MarioWiki Poll Discussion

Guess I'll vote three because I think very strongly on favor of a combination of options and balance so I think it the most strongly, but there are other options here I think very strongly as well.
 
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Today marks the first birthday of my very first poll, covering what battle system the next Paper Mario game should have!
 
What was your reaction to The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) teaser trailer?

  • I was excited about the movie before the trailer and this movie increased my excitement.
  • I am excited about the movie and the quality of the voice acting and casting surprised me.
  • I was skeptical of the movie before the trailer, but I am now excited about it.
  • I am excited about the movie, but I have reservations about the voice acting and casting.
  • I was excited about the movie before the trailer, but now I am skeptical of it.
  • I was excited about the movie, but the voice acting and casting disappointed me.
  • The trailer has not changed my thoughts about the movie.
  • I have not seen the trailer.

Personally, I'm option 7. I think that the movie looks okay, and that Jack Black is great, but I already figured he would be the best one before the trailer even came out. Likewise, I expected Pratt to suck.

Ultimately I just don't care very much about the movie either way though. It's probably going to turn out fine but I dislike 99% of Illumination's output so it was never aimed at me
 
Option 7 for me, I didn't really care about the movie before and still don't, it looks like it's going to be just okay which is to be expected. The things I was most curious about were mainly 1. how is the voice acting 2. what does it look like and 3. what the heck is it called so the wiki can stop calling it "untitled Mario film". I will say I do like the visuals, Jack Black pulls off Bowser really well and Keegan Michael-Key's Toad is pretty good too. Chris Pratt Mario... well, sure is Chris Pratt Mario.

Writing this I realize I was more interested to know anything about the movie than about the movie itself, so now that the cat's out of the bag it's just kind of whatever.
 
Credit where credit is due, the movie looks a lot better than I expected, although I expected pretty much nothing or at worst a glorious shit show. The animation is a noticable improvement especially when compared to the cheap plastic look of Illumination's other films.

Chris Pratt looked so bored in the direct, like he should be ecstatic and I hope that doesn't translate into film but the trailer didn't help his case. Everyone else did a great vocal performance. Makes me wish we were getting a Bowser movie instead a bit because that stuff in the trailer was so much more interesting than the Mario bits.

That being said I have no attachment either way. I'm intrigued at the very least, like "wow this movie doesn't look like complete dogshit" but I'm also not like "OMG I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE RIGHT NOW"
 
Mario games have had varying levels of amiibo functionality. Which method of implementing amiibo do you like the most?
  • I prefer when the entire game is built around amiibo (i.e. Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge).
  • I prefer when amiibo are the core of a side mode (i.e. Mario Party 10's amiibo Party mode).
  • I prefer when certain features in the game are tied exclusively to amiibo (i.e. Super Mario Maker's Big Mushroom).
  • I prefer when amiibo are used to unlock exclusive items in the game (such as costumes) that can't be obtained otherwise, but aren't very important to gameplay.
  • I prefer when amiibo are used to unlock certain items early or make the game easier (such as getting a power-up) as long as they can also be obtained without amiibo.
  • I do not like amiibo being used in Mario games at all.
  • I have no opinion.

I'm probably option 5/6. I've never liked Amiibo as a mechanic, and would prefer it just not exist, but I'll tolerate them being used for unlockables as long as I can get them myself without absurd grind.
 
Probably option 5 for me. Even if it's just cosmetic items, I don't really like anything being locked behind amiibo. On top of the price of the game itself, they're not really cheap even if you can get them at retail prices, and availability for pretty much all of them isn't that great. If you're trying to get in on an older game now, good luck tracking down all the amiibo for it at reasonable prices (and in the early days there was a lot of "have this unrelated amiibo to unlock thing" like MK8's driver suits or Woolly World's Yoshi patterns expecting you to have Smash amiibo that weren't at all easy to track down).

It's a lot better implementing it like Bowser's Fury where you get a free power-up or can skip a time-based thing, or Odyssey where you can unlock costumes early or get hints for collectibles. That way you reward people who did buy them while not punishing anyone who didn't get them by gating content.
 
6, I don't care enough about amiibo to have an opinion on this subject.