OPINION: Mario Bros. Makeover

[95GTIVR6]

I don't really know what brought this into my head but I figured it would lead to a descent discussion on the matter.

We all know what Mario and Luigi, the famous plummer brothers, have retained their cartoon form throughout their whole career. Yes, there was a real-life movie regarding the brothers, of which was very poor but I am thinking of something different.

How do you think a Mario game would fare if the CG's were assembled to represent a more realistic approach to the world and its characters? I guess this can simply be related to how Ocarnia of Time changed the way we looked at Zelda in the Nintendo64 from the 2D version seen in the SNES.

Would a move like this hinder the Mario Bros. Franchise, leading many to want more out of each following game? Using another Zelda example, many people were not fans of the "cell-shading" appearance of the Wind Waker and wantde a more realistic approach which they will soon get in the Twilight Princess game.

Im just throwing this out there to see what people might think.

 

[Omnis]

I guess we should make Mickey Mouse a real rat too. It's not going to happen. Link is a character, but those in the mario world are toons. Now, I'm not trying to say that they won't become more realistic; in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, we can already see the more life-like fabric in his shirt and denim overalls, but, the overall design won't change a bit. In all the artistic (not in-game) depictions of Link, he is a realistic figure. Shigeru's vision of Mario was just as he is today. Mario is his own cartoony creation, and always has been.

We've already seen a Wind Waker-like alteration of the Mario world in Paper Mario. It's safe to say that going into cell-shaded graphics is acceptable, but Mario's 3D design right now is as human-like as he's going to get.

 

[jeepster2982]

There are enough realistic games out there, can we at least keep something cartoonish and fun????

 

[a6m5]

Micky Mouse is a great example, I think. Mario characters to me are very simple cartoon-type characters. I, for one, like how the characters looked in Mario Kart Double Dash.

Interesting idea, but I don't think it will fly.