General Mario Thread

I mean, I'm down for a crossover like this, I just think it should be Rayman, Globox, Murphy, etc and not the Rabbids.

I think most people are just sick of Rabbids at this point. They're one-note characters who just make silly faces and scream and have no real appeal outside of little kids who like "random" humor. Like I said, they're Minions before Minions were a thing. There's no reason to cross them over with the Mario series.

I've already stated my issues with it, (Half the playable roster, no Rayman and co currently in sight) though I otherwise don't have a problem with this crossover. (Even if I don't necessarily like the Rabbids myself.)

I'll ask again: Should we go ahead and make a page for this game? Or should we wait until later.

I think we should wait. No reason to rush it or anything.

That's what I was thinking; maybe wait until the game is officially announced at E3.

I'm looking forward to this, even if it has potential to be terrible. In that regard, what with it also being a crossover, I'd say it's the video game equivalent of the Whopperito.

The fact that Peach has now been referred to as "a badass princess" by an official(?) source amuses me to no end. Seems to indicate this game is leaning very heavily on the Ubisoft half of things.

My reaction can be summed up thusly:

The fuck is this shit?

I will refrain from further judgement until I see some actual gameplay.

Can we get this Peach?◊

Why? Is she not beautiful enough already?

At this point I'm less pissed about the rabbids and more pissed that Ubisoft is trying to make Mario look like a boring "kiddie" series that is being made totally hip and edgy with the introduction of witty, self-aware humor (because that's nothing the series has EVER seen before) and a cool "badass" take on Princess Peach (because that's nothing the series has EVER seen before).

Oh yeah, and guns. Because this game was thought up by literal 13-year-olds, I guess. And misspellings in a professional document.

edited 23rd May '17 4:13:10 PM by Midna

Honestly, at this point, the Rayman IP is literally the only thing from Ubisoft I care about.

There's nothing wrong with Mario having guns...laser guns.

I'd agree with you if the rest of that press release weren't desperately trying to make Mario seem like a kiddy schlub who uses "turtle shelves" to attack and pointing out that he's COOL and EDGY now that he's using firearms.

It wasn't like they gave Mario a realistic gun like a Beretta and toned down the color palette like Sonic Team when they made Shadow the Hedgehog.

Then again, Mario was no stranger to firearms. Like in the Smash Bros games or Yoshi's Safari.

edited 23rd May '17 4:36:17 PM by TheFarmboy

Laser guns and rabbids? Edgy? For the same series that brought us Mario Strikers?

Consider me intrigued! I'm all for bizarre out-of-the-wall crossovers, and honestly all the negativity from some folks kinda makes me wanna laugh.

edited 23rd May '17 4:38:11 PM by Elbruno

And the fact that Ubisoft doesn't realize that nothing they're doing with this game except those furry hellspawn is new to the series, at all, speaks volumes about how much this project needs to exist.

Dude, chill. Those things are bizarro and tongue-in-cheek as hell. You shouldn't be getting offended by them, let alone to that level.

edited 23rd May '17 4:42:44 PM by Elbruno

But Rabbids were never funny. They're just annoying screaming things that appeal only to little kids who haven't grown out of the phase where "random" humor is the pinnacle of comedy.

And just because I support Nintendo in general doesn't mean I have to support every bad decision they make. I'm not a mindless drone.

So we're jumping on the "This is a bad decision" train even when gameplay hasn't even been shown yet?

Honestly, I don't care about the Rabbids in the slightest but I'm honestly intrigued as to how this game turns out.

Also, Elbruno, it's "off-the-wall".

Yes?

Does even the premise sound like it would be realistically (not optimistically or overly pessimistically) salvageable to you?

edited 23rd May '17 4:51:05 PM by Grounder

I'm not even sure anything even needs to be salvaged at the moment. I'm not going to be making any judgments until I've seen more on what the game has to offer.

Ubisoft released a Ghost Recon strategy game at the 3DS's launch, and that was apparently pretty good. Ubi can make a good tactics game, especially with Nintendo supervision.

@10919 It's a crossover no one needed or wanted, it crosses over a beloved video game franchise with what are essentially Minions in fursuits (and which arguably ruined their origin series for a time), it's seemingly pushing for the 12-14 demographic who doesn't play Mario games because they're "kiddy", you can't even directly control the characters...

edited 23rd May '17 4:53:46 PM by Midna

Seeing as how games, at the end of the day, live and die by the gameplay (even if the story is fantastic, it doesn't mean a thing if the gameplay is too bad to get to the next story beat) and the fact that Mario works in basically every genre and the genre this time around seems to be tactical turn-based shooter, I'd say yes, there is plenty to "salvage" from the concept. If the gameplay is fun then I don't really care about anything else. The worst that could happen is that I'd only play as the Mario characters (which I'd do anyway) and I'd skip the cutscenes.