| morenoingrato said:
The Fifa, Gran Turismo and Madden games don't have any story at all, why would sport games need a story? Because Mario was never about depth in the first place, and I did give you big example of depth in the RPG series, I think you are mistaking depth with tragedy. Mario isn't intended to have a great story, it's a save the princess game, and the actual focus is the platforming. You want a random story example, okay. In Mario Galaxy, many Toads were left homeless from the Mushroom Kingdom attacks, many probably perished in the fire and destruction. The Lumas where about to freeze to death, many probably did. Rosalina is condemned to eternal loneliness in space, without the hope to ever reunite with her loved ones, they are probably dead by then. The people and servants in the castle are nowhere to be seen at the end, I guess they were slaughtered by Bowser. |
@needing a story. Read Sal's post, page 1.
For the rest, Mario is on a quest, it's important that the players feel that, and his quest is not easy. If all we see and hear is hoo-hoo, it is so hard to relate to the quest, and have that feeling of long-lived adventure. This is especially true for the 3D incarnations.
@Story and understory of Galaxy. Yes, it's a true point and I don't disagree. I'm not disagreeing with the "strenghts" of Mario, I'm trying to highlight its weaknesses because I believe that Mario can be even better than the amazing series it already is.
