Good luck getting someone to answer to that one! Lol XD

Watch, just for shits and giggles I'm going to post a very similar OP at GAF. I am so curious to see how people will react to it.

Don't get me wrong, I LOOOOVE this place, but some topics or views are just better received elsewhere.

^I won't :)

That it's the pool?

Talking about graphic in a Nintendo forum? *faceplam*

The WiiU it's already having effect i see.

I dunno, I guess I don't feel strongly one way or the other about the graphics in NSMB as some here do. Would better graphics be nice? Sure. But it would do absolutely nothing for the game itself. I might have a few moments of "ooh, that looks pretty sweet," but after that I would forget about it and focus on the game itself. And that's where the Mario series has always excels, particularly the 2D series - pure gameplay that shines above all else, which is the way games should be. Look at Minecraft, it is litterally a bunch of blocks, and yet it is probably one of the top 5 most fun games I've ever played, and a smash success.

You could say why not have both? But also keep in mind many developers that focus too much on graphics and horsepower often seem to compromise on the quality and scope of the gameplay. That is why you often see these modern games that look pretty, but are very linear, structured, and short.

Again, for me, the issue with 2D Mario is recycling the same worlds. If there were some interesting new environments, I doubt too many people would be whining about the graphics in the game. In fact, I think that is where the roots of the complaints come from.

That's not to say the game should look like garbage either. It should look passable based on the capabilities of the hardware. And NSMB certainly fits that bill.

But this doesn't fit in the context of a game that sells 20M+ copies. There should be enough budget to nail both gameplay and visuals.

I do understand your other points though and kind of agree, I just wanted to point this out, and to me it all just sounds like letting Nintendo get away with a fast one.

This thread is an interesting example of how over 400 posts discussing a subject can somehow manage to lead to nothing at all.

^this

@Pineapple

Thanks to posts like yours. But what some others of us brought in are some fundamental points in judging games.

You'll say that gameplay comes first, and nowhere in this thread did I say otherwise, but in one place. I'm not sure if you read it.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4535422

It's thanks to users like you that this thread actually never evolved past the point of understanding the premise. I have yet to really have interesting dialogue with like-minded individuals... Who's fail, mine or yours?

Stay lame people

It's really hard to evolve soemthing when most pepole dont share your view.
As many pointed you might be exagerating. I found your dialog with rol really interesting, could have going better if you havent leave it.

^Thanks. About the Rol discussion, you mean you wanted me to keep going and not get discouraged?