Unpopular opinions about the Mario series

Skuchi037 said:
The overworld theme of New Super Mario Bros is one of the most iconic themes in video game history. Maybe it doesn't have the critic support, but if you were a kid growing up in the late '00s and early '10s, this was the song you played to.
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Lol I didn't grow up playing the game, but I've watched gameplay of it and it looks great. I also love that song. I even made it my ringtone. 😅
 
Sparks said:
Many Mario games have all players share lives. I'm not a fan of this because it punishes experienced players if newbies constantly lose lives in the games. I'd rather have all players get their own sets of lives. I believe New Super Mario Bros. Wii did this?
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I had no idea most of the games players share lives. That seems so silly??
 
The Koopalings are really underrated. A lot of people on Youtube say that they don't like them, but I think they're great since they each have their own personalities and stuff. What I would love to see is them make appearances as additional bosses in 3d games along with original bosses, as well as be playable in Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Mario Party games.
 
Super Mario 64 DS is an excellent game, but I would have changed two things to make it even better: allow all characters to use the Wing Cap, and allow Mario, Luigi, and Wario to fight the final battle against Bowser. It really sucks that this is Wario's only appearance in the mainline Super Mario series, especially considering that he didn't appear in New Super Mario Bros 2 despite having every reason to. I'm grateful he apppeared in Mario 64 DS, but he deserved much more in it.
 
Yoshi can't grab or punch enemies. But yeah, it would be really nice to see how he deals with the Bowser battles, and if the game would adjust in any way to give him a chance.
 
Ah, forgot about that lol.
 
Skuchi037 said:
Yoshi can't grab or punch enemies. But yeah, it would be really nice to see how he deals with the Bowser battles, and if the game would adjust in any way to give him a chance.
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Yoshi can face off against Bowser. iirc in the first two Bowser boss fights, Mario hats spawn for him
 
They should give Yoshi his egg throwing abilities.
 
Yoshi can face off against Bowser. iirc in the first two Bowser boss fights, Mario hats spawn for him
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Oh well, in that case, they should have made it possible for all four characters to play the final battle. It would have given the game its own unique identity and allowed all the characters a chance to be the hero.
 
I've been playing Mario Kart DS for the past couple of days and I really gotta say it:

The drifting system in this game is awful.

It constantly feels like I'm not boosting at all, I'm hitting walls or off-road trying to build up a drift (Frappe Snowland is a prime example), and it really doesn't feel good to drift with the constant left-right on the Control Stick or D-pad (I've tried both).

Much prefer the hold and charge system from Wii onward.
 
Yer just not snaking properly, git gud scrub

I agree. Wii onwards is better
 
Also all the models of the characters just look off

Bowser in particular
 
I mean, I at least appreciate that the old drift system and snaking made it a breeze to 3-Star all of the 150cc and Mirror Mode cups in that game. DS is probably the least stressful game in the Mario Kart series to 100% all of the Grand Prix cups.
Double Dash also became easier to finish all of the Grand Prix cups with a perfect score of 40pts (160 for All-Cup Tour) once I became proficient at snaking.

But I can understand if the drift system being reworked was for the greater good...even if every game after DS is hell to 3-Star all of the Grand Prix cups.
(particularly Wii, 8 Wii U, and World. 7 and 8 Deluxe not as much)

I think we can all agree that Mario Kart DS had ugly looking character models
 
i feel like ds's models in terms of quality were about as much as you could expect from a ds racing game where you also had a whole track and 7 other racers with karts potentially being rendered at the same time. some of the proportions could have used some work though. i think there's a charm to the low-poly models personally, especially since we never saw that for Mario Kart on the N64 due to it using prerendered sprites for characters.
 
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