Marek Posted August 1, 2004 Lock your doors, people. Super Mario Ball has arrived. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayel Posted August 2, 2004 Boing Bonk Whooosh very creative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twilo Posted August 2, 2004 Can Nintendo not produce anything that can stand on its own merits without sticking that plumber's ugly visage on the box? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted August 2, 2004 .. Pikmin? ¬ pokemon ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Intrepid Homoludens Posted August 2, 2004 Kewt, but........I think I'll pass, thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted August 2, 2004 Oh man, I love Pikmin. I'm counting the days until Pikmin 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted August 2, 2004 It's such an irony that Pokemon, the most recently created Nintendo franchise, has like five million and a half thousand and three (count em!) different characters, and the only characters that keep popping up in most of the Nintendo games are Mario, et al. Either they should really add one or two new interesting characters to the Mario family (that aren't like Princess Weach or Evil Toad) or they should really try some completely new franchises. And if people don't buy the first installement of their hypothetical experimental franchise (actually Nintendo may have tried a few on the GBA I believe), they shouldn't just say "hmmmm these sales graphs show that no one is buying the game because it doesn't have Mario in it"... NO, they should stick with the plan, churn out more games with the new characters, and build familiarity around them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twilo Posted August 2, 2004 It's such an irony that Pokemon, the most recently created Nintendo franchise, has like five million and a half thousand and three (count em!) different characters, and the only characters that keep popping up in most of the Nintendo games are Mario, et al. Let's not forget that pokemon is a (relatively) recent franchise, and actually came out of Gamefreak and not Nintendo (though credit to Nintendo and Miyamoto for getting so much behind it). Also I think it's fair to say that pokemon may have been mishandled in maybe the last 2/3 years, it screams for online play, not more of the little buggers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manny_c44 Posted August 3, 2004 Oh man, I love Pikmin. I'm counting the days until Pikmin 2. No kidding, Pikmin is one of the best game concepts going today...I too can't wait for the sequel. Too bad the game was basically ignored because your killer minions are flower-children (the irony!). Its great when you fan out your legion over a field of cadavers and they hoist them back to their pods, it gives you a real feeling of accomplishment. It seems that the new additions are kind of superfluous though...sumo pikmin, poison pikmin? I have enough problems keeping the yellow ones from blowing my own army to oblivion, the last thing I need is chemical clouds wafting around during a battle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
