Does Mario need to be so kiddy?

[TruckOSaurus]

happydolphin said:

TruckOSaurus said:

So you're saying Mario Galaxy is too kiddy to appeal to adults? I personally don't see it. I thought the setting, enemies, characters were full of charm and I didn't feel like I was playing a kid's game.

I'll try to demonstrated, it's hard to put into words and find evidence for what I consider a step in the wrong direction in some of the games. I replied to JWeinCom with music for starters, I'll try to get an analysis of graphics, though I had another thread demonstrating that too, mind you I could push the envelope a little further.

More on music and graphics for Nintendo in general: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4556922

The links you've provided tell me you've got a bad case of nostalgia. The original Super Mario Bros.'s color palette was mainly brown because of the limitation of the hardware. In fact, most of Mario's features like his cap, his overalls and his mustache were there because they provided an easy way to differentiate between body parts with the few pixels and colors they had available for the character. As consoles got graphically stronger, Nintendo added details but still keeping in mind the original design and if you look at the picture below the evolution is pretty cohesive.