Oh, I've heard of the book alright, I've even read The Iliad - I just haven't come around reading the Odyssey yet.

I know what the goal of the game is; it's rather apparent in the trailer and in the name, like you pointed out. Doesn't take away the fact that the humans look quite ugly, or that the game seem to have 2 different art directors; just compare how the city and forest parts of the trailer look and feel with that foodland footage of the same trailer; on the one hand the game is kinda grey and brown and on the other its bright and colorful. That's what I'm refering to.

Okay, watched it. I agree for the most part. Nintendo's online service is limited compared to XBox's and PlayStation's. That said, I hope this is reason for them to price the subscription cheaper than the other two.

They better or I'm not subscribing.

I'll bring the cups, but only if I can cut them all in half first, to ensure that everybody's is always half empty at best...

So more art direction and such rather than concept huh? I'll admit having a real world and real people is unusual for Mario, though it's not as if his world has ever been less than unusual. Kinda like the Super Show per se. Though you never know, we'll see how further development the game will go through since it's not gonna be released till later in the year. Personally not gonna write it out as something interesting within the overall game.