Mario 128 on Revolution...

[marwan]

http://www.gamesarefun.com/news.php?newsid=5161

After its surprising and unfortunate absence in the GameCube's lineup at E3 2005, it was all but obvious: "Super Mario 128," long thought and intended to be the GameCube's next big Mario adventure, will never see the light of day... not on the GameCube, anyway.

This confirmation comes from an interview with tech website Wired News, in which Nintendo creative mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto officially stated that the next, big Mario platforming game will not be coming to the GameCube, but has been pushed to the Revolution.

When asked about a reason for the decision, Miyamoto said, "We think we want [Mario 128] on the Revolution... the Mario team can't create too many games at the same time, so they're concentrating on the Revolution." And also according to the interview, Miyamoto and Nintendo are still waiting for the "fundamental idea that's going to drive the next 3-D Mario game."

It would not be at all surprising, of course, if that "fundamental idea" ended up being something that will take full advantage of the Revolution's still-unknown, true "revolutionary" feature, long speculated (and pretty much confirmed at E3) to have something to do with the console's controller.

In fact, when asked about the Revolution's controllers, Miyamoto told Wired News, "Because the user interface is going to drive the Revolution software design, that's what's going to make our software stand out. Nobody else is going to be able to do what we do with next-generation game software. So, I can't reveal anything. It's under wraps because it's the big gun."

It's a bit disappointing, then, that Mario's last hurrah on the GameCube will presumably be a sports title like Super Mario Strikers or a niche title like DDR Mario Mix. The upshot of this, however, is that this may mean that "Mario 128," or whatever the new (and now next-gen) Mario game ends up being called, will be ready for the Revolution's launch... which would be a very good thing, considering a new Mario game is exactly what the GameCube's launch lacked (and the console suffered considerably for that mistake, too, at least in its first year).

But in any case, the coming of a next-gen Mario game is exciting in and of itself, so I'll leave it at that. We here at GAF will, of course, keep you informed of any and all developments that arise concerning this long-awaited title.

dunno if this has been posted before since i was outta town for a long time. it's a repost mod you can delete it.

anyways, i'm so glad that Ninty decided that Mario 128 goes to the revolution, if it'sa launch title then this would make the revolution fly off the shelves like the good ol' days!

and please no flud or any gadgets, i just want jumping mario in mashroom kingdom with goombas!

[Despair]

Why would it fly? Its just another Mario game. Unless Big N will actually try to do something revolutionary with it.

Yeah, I know, there still a draw to Mario franchise, but will be enough to actually a warrant a purchase of the console?

[Aziz]

isnt "mario 128" that tech demo nintendo used when they unveiled the gamecube at e3
they had 128 marios on screen at the same time , i think it had 128 marios since sony's emotion engine was 128 bits

[toxic]

This was sort of reported during some Shig Miyamoto interviews. In fact, he kind of stated that the game would be similar to Super Mario Sunshine.

That probably makes alot of people upset. But really, what else can you do with the series? It will be a solid platformer, with a few gimmicks thrown in, and probably 40 mini-games (ala Mario DS) and a few "collect-athons". It will still sell millions of copies.

[marwan]

Yeah, I know, there still a draw to Mario franchise, but will be enough to actually a warrant a purchase of the console?

it will for me.....along with a Metroid and a Zelda game!

isnt "mario 128" that tech demo nintendo used when they unveiled the gamecube at e3
they had 128 marios on screen at the same time , i think it had 128 marios since sony's emotion engine was 128 bits

yah true, i expect an name change though. whatever it is, it bette be like M64.

[TobalRox]

Yeah, I figured this was nothing new.

[avatar]

What do you expect? What else can innovate platformers. Mario 64 isn't even innovative by todays standards. The most popular platformers out right now are just FPS in 3rd person.(Not counting Sly Cooper)

Al Mario 128 can hope to be is a big game with a lot of solid fun platforming sections. Oh course people wil take one look at it and dismiss it for not being innovative enough, but thats the problem you bring on to yourself when you take a single genre to it's limits.

[Rhydant]

This might be a silly question, but will the nextgen consoles 'have' bit-counts (ie, PS1 was 32, PS2 was 128)? I haven't seen anything reguarding that, so I'm wondering why they dont call it Mario 256? Or something like that.

[johnk_]

This might be a silly question, but will the nextgen consoles 'have' bit-counts (ie, PS1 was 32, PS2 was 128)? I haven't seen anything reguarding that, so I'm wondering why they dont call it Mario 256? Or something like that.

Do you think of your PC in terms of whether it's 32 or 64-bit or whatever?

No? That's why today's consoles don't really have bit-counts either.

[Rhydant]

Do you think of your PC in terms of whether it's 32 or 64-bit or whatever?

No? That's why today's consoles don't really have bit-counts either.

Actually, I do think of PCs in terms of bits. Mine is 32, and some newer ones are 64. Older is 16 and so fourth. But thank you for your input.