Super Mario Goes Open World In New Unreal Engine 4 Demo

TheArabGamer writes: "Super Mario continues to traverse the Unreal world with the latest tech demo taking place in an open field. This beautiful open field is actually based on the Unreal Kite Demo which can be downloaded for free with the Unreal Engine 4 dev kit."

[marloc_x]

This REALLY makes me appreciate Nintendo's art direction honestly.

Ground-pound a few deer though?

[Irishguy95]

Yeah it looks like **** xD

Well not ****, but...not for mario.

Also for 1: Mario 3d games are about level design. Open world doesn't fit that at all. Unless it was similar to zelda. But open world naturally goes against level design due to quantity of content.

[Sevir]

Mmmm. I'd disagree. Since N64 Mario games have gone open world... That sense of discovery is vast. With multiple objectives... They may very well be worlds isolated and not necessarily connected to each other in the traditional sense of like say Infamous or GTA. But every world you visit is open world by design... Mario Sunshine I say would be the best representation of an Open World Mario where the entire world is designed like say a gta style world where everything is not seperated or compartmentalized by a loading screen.

[pivotplease]

Yeah I hope they go back to open worldish games soon. All of the new stuff has been good but I'm not a fan of the linearity we've been seeing lately.

[Irishguy95]

Sevir, open levels aren't open worlds

[moparful99]

I would love to see Mario 64 redone in this engine. Thinking about all the classic levels done in this engine would be enoughto get me to buy the next Nintendo system..

[Pitch_Blanck]

Did Nintendo go to court for that? They can get money out of this with a good lawyer!

[wannabe gamer]

of course it looks bad, its a cartoon person in a real world setting.

[TheDivine]

I think an open world Mario game would be the dopest game ever. A massive world where areas could be discovered through exploration and careful platforming. Npcs like toad could give hints similar to Mario 64 and there could even be levels hidden, 2d or 3d. It's what I wish 3d world would've done.

[MehmetAlperTR]

Actually i want more games from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft. So we ( Gamers ) will win.. When there are battle between of them, so we will win :) Because we are gamers :)

[BenRage3]

So this video gave me an idea--probably an idea that would never work, but hear me out. What if Nintendo made an open world Mario with seemless far off environments to explore like Mario 64 (without the loading times) and what if that was combined with Mario Kart? A player could use the different karts whether it be gliding, using anti-gravity, or going under water etc, not just to reach those far off environments, but to also solve some of the puzzles.

The open world could be designed taking a que from GTA where the tracks for multiplayer racing are built into the open world offering a hugely diverse gaming experience. All the while allowing the player to leave the kart at anytime to explore using standard Mario controls to climb mountains, explore the deep sea or traverse a desert or tundra. Am I crazy or could this work?

And then add Wii sports games like Golf, Tennis and Bowling for use in multiplayer, again seamlessly integrated into the open world using Nintendo characters, heck you could combine mario party into the mix and what you would have is a game that sells 50 million +

[parentoftheyear]

LoL. Great idea but you just bundled their biggest selling games into one, and the current system could never run something like that. But yes it would be freaking awesome.

[Irishguy95]

Wii sports sold 80 mill+ by itself. No way nintendo will throw it in witih a mario game haha. Why sell 1 game when you can sell 4?

Good idea though, it'd be a great game, just that it'll never happen while money exists

[shotime97]

let's see how long this video lasts b4 Nintendo's pulls it

[RashBandicoot]

I don't think it's going anywhere. The last Unreal mario video reached over 2 million views and is still up and running (heh).

[higgins78]

These tech demos make me laugh. Ask these guys to create a Mario game (for example) from scratch and watch them wilt. The genius is not in upping the resolution but designing a fully fleshed game. Nintendo continue to show the world how it's done.

[RashBandicoot]

I think you missed the point. These videos aren't really aiming at making a new Mario game just showing us how he'd look like if he was in a current gen game with ultra realistic graphics.

[higgins78]

He (Mario) IS in a current gen game, SM3DW. It unlike this tech demo looks incredible AND plays incredible - running at a flawless 60 fps to boot.

[RashBandicoot]

@higgins78 the unreal demo IS running at 60 fps ;) You can enable it in the video player options.

[darren_poolies]

------------- <- The point.

------------- <- Your head.

[higgins78]

Rubbish. I understand the point entirely, just don't appreciate it.

[CYCLEGAMER]

@higgins
I understand what you are saying but, why can't Nintendo make a Mario like this? This is what a Mario game should look like by now, but Nintendo is so far behind and cheap,its not even funny. THIS is what Mario should look like RIGHT NOW!

[donthate]

Because Nintendo as a company and culture is about fun and creativity. They don't care about the latest trends, graphics, resolution and frame rate.

This is what makes Nintendo, Nintendo!

That is how they can release gazillion Mario games and people continue to buy them.

It is also Nintendo's downfall, because as a platform Nintendo doesn't include things people consider standard today.

[CYCLEGAMER]

@donthate
Sorry but that is a lame excuse. A Mario game can look up to date and still be fun and creative. Just because the game is up to date on technology, does not mean the gameplay or anything else has to suffer, that is bad logic.

[garrettbobbyferguson]

Because gameplay > art style > graphics. The video in the link looked soulless. Any animator would tell you they prefer a stylized art style over an "ultra realistic" one. As of now, the only people who are begging for UR graphics such as that are the ones who don't particularly care for the series. So no, this isn't what the Mario series 'should' look like now.

Also lol @ your up to date on technology spiel.

[CYCLEGAMER]

@garret
Huh? What?? This does not look "ultra realistic" it looks like an updated Mario game. It looks "soulless" because it isn't actually a Mario game wtf are you talking about? Lol.

No one is asking Nintendo to get away from the kinds of games they make. People just want Nintendo to get with the times and tech of today. There is no reason why I shouldn't be able to talk to my teammates in splatoon or any other online multi-player game, no reason for their not to be party chat, or in game invites etc....Nintendo needs to modernize what they do best. Just an update, is that to much to ask of Nintendo???

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Dont-"They don't care about the latest trends, graphics, resolution and frame rate"

Who said they can't have both? Sunshine looked AMAZING pushed tech and was still an amazing platformer, its legit the last complex 3D Mario Platformer to release.

[UKmilitia]

well they have been making the same game since 1980s so they should of perfected Mario by now.

[higgins78]

Yes, because SM3DW is the same as Super Mario Bros is the same as Galaxy is the same as Super Mario World etc etc. I suppose Metroid and Zelda are all "the same game" as well...

[spicelicka]

Wow what are you talking about. You just invented a point against something not one ever said, and made it.

[gamingpro]

Well said

[TheDevKit]

Get over it, this guy can make what he wants. You're being overly critical and pretentious as hell.

[Blueraven316]

Honestly who cares? It isn't an actually game.

[Qrphe]

No one understands what a tech demo is. By the time you start adding gameplay elements to this and have to modify the look of the game in order to do so you'll end up with a product many will claim is "downgraded."

[higgins78]

You can say that again.

[DiscoKid]

Mario's render looks great. Just needs a colorful setting to fit in nicely.

[Nerdmaster]

"still it's fun seeing Mario exploring a realistic environment. Perhaps we can expect a similar experience when Mario appears on Nintendo's next system"

I really, really, hope it doesn't happen. I mean, congratulations for whoever put this demo together, but as a Mario game, the design just doesn't fit at all. I think it's sad that people still think that a game's graphics need to be realistic to be better.

[OhMyGandhi]

people aren't asking for Mario to roam the countryside with deer at his side.
What people are saying, is that Mario games should be expansive experiences with impressive graphics to boot.
Mario Kart was a great first step.
The way I look at it, Had they had the processing power and advancements in technology that we have today, I'd imagine that a game like Mario 64 would have been HUGE. Each of those worlds would have been enormous in size.

Because Nintendo has incredibly stylized characters, I'd hope that they strive for pixar like visuals.

Mario should have that Monster's Inc style world to explore. I do not expect them to go to a purely nodal style of mission design, but they've come damn close in the past.

This is a tech demo, showcasing mario in a new and alien environment. It's fascinating to see the results, and of course, it doesn't work. It's not supposed to.

Now, put Link in those fields, and he is right at home...

[CYCLEGAMER]

@rustedman
THANK YOU! Nintendo games should be more of the Pixar level visuals. These Nintendo apologist seem to think that means taking something away from Nintendo. Nintendo needs to modernize everything from their online structure, to graphics etc...no one is asking them to stop making good games, we just want them to update what they have to modern times. How about being able to send game invites, a party chat system, how about a normal controller, or multiplatform support??

Oh and man, I would love to see Link in this environment. WOW!

[RashBandicoot]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[BVFTW]

That would be awesome, by getting with the times in some aspects Nintendo can only get stronger, things like: better online infrastructure, games tied to an account system (not the hardware) more social features like party chat, cross game chat, game invites, NO MORE REGION LOCKS, VIRTUAL CONSOLE CROSS BUY, E-READER AND COMIC READER APP, having the choice of listening to music on an stick or an external HDD while playing a game. They can do this with the Wii U, no need to wait for the NX for these but... I'm taken aback by the fact that it doesn't have some of these features yet. I don't hate the Wii U, I like the games I have on it and I even like the gamepad but Nintendo left some things to desire out of the feature set. I also want Swapnote back for my 3DS ¬_¬.

[OCEANGROWNKUSH]

There isn't any hardware on the market that can run Pixar quality visuals in real time. There's a reason CGI game trailers never look like the actual game.

[Nerdmaster]

@RustedMan
I was criticizing the part where they say they want a Mario game with a realistic environment, and you "disagree" with me by saying "I'd hope that they strive for pixar like visuals"? So you actually agree with me.

My criticism was made towards the news author, where he clearly said that he expects the next Mario game to have a realistic environment. That's why I put that phrase taken from the article before my comment. My whole comment was about that phrase. So I don't know why you started with this "what people are saying...", and stuff that are neither part of what the author said, nor part of what I said.

And about the "This is a tech demo (...) and of course, it doesn't work. It's not supposed to" part, I say it again: I criticized it on the context of the author wanting the next Mario game to have realistic environments. For being a tech demo, they could've put Kratos appearing out of nowhere and cutting Mario in half, for all that I care. Like now, I wouldn't criticize the tech demo itself, I would only criticize the author if he said said something in the lines of "I hope it happens in the next Mario game" in a serious tone as he said about the realistic environments.

And that's what I did. So your whole comment doesn't relate to anything I said, it doesn't work as a reply to my comment, and the only part where you say something relevant to the point I raised, you actually agreed with me.

[The_Truth_24_7]

Lol! Nintendo getting one upped by a few guys.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed. At this point anyone can out do them. For god sakes, indies are creating more new and amazing concepts then Nintendo is.

I'd rather play this as a full game then any of the junk marios that have released.

They lost the complexity and have just been easy waste of time.

I miss the hard platforming segments, I miss the complex controls.....all you have to do in Mario Galaxy to wall jump is hold the joystick in one direction.....

They babied the hell out of it and its a kids game and a cake walk now.

Stopped caring for the series after that game and the New SMB series.

Only play the old school 2Ds and Sunshine and 64, the rest are jokes compared to the older ones.

I don't support gameplay downgrades to over simplify a game JUST to get little kid sales, Nintendo fell off years ago.

and......random but the CEO Of Nintendo passed away today.

R.I.P, 15 years of hard Nintendo service.

http://kotaku.com/nintendos...

[filchron]

Youre wasting your breath man. apparently these gamers just want more kiddie catsuit BS. The people that disagree with us probably werent even alive when Mario64 came out it seems; when Nintendo actually tried, instead of copy and pasting their inferior handheld stuff to the home system and hoping the hardcore gamers wouldnt notice..
Having said that RIP Mr. Iwata. I wish he could have seen Nintendo back on top once more before his passing :'/

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Filchoron- 100% AGREED! To know of the simplification and the huge gameplay downgrade to the series is to had played the whole series!

That is like trying to pretend your an RE fan, yet praise RE5 and 6 despite them only being RE by NAME ALONE!

When you've played a series from start to end, your going to feel the change and recognize whats going wrong with it, I won't just lie, or buy an IP JUST BECAUSE! I've noticed many buy some IPs regardless of just how many changes the IP's gone through yet make it seem as if they are not that huge of a deal....

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Now the control downgrade is not a subjective thing...its objective, it has LESS options.

Mario on Galaxy has 1 speed.....run, on Sunshine he can slowly walk, then run (might even be a 3rd), the wall jumping in Sunshine and Mario 64 require you to be able to hit one a series of buttons to perform, in Galaxy, its an auto wall jump, you just hit left or right and he does it for you...

I'm sorry but folks disagreeing have to be new gen kids that have not spedran the game before.

I love the gameplay of games, thats it. If its changed, guess what?

I don't love it anymore, why the hell do gamers hug on to IPs like that? I'm sorry but if the main idea of the purpose of the game is gone, so am I.

Like I stated with RE, as soon as RE4 came out, I was very much done with the series, don't get me wrong, I love RE4...not as a RE game.

No more limited ammo, health, saves or zombies, just gray dudes shooting at you.....thus my end to the series started their. Hell the only RE I've gotten since has been RE2002 Remaster, Revelations 1 and 2 (as they actually have DAMN ZOMBIES on there and PUZZLES)as suppose to shooting gallery...

NO different then Galaxy 1 and 2, they lack the controls and depth that the later series had and nerfed all the complexity out of the game.

I don't understand how any real Mario fan is even slightly ok with downgrades to the series like that.

I care enough about the series to say no when it started and Galaxy was officially my last Mario game.

Again...I play games because of their game play, not because of fanboying the IP.... You can call it Mario all day, if ti doesn't play like Mario, its merely just another game of the same name to me.

I have zero issue dropping IPs I've even played since I was a kid, as their is not reason to play a game that isn't even the same game any longer other then the name...

Play games for what they are people, not what the name of the game is...

[sssb]

wooow this pretty cool, hope FFVII Remake world map looks like that, will be awesome running around y Cloud ^_^.

[Gwiz]

This is how i want Mario as a franchise to go forward,
it could be possible if and when Nintendo is a PC publisher.
There's NO WAY this is possible on current and probably even future N hardware.

[BEASELY]

Think about this: Open world Mario game with Mario Kart's driving mechanics to get around that world andMario Party like activities peppered througout. You can even throw in lightly designed Mario Golf and Tennis.

Grand Theft Mario, if you will. This is probably something where Nintendo actually sits back, looks at the market, acquires next gen technology that can push the envelope of their vision, and sits down and makes the ultimate Mario open world for 5 years.

And it'll never happen.

[-Foxtrot]

Well that's why an open world Mario game would work, there are so many types of trasnport to get around the map.

Karts, Bikes, Latikus Cloud, Gliders, Power ups like the feather, ride on bigger enemies or even submarines

It's Nintendos chance to show us what the world of Mario is like and what the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom is. Finally establishing an official map of the place

[sourav93]

Honestly, haven't we had enough of Mario? Isn't time that Nintendo creates a proper AAA IP? It's time to stop recycling (games), and manufacture new gaming experiences.

[hkgamer]

I think mario deserves a full 3d game with big budget that is designed around the wiiU or its next console.

mario world 3d or whatever it was called was a beautifully remastered(?) version of the 3ds and added new features and 4 players but never really took advantage of the hardware.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

Nintendo doesn't recycle games
They recycle characters.

Mitamoto said this time and time again.

They create the game's system first then bring the characters in that would fit the type of game.

Which how Splatoon development went.

[hkgamer]

super mario sunshine was kinda open world but a lot of people hated the level design in that game or it might have been that water tank thing but im not so sure.

anyway, I would love an open world with a great design and not something made just so it can have a big field. I loved the idea of super mario 64 where there is more than one option to get to a certain point.

[jay2]

Oh what the console thats less powerful then (at that time) 6 yr old hardware (PS4 and xbox one accourding to roumors) I hadly think so. And if its not more powerful, Nintendo can keep it. Only had a wii in the house due to my brother and sister wanting it. lets just say we're all on next gen hw now.

[filchron]

I always get disagrees when I suggest this but I dont care anymore. Nintendo used to be pioneers at the forefront of digital presentation in the 90's. Pushing graphics AND gameplay to levels unseen in their competition with every successive generation WAS WHAT MADE NINTENDO. raising the bar of immersion, videogame storytelling and expression were their hallmark! It didnt just make them who they are today (a sad lazy shell of their former selves) it was them every time, all the time.

consider this: Mario 64 was a landmark title because it had not only great gameplay (like Super Mario 3D WORLD) but it also had great ATMOSPHERE: the chill you got when you entered the snow level, The ominous music and sense of peril in the Bowser levels that suggested he could be doing terrible things to Peach if you didnt get to him fast enough. All of those things are JUST NOT THERE in their WiiU titles. In Mario 3D World you're running around colorful low poly, low detail, uninspired terrain with Peach at your side and everybody has catsuits.. WHERES THE ATMOSPHERE you practically defined in the 90's Nintendo? WHERES THE ENTHUSIASM??
That said I hope Nintendo gets back to their hardcore roots of pushing gameplay AND immersion with the release of the Nintendo NX. If they get their act together and release a next-gen Mario title more along the lines of THIS: http://www.hanging-waters.c... http://www.superluigibros.c... and LESS THIS: http://images.vg247.com/cur... I'll start waiting in line for the NX Right EFFING Now.

[BVFTW]

Hey I agree and disagree (but gave you a thumbs up 'cause it's about time for more Mario 64 XD), we can have both types of art styles and games, I have a blind spot in my heart for Mario 64 art-style as well but also had tons multiplayer fun with Mario 3D World and I'll hate to see that kind of art style go away too as it added a lot to the overall atmosphere of the game.

[filchron]

Yeah well they can save those sugary sweet/kiddy/boring artsyles and multiplayer for their 3DS and upcoming mobile games. more parents buy their kids 3DS's than they do home consoles anyway. It doesnt have to go away, I just want Nintendo to feel fresh and exciting again. If you'd rather have the NX be just more catsuit BS I honesty wont be apart of it and I hope you'll get your NX first (and you probably will because you'd be the only person in line if that was going to be Nintendo's direction for the NX)

[BVFTW]

"because you'd be the only person in line" Lol rage much? I'm not an overzealous brand puppet (you are open to read my comment history) but you're free to think whatever the hell you want, it doesn't make you right though. If nintendo does a good job with the NX since the start then maybe I'll become an early adopter of their platform, the same for every console out there. I just remarked that it would be nice to have BOTH kinds of games, take a breather friend.

[donman1]

This tech demo would be much more suited for Link and not Mario.

[filchron]

I was so unbelievably let down by the initial WiiU Zelda reveal that I wanted to cry. It barely looked as good as a first gen 360 game, pretty much just TP uprezzed and with shiny floors. I had imagined something far grander for the first next-gen Zelda reveal from nintendo. So I knew from that point on I wasnt getting a WiiU.
However the ZELDA TEMPLE OF TIME UE4 tech demo that only 1 person made on his decently specced off the shelf PC made my jaw SMASH against the floor..

[filchron]

Ugh, another disagree from a "weak hardware is better for some reason"-catsuit defender. Look, if youre 7 yrs old can you do us a favor and get off the internet and go play outside? or pet your cat. something other than trash completely valid statements without offering any good counter arguments. The Zelda tech demo is a time honoured tradition thats supposed to have Nintendo fans salivating and get their blood pumping. remember the Zelda Nintendo promised us for spaceworld 2000 before the release of the GC? http://m.youtube.com/watch?... THAT'S the type of Zelda game I want. TP looked worse arguably/definitely lamer and dont even get me started on windwaker..

[Perjoss]

Super Mario RPG NX

----ing make it happen Nintendo!

[DiscoKid]

Is it weird that my fondest memories of Mario came from Legend of the Seven Stars?

[F0XHOUND]

These trailers are funny, what next...a tv series?

Super Mario goes to Hollywood
Super mario on the moon
Super Mario sun, sea and a&e

[BVFTW]

Or video game reunion XD
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[PersonMan]

Am I the only one getting pretty tired or burnt out on open world games? Just give me a game with a great story and stop making me do side quests to level up my character before I can continue.

I like linear games for certain reasons and open world games for certain reasons. We need a good mix of both types of games.

I just feel like everyone wants to just do open world these days.

[dillhole]

People sure make some pointless comments. This is a fan-made experiment. It looks amazing to see Mario in these different environments. Obviously they are just tests to see how things could look. I'm really impressed by these Unreal Mario 64 vids and I look forward to whatever comes out of this - as long as Nintendo don't sue the guy and take it down.

[Mkai28]

:)

[TeamLeaptrade]

This is really cool. It's a bit odd seeing Mario in this different world, but it's still pretty awesome for what it is.

[mogwaii]

How stupid, its just the kite demo with mario in it!

[lunatic0001]

its cool but just looks weird seeing mario in a realistic setting

[mad-dog]

Yeah.... they really don't get it.

Nicely done but pointless. Mario's world is so much more creative than this sillyness.

No,not every game has to be open world. And realism is in no way the highest goal of how a game should look.

[feraldrgn]

Unreal Engine always makes Mario look shiny & weird,
it's especially off putting when they try to put Mario into a realistic world, the styles just don't match.
So you either have to have a HD Mario style world, or a realistic Mario, so you don't have a conflict.