I am in love with these last few ending bits. I half expected Ludvig to ask Roy if they, too, were in some kind of hell.
But Mario Kart has always been a big goof. Baby Rosalina isn't any more stupid than Baby Mario or Wario or any of the other nonsense additions to an increasingly cobbled together and nonsensical Mario universe/continuity. Bosman is about 7 Kart games too late to be complaining about respecting the characters.
Is he? Super Mario Galaxy was the first game I can remember with an extremely strong emotional hook in uncovering Rosalina's life story. If you skipped it you missed out on the best writing ever in a mainline mario game. I can fully understand someone having a strong bond with the character, stronger than any mario character since maybe Super Mario RPG. And what really hits you about Rosalina is her childhood and how it shaped who she is and where she is today. Watching baby Rosalina skid around on a go-kart kind of hollows all that out for a cheap cameo. I guess the expectations that Nintendo actually respect their characters in the spinoff games are too high, but it's worth mentioning that yes, Nintendo, you are able to make people form a complex emotional bond with your characters. That level of magic is worth respecting, even if some of us have given up on that from Nintendo.
I can fully understand someone having a strong bond with the character, stronger than any mario character since maybe Super Mario RPG. And what really hits you about Rosalina is her childhood and how it shaped who she is and where she is today. Watching baby Rosalina skid around on a go-kart kind of hollows all that out for a cheap cameo.
People expecting some kind of Cannon continuity in Mario games?
pls
LolPeople expecting some kind of Cannon continuity in Mario games?
pls
People have explained a few times that the reason for this "lazy" characters is to have many versions of popular characters in different weight classes. I prefer having different characters but it makes some sense to allow people who like Mario to use a heavy Mario, a middle Mario or a light Mario.
Yeah, but this Gold/Metal crap is as lazy as it gets. Why not have tanooki suit Mario? Or frog suit Mario? They can't even be bothered to put a different outfit on existing characters.
So clone Mario? Because the "regular" can use these suits, as they're basically clothing. So we would have Mario racing his clone who is using different clothes.
"I can tolerate Mario racing a baby version of himself, or even an alternate version of himself which is made of solid metal, but Mario racing Mario in a different outfit? That's crossing the line for me, pal!"
Baby is ok because of M&L: Partners in Time, Metal Mario is not the best thing, but atleas makes a fraction of more sense than Mario in a suit.
People expecting some kind of Cannon continuity in Mario games?
pls
I can accept Metal Mario if only because he was a boss in Super Smash Bros.
Pink Gold Peach is unnacceptable.
I agree with Bosman about Baby Rosalina but the design is just too darn adorable for me to hate outright.
Baby is ok because of M&L: Partners in Time, Metal Mario is not the best thing, but atleas makes a fraction of more sense than Mario in a suit.
lol, yeah, that's messed up.The baby Rosalina thing bugged me a bit, too. Not much, but I still thought about the same issue when I saw her. I thought, "Hey, maybe THAT Rosalina's mother is still alive." And then I felt bad.
I haven't thought about that in a loooong time. That... was not handled well.
Another great episode so weird knowing there's other people who liked the first galaxy over the second considering the second is universally considered the superior game.
Plus I loved Rosalina's storybook
lol, yeah, that's messed up.
I haven't thought about that in a loooong time. That... was not handled well.
I take it like this: Galaxy 2 was the better game, but Galaxy 1 had the better universe.
If that makes sense.
oh i didn't even think about mario kart 8 reducing the impact of smg's story. that seems like another reason to buy it.
I actually like Galaxy 1 just in general as a game more. I felt like the levels were more varied. Also I thought Galaxy 2 was a little toofor a Mario game at times becausedifficult.I'm casual
That being said the hub world and progression system was also a big part of why I like Galaxy 1 more as well.
Both are pretty great games for similar reasons I feel. Galaxy 2 is mostly just more of Galaxy 1, when I think of a specific level from one of those games I don't generally think of it as "that level from Super Mario Galaxy," or "that level from Super Mario Galaxy 2," I just think of it as "a level from one of the Super Mario Galaxy games".
Nintendo gave us the Zelda Timeline. Now we want the Mario Timeline.
haha is there really a Zelda timeline? I bet it's total hogwash.
haha is there really a Zelda timeline? I bet it's total hogwash. It would be less insulting to just say all the games in the series are independent from eachother.
loloh i didn't even think about mario kart 8 reducing the impact of smg's story. that seems like another reason to buy it.
After Ocarina of Time there's a three-way split, one for child Link, one for Adult Link, and one where the player gets a "Game Over".
I'm serious.
I'm the same. The hub world, little story, newness and tamer difficulty is the reason why I prefer the first game over the second.I actually like Galaxy 1 just in general as a game more. I felt like the levels were more varied. Also I thought Galaxy 2 was a little toofor a Mario game at times becausedifficult.I'm casual
That being said the hub world and progression system was also a big part of why I like Galaxy 1 more as well.
Both are pretty great games for similar reasons I feel. Galaxy 2 is mostly just more of Galaxy 1, when I think of a specific level from one of those games I don't generally think of it as "that level from Super Mario Galaxy," or "that level from Super Mario Galaxy 2," I just think of it as "a level from one of the Super Mario Galaxy games".
haha is there really a Zelda timeline? I bet it's total hogwash. It would be less insulting to just say all the games in the series are independent from eachother.