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Super Mario 3D World Announced for Wii U
« on: June 11, 2013, 10:15:45 AM »

The plumber is back for another round of pin-point platforming action.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34514

Super Mario 3D World for Wii U has been announced as the next major Mario game.

The game is inspired in its design by the Nintendo 3DS game, Super Mario 3D Land. The game features Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad as being playable within the game. Based on the video shown during the E3 Nintendo Direct, the game features cooperative multiplayer for up to four players.

Each character will control differently; for instance Peach can float much like in the US Super Mario Bros 2, and Toad runs faster than other characters. A new cat suit power up was also revealed, allowing players to climb walls and scratch enemies.

The game will be launching in December.

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Re: Super Mario 3D World Announced for Wii U
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2013, 11:19:10 AM »

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Each character will control differently; for instance Peach can float much like in the US Super Mario Bros 2, and Toad runs faster than other characters.



This is fantastic news.  I've long wanted some kind of Super Mario Bros 2 revisit where you can play as different characters each with their own unique power.  The whole "Luigi controls poorly but jumps really high" thing is ok, but not having Toad and the Princess available in other games has been disappointing. 


The worst was multi-player modes in NSMB where everyone had to play as different colored Toads with exactly the same controls. How disappointing!
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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2013, 12:03:24 PM »
Cat Mario looks sweet
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Re: Super Mario 3D World Announced for Wii U
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2013, 12:06:17 PM »
Does this look fun?  Sure.  Is it the ambitious 64/Sunshine/Galaxy style 3D Mario folks were clamouring for?  Nope.  Will I have fun with it?  Likely.


It's a shame this will likely not have online play, but instead only Miiverse support.


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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2013, 12:40:20 PM »
Looks like the natural evolution of Super Mario 3D Land, one of the best games for 3DS... in short, I'm pretty stoked.

A couple of points worth noting in that trailer:
* Anyone spot the Green Stars towards the end? I'm one of the few people who enjoyed getting all of them in Super Mario Galaxy 2, so I'm interested to see how they are incorporated.
* Hey, look, an actual substantial boss battle! That was one of the few obvious bones to pick with 3D Land, with the very basic, repetitive Boom-Boom and Bowser fights. Good that 3D World is taking a cue from Galaxy in that respect.
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Re: Super Mario 3D World Announced for Wii U
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2013, 12:44:40 PM »
Mario games are getting too gimmicky.


By far the most intriguing section of the trailer was the rotate-the-level 3D Land esque bit around 5:25. The rest reminds me of NSMBWii in the way that the screen is oddly barren and zoomed out to account for (potential) multiple players.


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« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2013, 01:10:49 PM »
Sonic Lost Worlds looks better.  Bizzare.

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« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2013, 01:48:53 PM »
When I first saw this game I thought it looked great... until I realised it was for the Wii U and not 3DS. Nevermind the graphics looking like a 3DS game, the gameplay looks way more limited than any other console 3D Mario game. After the excellent Galaxy games I expected something at least equally as spectacular to push Mario forward, especially on Wii U hardware. This feels like a deliberate step backwards for no good reason.

The only saving grace for me is the multiplayer, which could be interesting.

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« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2013, 02:13:00 PM »
I wonder what PETA will have to say about the cat suit power up?

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« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2013, 02:17:01 PM »
As someone who considers Super Mario 3D Land the greatest game of all time, this trailer had me absolutely giddy. December can't come soon enough.
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Re: Super Mario 3D World Announced for Wii U
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2013, 02:19:30 PM »
This is the first time in a long time a new 3D Mario hasn't excited me at first glance. Galaxy 2 kind of did that to me but I was blown away with the final product.

I predicted for years this was Nintendo's next step with 3D Mario, co-op gameplay with 2 or more real characters. Though like Mop Up said, everything looks so basic, it doesn't look nearly as interesting or complex as the Galaxy games. Also the graphica are HD but are they better? I honestly can't tell.
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Re: Super Mario 3D World Announced for Wii U
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2013, 02:39:01 PM »
I thought Super Mario 3D Land was one of best video games ever made so a new game that expands on it is more than welcome.

On top of that, Nintendo will let me play as Peach with her hover ability.

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« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2013, 09:14:10 PM »
I think people's gripes with the graphical presentation is more due to the art style than anything else.  Just like when 3D Land was first revealed, I suspect people will warm up to the graphical style once it's actually blown up on their HD televisions.


How killer would it have been of an eShop demo of THIS game were to go live now? I bet a lot of criticism on the graphical presentation would die down quickly.
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