While power-ups like the Mushroom, Fire Flower, and Super Star are pretty much guaranteed to be featured in any 2D or 3D mainline Mario game until the end of time, there are plenty of others that crop up more sparingly across the series. I want to know what power-up from a past Mario game you'd like to see make an overdue return in the next mainline Mario game.
For me it's easy. I've gotta go with one of the all-time great power-ups that only ever appeared in one Mario game:
How do we live in a world where something as iconic as the Feather/Cape from Super Mario World never made a second appearance in the series? It's madness!
I know some people criticize it within the context of SMW for how it can break or trivialize some levels, but it was such a fun power-up to play around with. Its overpowered nature could certainly be tweaked so that it wouldn't circumvent level design as readily if factored into the design of a new mainline Mario game. I'd be particularly interested to play around with its ascent/descent-based, physics-driven flight mechanics in a new 3D Mario. And besides, it just looks cool. Mario in that bright yellow cape is probably the definitive image of 2D Mario that many people imagine in their mind's eye, especially if they played SMW at the time of release.
For me it's easy. I've gotta go with one of the all-time great power-ups that only ever appeared in one Mario game:
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How do we live in a world where something as iconic as the Feather/Cape from Super Mario World never made a second appearance in the series? It's madness!
I know some people criticize it within the context of SMW for how it can break or trivialize some levels, but it was such a fun power-up to play around with. Its overpowered nature could certainly be tweaked so that it wouldn't circumvent level design as readily if factored into the design of a new mainline Mario game. I'd be particularly interested to play around with its ascent/descent-based, physics-driven flight mechanics in a new 3D Mario. And besides, it just looks cool. Mario in that bright yellow cape is probably the definitive image of 2D Mario that many people imagine in their mind's eye, especially if they played SMW at the time of release.