Khuutra on 08 January 2012
| RolStoppable said: Copying and stealing from something that is eternal. The inspiration of Super Mario Bros. (and that's the foundation of Mario and its offsprings, not any of the previous games he appeared in) was Alice in Wonderland, so Mario contains the spirit of eternity as well. Video games are a very different medium when compared to books and movies, so it was very important that Super Mario Bros. played to the strengths of its own medium and it did just that in an admirable way. The result is that Mario is not just eternal from a lore/game universe point of view, but also from a gameplay point of view. This makes for one powerful combination that is unlikely to be ever replaced by something else which means the life or death of Mario is entirely up to Nintendo's decisions. And since Mario is so important, the life or death of Nintendo itself is closely linked to their treatment of Mario. |
That is completely bullcrap and one of the worst gaming lies ever perpetuated. That's coming from me as a gamer and as a student of Victorian literature.
