| happydolphin said: The reality that it's hard to put into words proves a few things: 1) We don't talk about it enough, those of us interested in this kind of thing, within the gamer community. 2) I lack background in the study of art to really express my thoughts. 3) I should replay all of these games again to better judge. @Le petit prince. Yes, I'm familiar with that, and yeah I see the resemblance with SMG though I"ve never read it completely. Thing is though, LPP doesn't have any music, and that's an important element in the topic. Graphical detail is another, but maybe Nintendo needs the WiiU to impress and put more detail in the already gorgeous 3D Mario. 2D Mario is looking promising with NSMBU, but still it looks like the direction is still lacking (though more data is needed). |
On your three points: maybe. But I think the decision if something seems kiddy to you or not is more subjective.
And you miss my point on the petite prince: it has no soundtrack, but graphics. But the point I made was about surface and content and about personal opinion. On the surface the prince has cute images and simple writing style seemingly targeted at children. Actually the author makes some fuss about targeting at children in his dedication. But under that surface the prince contains deep themes. So I think it is very strongly a personal opinion, if you think the prince is for children or adults (or everyone). That can be point of long discussions, as people may disagree from their personal point of view.
All you describe as childish about Mario are such surface things. For the little prince that were writing style and the lovely images the author painted. For Mario it's music, graphics and the lack of proper story. Yeah, I understand why this thread is so long, because Mario contains indications in either direction, so everyone can maintain an own personal opinionion about the childishness of the game.
