Topic: Nintendo doing it again??

[Kulock]

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Originally posted by: WesDawg
I'm predicting Mario 128 is the show stopper this year.

You said it. I bet it's not going to look anything like Mario 64, either. The game was supposedly in development in tandem with Mario Sunshine, not after, and they've continued to work on it since. I'm just hoping for something as rich as Melee's Adventure Mode take on Mario (the road to Peach's Castle area), could you imagine that expanded into a full Mario game? (I don't mean the 2.5D play, although I certainly wouldn't complain about that myself, but no, it'll be 3D...)

I think this time, though, we know what the titles will be, but it'll be huge to actually _see_ them. (Last year we knew about them and had already seen some major details and shots.) Nintendo's being very tight about screenshots and even information about many of these titles, we just know they'll be there, and some random, baseline tidbits. (Sega's trying the same thing, there is not a single screenshot of Sonic Heroes on the net yet, even though new games like Sonic Battle for the GBA, Vectorman and Headhunter: Redemption both for the PS2 had screenshots available.) They're going for old-school unveilings, and I think it might work.

[ThePerm]

im expecting suprises like e32001...i mean no one expected pikmin or smash bros melee.

[kennyb27]

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You said it. I bet it's not going to look anything like Mario 64, either.

Actually Miyamoto said that Mario 128 would be more of a true successor to Mario 64 than Super Mario Sunshine was.

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I think this time, though, we know what the titles will be, but it'll be huge to actually _see_ them. (Last year we knew about them and had already seen some major details and shots.) Nintendo's being very tight about screenshots and even information about many of these titles, we just know they'll be there, and some random, baseline tidbits.

In years prior to '03, Nintendo was even more secret with their titles.  This year, although the information is few and far in between, it is more abundant in comparison to previous years.

[Kulock]

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Originally posted by: kennyb27
Actually Miyamoto said that Mario 128 would be more of a true successor to Mario 64 than Super Mario Sunshine was.

True, but I think he meant more in terms of innovation and polish-level, rather than, "It will be Mario 64 2."

[Gamefreak]

Yeah..it may be a puzzle game for all we know.