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Were the Broodals in Mario Odyssey a complete misfire? Failed new villains?
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thats funny considering shes the only one with an actual backstory... and its a pretty good /sad one at that
Oh yeah, I forgot about him. Galaxy and Partners in Time were his chances and he missed them
Wasn't her backstory unintentional? I remember it wasn't planned to be in the game.
In any case, I kinda have to agree that she doesn't have much of a personality, being more of a passive overseer.
Yeah. I don't expect any Mario Land stuff to ever be referenced in the mainline platformers these days (as cool as it would be) but it'd be nice to see them pop up in the RPGs or the sports games (aside from Daisy, anyway).
At least Mario Maker had the Sky Pop.
The whole game was kind of a failure in retrospect. Zero challenge, way too much repetition, some very ugly worlds (that forest world, yikes) and very bad boss fights. Controversial opinion, I know, but the game feels very over-rated to me. Control-wise it is the greatest 3D platformer however. Put that control scheme in a linear Mario game please.
What is a good indicator then? Unless you're trying to say that the only good indicator is ourselves, but then that defeats the whole purpose of indication in the first place.
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Indeed. Many of the concepts for them were pretty inventive, they themselves were just kind of there.
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The forest world with the robots was one of the best. Not counting the obvious brief worlds (cloud, the ruined kingdom, the later moons), the weakest is probably just the first lake kingdom or the snow kingdom if only because they're small
They weren't bad, just.. kinda dull and forgettable. They prolly won't appear in any new games because they've served their purpose and aren't really needed anymore.
Would rather have the Koopalings tho.
Would rather have the Koopalings tho.
Which actually minorly contributes to why I dont like her as well. I like Mario characters as colorful and cartoony personalities, not fan fiction esque characters with "deep lore". Rosalina is too subtle of a personality to mesh well with the other Mario characters for me. Mario and Peach will always be the standard for the "Vanilla" characters but somehow Rosalina is so much more plain to me.
The poster said that the game was a misfire and then people responded with "but it's popular" and "but it's rated highly" which aren't good arguments. Not that the poster made a good argument themselves. The concept of scores in general has been heavily criticized because they are very arbitrary and subjective. Different reviewers have different standards and their standards change from game to game and are influenced by lots of extraneous variables. Reviews are fine in themselves because you can read what the reviewer's experience was and what they felt and then determine for yourself how you feel about their review. Better reviews will have a lot of detail about the content of the games and issues experienced and keep subjectivity to minimum to leave it to the consumer to decide.
I think they're rabbits just because of the game's overall lunar theme.
Japanese culture doesn't have the man on the moon, it has a rabbit making mochi.
It's the same reason why Sailor Moon's Japanese name is Usagi / rabbit.
Ya they weren't all that were they? I feel like bowser doesn't need minions. The bosses could have been better in the game for the most part. Shame really cause Galaxy had tremendous bosses.
What? No. No no no.
The Broodals are great. They're an evil wedding planning firm. They have the old-timey deep south elite look to them. They're rabbits because of the Japanese myth about rabbits on the moon. Also, they wear hats, so they're like the rabbits that magicians pull out of their hats.
Great punny names. Great battles. Great leitmotif that plays when their airship arrives.
I love everything about them. I hope they're playable in the next Mario Kart.
The Broodals are great. They're an evil wedding planning firm. They have the old-timey deep south elite look to them. They're rabbits because of the Japanese myth about rabbits on the moon. Also, they wear hats, so they're like the rabbits that magicians pull out of their hats.
Great punny names. Great battles. Great leitmotif that plays when their airship arrives.
I love everything about them. I hope they're playable in the next Mario Kart.
No. They cute minions. Fits the "moon" theme with the Japanese legend.
Bowser wants to marry Peach -> honeymoon -> moon -> rabbits.
It was fun. I don't think they created those minibosses in order to make them come back again (maybe in Odyssey 2, but not in Super Mario 2D or Super Mario Sunshine 2 or whatever). So they are good characters because they fits well their role.
Bowser wants to marry Peach -> honeymoon -> moon -> rabbits.
It was fun. I don't think they created those minibosses in order to make them come back again (maybe in Odyssey 2, but not in Super Mario 2D or Super Mario Sunshine 2 or whatever). So they are good characters because they fits well their role.
It's hard to say anything bad about the Broodals after Nintendo's recent freeze on new characters in Mario games. Going through the NSMB series, two Paper Marios, and 3D Land was brutal on that front.
(At least 3D World had those Sprixie things.)
More original Mario characters, please!
(At least 3D World had those Sprixie things.)
More original Mario characters, please!
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Pretty much this. With the exception of Bowser, most Mario villains are not very memorable or good.
Hey now. Let me and my failing memory believe what I want to believe!
(I completely forgot that Pom Pom was a thing. At least I recall Nabbit thanks to Smash.)
They were pretty cool, I guess. It's really lame how you keep fighting them, and how some of them take zero effort to defeat every time, like the one that throws goop around.
I'm guessing the koopalings didn't appear because their fight designs are so intrinsic to their character.
Probably the most horribly designed villains in any Nintendo game. The boss fights themselves were just garbage too. They are one of the few blemishes on an otherwise great game.
Their music, battles and designs are all awful.
At least Boom Boom, Pom Pom and the Galaxy bosses had good music.
At least Boom Boom, Pom Pom and the Galaxy bosses had good music.
Congratulations, you got him back. Although it's NSMBU again
