I am interested in two categories of power-ups: enemy-based and character-based.
To elaborate on enemy-based, Mario had introduced power-ups based on existing enemies. For example, the Koopa Troopa-inspired Blue Shell allows Mario to be shielded in a shell and roll on the ground like a Koopa Troopa. The Hammer Bros and Boomerang Bros related power-ups allow Mario to throw hammers and boomerangs respectively.
Some of the inspirations I would like to see include:
- Lakitu: I don't mean riding on the cloud only, but also the ability to through stuff at your enemies. Perhaps this can only be done if a level is built around this ability, since it sounds powerful since you can fly anywhere.
- Amp: It's basically Mario with the ability to become electrified, which will defeat enemies that are not electrocuted. Not sure how the interaction with water should be: to damage Mario or to damage anything nearby?
- Bob-omb: This is inspired by Mario's Bob-omb form found in Super Mario Land 2's select file screen. Obviously, Mario doesn't actually die when he blows up. Perhaps this sounds suicidal (and might lead to a bad example), but I think it's got some potential.
As for character-based, I am kind of entertained of the idea that Luigi Mushroom is in Mario Maker, although we don't see this since E3 2014. I would like to see this idea expanded to other characters for Mario, because it would be funny to see Mario in forms that resemble the other characters. A Toad-related power-up would be fun to watch.
Thanks for reading.
