Can you see Nintendo taking advantage of a 'First Party Multiverse' idea in a game?

[MrMegaMill]

I was thinking about this on the way to work this morning. Do you think Nintendo would ever consider putting one of their characters into a situation where they would be jumping around the worlds of their other first party games?

I think this would work amazingly well with someone like Mario. Instead of the Odyssey thing, or the painting thing, or the whatever thing from Sunshine, have Mario jumping into Hyrule, space for Metroid/Star Fox, one of the regions of Pokemon, a war torn land from Fire Emblem, etc.

What do you think? Is it a possibility?

 

[Tailzo]

Like Nintendoland but more crossover like worlds?

 

[MysticGon]

Isn't that what Smash is for?

 

[Yuntu]

So ...Smash?

 

[DimitriLH]

It will eventually happen, it's only a matter of time.

Fam, i'm sure OP knows smash is a thing.... And i think they want a adventure platformer game, which only happened in Brawl.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Project Smash Zone

 

[Deleted member 1839]

Just give Smash an actual story mode.

 

[BassForever]

Smash has done this before

 

[Imperial Bishop]

So Smash minus the fighting.

 

[The Unsent]

Always wanted Super Smash Bros RPG as a kid. Subspace Emissary felt like a taste of what could be.

A bit like Kingdom Hearts where all the villians team up (and make fun of K Rool's name)

 

[MrMegaMill]

Wouldn't we consider Smash a crossover/new property?

Multiverse would be a game from a pre-established series jumping through worlds.

 

[Westbahnhof]

I don't want to struggle with the moral implications of Link catching Zora and Gorons with Pokeballs tbh
But I would love a Mario (along the lines of Paper Mario) story crossover with other universes. Paper Mario felt super self aware at times, I think that's a necessary ingredient for this to work.

 

[Stopdoor]

Project Smash Zone

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Why does she transform into a dress to attack and not the opposite 🤔

 

[Dr. Dr. Dogtooth]

Just give Smash an actual story mode.

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The problem is that many of Nintendo's main characters don't talk ...

 

[BassForever]

Wouldn't we consider Smash a crossover/new property?

Multiverse would be a game from a pre-established series jumping through worlds.

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So you want Super Mario Odyssey but the different locations are different Nintendo IP? That would probably never happen.

 

[BasilZero]

Just give Smash an actual story mode.

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this

 

[Derachi]

No and I'm glad they won't. Let separate works of fiction exist in their own worlds.

 

[HustleBun]

*in another game?

I hope so. I still love those scenes from Subspace Emissary in Brawl.

 

[DimitriLH]

Honestly, I think Sakurai would be great at this. But it's gonna be awhile before Nintendo considers it. Remember the concept idea of Wonderful 101?

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Smash has done this before

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But it's not "canonical" and it doesn't feature any of the gameplay or design from individual series

 

[Castform]

Would this even add anything to have?

 

[OrangeNova]

Smash is this.

Otherwise no.

 

[Deleted member 202]

Mushroom Kingdom Hearts.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

You people have no imagination

 

[Dekuman]

Smash is their multiverse.
They may extend that idea to Mario Kart which already has crossovers.

 

[NeonZ]

It's probably hard with their brand management nowadays, at least on a large scale. There's also the issue of Smash Bros already existing.

Why does she transform into a dress to attack and not the opposite 🤔

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It's a DLC class from Awakening.

 

[LinkStrikesBack]

Wouldn't we consider Smash a crossover/new property?

Multiverse would be a game from a pre-established series jumping through worlds.

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I'm not sure what you're expecting then, if Smash doesn't count.

Any game would have to play radically differently to most any other Nintendo series to work in this kind of concept, and would be tied to a "new" property like "Smash bros." even if it has very little completely new.

Smash bros. goes has many stages from other game worlds for obvious reasons. The only other close example you can reasonably expect is the DLC cups from Mario Kart 8 and some of the new battle arenas in Mario Kart 8 deluxe, which are based on other Nintendo properties.

I don't imagine any other games will do this though.

 

[Dr. Mario]

They already did this 25 years ago.

I can definitely see this become more of a thing in the future now that Smash Bros but also Mario Kart has been increasingly mixing IP.

 

[DimitriLH]

A example of this would maybe be that Sonic Lost world crossover with yoshi and zelda levels.

 

[Kingpin722]

Just waiting for Nintendo to fully realize the Earthbound series in 3D as an open world action RPG. Have you seen how beautiful it's respective stages are on Smash? I would love to walk around those cities.

 

[ashm]

I wonder if they will!

 

[NotLiquid]

I entertained the idea that Nintendo could have done something like that for a Super Mario Odyssey 2. Not necessarily for the dollar signs of crossover appeal, but because Mario's capture mechanic has a whole lot of untapped potential even outside of Mario's world. Like imagining Mario platforming through Inkopolis while borrowing some Splatoon mechanics. Felt like Odyssey was already a world-tour, Galaxy already did space, so alternate worlds definitely seemed like it could be a next step.

I'm not sure how they'd utilize that kind of concept for a full game though, I can only really imagine a few non-Mario worlds be reconstructed to benefit a platformer that can be upheld holistically.

 

[WestEgg]

Even leaving aside Smash because it's a cross over fighter, Subspace Emissary in Brawl seems like it is pretty much this already.

 

[MrMegaMill]

So you want Super Mario Odyssey but the different locations are different Nintendo IP? That would probably never happen.

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yah, that's my perfect world idea.

Like someone else said, a Nintendo Kingdom Hearts haha.

 

[tryagainlater]

I'm not a fan of Kingdom Hearts but I wish Nintendo would make something like that with their characters because I dont find Smash interesting at all.

 

[Lord Fanny]

Smash is all I need for first party crossover tbh. I wasn't even a big fan of the MK8 DLC stuff that had other Nintendo properties. Kind of want IPs to stand on their own personally

 

[Lowblood]

I don't think Nintendo would ever do this from a "lore" perspective. We can barely get consistent lore in Mario games. And Smash's stuff never goes terribly deep either (helps that Subspace Emissary had no dialogue).

But more crossovers? Sure. Mario Kart already did it.

(Much like the Link's Awakening post above, I still contend the best way to do this would be through a shared dream world run by Wart. Though they'd have to set it apart from Kirby's own Dream Land)

 

[onpoint]

Brawl was a start toward this. Great cutscenes but boringly assembled level-to-level gameplay. I'd love if they explored it and expanded it more in a future Smash game.

 

[Skittzo]

The world deserves another shot at a Subspace Emissary. World of Light came so close...

 

[Empyrean Cocytus]

It's called Super Smash Bros.

 

[Orbulon]

I sincerely hope producers at Nintendo have more imagination than this.

 

[Deleted member 2145]

subspace emissary was so fucking hype when it came out, I'd watch that one cutscene over and over again

 

[Poltergust]

Smash is already this, really. Also, the Mario franchise already shares its universe with Yoshi, Wario, and Donkey Kong.

The only other thing that could make sense is Metroid and F-Zero (and maybe Star Fox?) taking place in the same universe, but it's not really something I'm clamoring for.

 

[chronos4590]

I feel like a sequel to Kid Icarus uprising would be a nice choice. Especially since they share enemies with other NES games and references
Even if it's played like a joke as in (oh we're not supposed to be here, we have to go back) The humor would help not take it seriously without raising stakes at all

 

[Skittzo]

Maybe once Sakurai is done with Smash he'll make the grand Nintendoverse adventure RPG we've all been clamoring for.

 

[Poltergust]

I feel like a sequel to Kid Icarus uprising would be a nice choice. Especially since they share enemies with other NES games and references
Even if it's played like a joke as in (oh we're not supposed to be here, we have to go back) The humor would help not take it seriously without raising stakes at all

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They already did a joke like that in Uprising.

 

[m0therzer0]

But it's not "canonical" and it doesn't feature any of the gameplay or design from individual series

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It could be fun, but I'd much rather have more games in each of their core series than a cross-over game. If they did, which characters would you put into other worlds? Mario? Link? Samus? Kirby? WALUIGI?

 

[WestEgg]

But it's not "canonical" and it doesn't feature any of the gameplay or design from individual series

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Even if this game were made, it wouldn't be canonical to the original series. It's not like Kingdom Hearts is canonical to the original Disney properties.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Yes people, OP definitely has never heard of Smash Bros. Congrats on stumping them and defeating the topic, you win!

 

[Poltergust]

Even if this game were made, it wouldn't be canonical to the original series. It's not like Kingdom Hearts is canonical to the original Disney properties.

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Weren't the Pixar worlds in KHIII written to be so?