10th May 2006, 3:45 PM
The best way to release five Mario-universe platformers in the same year is to make each one of them completely unique, and that's what they're doing... :) (Super Princess Peach, Yoshi's Island 2, New Super Mario Bros., Super Paper Mario, and Super Mario Galaxy... all quite different from eachother and all well worth getting...)
Maybe it's penance for only having released two 3d Mario platformers and three Mario-universe 2d platformers in the past fifteen years (not counting Yoshi Touch n Go, I don't think that was really a platformer...)? I'd like to think so... :) But whatever it is, it's great. And this game looks like it'll be among the best of them for sure... look at the video -- it's got numbers when you hit enemies in succession and stuff, but using the Paper Mario font and style for it... cool stuff. :)
Oh, and the sideways part in the video is nuts...
Maybe it's penance for only having released two 3d Mario platformers and three Mario-universe 2d platformers in the past fifteen years (not counting Yoshi Touch n Go, I don't think that was really a platformer...)? I'd like to think so... :) But whatever it is, it's great. And this game looks like it'll be among the best of them for sure... look at the video -- it's got numbers when you hit enemies in succession and stuff, but using the Paper Mario font and style for it... cool stuff. :)
Oh, and the sideways part in the video is nuts...