Tear

vicariousmonster

Why are people WOW about Mario now... well to put it frankly... it's got style now and it oo0o0ozes it from the game play clip. Realism is for CAD designers. I can't remember that last time I really wanted to play in an oil refinery.

For the people getting motion sick stop complaining you asked for it! You wanted a hardcore game and here it is mind bending huh?

All I got to say is you can compare this game to what ever you want but I've been waiting on this game since mario world man. This is true mario 3d... exactly what I wanted.

Art direction wise I have to say the best use of normal mapping and shaders. They could of easily over designed those normal maps. To people not liking the darkness. Get a flash light it give the game an edge which is what mario games have always had yet it got pushed to the bowers only levels most of the time.

It's funny though but I actually welcome the star collecting this time cuz it looks like you actually have to play the game to get them instead of just finding them or just reaching them.

So far out of all the action games out there this one seems to have the most action that effect games play rather than just being there to say it's cool. I'm looking at you motor storm and your fragile slo mo crashes.

To people really wanting to see what these guy can do with the old game cube just get jungle beat... Graphicly and gameplay wise one of the funnest game out their.

finally a reason to put down my rocket launcher in quake 3.

Runna

ewerybody

Anywho, looks pretty damn incredible. And to the people making comments like "OMG! ALL THE BACKGROUNDS ARE BLACK!!!"...the trailer is a minute and a half long...I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there's probably a lot more to the game that what you've been shown.

Nate_Birch

Chunky Jesus

I was thinking a similar thing. But it didn't stop me saying "...wow..." quietly to myself at leat six times during this video. :P

aelfin

Janaff

Aitrus233

I can already see some more advanced use of shaders than was evidenced at E3, and we're really only seeing the tip of the iceberg here. Most of the video shows Mario flying through space, but that's not what the majority of the gameplay will entail.

TigerGD

Dag

sweetie55

twh

Otherwise... WII GET!

AgentTofu

Twilight Princess has one of the best soundtracks I've heard in a game, if not the best. Whether it's real orchestration or not, it's fucking brilliant.

dowingba

themunk

kidko

-nesdude

nesdude

...

oh crap. The waiting hurts :(

天雷

Here's a direct high resolution video that doesnt require any download: http://media.nintendo-europe.com/compel/video/C_g6BRRIqwjr...

ranzchic

Probably not.

But you can all go back to playing Halo 2.

Americana

However after this video, I can't seem to see the objective of mario galaxy... someone help me lol. I'm in the mood to save a princess... but it doesn't look like i'm going to be able to with this one.

epionx111

moonfirelol

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1. To compare this game graphically with Motorstorm or Gears or Oblivion, seriously, put down the paint thinner. It's pretty, but not THAT pretty."

To compare PS2 games, even now, with games that came out in 2004 for the Xbox is just stupid. I have yet to see a game on the PS2 that looks better than Ninja Gaiden.

moonfirelol

Earthslide

(does look fun though :P)

SideFFect

Movement is controlled by the analogue stick, jumping is a button on the nunchuck and, so far, the only thing the wiimote is used for is controlling a little on-screen cursor that you can use to attack eneimies and interact with the scenery with various swipes and slashes. i believe swiping the remote from side-to-side in various places will bring up hidden items such as coins. Though i'm sure there will be more when it's actually released. Whenever that may be.

KeyonSumner

Anthropomancer

The vast majority of games from Japan have synthesized music. The desire for orchestral music is often seen as a "western thing".

In fact, some games (e.g. Dragon Quest VIII) had synthesized music for their Japanese release, but added an orchestral score for their western release.

It's the same story with voice acting.

So, Nintendo just haven't westernized their soundtrack. I really don't see this as a bad thing, since a lot of music generally ends up being chopped out during the process.

Marlor

I can tell some people will be turned off because they want more of the same old Mario 3 or Mario 64, but oftentimes, these are the same guys that bitch about "rehashes" and "sequelitis."

TigerGD

diepset

i thought i was listening to starfox 64

aestheticity

phinehas

CrimemasterGogo

xpnet

did anyone else notice the striking similarity to that ratchet and clank game going commando with the mini planets and all that?

nintendo is truly great at making top notch games that give 3rd person developers something to strive for just a shame that they had to turn to sony and insominiac to rip off an idea.

B1663R

BUT...

I'm worried that you're going to spend half the game flying through an "on rails" space section that you have absolutely no control over.

I mean, it just looks like your just being shot from one place to the next with no real input as to where you are going, sort of like switching between the different land masses in Katamari, you start moving and then have no control over what you're doing until you get to your destination.

There doesn't seem to be the same level of freedom as there was in 64 or sunshine.

There's still an awful lot that we don't know about the game sure, but from this video and the e3 video, that's the impression I'm starting to get.

Anaardvark

DigitalHero

kenjara

hatramroany

But is it really a Mario game at this point?

Sure they've got the look and they've got the sound, and the cion collecting...but controlling a miniscule Mario on a often distant rotating 3D surface over a black backdrop? With the Wii-mote?

Just how is that gonna play? Is there camera control?

What made Mario 64 so great was it's ability to bring classic gameplay mechanics into a 3d environment and combine it with a user controlled camera?

Can Nintendo pull it off again with the Wii-mote???

stranger

Type-E

(Wait: I just reread the comments. Nobody compared the graphics with those two games. Damn, another Kotaku-commenter straw man? Sigh.)

Wii's graphical limitations are much more of a problem with realistic-looking games, where it can probably still look pretty good if developers can put in the effort, but nothing like the technically powerful platforms, even in SD.

Even there it's not all about graphical power. Zelda: TP looks very much better than Motorstorm in my opinion, even though the graphics are technically hugely worse; excellent art design and more visually interesting subject matter. (Not a knock against Motorstorm: it looks fantastic, again for what it is.)

Personally I liked Mario Sunshine lots and I'm looking forward to this. Agree with some others that the black backgrounds could get a bit dull but we'll see.

With this game they presumably are intentionally scheduling it for Christmas so I hope that delay also allows them to make it as near to perfect as possible (rather than having it finished now and letting it sit on a shelf until then). :)

quen

Narsil

Oh, and btw, graphics wise, the game looks amazing. Thumbs up Ninty!

Jesus Christ

aden.exe

Type-E

The T

2. I agree with the commenters that said they didn't like 3d mario a lot. I got motion sickness a lot from older 3d games myself, including Mario 64, but I don't think this will be as bad. I'd probably want to try playing it.

Karlott

From what i know the Wiimote controls a little cursor on the screen that you can use to attack enemies and interact with various parts of the scenery. That was from some demo i saw a while back though, so things will probably change a bit for when the game is actually released.

KeyonSumner

Janaff

too bad E3 is dead now...

MikeA

kelvinc

iNime

After watching that clip though, I have to say it has some potential. And with the motion controls it could be really good.

Oh well there goes another 50 bucks dammit. ;)

Kruel

...Super Mario World is pretty much THE Mario.

Americana

Marasai

Shumina

Love it.

archioverload

I gotta ask though... Wasn't Miyamoto the one who said FPS games give him motion sickness? Wonder how he stands all of this gravity switching...

SpaceWhale

t0yrobo

Feels like the water jetpack all over again overtop of my Mario 64.. aw well theres always paper mario for the real experiance.

Ape.of.Gods

Zim

Doom

aDEADguy

RUSKULL

thomas c

Soygen

Batmundo

AMonkey

Krytha

Still, Paper Mario looks way more beautiful.

Claudius

bniday666

smd31

hehahohee

thurstonkillgore

Konatsu

Watch the video again, more closely this time. There are quite a few environments that aren't "in space." For example, the area with the thwomp.

Huckleberry

Neon

Colibri

Without a doubt I will get this game just based on the track record of the series, but so far I'm just not wowed.

doubtful

Rain-man

Spiral

Crom

Insomnia Bob

DarkNight_DS

Torusan