People who consider Mario a gameplay-only game are not true Mario fans

[TruckOSaurus]

happydolphin said:

TruckOSaurus said:
@happydolphin: They way I see things is that the NSMB didn't click with you and you can't quite put the finger on why. Instead of letting it go, you're trying to rationalize your disappointment in the games.

You're trying to convince yourself that the original SMB games had amazing lore when in reality the vast majority of elements in those games are there for gameplay purposes. Also, what you consider magical in the NES games, you now consider cheap in the NSMB games, it doesn't make sense.

I explained that man. The elements are all still there, but there is nothing new, no evolution, other than in gameplay. Actually, in terms of imagination and capturing ours, it got much worse!

The original Mario had elements that were not for gameplay purposes, but just for plain old exploration. Secret blocks, hidden areas, areas in the sky, none of that was necessary to make the gameplay better, it was necessary to make the game something incredible, period.

NSMB doesn't click with me because it can't, all it has going for it is gameplay and nothing else. I throroughly enjoy the gameplay, but can't get attached to the world in any way whatsoever. Yet that's what made Mario so endearing in the first place.

The irony is that new Nintendo players can't and never will understand that, and rather make fun of people who are still hoping for Nintendo to come back to their senses...

Then I respecfully disagree with you.

A child picking up NSMBW as his first Mario game would discover the Mushroom kingdom with it's mushrooms, fire flowers, castles, airships, wacky costumes, secret areas and find it just as magical as you did when you discovered Mario 25 years ago.