Worst things that happened in the Mario Series and WHY

[GalacticPetey]

But why can't you have both?

Because that's not what the people who buy Mario like. They prefer the plotless Super Mario games and the Mario Kart games, so that's what Nintendo makes.

So people want the same bland platformer over and over again?

The plot doesn't make a Mario game. It's the gameplay. Which is why I like Kirby and Rayman much more than Mario, even though their plots are only slightly more complicated.

Kirby has stories?
I never played a Kirby game before.

The Kirby games tend to have crappy stories in my opinion (with the exception of Return to Dream Land)

At least they're different.

Even if they're all excuses in the grand scheme, you can tell the narrative, artistic, and stylistic difference between two Kirby games more than you can most Mario titles.

A villain that turns the world into a painting. Your argument is invalid.

A fat turtle monster tries to kidnap a princess.

 

[Xiahou Dun]

But why can't you have both?

Because that's not what the people who buy Mario like. They prefer the plotless Super Mario games and the Mario Kart games, so that's what Nintendo makes.

So people want the same bland platformer over and over again?

The plot doesn't make a Mario game. It's the gameplay. Which is why I like Kirby and Rayman much more than Mario, even though their plots are only slightly more complicated.

Kirby has stories?
I never played a Kirby game before.

The Kirby games tend to have crappy stories in my opinion (with the exception of Return to Dream Land)

At least they're different.

Even if they're all excuses in the grand scheme, you can tell the narrative, artistic, and stylistic difference between two Kirby games more than you can most Mario titles.

A villain that turns the world into a painting. Your argument is invalid.

Drawcia? That's a better story than the typical Mario fare.

 

[Mike Wheeler]

But why can't you have both?

Because that's not what the people who buy Mario like. They prefer the plotless Super Mario games and the Mario Kart games, so that's what Nintendo makes.

So people want the same bland platformer over and over again?

The plot doesn't make a Mario game. It's the gameplay. Which is why I like Kirby and Rayman much more than Mario, even though their plots are only slightly more complicated.

Kirby has stories?
I never played a Kirby game before.

The Kirby games tend to have crappy stories in my opinion (with the exception of Return to Dream Land)

At least they're different.

Even if they're all excuses in the grand scheme, you can tell the narrative, artistic, and stylistic difference between two Kirby games more than you can most Mario titles.

A villain that turns the world into a painting. Your argument is invalid.

Drawcia? That's a better story than the typical Mario fare.

At least Bowser's plan could be considered evil.

 

[Xiahou Dun]

What, kidnapping the princess so he can make her bake cakes? Bowser does get a bit more edgy in Galaxy, I guess, but honestly, that's nothing compared to people like Dark Nightmare or Dark Mind or something like that.

Bowser is more like that Magician from Rayman Origins than the Kirby villains.

 

[yoshiking14x]

Those Kirby enemies do look horrifying....

 

[Xiahou Dun]

The more recent 3D titles having what I call "planetoid hopping", instead of actual enviroments. I blame the Galaxy games for that. I did say somewhere that I felt it overstayed it's welcome.

Old quote, but yeah, I'm sick of cramped spaces and hitting blocks. There are Mario platformers that don't require you to hit a block to gain "HP"!?

 

[Xiahou Ba]

The more recent 3D titles having what I call "planetoid hopping", instead of actual enviroments. I blame the Galaxy games for that. I did say somewhere that I felt it overstayed it's welcome.

Yeah there are games where you can do linear 3D platforming in a better way

Take Rayman 2 for example

 

[Gumball Machine]

2 words: FORCED TUTORIALS! (Mario and Luigi series)

Granted, Mario and Luigi's not the only series to have this problem, but still a nuisance.

 

[TheFarmboy]

I know, they should have an option to skip tutorials, or have it as an option on the menu.