Your Perspective on the Gaming Market

[NICKtendo DS]

First time Dry Bowser was awesome. Seeing him robbed of his flesh was a shock not because it was creepy, but because it is a level of goriness you wouldn't expect from a Mario game, and that's counting the RPGs.

The problem is not that we grew up. The problem is that Bowser's threat level drops with every game; you know he's in it to lose.

He's like Team Rocket: The idea of them taking away your Pikachu and even pose a serious threat to you and the world is, well, threatening. Still, it takes a Pikachu to beat them every time to a point these cold-blooded criminals cannot be taken seriously. They're clowns. It stopped being funny years ago, because you know they're going to blast off again, no fucking doubt. Bowser is like that, a monster gone clown, not because we matured, but because his many defeats make him look vulnerable and a joke.

This is why we need a new boss to shake things up (like Dry Bowser was in NSMB, but that magic died in 3D Land) or bring back Tatanga, Wart or whatever. If Tatanga makes a return, what would you expect? He's an alien with spaceships he uses for battle. But what else do we know? What can we expect? More spaceships? A whole invasion? Katsini magic tricks? Rancor? Lots of potential WTF moments that Bowser simply doesn't have anymore. You know he's going to grow giant, spit fire and stand on brilliantly designed bridges hanging over a pool of magma or bottomless pit.