Mario games could have gone in a very different direction. If you'd been in charge of the franchise from the 80s...

Mario games could have gone in a very different direction. If you'd been in charge of the franchise from the 80s, how would you have guided it? Would you have given Mario more personality or less? Would you have emphasized the creepy aspects or downplayed them? Would you have pushed for open platforming or linear stages? Would you have rejected gimmicks like FLUDD or Cappy in favor of traditional platforming, or vice versa? Would you have gone for tight hitboxes and precision gameplay or more forgiving gameplay? What about art style? Cartoony? Realistic? A mix? How should the franchise have gone differently?

Attached: images - 2022-06-29T163931.583.jpg (691x444, 46.87K)

I hate western """"artists""""" so much. They have zero understanding of less-is-more and color theory.

Lol

This is one thing I agree with weebs on. Western artists have struggled with color for decades now. most modern westerner artists do not understand color. and it's a shame. modern Japanese artists on the other hand are generally pretty good colorists.

It’s always the belt and tools. Do you see a belt or tools on the sprite. No. Fucking retarded. Simplicity is design 101

Attached: 489CEDEA-30CA-44B8-8648-C7FB7A08D4BC.jpg (1536x2048, 786.47K)

Simplicity risks soullessness. Pic is peak soulless.

>t. Faggot

Pic is perfection that defined videogames you trite-spewing nobody.

Attached: 1541894451524.jpg (527x9074, 1.06M)

Attached: odyssey_soul_1.jpg (2448x1664, 909.96K)

Samefag thinks the McDonald's logo is soul because a billion people eat at McDonald's. Redacted yourself.

Those anime pics are just atrocious.

Mario is way overrated, is a game for children that actual children don't want to play.

Left is possible with current tech, but Nintendo knows their customers will eat any slop they give them so why bother?

They’re SOVLful

it's 2006 internet user and the person who wrote that is the creator of ren and stimpy, that's all i'll say you can go on that rabbit hole on your own

OOF

It's the eyes and nose that really kill it for me.
Talentless artists genuinely think that's a memorable and appealing character design.

DEAR NINTEENDO

Haha yeah what a bunch of dumbasses eyes like that would never take off

Attached: 1645535478597.jpg (250x354, 99.66K)

He's such a fucking gay looking character. Look at that repulsive expression, holy shit.

>Mustache curves upwards around nose
>Nose is still big and round
Also a spin-off Mario. If this was the design they went with from the start he would not have taken off.

>and the person who wrote that is the creator of ren and stimpy,
Oh fuck, is that from John K's blog?
The mastermind behind "Adult Party Cartoon", which was the biggest steaming pile of shit that everyone detested for life and showed how fucked up John K's mind was?
The genius who kept postponing his Kickstarter short and extremely underdelivered while alienating every fan he had?
The great artist who thought that "The Iron Giant" and most of Disney's late 2D animated shows had a shitty, trash art style and dubbed it "CalArts Style"?

Yeah, that user is in for a hell of a rabbit hole or two.

Attached: 1632993894135.png (388x393, 166.76K)

And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?