@Rediscool9

3 years ago

I feel like you’re being too hard on Modern Mario (at least post-2016 Modern Mario). They’re clearly trying their darn hardest to break out of the extremely restrictive generic-ness of the 2009-2016 era of Mario and it shows. Super Mario Odyssey and Luigi’s Mansion 3 were EXTREMELY original and experimental with their environments and new characters. The original Luigi’s Mansion (the one with the original Portrait Ghost characters) getting a remake on the 3DS in 2018. The fact that Nintendo allowed Alphadream to remake two of the most beloved Mario and Luigi games to a whole new generation instead of making another Mario and Luigi game as bland and safe as Paper Jam speaks volumes (Bowsers Inside Story remake added three new villains that weren’t present in the original game called the Best Fitness Friends for crying out loud). Mario Tennis Aces had a story mode with the whole Temple of Bask, King Aster, and Lucien thing that was also pretty original. And whether you like it or not, The Origami King was a huge step up from Sticker Star and Color Splash in terms of originality. And of course, there’s the fact that Nintendo allowed Viz Media to localize an international release for this manga which has nods and references to plenty of original set pieces from the early Paper Mario games and to other Mario RPGs also should say something. It is blatantly clear that Nintendo is trying to be experimental with Mario again like they were during the N64/GameCube/Early DS era. They’re not quite there yet but they’re certainly getting there. I honestly and genuinely believe Mario is in a MUCH better and more experimental place in the Switch era than he was in the Wii U/Early 3DS era and, dare I say, the Wii era.

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