Super Mario Thread

[DjQuick2008]

What i had as a kid.

 

[What's His Face]

lol fair enough. I can see the desire to have Peach portrayed in her traditional role as the damsel in distress if you were expecting the movie to stay faithful to the original concepts of the game, but Nintendo has been slowly moving her away from that trope in an obvious attempt to cater to more female buyers, I mean fans ;)

That said, is it really that big of a deal that the character is evolving to a more prominent role? What exactly is the issue of these characters being more resourceful and demonstrating that?

As for the trailer being female character focused, I'm sure they have plenty of data that shows the well established and overall positive view of Mario as a character in general, but they may see data that shows the average audience don't know much about Peach other than she is the character Mario always saves. Its very likely younger female audiences, who have already been exposed to more stronger female characters over the last decade, may not be as interested in Peach if she was portrayed in the traditional damsel in distress. This is all speculation of course, but its clear that the trailer is focused on capturing more female audience attention.

Posing questions like "well why even have the Mario Bros if she is so powerful?" is rather silly when looking at the movie as a whole. Its a fictional world, why not? They don't have to explain anything in such granularity because its never meant to be taken that way.

Allow me to rebuttal:

It's Winter 1993. The first trailer of the next Arnold Schwarzenegger movie is just shown for the first time in theatres. Audiences know what to expect. This is his movie, he's the star - obviously.

The first scene shown of the trailer is twenty seconds of him and Tom Arnold goofing off each other. Then we see Jamie Lee Curtis spin-kick a dozen terrorists in their face while dual-wielding uzis. Then a scene with Arnold driving a convertible from behind. The next clip is Vanessa Williams shooting a railgun from inside a harrier jet. Then the title card: "The Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie."

So...who's the star? What's the point of putting Arnold's name in the title if the trailer, the device used to encourage hype to watch the movie, is showing him taking a backseat role in said trailer to other characters? Yes, he will most likely be the star of the movie, but you sure wouldn't know that from the trailer, would you? THAT'S how I see this Mario movie trailer.

Does that mean I want Peach & Rosalina to take a backseat themselves? No, and don't go putting words in my mouth stating that I do. What I am stating is that the movie trailer did a piss-poor job highlighting the actual title card stars in favour of other characters who "just so happen" to be female, for the sake of a "stronk woman need no man" sales pitch to the viewers. Even Toad is taking the backseat even though he's shown travelling alongside Peach. And we all know that Toad is a great character as he's been playable in plenty of games, too. Which is what prompted my earlier statement that some folks are flying off the handle over, but is one I will defend and not back down from.

Or, to give another example: If the movie were called "The Super Princesses Movie" and the trailer was exactly this, I wouldn't care that the trailer is portrayed as "Action Chick Flick #5,074"...because it's Peach & Rosalina's movie. That's them in the title card. But when you have "action chicks" who are the only ones shown in a trailer to do any action scenes for a movie that has someone else's name in the title...yet the title characters themselves aren't shown doing any derring-do of their own or along side them?

That makes me roll my eyes and call it out for what it is.

 

[firefoxuser1999]

My first Mario game was NSMBDS, I got it for my birthday with a DSi and I genuinely would not put that game down. At the same time I got a plushie of light blue yoshi that I still have cuz i love him obviously. My collection has grown, I also like to collect anything Mario I can get my hands on.

Then I got a wii and I was so hype to get more Super Mario stuff but I suppose I understand the criticism it gets these days for being repetitive lol. Still NSDBWII carries an insane nostalgia factor for me.

I even loved to play the really bad Mario clone flash games just to say I was playing Mario on the computer. There was a SMB3 (I think) one I really liked, shoutout andkon dot com.

My first intro to 3D Mario, and probably 3D games in general, was 64 for the DS(i), but Galaxy 2 actually changed my life. I got a wii pretty late so I got Galaxy 2 as a gift with it, probably becasue it had just come out and I couldn't buy myself games at at the time. I guess I'm not surprised sandbox is beating Galaxy in the poll but less than 10% votes for Galaxy series seems crazy to me!!! Even though I voted Classic.

Ultimately as Mr. DunkeyKong said Wonder is goated fr

 

[sandogma sandogma]

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What i had as a kid.

When I was younger, I cared less for the live action segments and was mostly interested in the cartoon. But now, I would love a 90s themed live action sitcom of Mario and Luigi played by Lou Albano and Danny Wells inspired actors with some competent writing (and less "celebrity" cameos) and even more soundFX pulled from the games. It'll never happen but one can dream.

 

[DjQuick2008]

When I was younger, I cared less for the live action segments and was mostly interested in the cartoon. But now, I would love a 90s themed live action sitcom of Mario and Luigi played by Lou Albano and Danny Wells inspired actors with some competent writing (and less "celebrity" cameos) and even more soundFX pulled from the games. It'll never happen but one can dream.

i was the same i was like give me the cartoon lol

 

[Jeff]

Yes. And.

And what...?