Titles of Note
Tingle RPG
The top screen shows Tingle holding a bomb with the number "9", while the bottom screen has a gigantic insect crawling around with what appears to be a big red target on it. You can also see a bomb with many little balloons attatched to it near the insect. Perhaps the game will play out similarly to the Tingle Tuner in Wind Waker, where players did not control Tingle directly?
Densetsu no Starfi 4
The fourth game in the Starfi series of games - the previous three were available for Game Boy Advance in Japan. In this game, the top screen shows the action while the touch screen displays a map. Starfi (as you may or may not have guessed) is a starfish.
Mario Basket 3 vs 3
Basketball with a Mario flavour. The top screen shows the action, the touch screen shows a layout of the court. Confirmed characters include Mario, Luigi, Peach, Wario, Bowser and Paratroopa. There are also Question Mark boxes scattered on the court, including one with coins spewing out of it. Looks like you have to hit those boxes when you have the basketball. Turtle shells are also displayed on the touch screen, suggesting Mario Kart item mischief as well. Finally, this game is Nintendo Wi-Fi compatible!
Kaitou Wario
Not sure what to make of this platform game. The top screen shows a Metroid-like map, as well as what appear to be power-ups. There's also a clock shown - could this be timed, similar to Metroid? It's definitely Wario, though - that Wario hat shown in the touch screen is enough of a clue!
Thanks to Mario from our forums for the initial heads up, and TYP for assistance with this article.
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No one cares about Mario anymore
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Thanks to Mario from our forums for the initial heads up, and TYP for assistance with this article.
QuoteOk, if no one really cared about Mario anymore, why do Mario games still sell? Mario is a popular character. If you don't like then, well, you don't have to buy or play them. I don't see anything wrong with Pinball games (or real life pinball machines) based off of popular franchise/TV shows/Movies/etc. They are all fun to play because Pinball is fun to play.
Originally posted by: Ian Sane
The spinoffs start off innocently enough but next thing you know you've got Zelda Pinball. This Tingle RPG might be awesome but I don't want Nintendo to start milking Zelda (ewwww). Nintendo's got to cut back on their franchise games. No one cares about Mario anymore and no one is going to care about ANY Nintendo games if they don't watch it.
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
They get Square Enix working with them and they come up with another Mario spinoff? God I'm getting so sick of this.
QuoteUh huh... Noone cares about megaman now, either? Ian, get outside a little more now and then. It will honestly help with your grasp on reality.
Originally posted by: Ian Sane
It's like how Mega Man still sells but it used to be considered one of the industry's elite games and now it's not. There's still a fanbase but it has become so played out that Mega Man games don't mean anything anymore. Mario is getting into that territory.
QuoteIf I am reading Bill's post correctly, Square themself asked Nintendo if they could do it. That to me looks like Square wants to get experience with non-RPG material, nothing wrong with that. If it comes out good, it will show Square is more then just a one trick pony.
Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Square has as much cred as a basketball game designer as Nintendo themselves. There's no real special appeal in having Square work on this game. Square's expertise (ie: RPGs) isn't being put to use.
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We are gettin a fully 3 d final fantasy (in traditional form not like ffcc)"
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What game would that be? FF3? I thought that was a port/re-make, in 2d.
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Originally posted by: TheYoungerPlumber
Maybe it's the lack of sleep talking here, but Ian is really pissing me off today. I agree it is odd for Square Enix to be doing a Mario basketball title, but I'm sick of reading Ian's trolling posts. He initiated the complete debasement of that 200+ post talkback thread, and I will not let him do so here. If I see Ian repeat himself in this thread, I swear I will lock this thread up myself.
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Yep it was announced last night, square revealed that ff3 is going fully 3d on the ds"
That's kind of cool though it's kind of odd that of all the Final Fantasy games to pick from to remake in 3D they pick the ONE game that we've never had in North America in it's original form. It's a cool idea but if there was ever a time for a straight port this was it. Oh well.
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Super Mario RPG comes from a time where there wasn't 8 Mario spinoffs a year.
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Originally posted by: vudu
Deguello - did you actually look at those links? Mario doesn't have very many real (read: playable) cameos prior to GameCube.
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Originally posted by: vudu
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BS Super Mario USA (series) (Japan only)
Dr. Mario - BSX | NP (Japan only)
Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium (series) (Japan only)
Mario & Wario (Japan only)
Mario is Missing!
Mario Paint
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters
Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers
Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun
Mario's Super Picross (Japan only)
Mario's Time Machine
Picross NP (series) (Japan only)
Super Mario Kart
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris Attack
Undake 30 Same Game (Japan only)
Wario's Woods
Wrecking Crew '98 (Japan only)
Yoshi's Cookie
Yoshi's Cookie - Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (Japan only)
Yoshi's Safari
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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Katamari PSP would require a change of the control setup, you just can't control a tank with a PSP.