General Mario Thread

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/10/30/the-redemption-of-new-super-mario-bros-u

BRB preordering NOW!

Oh, well U had my attention more than 2. But now I'm legitimately interested. It seems a lot more inspired than 2 did, that's for sure.

Game looks beautiful. It's just a shame it doesn't really sound beautiful. Still has a huge amount of rehashed music. Starry Night's potential for genuinely haunting atmosphere is ruined by that cheesy ghost theme.

edited 30th Oct '12 8:36:25 PM by FawfulCrump

It's pretty sad that they're still using NSMBW music. I was expecting a mostly new soundtrack considering they already replaced the old Bootstrapped Theme of the NSMB series.

I'm glad they at least got rid of that death theme they've been recycling since the minigames from Super Mario 64 DS.

If anything, they should have new music for the Bowser-controlled Mushroom Kingdom, since it probably wouldn't have any lava pits to fit NSMBW's volcanic overworld theme.

@Fawful Crump:

"Still has a huge amount of rehashed music."

One track is not more than six. Stop pretending every damn track is "rehashed" when you only have ONE example.

Actually, we have more examples than just one. The Ghost House music, the Forest Overworld, the Koopaling Battle 2 Music, and the Beach Overworld all come from NSMBW. So far, the only original song we have is the new Grass Overworld theme.

Don't forget the "results screen" theme they've been using since NSMBDS.

Then again, it could be placeholder music. Then again, that's what I thought about NSMB 2's soundtrack when gameplay of it was shown.

edited 31st Oct '12 10:02:02 AM by MrYoshbert

... Dude, seriously? What's your problem? We had gameplay videos that used music from the previous games.

I doubt it's placeholder music. The game's a launch title, and if it was placeholder music, we wouldn't be hearing it by now.

edited 31st Oct '12 11:32:22 AM by Marioguy128

I wonder why they even decided to change the overworld theme of all songs. It's like the most iconic theme of the NSMB series, yet they changed no songs besides that one.

Really, the game keeps looking better and better and the only thing you people do is bitch about the music? Tv Tropes, I am disappoint.

Anyway, so the purple enemy thingie wasn't a Ninji redesing after all, but rather the star of an entirely new game mode. Sounds interesting.

edited 1st Nov '12 11:43:24 AM by WackyPancake

From what I understand, that enemy appears at random in levels (and you probably get a message or something when it appears and where on the World Map), and if you hunt it down, you get the P-Acorn (which allows for infinite flight).

Well, not a new game mode, but close enough .

edited 1st Nov '12 12:06:45 PM by WackyPancake

Nabbit's events are sort of like those Toad escort missions from NSMB Wii, from what I'm seeing and hearing. Except with more challenge.

Speaking of Ninjis, they're back as enemies in◊ Paper Mario Sticker Star, retaining their original designs.

edited 1st Nov '12 12:12:50 PM by MrYoshbert

Yeah, that's what I thought too.

Nabbit events sound much more fun than those unnecessarily frustrating Toad missions. It also sound like they also won't be as grindable as the Toad missions, since if you just played world 1 or 2, you could grind for items.

-_- Seriously dude? We've been complimenting the game. We're also still allowed to have a few problems with it. Nothing is perfect. And I'm sure the music complaint is valid considering that the soundtrack has been reused TWICE already. And judging from the previews, a 3rd time too. And from what I've heard, the final boss music in NSMB 2 was rehased from Wii, (which is really lazy in that regard) so wanting a new soundtrack (I don't even like the NSMB soundtrack anyway) isn't unreasonable.

Thank you. That really needed to be said.

Anyway, I do plan on getting it(New Super Mario Bros 2) soon enough. I think I should be able to work with the Control Nub instead of the D-Pad. Considering you move more than just 4 directions as is, it should work pretty well.

I'll eventually get the Wii U. It looks like they're really working on cool changes for NSMB Wii U. I doubt one of those is a "can choose a 5th character", but they already look like awesome implementations.

How long will it be 'til they get to developing the WU's 3D Mario game?

Magcargo PM'd it to me.

edited 2nd Nov '12 4:47:07 AM by WackyPancake

Hmm, that map appears to be more patchworked and haphazardly put together than a SMW style map.

And why'd he PM it to you anyway?

Because he's mah buddy, that's why :3.

In all seriousness, we were having a PM conversation and we brought up NSMBU, so he PM'd that to me.

edited 2nd Nov '12 7:13:23 AM by WackyPancake

Oh wow, the dude's actually banned. That explains why I haven't seen him posting recently.

Don'r know why people are saying the world map is like SMW. Still looks pretty linear as previous NSMB maps, only instead of map transitions, they're all patchworked together.

edited 2nd Nov '12 7:16:17 AM by Marioguy128

He hasn't been banned, just suspended ¬¬.

And I actually like the patchwork feel that map has. I dunno why, I just do.