| Mnementh said:
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. |
This is not true. It's not a contested fact that Le Petit Prince appeals to children and adults alike. Rather, it was designed that way and it's pretty clear.
Here are some graphics from the title to help the topic:
Nothing of this is kiddy, and actually thank you for bringing this up. This ^ is how you make content appealing to adults and children. It is highly detailed, and has subdued colors, nothing alienating to an adult, rather taps into his childlike psyche imho.
This is a great example of the direction in which I would like Mario to go.
