Jumping Spider
BOOP!
We all know that Mario's and most loved 3D adventures are the open-world sandbox ones like Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and the new Super Mario Odyssey; in those games the stages are all like small sandboxes and they all act like a small "world" you can explore.
They aren't however, truly open-world, as you have a lot of freedom of movement (especially thanks to Cappy and the new crazy acrobatic skills Mario has) but the area you can travel, while still RELATIVELY large compared to Mario size-wise, is still limited by boundaries (have them be walls or cliffs) and you can't leave the world you're in unless you use the Odyssey.
With "true open.world" I mean a single huge stage, just one, GIANORMOUS map where all the locations are set and that you can technically walk trough using Mario alone (albeit some areas would be locked from the start and you'd need to find some item to progress, like maybe an item held by a boss of one area that opens another one), kinda like GTA or Zelda:BotW.
All the familiar grassy plain, deserts hills worlds (+ any new ones they might come up with) all conjoined togheter, they could also have transitional areas like one where the grass starts to slowly disappear as the sand takes over while you enter the desert area.
Maybe the final battle with Bowser could be set outside of the world, like in space or in another dimension.
Maybe the story is that Bowser has spent time studying dark magic and improving his magic skills and he managed to create a portal to another dimension AND to use a real powerful form of dark magic, which he uses to cover Peach's castle in darkness and take advantage of the chaos created by it to kidnap Peach and escape to the portal into his own dimension; and maybe there's a smart Toad (or another new side character) that knows that you need **insert thing to collect that is protected by Boss enemies** to open another gate and reach Bowser's dimension so you can can defeat him and save Peach.
The gameplay would be the same of that of other 3D sandbox Mario, except maybe now you can have the extra sense of discovery that having a single huge map can bring, like having small towns of different creatures or Toads you can talk to, maybe there could be a complex pipe travel-system that could allow you to fast-travel trough the island's various biomes. You could gain the items you need (the Power Star-things of this game) by completing missions either by talking to NPCs or by finding them in the open like in Mario Odyssey. Maybe they could also add a simple key inventory that could allow Mario to store keys he can find around and open special doors? (I don't think an inventory is really needed, just a grid-Menu that displays colourful keys is all we need to have=
I think the feeling of the world being one huge island with different themed biomes and different populations of possible allies and various enemy baddies (themed Goombas or your usual enemies) would be so cool! The sensation of exploring and reaching new places would be awesome! What are your thoughts on that? Would you like a Mario game like this? One with just one, gianormous map instead of many smaller ones?
They aren't however, truly open-world, as you have a lot of freedom of movement (especially thanks to Cappy and the new crazy acrobatic skills Mario has) but the area you can travel, while still RELATIVELY large compared to Mario size-wise, is still limited by boundaries (have them be walls or cliffs) and you can't leave the world you're in unless you use the Odyssey.
With "true open.world" I mean a single huge stage, just one, GIANORMOUS map where all the locations are set and that you can technically walk trough using Mario alone (albeit some areas would be locked from the start and you'd need to find some item to progress, like maybe an item held by a boss of one area that opens another one), kinda like GTA or Zelda:BotW.
All the familiar grassy plain, deserts hills worlds (+ any new ones they might come up with) all conjoined togheter, they could also have transitional areas like one where the grass starts to slowly disappear as the sand takes over while you enter the desert area.
Maybe the final battle with Bowser could be set outside of the world, like in space or in another dimension.
Maybe the story is that Bowser has spent time studying dark magic and improving his magic skills and he managed to create a portal to another dimension AND to use a real powerful form of dark magic, which he uses to cover Peach's castle in darkness and take advantage of the chaos created by it to kidnap Peach and escape to the portal into his own dimension; and maybe there's a smart Toad (or another new side character) that knows that you need **insert thing to collect that is protected by Boss enemies** to open another gate and reach Bowser's dimension so you can can defeat him and save Peach.
The gameplay would be the same of that of other 3D sandbox Mario, except maybe now you can have the extra sense of discovery that having a single huge map can bring, like having small towns of different creatures or Toads you can talk to, maybe there could be a complex pipe travel-system that could allow you to fast-travel trough the island's various biomes. You could gain the items you need (the Power Star-things of this game) by completing missions either by talking to NPCs or by finding them in the open like in Mario Odyssey. Maybe they could also add a simple key inventory that could allow Mario to store keys he can find around and open special doors? (I don't think an inventory is really needed, just a grid-Menu that displays colourful keys is all we need to have=
I think the feeling of the world being one huge island with different themed biomes and different populations of possible allies and various enemy baddies (themed Goombas or your usual enemies) would be so cool! The sensation of exploring and reaching new places would be awesome! What are your thoughts on that? Would you like a Mario game like this? One with just one, gianormous map instead of many smaller ones?
