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  • Hmm, do you think the Chargin' Chuck enemies were meant to be in more kingdoms in Odyssey? I find it odd that they're mentioned on the map near the Metro Kingdom, yet only appear much later in the game.
    CM30
    CM30
    Then again, I think they were removed from the map at one point, so yeah, I guess they were meant to show up in New Donk City somewhere.
    BooDestroyer
    BooDestroyer
    One will also appear in a moon rock trial in the Ruined Kingdom.
    BooDestroyer
    BooDestroyer
    Glydon was written near the Cascade Kingdom, but doesn't appear there at all.
    On another note, the mini games in Odyssey are obnoxious. I'm sorry, but I miss Mario 64 and Sunshine where there were no mini games. Just pure platforming and exploration.
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    Nitwit
    Nitwit
    Eh? Mini Games are so-so.
    wariolandgoldpiramid
    wariolandgoldpiramid
    but you can easily cheese them. The Volleyball minigame is so broken with 2 player mode.
    CM30
    CM30
    Yeah, just beat it with 2 player mode just now. Ridiculous how it goes from being a right pain to dead simple the minute you just use Cappy for the whole thing instead of Mario. Still, just a few more missions to go now.
    I have to say, it'd be hilarious to go back in time and describe Super Mario Odyssey to someone from the Wii/Wii U era. I mean, the game must sound like a piece of ridiculous fan fiction if you haven't played it...
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    CM30
    CM30
    Seriously, imagine being a Nintendo fan on a forum being told the next Mario platformer has:

    A new set of Koopaling like villains who are Rabbids
    Mario's hat being a living creature called Cappy
    The ability for Mario to throw his hat at enemies to capture and control them
    Kingdoms loosely based on real world areas
    Including a New York City area with realistic humans
    Pauline returns
    There's a theme tune with vocals that's sung by Pauline
    Bowser is trying to marry Peach
    Mario can use various costumes
    And a kingdom in the game looks like something out of Dark Souls

    People would think you were a delusional moron. Face it, if you read that on 4chan, you'd think the author was full of crap and that it could never happen.

    But it did, and it's an amazing game. Funny world eh?
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    CM30
    CM30
    Similarly...

    Describing Team Rainbow Rocket in Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon would sound ridiculous back when the game was first announced. Giovanni bringing back Team Rocket with help from Archie, Maxie, Cyrus, Ghetsis and Lysandre? Eh, that'd never happen.

    Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces too. Both would sound insane to someone who hadn't heard of them.

    As would Zelda Breath of the Wild to a GameCube era Zelda fan.

    And as for Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle? Yeah, even I was skeptical of that one. A Nintendo fan from a few generations ago would think you'd escaped from the funny farm. Especially if you tried to describe this song:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWv4afWknfM

    Again, how things have changed.
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    Nitwit
    Nitwit
    Indeed it is.
    On a positive note, you know one reason I really like Odyssey? Because it realises that 3D Mario games should work differently from 2D ones. Prior 3D Mario titles felt like they were trying to recreate New Super Mario Bros style gameplay in 3D and didn't really work as a result. Odyssey is Nintendo realising that this was the wrong route to go and embracing the open world experience that 3D games can do so well.
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    CM30
    CM30
    You can see the same thing in reverse too. Trying to put 3D Mario gameplay into 2D generally works about as badly as 2D Mario gameplay in 3D does. It can be done in some cases (like with the fan game Super Mario 63), but even then the new 'demake' is very different from the original in level design and really only works because of that.
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    As someone who's played all the 3D Mario platformers, Zelda games and other such titles in general, I'm getting really sick of all the mini games now.
    CM30
    CM30
    It feels like developers don't realise that a game can be entirely made of a single gameplay style and work fine.
    God, I miss the days before social media. People seem so much humble on forums, and more interested in helping people than personal fame.
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    Magma
    Magma
    It's the self advertising-age!
    Robin
    Robin
    Man you tell me... Even other creators suffer from that, since everyone seems of produce stuff, there's almost no public left! And this is also why forums aren't what they used to.
    Just a Wario Fan
    Just a Wario Fan
    To be honest, I dislike most modern social media.
    As someone's who just beat the Darker Side of the Moon in Odyssey, I think it's not so much 'super hard' as it is ridiculously long. 14 sections for a Grandmaster Galaxy/Perfect Run setup is stupid.
    CM30
    CM30
    Honestly, it's really damn hard to discuss anything about Odyssey's endgame/postgame without spoilers. And no, Wario Forums doesn't have much in the way of spoiler rules, nor is it intended to.
    Robin
    Robin
    I'm not complaining, just saying, I kinds guessed we'd end up in the moon anyway. You just confirmed it.
    Magma
    Magma
    This is probably the first time I've seen something outright said to be permissible on this site aside from like emulation stuff.
    It's like they realised that dying after getting most of tthe coins was annoying, so greatly restricted their mission layout in the endgame. Interesting contrast to most Mario 64 hacks, like Star Road and Last Impact, which scatter the red coins everywhere and make you have to traverse the whole level without dying to get them all.
    Seriously, note the pattern. Bob-omb Battlefield, Whomp's Fortress, Jolly Roger Bay, Cool Cool Mountain, Big Boo's Haunt and Shifting Sand Land have you find them across the whole level. But then every other level sticks them in the same small area.
    Hmm, why does Mario 64 make the red coins so much easier to find from the 6th course onwards?
    Looks at a certain dragon like boss in Mario Odyssey. Hmm, journalists now have a real reason to compare it to Dark Souls!
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    Robin
    Robin
    I don't see the spoilers here
    Magma
    Magma
    I think a lot of things could potentially be considered spoilers before a game is officially released
    Robin
    Robin
    I dunno what dragon CM30 is talking about. I dunno if it's a boss or anything of the sort. As long as we keep it like that, it's cool, I think
    Hmm, seems Mario Odyssey has been leaked online. Some real interesting content in the later kingdoms...
    Robin
    Robin
    Apparently, one retailer in Portugal started to sell Mario Odyssey, just like that.
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    Really needs to happen too. The Mario Land games are great, but they're getting a tad outdated now.
    TB100
    TB100
    Both Super Mario Land and Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins are practically begging for the remake treatmeant (Espeically SML1 which while still fun, has aged pretty badly IMO.) hopefully since Nintendo has now considered them to be on the same league as the console titles http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/super-mario-bros-anniversary-site.png hopefully we'll get something in the future (And if not remakes, then how about a new 2D/3D Mario game that takes elements from SML and SML2)
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    It's not happened yet, but Nintendo seems to acknowledging those games more and more now, and a remake seems like something that's gonna happen at some point.
    Dangerous Duck
    Dangerous Duck
    How are they acknowledging Mario Land more and more nowadays?
    So apparently a real cicus benefited from Paper Mario Color Splash giving them free advertising: "In a bizarre accidental case, in Paper Mario: Color Splash, the Emerald Circus troupe, at one point, requests Mario to follow them on social media. As it turns out, there is a real Emerald Circus out there, which got a burst of activity on their Facebook and Twitter pages. They embraced the coincidential identical name too, with a full playthrough of the Emerald Circus stage on their Facebook page. "
    You actually pay people online for doing some work as admins and writers with good cash? Interesting!
    Robin
    Robin
    Well, I'm not getting anything, just saying. I don't want people to think otherwise.
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    CM30
    CM30
    Writers can get a share of the ad revenue from their articles, but it's not exactly going to be much money. Online ads don't pay well even when you get 100% of the revenue, let alone anything less.
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    Nitwit
    Nitwit
    I see. It would be nice once in awhile if I get paid to write a few articles online for you.
    Secondly, gonna need a way to make some more cash quite fast, since there's stuff I probably need to pay for this year. Funny how everyone is so willing to support YouTubers, but not writers, artists or website owners.
    Right, a few updates about this site. Firstly, it's likely I may try and downsize the site's hosting account in future, since it costs way too much for just this site and Gaming Reinvented.
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