3rd May 2004, 12:18 PM
When I heard Miyamoto say "I thought Mario could use a new weapon, like a gun" I remember thinking: Holy shit, it's finally going to happen; Mario FPS.
But then it turned out to be the water cannon. :D
But who's to say that the next 'official' Mario game (Mario 128?) wont have multiplayer or co-op? Imagine playing multiplayer in a Mario game, the king of the hill, hold the flag stuff would work great but it would be awesome to see something like...
Gold-in-eye
Winter Wonder Land; Up to 4 players (Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess). Whoever holds the Pot of Gold longest wins! Remembr that when holding the pot of gold you cannot let go of it or attack, you're much slower and your view is tinted bright green so it's hard to see! If you can hold it for longer than a minute, you might get chased by Wario! Use Sniper Shells to attack from huge distances, Proximity Bullet Bills that explode when someone gets close and the Golden Gum that lets you blow huge bubbles so you can fly while holding the Gold!
Perfect Darkland
Bowser's Castle; Bowser had his castle updated with super technology... unfortunately the engineers made it too small! The ceilings are too low to jump, so you use shells, fireballs, etc to battle in first person in Bowser's newly updated Techno-Castle! Up to 4 people can play with the addition of Mechas which are CPU controlled bots. You can have to 8 of them plus the 4 players with different grades of intelligence. Watch out for Slayer Sally's, they're like Bullet Bills that you can control and they want a big fat kiss! Use Tanooki cloaking to make yourself invisible!
Red Cap Alert
The sewers; Guard your base and protect your team's Hat from being stolen! Each player gets a team with 3 Sims each. Each sim will have a specific job, such as Doctor, Weapons Expert, Goalie and NINtenjas! Points are scored by returning the enemy Hat to your base!
Red Team: Mario's cap
Green Team: Luigi's cap
Blue Team: Waluigi's cap
Yellow Team: Wario's cap
Unreal Princess
Forest; (This mode has the best graphics) Up to 4 players try to save the princesses, but only one is real! Work together or go head to head to see who can solve the traps and rescue the real princess before Bowser gets her!
Mario Prime
Ancient Mushroom Kingdom Ruins; Everyone is wearing a Koopa shell! Turn in to a shell to roll along the ground and use half pipes! You can drop Vegetable bombs while in Morph Shell Mode. Players can only use weapons when they're out of their shell... it's also the only time you can be hurt!
Quarter and a Half-Life
Ghost House; One player is picked randomly as "IT"! Points are given for K.O.'ing IT. But IT can gain points by surviving! Watch out for King Boo and his minions! They'll chase who ever is IT!
GLOOM & DOOM!
Lava World; Baby Bowser is at it again! he's painted evil demons and monsters that have come to life in the Lava world and are getting ready to attack the Mushroom Kingdom! Each player has a FLUUD with a new feature; Fully Automatic Chain Squirt! But becareful, there's no water in Lava World to re-fuel and these monsters look thirsty! Who ever cleans up more demons wins! If all player can wipe up more than 100 demons all together, you get to face the ultimate Demon! Bill Gates in dirty overalls singing country music and using poorly realized Japanese marketing!
hehehe I cant think of any more :D Come on Nintendo, you KNOW you want to do it!
But then it turned out to be the water cannon. :D
But who's to say that the next 'official' Mario game (Mario 128?) wont have multiplayer or co-op? Imagine playing multiplayer in a Mario game, the king of the hill, hold the flag stuff would work great but it would be awesome to see something like...
Gold-in-eye
Winter Wonder Land; Up to 4 players (Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess). Whoever holds the Pot of Gold longest wins! Remembr that when holding the pot of gold you cannot let go of it or attack, you're much slower and your view is tinted bright green so it's hard to see! If you can hold it for longer than a minute, you might get chased by Wario! Use Sniper Shells to attack from huge distances, Proximity Bullet Bills that explode when someone gets close and the Golden Gum that lets you blow huge bubbles so you can fly while holding the Gold!
Perfect Darkland
Bowser's Castle; Bowser had his castle updated with super technology... unfortunately the engineers made it too small! The ceilings are too low to jump, so you use shells, fireballs, etc to battle in first person in Bowser's newly updated Techno-Castle! Up to 4 people can play with the addition of Mechas which are CPU controlled bots. You can have to 8 of them plus the 4 players with different grades of intelligence. Watch out for Slayer Sally's, they're like Bullet Bills that you can control and they want a big fat kiss! Use Tanooki cloaking to make yourself invisible!
Red Cap Alert
The sewers; Guard your base and protect your team's Hat from being stolen! Each player gets a team with 3 Sims each. Each sim will have a specific job, such as Doctor, Weapons Expert, Goalie and NINtenjas! Points are scored by returning the enemy Hat to your base!
Red Team: Mario's cap
Green Team: Luigi's cap
Blue Team: Waluigi's cap
Yellow Team: Wario's cap
Unreal Princess
Forest; (This mode has the best graphics) Up to 4 players try to save the princesses, but only one is real! Work together or go head to head to see who can solve the traps and rescue the real princess before Bowser gets her!
Mario Prime
Ancient Mushroom Kingdom Ruins; Everyone is wearing a Koopa shell! Turn in to a shell to roll along the ground and use half pipes! You can drop Vegetable bombs while in Morph Shell Mode. Players can only use weapons when they're out of their shell... it's also the only time you can be hurt!
Quarter and a Half-Life
Ghost House; One player is picked randomly as "IT"! Points are given for K.O.'ing IT. But IT can gain points by surviving! Watch out for King Boo and his minions! They'll chase who ever is IT!
GLOOM & DOOM!
Lava World; Baby Bowser is at it again! he's painted evil demons and monsters that have come to life in the Lava world and are getting ready to attack the Mushroom Kingdom! Each player has a FLUUD with a new feature; Fully Automatic Chain Squirt! But becareful, there's no water in Lava World to re-fuel and these monsters look thirsty! Who ever cleans up more demons wins! If all player can wipe up more than 100 demons all together, you get to face the ultimate Demon! Bill Gates in dirty overalls singing country music and using poorly realized Japanese marketing!
hehehe I cant think of any more :D Come on Nintendo, you KNOW you want to do it!