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Multiple sources: Several Mario games (64/Sunshine/Galaxy 1/3D World) getting Switch remasters this year
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Can you fucking imagine a Mario game looking like this? Good lord.Not sure if this was posted before, but found this on Instagram. Not sure if fan-art or real concept art.
"Concept art for the upcoming remaster of Yoshi's Island SNES on Switch announced by Nintendo for Mario's 35th anniversary"
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cAjwHqqMW/
*EDIT* Forgot that it's April 1st, so take with grain of salt. xD
You can't be serious? You're going to use left hand on joystick and right hand on touch screen? What is this, Kid Icarus? ;)
I'm literally holding the Switch (launch model) in my hand doing just that. it's not that hard unless you got baby wrists
this is the real travesty of controller support
Not sure if this was posted before, but found this on Instagram. Not sure if fan-art or real concept art.
"Concept art for the upcoming remaster of Yoshi's Island SNES on Switch announced by Nintendo for Mario's 35th anniversary"
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cAjwHqqMW/
*EDIT* Forgot that it's April 1st, so take with grain of salt. xD
No way in hell they're changing the graphics on Yoshi's Island.
I used Dolphin VR a couple of years back to upres Wind Waker and play it in VR.
Literally looked like a game releasaed this year. Totally timeless visuals. The cel shading/cartoony style means that you just make the lines sharper and... voila. It's like a Ghibli movie or something.
In VR was staggering, too. Actually looking up at the islands, getting vertigo from heights, enemies feeling threatening and full of presence, characters becoming larger than life (literally - they were huge, like the size of inflatable parade characters or something).
Incredible experience.
The best thing would be to use the Odyssey engine and just remodel everything. All the concept, layout, music, sound effects work is done, you just have to build it again in a modern engine. They can sell this thing for years and it will absolutely sell big on Switch so there is good RoI on a ground up remake. They even have the castle already modeled up from Odyssey. Galaxy can just get HD textures and a traditional control scheme for portable play. Sunshine seems like the biggest challenge I would think because Fludd really is unique to just that game (so the Odyssey engine isn't as easy to use), plus the 4:3 aspect ratio.
The Galaxy motion controls were all gimmicks that could easily be mapped or re-engineered to traditional controls.
Head Shake - map to button
Spin - map to button
Aim/Tongue - map to right stick or gyro, or they could engineer a lock on
I'm more excited for a traditional paper mario.
partners
Epic story
RPG
Cool characters
Chapters
Hopefully after each cheater play an interlude as Princess Peach or Bowser etc
I hope it's as good as TYD
partners
Epic story
RPG
Cool characters
Chapters
Hopefully after each cheater play an interlude as Princess Peach or Bowser etc
I hope it's as good as TYD
What are you thinking setting wise?
It just occurred to me that Paper Mario has only been set in the Mushroom Kingdom once, with subsequent games going to different worlds because (in the case of SPM,SS,CS) the new gameplay mechanic demanded it. I think they'll probably go to a new world again for the new gimmick, but if they ever wanted to return to a new version of the Mushroom Kingdom it's probably been long enough.
The geometry has aged well. Realistically, a simple upres is all Galaxy would need but an updated lighting model would really make those visuals pop.
4:3 wouldn't be an issue.
The real issue with Sunshine on the Switch would be the lack of analog triggers and Gamecube's clicky buttons at the bottom of the triggers.
hmmmmmm I don't know but I cannot wait to see it. Maybe a bit of both Mario searching for 7 (insert items here) to save the world but one or two said Items is hiding in the castle and bowsers castle etc
as for partners I'd love mario's friends to travel together Luigi, peach, yoshi, toad, Toadette instead of a koopa and boo as a partner etc and have warrior and waluigi for comic relief. There is to many characters to pick from.
I've thought about the whole using Luigi/Peach/Toad etc as partners thing (the closest we got was Super Paper Mario) and I'm kinda torn. On one hand, it would be cool to have them on an RPG adventure with Mario, but on the other hand, almost every partner in the first two Paper Mario games is a more interesting character than Peach/Toad/Toadette with more interesting gameplay potential. If they use a Toad, it should be a Unique Toad with his or her own backstory. A Kung Fu toad in-training would be way more interesting than Red Toad from Every Game. One of the things recent Paper Marios have missed out on is creating several new characters with their own stories to play through.
If they use certain established characters they might get limited by how that character is supposed to be portrayed.
Wario and Waluigi would be great antagonists though, since they actually have some great comedic potential.
To be honest, I'd hope this is the least Nintendo do with Mario 64. It really does need some love. I'd hope that they do a little work on Sunshine and Galaxy, too - the Galaxy games only really need an up-res and new lighting, with some textures touching up. Sunshine would need more work, really.Whishful thinking or trying for a realistic prediction? Neither version translates well to being rendered in HD. At all.
Mario 64 would benefit from some more careful work invested, similar to what was done for OoT 3D and Majora's Mask 3D. Very faithful to the original assets, updated geometry for some assets and just a hint of extra modern visual sparkle, like additional foliage. Those two games would look reasonably well rendered at high resolutions (Source: Citra gallery):
I was looking up the Citra shots of the 3D Zelda remasters the other day - I'd be happy playing those on Switch next year for a Zelda anniversary. If they look that good running through Citra, they could look really good on Switch with a little work.
Agreed, as I'm saying above. I can see them building a graphical overhaul - new character models, textures, UI, lighting - over the original geometry, improving that where it makes sense to do so. Isn't that what was done for the recent Crash games? They used the original geometry as the base with a substantial graphical overhaul on top, creating new elements where they couldn't access the original versions. I'm not saying Nintendo's facelift for Mario 64 will be as drastic, but I'd expect a similar approach technically (rather than completely rebuilding the game).
They might be able to lift things from Odyssey to cut down on the amount of labour involved. If we had any inkling as to which developers were involved in this, then we could have a better idea of what to expect. Wind Waker HD was done by EAD in 6 months, with texture work outsourced to a contractor. My assumption is that EPD are producing this, but that the bulk of the work is being outsourced. If Nintendo have partnered with multiple external studios (and if they've perhaps got some of their own smaller teams, like NST and 1-Up handling aspects), then I think 64 at least will get a good overhaul, with less dramatic improvements on Sunshine and Galaxy.
Unfortunately not. It would be strange for it not to appear, but we'll have to wait and see.
This would be great. I'd really be happy if there are some 'making of' and 'history' videos in this package.
Doesn't the official GC Smash controller have working analog triggers?
I have them and never noticed if they're analog or not.
They are quite literally just GameCube controllers so yes they are analog.
The Galaxy motion controls were all gimmicks that could easily be mapped or re-engineered to traditional controls.
Head Shake - map to button
Spin - map to button
Aim/Tongue - map to right stick or gyro, or they could engineer a lock on
Ehh maybe. The gyro might work well enough to get close for the aiming for tongue and such. Still, it might feel really held back and not really a "definitive' edition if it clearly doesn't control as well.
Random thought: this Mario 3D All Stars could be so big that nintendo could try to package some wii remote like attachment with physical editions. Sounds incredibly unlikely, though.
Technically 3 times
Then again with Mario World included.
And lastly with the Wii collection.
i recall getting the og super mario all stars package for my sixth birthday. Before that point i only had and played and beat super mario world (my first video game ever) so to me these werent re-releases, as much as they were brand new games.
I am especially excited to play 3D World. As one of many people who skipped the Wii U, it would honestly feel like a brand new game to me, so I wouldn't mind paying full price.
whatever they do I hope it can live up to the first two paper Mario games I'm so happy it's returned to its RPG roots I didn't like the 3DS paper Mario and skipped the Wii U paper Mario.
day 1 I'll buy Nintendo and I hope other Nintendo fans support paper Mario going back to its roots to show Nintendo don't mess with perfection.
i did enjoy Wii paper Mario I did think it was a one off spin off but oh how wrong I was lol I have waited so long for this.
Does that even look like any scene in Yoshi's Island?Not sure if this was posted before, but found this on Instagram. Not sure if fan-art or real concept art.
"Concept art for the upcoming remaster of Yoshi's Island SNES on Switch announced by Nintendo for Mario's 35th anniversary"
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cAjwHqqMW/
*EDIT* Forgot that it's April 1st, so take with grain of salt. xD
In handheld mode for Galaxy you could have the touch screen as an option for collecting star bits etc.
It's a cool scene but it looks like they just added baby mario and yoshi randomly on a log lol
That artwork would be more believable if they said it was a brand new game.
It doesn't look like Yoshi's Island aesthetic at all.
Photo shop gurus SMAS2 mock up please!Technically 3 times
Then again with Mario World included.
And lastly with the Wii collection.
They could possibly program in a 1 second delay on full trigger press so you could sort of feather or rapidly tap the trigger to get less throttle. No perfect solution though. The best part of Sunshine was the Fluddless underground areas anyways.
mario 64 does not look anywhere close to fantastic lol
If we assume the game is put into widescreen... then yeah, this doesn't look *the best*:
Equally, it doesn't look awful... but upgrading the textures a la OOT3D/MM3D would really help.
This would be enough for me. Sharper resolution with widescreen support would go a long way.
The Throwback Galaxy in SMG2 and the castle in SMO made me dream of what a full SM64 remake could be like. Please, Nintendo.
imagine the frame drops
they'll probably fix that issue for M64
maybe
If they wanted to have 5 3D Mario remasters done for this year, I'd imagine some external developers are involved. So... yeah, I'd agree with this.
I honestly feel it would be crazy for Nintendo to create the collection and actually do work on the ports. I'm expecting widescreen MAYBE and basic control adaptation AT MOST. There is no way any other changes make it in, if it is happening as a 50/60 US$ collection.
I hope that these rumors are true! It seems so obvious to bring these classics to the Switch, especially as there appear to be some gaps in the release of new, first-party games. I'd love to experience a "traditional" Paper Mario. Admittedly, I've only played the version that came out on the Wii. I actually enjoyed what I played of that version, but never got around to finishing it. I also never beat Super Mario Sunshine, but would definitely tear through it if it gets ported.
They got OoT running at 30 FPS with new animations to match. I think they could do a great job with other N64 classics.
Sub-Con from SMB2/Doki Doli Panic has been my Paper Mario fantasy scenario for a while now. You have a waking world/dream world mechanic, go extra-surreal with the environments, vaguely Arabian vibes with ragtime music, fucking Phanto and Birdo...
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