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Mario may not be in movies or cartoons like it used to but the fat plumber is still a very popular character. Mario Kart is the biggest selling N64 game if you want proof of this. Yet what is the future of Nintendo’s number one mascot?
Mario 64 was the last proper adventure for Mario, since then we have enjoyed countless, stunning spin offs. Mario Party, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis etc… they are all great but what is left of the plumber? Is it just another wealth of sport and board games? Well in a few months we will be able to play Mario’s first proper adventure since Mario 64, Paper Mario. It may not be a platformer but it is still an RPG adventure.
Now lets skip ahead a bit further to the Gamecube. Nintendo released a list of Gamecube titles, which quickly disappeared. This list included Perfect Dark 0 but also contained three others, 100 Mario’s, Mario Sunshine and Marionette. Mystery? What are these games? Well Nintendo were asked about Mario Sunshine and they replied by saying “It’s a game which will make the player and Mario very happy”. Now that explained nothing but it is heavily rumored that Nintendo’s new 2nd party developers Camelot are developing this game.
These people are famous for Mario golf and Mario Tennis so does this mean Mario Sunshine could be a sports game? Well Camelot don’t just make sports games like Nintendo’s other 2nd party developer Leftfield they also make RPG’s. Golden sun the sweet looking GBA title is and RPG and way back in January Camelot declared they are developing a Gamecube RPG. Could Mario Sunshine be this RPG? Or is this Shigsy’s Super Mario 64 2, which he announced years ago, but we have heard nothing about since?
Well we hope to find more about that at Space world now how about Marionette. We have been told to think the name through. I instantly thought this is a game featuring Mario’s sister or female cousin or some other relation. Another brand new Mario character? Who knows but if it is true then Waluigi may not be in the spotlight for very long. But N64 magazine gave another spin on the name, Mario net. Now I didn’t think of that, maybe Sega isn’t the only one developing an Internet game for the Gamecube. Maybe Nintendo are keener on Internet gaming than we are lead to believe. If this is true then we may not see Marionette for sometime. Of course it could be Mario with a net but I somehow doubt it.
100 Mario’s has probably something to do with that Mario demo Shigsy showed at Space world last year so we should think of a puzzle game. If this is true then it might just be the demo bundled with the console or maybe Shigsy has developed an entire game out of the small demo.
Now If 100 Mario’s is a puzzle game, if Mario Sunshine is a RPG or Sports game and if Marionette is an online game then I ask where is Mario 64 2? About 2 years ago Shigsy said this is in development now we have come to believe this is a Gamecube game especially as Shigsy said “we might need to develop it for Nintendo’s next console”. So where is it? I sit in hope that maybe one day I might be able to play the first 3-D Mario platformer since Mario 64. But for the mean time I suppose I’ll have to cope with Luigi’s Mansion. Everything should be clearer at Space world.
Dringo
Mario 64 was the last proper adventure for Mario, since then we have enjoyed countless, stunning spin offs. Mario Party, Mario Kart, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis etc… they are all great but what is left of the plumber? Is it just another wealth of sport and board games? Well in a few months we will be able to play Mario’s first proper adventure since Mario 64, Paper Mario. It may not be a platformer but it is still an RPG adventure.
Now lets skip ahead a bit further to the Gamecube. Nintendo released a list of Gamecube titles, which quickly disappeared. This list included Perfect Dark 0 but also contained three others, 100 Mario’s, Mario Sunshine and Marionette. Mystery? What are these games? Well Nintendo were asked about Mario Sunshine and they replied by saying “It’s a game which will make the player and Mario very happy”. Now that explained nothing but it is heavily rumored that Nintendo’s new 2nd party developers Camelot are developing this game.
These people are famous for Mario golf and Mario Tennis so does this mean Mario Sunshine could be a sports game? Well Camelot don’t just make sports games like Nintendo’s other 2nd party developer Leftfield they also make RPG’s. Golden sun the sweet looking GBA title is and RPG and way back in January Camelot declared they are developing a Gamecube RPG. Could Mario Sunshine be this RPG? Or is this Shigsy’s Super Mario 64 2, which he announced years ago, but we have heard nothing about since?
Well we hope to find more about that at Space world now how about Marionette. We have been told to think the name through. I instantly thought this is a game featuring Mario’s sister or female cousin or some other relation. Another brand new Mario character? Who knows but if it is true then Waluigi may not be in the spotlight for very long. But N64 magazine gave another spin on the name, Mario net. Now I didn’t think of that, maybe Sega isn’t the only one developing an Internet game for the Gamecube. Maybe Nintendo are keener on Internet gaming than we are lead to believe. If this is true then we may not see Marionette for sometime. Of course it could be Mario with a net but I somehow doubt it.
100 Mario’s has probably something to do with that Mario demo Shigsy showed at Space world last year so we should think of a puzzle game. If this is true then it might just be the demo bundled with the console or maybe Shigsy has developed an entire game out of the small demo.
Now If 100 Mario’s is a puzzle game, if Mario Sunshine is a RPG or Sports game and if Marionette is an online game then I ask where is Mario 64 2? About 2 years ago Shigsy said this is in development now we have come to believe this is a Gamecube game especially as Shigsy said “we might need to develop it for Nintendo’s next console”. So where is it? I sit in hope that maybe one day I might be able to play the first 3-D Mario platformer since Mario 64. But for the mean time I suppose I’ll have to cope with Luigi’s Mansion. Everything should be clearer at Space world.
Dringo
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Mario Kart was the biggest selling N64 game.
Mario is just as strong as he has always been.
Super Mario 64 2 is a game that needs to be released to regenerate Mario. He has lost that thing that he had that made him good. The spin offs were good but they are killing Mario. Over-exposure. But I would like to see a mature Mario RPG with the whole Mario cast including all the ones that were one hit wonders like Stan. That was his name was it not? I think it was. One of the arcade games any way.
So when are you off then?
Dringo wrote:
> Yeah sure i'll arrange that
Cheers mate.
> Yeah sure i'll arrange that
Cheers mate.
Sport, RPG or another?
Mario sunshine what do you think?
Yeah sure i'll arrange that
Dringo wrote:
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> way i have written your match wait next week to read it!
Cool... but I'm going on holiday for 3 weeks tomorrow! Is there any possibility that you could email it to me? Not now but any time you feel like. Oh and also can I kind of not be involved in any matches while I'm away? I don't care if they're non title matches but I'm not putting my tag team titles on the line when I'm not even here! :-D
Cheers,
Chris
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> way i have written your match wait next week to read it!
Cool... but I'm going on holiday for 3 weeks tomorrow! Is there any possibility that you could email it to me? Not now but any time you feel like. Oh and also can I kind of not be involved in any matches while I'm away? I don't care if they're non title matches but I'm not putting my tag team titles on the line when I'm not even here! :-D
Cheers,
Chris
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