WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW?

author=FlyingJester
I really liked SMS, too.

I think the idea that it "broke with tradition" is a bit insane, and I thought that back then, too.

In Super Mario 64, coins heal you. You surf on top of koopa shells, you punch goombas. Almost every character that returns from the 2D games acts nothing like it did in the 2D games.

But then again, the 2D games are all over the place, too. In SMB2 (USA), you pull up vegetables from the ground. SMB3 is probably one of the closer games to the original (even counting the handheld games). And you fly using a raccoon tail as the main mechanic in that game. It features an almost entirely new cast of enemies, and the styling is fairly different, too.

Mario games have always been sort of all over the place. Every new game is very different from the last. There is not really a "mario formula", except "run around a bunch of levels, get stars or flagpoles or all the way to the end, rescue princess". And if you are willing to let Shine Sprites pass as stars, Super Mario Sunshine adheres perfectly to the formula of the previous games.

it broke the tradition of "being a fun and enjoyable Mario game".

I think I just woke up from a dream that I was banned from RMN. Crazy. O-o

author=Mirak
I haven't seen anybody give a bit of love to conker's bad furday so it might as well be me *shot*

That game had its moments, namely the great mighty poo. I've got the song mostly memorized too!

author=Mirak

author=Pizza
Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie? Now those are the platform games that deserve SM64's recognition. Fucking masterpieces.

The faithful still trust in Grunty's last words, and patiently wait for Banjo Threeie. I would buy an XBox One (or Zero, or negative one, or however Microsoft forgets how to count in new and exciting ways) just to play it.

I'm hoping Yooka-Laylee delivers on this front, at least! Since YEAH I highly doubt we'll see another proper Banjo game. We might get Banjo Smash DLC, tho, if the word of my friend is to be trusted...? idk i would love BK smash ;___;

author=FlyingJester
The faithful still trust in Grunty's last words, and patiently wait for Banjo Threeie. I would buy an XBox One (or Zero, or negative one, or however Microsoft forgets how to count in new and exciting ways) just to play it.

The team kickstartered a spiritual successor recently.
Edit: Emmych beat me to the punch.
Editedit:

I'm very tentatively excited for Yooka-Laylee. I threw a lot of money at it to be honest, because I'm a sucker for Banjo-Kazooie and the Rare team, but right now it's not totally scratching that itch. Although, to be honest, the itch left a few years ago when I gave up on hoping for a third game, so, perhaps it's not fair to say that.

I just want to see an actual world from the game or something. The demo worlds they've showed off haven't truly done it for me yet. That being said, this shot is giving me hope:

Holy crap.

Ho

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crap.

My body is ready for more Samurai Jack, let me tell you.

A nice scene of Winter.
http://rpgmaker.net/users/Davenport/locker/Dzerzhinsk.jpg

Oh so it's a reboot? It's not a continuation? Sad.