"Too Many Ideas" for Mario Wii U

By Jorge Ba-oh 02.08.2011 10

"Too Many Ideas" for Mario Wii U on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Yoshiaki Koizumi, Super Mario Galaxy director is hard at work pondering the next 3D Mario and already has "too many ideas"!

Koizumi, who lent his talents to the brilliant Wii platforming pair, has been thinking up new ideas and improved gameplay mechanics for the porky plumber's next big adventure. How exactly will the Wii U work with the traditional 3D Mario game?

Speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine, a rather exciting Koizumi confessed:

As it turns out, I have too many ideas at the moment for Mario games on Wii U. I'm going to have to start narrowing them down and thinking about which ideas might work well together so that the whole system will be an enjoyable experience rather than a hodgepodge of ideas.

What would you like to see in a new Mario game for Wii U, aside from Nintendo's ever-gorgeous art style in HD?

Should Mario revert back to a more open-world setup, or retain a slightly more linear feel akin to Super Mario Galaxy?

Would you like a Super Mario Galaxy 3, or should Nintendo explore a new theme all-together?

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After playing both SMG 1 and 2, I have to say 1 just felt like an average game. SMG2 on the other hand blew me away and felt alot more polished.

While I loved playing SMG2 .. I believe that Nintendo should consider going back to SM64. Bring back the focus on exploration, instead of trying to get the star. I loved spending numerous hours exploring a huge stage.. esp bomb omb field in SM64...

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Now THIS is good news Smilie

cool (guest) 03.08.2011#3

e3 2012 will show it

Squidboy (guest) 03.08.2011#4

Keep Galaxy 3 on Wii. I want a new Super Mario World.

We don't need another Galaxy game. I don't think it has anything left to offer. But for the next Mario game, I would prefer more open worlds like those in Super Mario Sunshine rather than Galaxy's micro-worlds. I just loved running around Delphino Plaza for hours and would like some worlds where I could do the same.

What about a new 3D Mario RPG game? Super Mario RPG was one of my favorites, as were the Mario & Luigi games. Anyone else think that a Super Mario 64-styled RPG game would be a pretty cool idea? Smilie

"You make me want to play Russian Roulette with a glock. By myself."

Is it me, or does Koizumi san look like a Gangster? Smilie .. maybe the next mario game will have GUNS and rocket launchers Smilie titled 'Mario and the battle for the mushroom kingdom'

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PSN: SherWiinator Currently playing: LOZ: SS
Wishlist: Last Story, Pandora's tower, Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3

Love both Galaxy games. Can't get enough of them! One thing I do feel is that they did lack that exploration element, in particular Galaxy 2. The beach levels and some of the fire worlds were less linear, but still were quite limited.

I'd love the overworld to be open with a little village areas and more NPC interaction, though the idea of non-playable characters having stronger roles would probably give Shiggy a heart attack.

Still prefer the more linear approach to star collecting in the Galaxy games over Mario 64 or Sunshine though. Would like to have seen more stars per level, especially in Galaxy 2 - some felt a bit of a waste.

Galaxy 2 does have the exploration side post 120 stars though, which is cool - wouldn't mind more of that too.


Sherwinator said:
Is it me, or does Koizumi san look like a Gangster? Smilie .. maybe the next mario game will have GUNS and rocket launchers Smilie titled 'Mario and the battle for the mushroom kingdom'

LOL, he does a bit

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Raynoch (guest) 09.08.2011#9

I'm so glad that the internet allwos free info like this!

Realisticaly hope;

Just bring back a nice explorable hubworld PLEASE Smilie
I want lots of secrets!

oh, and non-liner gravity should just be a standard part of mario now. "galaxy" or not.

Unrealitic hope;

A 4D game, the worlds first true 4D game where I can controll time with one stick and movement with the other. (camera can be dpad or whatever...)
Let the whole landscape be a huge 3d animation which the "speed in time" stick controls. So mario can run forwards in space and backwards in time simulantiously, for example.
Theres lots of unique puzzle and platforming potential in this.

Games like Blinx, or Sands of Time have done crude rewinds and stuff. Braid went a bit further.
But nothing has ever given us a real 4D platform game.

Come on Nintendo, we can take it!
Blow out minds Smilie


( Edited 12.08.2011 17:38 by Darkflame )

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