The Tuesday letters page has some ideas for the next Super Mario Bros. movie, as one reader enjoys Dragon’s Dogma 2’s character creator.
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Pirate software
I have to say, I’m kind of shocked that Sea Of Thieves is already doing so well on PlayStation 5. I’ve had access to it since forever on Game Pass and I have to say I got bored of it pretty quickly. For me, there’s just nothing to do and the combat is really bad. I assume that’s on purpose, but I can’t really imagine why. To keep it family friendly?
If that can be a hit then it could be the turnaround that Starfield desperately needs, if that went multiformat. I guess it’s a much more mainstream audience on PlayStation though so maybe they’re just more attracted to a casual friendly game like Sea Of Thieves, over something like Starfield. Means Grounded could do well too and would explain why Pentiment has had no impact.
I would imagine Hi-Fi Rush is doomed to remain a critical darling only though. Even though it doesn’t even really look Japanese I don’t think that kind of game is something people would pay a lot of money for.
Sea Of Thieves though… personally I don’t think it’s very good. But if you want to pay full price for it then knock yourself out and see what Xbox has been keeping to itself.
Siloskin
Long build-up
It’s crazy to think a box of Lego now gets more of a preview period than most games. The Mario Kart sets were announced this March and won’t be out for at least nine months? I wish we had that much advance warning about games. Or indeed Mario Kart 9.
I agree that it’s likely to appear very early on in the Switch 2’s life and, joking aside, this Lego announcement is very suspicious, like it was meant to lead up to a game announcement a lot sooner than it now will.
I think it’s very likely that Mario Kart 9 will be a launch game for Switch 2 and I think that alone is going to mean enormous success. If they can have one or two other well known games within the ‘launch window’ I don’t think it matters what power the console has. Other publishers might not realise, but Nintendo knows that’s all that matters.
Seal
Mainstream appeal
I never thought much about Shawn Layden when he was in charge of PlayStation America, but I can’t argue with anything he’s saying in his latest comments. The bit that struck me was about more GTA and Call Of Duty being pointless because that’s not going to expand anyone’s business.
It’s an interesting way of looking at it because for decades consoles sales have been static and that’s on the back of exactly those sort of games. So, logically, you’d have to conclude that those games have gone as far as they can and they’re not going to attract any more people into gaming.
What will I don’t know but, unfortunately, I expect it’s probably minimum effort (on the part of both developer and player) free-to-play junk. Maybe that’s why Microsoft was so interested in buying King but if they want to get to their 3 billion players, or whatever that ridiculous number it was, they’re going to need something very different to their current line-up.
Gordot
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Prepare yourself
I’ve been playing around with the Dragon’s Dogma 2 character creator and I think I’ve probably enjoyed it more than some actual games. There is a strange pleasure in making your own character like this, especially when you know it’s going to be an AI ally and not actually who you play as.
It’s got me more interested in the game already, assuming it gets good reviews. I really think every game that has a character creator should release it ahead of time. Not only does it create interest but then you don’t have to spend the first hour of the game messing around getting your character ready, before you actually play.
Korbie
Flat circle
I’m not even sure what going back to basics even means for Ghost Recon at this point. I’m pretty sure I’ve played all the games at some point and even I can’t remember what the first one was like. After a quick trip onto YouTube to remind myself, I see it was a squad-based first person shooter that looks an awful lot like the very earliest Rainbow Six games – the ones where you had to plan out your attack before doing it.
I can’t imagine Ubisoft going that hardcore anymore but then I can’t imagine anyone being that interested in that sort of game anymore. It really is amazing how little interest there is in serious military sims nowadays. Or maybe that just means it’s about to pop back into fashion?
Dom
Class war
If Helldivers 2 starts a new fad I’ll be more than happy. Co-op has always been more fun than competitive in my opinion. I just wish the game had split screen as well, like Halo used to, so you can both play on the same screen with a teammate and compete online at the same time.
What I would also like to see more of is character classes where the abilities are completely different to each other. At the end of the day most of them are just variants of fast/lightly armed and slow but powerful, and that really seems like the least they could do to me.
You get medic classes but how about some that can fly or others that go underwater. Or you could have others than drill through rocks or make forts or something. I’m not a game designer, but it just seems that there should be more difference than just what guns or stats they have.
I guess that would be difficult to balance but I’d like to see someone try one day.
Lash
New management
At this point I’m all for putting the TV people in charge of Fallout 5 rather than Todd Howard. I agree with the sentiment that Bethesda not only has not done anything truly great since Skyrim but they’re getting worse with every new game since then.
The keys to Fallout should’ve been handed over to Obsidian as soon as New Vegas came out and it’s clearly just sour grapes from Bethesda that’s stopped that from happening. It’d be easier than ever now Microsoft owns them both, so I wonder if they’ll just knock their heads together now that everyone’s back is up against the wall.
Freddy
Smashing idea
That was some very strange wording in the announcement of the next Super Mario movie. To me, ‘broadening Mario’s world further’ sound like a lot more than just adding Yoshi to it. Especially as there already were some yoshis in the first film, for a minute.
I’m not really sure what it means, unless it’s just going be some random other world from one of the games, like Sarasaland or something, that doesn’t really make any difference other than being a new backdrop. It could be a Super Mario Galaxy reference, although that is a little obscure, as I don’t think it was one of the more successful games, but it would kind of make sense.
Or maybe it’s the thing I bet many fans thought of immediately: a hint at some kind of Super Smash Bros. movie. If the Zelda film is going to be live action then maybe the new Mario movie will include an animated version of Link. Maybe the old school, long green hat version for the animated films and the more realistic Breath Of The Wild one for live action.
It wouldn’t have to be a full-on Smash Bros. film straight away, just get in Link and maybe Samus and you’re starting to opening the door. It’d be like when they had cameos in Super Mario RPG. The first movie wasn’t great but the fan service in it was, so I’m looking forward to the new one.
Onibee
Inbox also-rans
I’ve got another explanation for why interest in MultiVersus dropped off so quickly… it’s not actually very good. Just a thought.
Coussel
So the new Contra isn’t very good? Konami’s revival attempts are going real well, aren’t they? What’s the betting they go back to ignoring gaming again before ever making a new Castlevania?
Rimmer HD
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