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Loud_Hot_White_Box on 14 June 2009
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scottie said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:

I'll say LBP, which was a complete revelation, has a bright future ahead, and is being copied, sans level creation, by New Super Mario Bros. Wii.  (oh, snap, I said it!)

Then MGS4, KZ2, and MLB 09: The Show

 

AARGH!

 

LBP is an awesome game. But it did not create the idea of multiplayer platforming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2 - 2 player multiplayer co-op platformer that functioned similarly to LBP - there was a player 1 and if you got too far away from him you died (although player 2 had infinite lives)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings - 3 player multiplayer in which all players controlled different characters with different abilities

 

LBP didn't even create the idea of using something in between 2d and 3d. That was pioneered (as far as I know) by Paper mario

Right but, more proximately, we are in a 3D-dominated era, with the flagship Mario in 3D, running around The Little Prince style.

Enter LBP, 4-player 2d platforming during the 7th gen.

Recall statements that Nintendo was eyeing LBP closely, and I think I remember the term 'worried'.

Then enter NSMB, 4-player 2d platforming later during the 7th gen.

It's just a fun observation, and I'll probably really like NSMB, but anyway I wasn't saying Sony or MM invented the idea of multiplayer platforming, just that LBP caused a big splash and was fairly soon followed by NSMB.  It's uncanny.  Hey Luigi, push that box over so Mario can jump on it!  Ingenious!   ;)