Can Mario ever be cool again?

[Raze]

I don't think Mario as a character can be cool again, because the world is cynical and cold, and Mario doesn't reflect that. People and especially gamers get fed that being like characters in GTA are cool, that Kratos is cool, that Assasin's Creed and Call of duty are cool - that violent people are the new cool - and Mario doesn't do that (despite smashing turtles and burning mushrooms)

I think as a game series, Mario World 3D on the Wii U did a great job of going back to the Mario 64 style of the series, and is a very fun game. I am tired of the COD games, and always found the GTA games to lack creativity.

But really to answer the question - yes Mario can be and is cool, for the young gamers, for those who haven't grown up and become cold and cynical. Mario didn't change, you changed.

Some people have childhood friends they stay friends with for all their life, others turn their backs on them to hang with the trendy "cool kids", and be something they weren't before, and let the child inside them die.

As for me, I'm not one of the latter people, I'll play any game as long as its good, I'll watch cartoons and enjoy watching Disney movies with my kids, go all out at amusement parks. My inner child is rocking permanent invincible star mode. =)