10-04-2012, 12:10 PM
Far as the whole "Oh hey Peach got kidnapped by Bowser again now Mario has to save her" bullshit plot goes: Despite how it's been used repeatedly for the past several years in each platformer leaves open some room for innovation.
"But there is no innovation! the fuck are you..."
No shut up. There has been some innovation with the Mario series for the past few games (aside from NSMB, which is just a huge re-hash altogether at this point). Look at the 3-D mario games. It's already been said but lets get real that's the only innovation mario has gotten over the past few years. Hell even SM3DL had innovation in it because the game play was a combination of both 3D and 2D used to utilize the gimmick of the 3DS. Which you have to admit gave a new twist of gameplay for any Mario game.
Now here's where things start to feel empty. There hasn't been any further development from what the characters can do in the Mario games. What can a plumber do to explore the world filled with pipes? what can he use to get past obstacles that obstruct his path? why hasn't he been given a plunger yet? Miyamoto has disregarded going any further than he already has with other things aside from gameplay because he's too afraid to gamble with an already popular franchise that he is aware is dying. He knows his games haven't been selling as much. But he just doesn't want to take the risk anymore. My suggestion is to honestly let someone else who has been working on Mario long enough to start taking some direction with the Mario series because it isn't going any where better with what Miyamoto is doing right now.
"But there is no innovation! the fuck are you..."
No shut up. There has been some innovation with the Mario series for the past few games (aside from NSMB, which is just a huge re-hash altogether at this point). Look at the 3-D mario games. It's already been said but lets get real that's the only innovation mario has gotten over the past few years. Hell even SM3DL had innovation in it because the game play was a combination of both 3D and 2D used to utilize the gimmick of the 3DS. Which you have to admit gave a new twist of gameplay for any Mario game.
Now here's where things start to feel empty. There hasn't been any further development from what the characters can do in the Mario games. What can a plumber do to explore the world filled with pipes? what can he use to get past obstacles that obstruct his path? why hasn't he been given a plunger yet? Miyamoto has disregarded going any further than he already has with other things aside from gameplay because he's too afraid to gamble with an already popular franchise that he is aware is dying. He knows his games haven't been selling as much. But he just doesn't want to take the risk anymore. My suggestion is to honestly let someone else who has been working on Mario long enough to start taking some direction with the Mario series because it isn't going any where better with what Miyamoto is doing right now.