they were required to raise the difficulty because so many games were rented back then. They didn't want the game finished quickly so you had to rent it longer. it was the home-rental equivalent of pumping more quarters into an arcade machine.
The cry babies? It was Nintendo’s perception that yanks didnt like difficult games hence the easing of the difficulty.
This is an odd statement considering the history of Japanese games that had you press X on your way to victory. Seriously, games like Ninja Gaiden in the 00s was born of the developer’s belief that Japanese gamers had grown too soft.
""The saddest part is that they haven’t been shy about doing this in the 3D games – we explored Peach’s Castle in Super Mario 64, Delfino Island in Sunshine, and the vast galaxies beyond Mushroom World in Galaxy – but in New Super Mario Bros., it’s been the same old worlds over and over and over again"
Well isn't that because this isn't the systems 3D roam around Mario game. It's just a quick launch game by making a HD New Super Mario game. The real Mario game is yet to come and it better not be Super Mario Galaxy 3, I want something new and fresh....hopefully it will be an open world type game, the Wii U can handle it now. It could be massive to explore the world of Mario GTA style....the Mushroom Kingdom, Bowsers dark region, deserts, forests, snowy moutains and a ton of ways to move around the map....unlockable karts, cars, bikes, Latikus cloud, glide on rivers with an ice power up or fly around with your cape power up.
It could be amazing if they pull it off right and make it massive.
If Nintendo put in half the resources into the 2D Mario Series that they did the 3D Mario series we'd get something special.
You'd think the market reactions were reversed the way Nintendo has treated this series. 2D Mario games used to be given the royal treatment, now they are given recycled music and recycled content..it's embarrassing..I'd be embarrassed to release something to the world with such a half assed effort.
2D Mario is the series that skyrocketed Mario to icon status..3D Mario marks his decline..and Nintendo treats 2D Mario like a spinoff. Could you imagine the consumer backlash on the internet if Nintendo recycled music on a 3D Mario game or Zelda?
In any case, changes are coming. Selling 55K is abysmal, its barely treading above Vita territory. This is unacceptable. Hopefully Nintendo gets back to pleasing the consumers instead of self indulgence and pleasing themselves.
I'd love to see a sequel to it with different themed worlds than what we're so used to seeing...or return of old ones like the dinosaur world from Super Mario World. That with high quality graphics, amazing textures, more unique bosses, etc.
Rayman Legends is every bit as epic as it looks.
Agreed. It was a fun little title, but nothing special. It's like a 3rd party made the game... :/