Inafune:‘If a Creator Hasn’t Played Mario, They’re Probably not a good Creator’

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Pristine20 said:

osed125 said:

Mario is simple part of gaming history, just because you don't like it doesn't mean game designers should ignore it. Is the same as artists, every artist have seen the Mona Lisa, Birth of Venus, The Scream, etc. What that artist does may be completely different from this paintings, more modern and "original", but is simple part of the media they love and dedicated their life to. It's the same as video games, games like Grim Fandango, M.U.L.E, Space Invaders, Pacman, Super Mario, etc. are part of this history and any game designer this days should look at this games and what they represent to the media. 

I can bet good money that many of what I consider good artists now were inspired by other comic books and not any of the art you posted. Does their art then automatically suck? Games are not about representing anything to the media. They are about entertaining people. You can do that without playing any of the games on your list.

No it doesn't, I never said that. A comic artist, for example, will take it's main inspiration from old Superman and Batman comics, but if the artist loves what he does and dedicate his life to that, you can't possibly deny they have never seen the Mona Lisa, and se what the painting represents to what they do, and thus they took it as an "inspiration" of sorts, not for their work but for what Leonardo did, and say "I want to be as famous as him and leave my mark in history. I want my comic book to be in a museum just like the Mona Lisa", it sounds cliche sure, but that's how artists feel.