| swyggi said: Because in many respects it's true. Zelda and Mario use a lot of the same concepts, gameplay and formulas for every one of their major games. Zelda dungeons have a lot of repeats: Forest, Ice, Water and fire dungeons have been used several times over in Zelda games. Same z-targeting system in 3-D Zelda's, several of the same items and the storyline doesn't generally change much at all. You always seem to get either the boomerang or the bow and arrow during the beginning too. Super Mario Sunshine however was something new and refreshing I'll admit because of the water pack, however you still collected stars in a linear fashion just like SM64 and SMG. That doesn't mean anything bad or good. It just depends on how you look at it. |
That's washing it down with too much simplicity. The genius of these games is that they use similar concepts to craft completely new experiences.
Saying that Mario gets the star means absolutely nothing, because Galaxy is completely different from Sunshine and 64. In Sunshine and 64, the game dropped you into large environments and let you explore of your own will to actually find the star, often times providing multiple paths and tricks to get there. Galaxy is more like the 2D games in that the levels are actually linear and the challenge is getting across the preset obstacle course. You're going from point A to point B in Galaxy, but not in its predecessors.
Similarly, Zelda having similar themed dungeons is where the similarity ends. The only thing that Fire Temple and Goron Mines have in common is location and the lava theme. The actual layout, puzzles, ect. are completely different. In the Fire Temple you're moving blocks geysers and avoiding walls of flame, in the Goron Mines you're using the Goron machines to walk across magnetic strips. Same goes for the "water" themed dungeons. In the Water Temple, you're raising and lowering the water level to navigate different floors (an extension of LttP's water dungeon), but in the Lakebed Temple you use the momentum of flowing water to start machinery that'll get you around.
People shouldn't have much to complain about when the end result is completely different.
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