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What if Mario went hardcore

ONM's Gav Murphy reveals what the advert would look like.

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Pikajew5451d ago

Harcore gets thrown around way to much. Some people say it HD games and some say violent games. I say its fun games that are hardcore.

jony_dols5451d ago (Edited 5451d ago )

I was expecting a Mario-esque Heavy Rain...

Maybe something like..........................

Mario is a depressed, down & out plumber who's only source of happiness in his sad life, is his girlfriend (Peach), who one day gets abducted by a serial killer, who's only known as 'the Bowser' (his trademark is that leaves a hollowed out turtle shell at the scene of every crime).

Bowser wants to father a child (Bowser Jnr) with the helpless Peach in some sort of sick satanic ritual, after which, Peach will have served her purpose and he will 'dispose' of her.

And you, as the player, assumes control of the protagonist Mario, in which you must follow the trail of clues & track down the Bowser Killer (over the course of 9 months) before it's all too late! And at the end game of the game your faced with the decision to either pummel the defeated Bowser to a grisly pulp with a piece of copper plumber piping or turn him over to the authorities.

Now that's Hardcore Mario!

bwazy5451d ago

Aka peach gets raped by a Turtle?

Yes that makes sense

Smacktard5451d ago (Edited 5451d ago )

I didn't know that "hardcore mario" meant "gameplay clips from mario games with less color and terrible music"

LoaMcLoa5450d ago

Yeah, now that's some casual editing-skills

live2play5451d ago

assuming hardcore here means blood gore and guts
then i'll cease to be a gamer

DarkBlood5451d ago

i know right, super nintendo may have been my first system to play but last i thought games were about having fun playing them not about what it is your playing.

assuming that made any sense as i knew i had a good point going on but lost it as i was typing lol.

Tyler Durden5451d ago

I thought the original Mario games were already for the hardcore gamer.

KingDustero5451d ago

Original yes, current no.

IMO the originals were AMAZING. SM64 is still the BEST IMO. As of late though there hasn't been a single good Mario game for me.

ChickeyCantor5450d ago

And what exactly did they do differently to make it "non-hardcore".

On a second thought don't answer. Your answer will be gibberish anyways.

KingDustero5449d ago

@sidar

Lol so I'm not allowed to have an opinion.

The original Mario games were AMAZING IMO. They were something new and there was nothing out there that could compete with them.

The issue is that the franchise hasn't changed much over the years and story wise it is becoming more and more childish. They just no longer appeal to ME.

You third sentence doesn't make any sense either. Hate as much as you like, I don't care.

Shok5451d ago

Anyone's who's played through Mario Galaxy 2 already knows MArio is hardcore. That game is hard it'da bitch lol.

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Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch 2 Shows Bloom Rendering Issues at 4K

Dataminer reports bloom rendering issues in Super Mario Galaxy 2 on Switch 2 at higher resolutions, raising concerns about Nintendo’s emulation approach.

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1nsomniac231d ago

Everything about the way this game was developed is screaming out that the price point is way off the mark!

This just looks like Nintendo, really scraping the barrel and rubbing in their fans faces. It's just dirty at this point!

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Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2 Blast off on Nintendo Switch Today

Are you ready for another trip through the cosmos on Starship Mario?

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Super Mario Odyssey Turns Seven - Ranking the 3D Mario Games

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "With the Switch getting on in years and the prospect of a new Nintendo console growing closer, now seems like an excellent time to take a look back at one of its mascot’s two big evolutionary lines, particularly since we now find ourselves in the longest wait ever between 3D Mario games. Today marks the seven year anniversary for the release of Super Mario Odyssey, and with no full new entry in sight, it comfortably beats the roughly six year wait between Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine, which should also be good news to anybody who broke a mirror that day.

3D Mario has delighted fans since 1996, maintaining an astonishing level of quality and bringing innovations not just to the 3D platformer genre, but gaming as a whole. Needless to say, it’s a hard task to rank a series where every entry is beloved, but I shall nevertheless undertake this risky venture with my head held high. Wish me luck."

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gold_drake574d ago

has it rly been 7 years already?

fk me.

Cacabunga573d ago (Edited 573d ago )

One of the worst marios.. i hated the fact it was only about finding the moons and very repetitive with the same bosses. There is no exploration in this one.
Galaxy 2 is still unmatched

TiredGamer573d ago

I played, completed, and enjoyed Mario Odyssey, but I tend to agree that I don't think it's the best 3D Mario. There was sense of sameness that prevailed after the first couple of worlds... not in the levels, environments, or aesthetics, but in the routine of each world. It just felt like each new environment was just the beginning of another checklist of moons to acquire, and the sheer number of them took away the sense of accomplishment I got from the stars in Mario 64 and the like. I can't exactly put my finger on why that is. Galaxy gets my nod as the best one.

Cacabunga573d ago

I enjoyed it too but i won’t even place it in my top10 mario games.. as you said you are just looking for stars and that irritating music everytime you find one.
Also the bosses are pretty much the same from begging to end. I would have have like some koopalings instead of these dumb useless rabbits

Chocoburger573d ago

I played a little of this game and freakin' LOVED it! But I forced myself to stop because I hadn't played Galaxy 2, which I've been playing every day for the past week. Cripes, Galaxy 2 is way better than I expected it to be! Even though I dislike the Wiimote and nunchuck controls, and it annoyed me a lot with Galaxy 1, part 2 just feels better and slightly less gimmicky when it comes to the controls.

Profchaos573d ago

Sunshine at number 7 no way. I get it's not perfect but it deserves better to date there has not been another 3d Mario that's managed to capture that same movement it's the most acrobatic feeling Mario to date.

It's by and large better than 3d land/world and I'd argue that galaxy 2 didn't offer any trie innovation it was essentially a DLC pack to 1

Personally it's
1) Mario 64
2) Mario Sunshine
3) Mario galaxy
4) Mario Odyssey
5) galaxy 2
6) Bowser fury
7) 3d land/ world.