Mario Sports Series' Discussion

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If we're only talking about Human characters, Nothing comes to mind. But Cranky kong has aged. From the original Donkey Kong game to the new Donkey kong games.
 
Magma said:
Aside from instances of time travel and games taking place in the past, have we actually ever seen any characters age?
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The pre 3DS Camelot handheld Tennis and Golf games actually did that with the returning human characters, for instance Kid from Mario Golf GBC is a well, kid in that game and is seen again as a teen in Advance Tour, with the passing of time even being aknowledged.
 
Magma said:
Aside from instances of time travel and games taking place in the past, have we actually ever seen any characters age?
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Wasn't the original Donkey Kong from the Game "Donkey Kong" actually Cranky Kong?
Does he count?
And Sherry from Mario Golf for Gameboy and Mario Golf for advance seems to have aged aswell...
It is strange that some Characters age and some don't.
 
I wonder what is the factor or factors behind dropping the RPG aspect since it seems it was implemented well and fits the handheld format.
 
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/...ad-designer-explains-the-lack-of-rpg-elements
In a recent issue of Nintendo Power, Hiroyuki Takahashi, the producer and lead designer of Mario Tennis Open, explained why the 3DS title lacks the RPG elements of its handheld predecessors.

When asked why Mario Tennis Open lacked an RPG-style single-player mode similar to the ones included in Mario Tennis for the Game Boy Color and Mario Tennis: Power Tour for the Game Boy Advance, Takahashi replied with, “This version may be for a handheld system, but we approached it like a console title. With aspects like download matches and online matches made possible by the hardware, the game has a feature set more similar to console games.”

Furthermore, he added that the addition of Mii characters also contributed to the absence of RPG elements, saying “Another reason is that the game's cast includes Mii characters in addition to characters from the Mario family, which are difficult to work into an [RPG] scenario. It didn't feel right to have already-existent Mii characters appear in an original storyline.”

Takahashi went on to say that “there are RPG-like elements in the form of costumes,” which he noted allow players to customize their characters and change their abilities.
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Make of that what you will.
 
Pretty weak reasoning. It's probably Nintendo being domineering again. The single player gameplay is pretty weak in both 3DS Golf and Tennis titles.
 
I'm very convinced that there is more behind the dropping of the RPG modes, especially since that was around the time when the spin offs really started to get streamlined to be like the plattformers in style and character/location choices.
 
The "reasons" given in the interview feel more like cover up excuses. It's a bit upsetting that they make it seem like the RPG elements were a result of hardware limitations.
 
Count Cannoli said:
Wasn't the original Donkey Kong from the Game "Donkey Kong" actually Cranky Kong?
Does he count?
And Sherry from Mario Golf for Gameboy and Mario Golf for advance seems to have aged aswell...
It is strange that some Characters age and some don't.
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Sherry and Azalea look like relatives to Daisy.
 

Are you sweaaaaaating?

Just one of the many examples of what I mean in terms of Camelot's output and personality, hearing characters like Mario and Luigi be complete pricks and activly taunt you is hillarious.
 
Gone but not forgotten... goodnight sweet child o mine.

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