New Super Mario Bros. 2 (What I'd want in it)

[Erik Aston]

liquidninja said:

Erik Aston said:

Staude said:
i want super mario bros 3... 2. ... I want the same old school 8 bit look with updated music.. and... i want true co op.. i wanna be able to have luigi and mario on the screen playing at the same time wtf. Why don't nintendo ever make this ? it would be THE super mario. In my opinion super mario 3 is still where it's at.

 

One word: Tails.

Two more: Subspace Emissary.

Co-op sidescrolling on one screen = teh sucks.

Three words: Donkey Kong Country

Also, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (Game Boy Color) had co-op. Of course I'd like them to do split screen like in Sonic 2, so you could go in your own direction. 

 

 

DKC (which is my maybe my favorite series of all time) isn't really co-op. Two people don't play at once, they tag on and off. It was okay for moderately skilled players who might die frequently enough that both people could feel like they were actively playing. But it wasn't exactly a great game mode.

What WAS great was the Bad Buddy cheat code, and competing to beat the level by swapping yourself in. My brother and I played that sometimes. House rules: you have to break open every DK barrel if your buddy is dead. I wish they had brought that cheat back in the other DKC games.

In Sonic 2, could you play the whole game in co-op splitscreen? I remember the 2-player splitscreen races, which were awesome. But not as good as Uniracers.

The only way I could see 2-player sidescrolling work without splitscreen would be auto-scrolling. Super Mario Land world 2-3 and 4-3 with co-op would be rad.