Mario Discussion

What if Giga Bowser from the Smash Bros. games was made into an actual transformation for Bowser in one of the Mario games (either the main series or the spin-off games)?

@Background Pony #EF67  
If anything Giga Bowser for main series will be treated no differently from any other giant Bowser boss; run away and reach the goal, only with a different appearance.
 
I say Giga Bowser for Mario & Luigi will give him more depth in his powers and abilities for a RPG fight. Mainly most of his side effects we’ve seen in Smash Bros get transferred over to some magical attacks that will cause status conditions.

Okay, let’s see if Wario Ware Gold is any go-**THERE’S LEGIT VOICE ACTING IN THIS GAME?!?!**

@Egil  
Yep, and surprisingly it’s quite amusing. The demo is pretty good, and has me hyped for the game.
 
@SuperDEF  
Not every giant Bowser fight was like that, to be fair. The Yoshi’s Island ones you fight him directly.
 
Sense Giga Bowser wasn’t made by the Mario development team, it’s unlikely that version will appear in any Mario game. Much like how Wario, Daisy, and Waluigi don’t appear in the main action/adventure games, nor RPGs. (Just the sports, party, kart games.)

I found out something interesting about “Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels.” In the 8-bit Virtual Console version if you use backwards warp-zones you won’t be disqualified from reaching World 9 “The Fantasy World.” (Provided you still beat every level at least once.)  
This doesn’t work in the SNES “Super Mario All-Stars” version though.

@Beau Skunky  
But the Yoshi Island games are a side-series, not the main. Although, I’m just now realizing my mindset was on the sidescrolling platform and 3D Land & World games.
 
It Giga Bowser was on the level of Galaxy boss fights then that would be more pleasing.
 

 
I once managed to reach the first Fantasy World and got wrecked. I did some research on the playthroughs and saw some screenshots. It’s damn near impossible to beat these lost level world’s unless you’re somehow “Super” to bypass the Fake Bowsers that sometimes will be placed in the midpoint on certain levels.

If the super smash bros presentation was any indication, Nintendo has not forgetten about King K. Rool at all. Hopefully, this means his return to the Donkey Kong country franchise will be happening real soon.

@09MurphyM  
Would be cool, while I enjoyed the Tikis, and Snow Mads, I do miss the classic Kremlings, Gnawty beavers, Necky buzzards, ect.
 
Hope they have a remix of “Crocodile Cacophony.”
 
@SuperDEF  
If you’re really good, you can actually get by them easily. Especially, because World 8-4 & World D-4 in “Lost Levels” actually both have two hidden power ups allowing you to get fire power to easily take out “Bowser’s clone.”

@RhodieNite  
That one was kinda cool. (I liked how developer Intelligent Systems even has a Paper Mario nod in the background)
 
The 3DS MK7 Rainbow Road is probably my favorite. I like how it was in SSB 3DS, also.

It honestly was a neat idea how Super Mario Galaxy made Luigi playable in the form of a new game plus mode.

@09MurphyM  
Agreed, though it was better in SMG2, I feel that they made him an optional character instead, and he can be used anytime, after beating Bowser. Rather then make you play through the entire game again with him to unlock the last stage. (Grand Finale Galaxy which is basically just the opening sequence Mushroom Kingdom area, with new NPCs, and an easy purple coin mission. Still, it was nice to see the Kingdom in all it’s glory again.)
 
Still, considering SMG is basically Luigi’s first playable role in a 3D game, (besides Super Mario 64 DS) it was a huge treat for Luigi fans who’ve been begging for him sense the SM64 days.  
(Remember all the fake “unlock Luigi” cheat codes online?)

@Beau Skunky  
Yup, I also remember that there were the typical rumors that you could unlock Luigi in the original super mario 64 if you do something specific or have a certain amount of stars.

@09MurphyM  
Dan Owsen of Nintendo Power & Nintendo.com’s old “Ask Dan” feature was bombarded by folks asking how they could unlock Luigi, Ninja Mario, or even Naked Mario, which lead to funny sarcastic answers from Dan.  
“Here’s the cheat code… U, R, L, A, M, E.”
 
Dan once stated Cranky Kong is his role model.

I’ve been thinking of a potentially interesting, new Mario Kart mode called Stunt Run
 
Stunt Run is basically Time Trial on steroids. It is played alone without opponents on both regular race tracks and battle maps, lined with ramps, loops, obstacles and boost panels placed in random spots. The default engine class can be selected between 150cc and 200cc and for balancing reasons, the player can only use motorbikes and ATVs for this mode. It is recommended to use outward-drifting bikes.
 
The primary goal of Stunt Run is to score points by performing jumps and tricks using boosted ramps and loops placed on various positions along the track. The player will receive score multipliers for performing tricks consecutively and one multiplier is lost if hitting an obstacle, such as bananas, Fake Item Boxes and spinning fireballs.
 
Item Boxes offers only Mushrooms to assist the player gaining speed for big jumps and tricks. The player can hold 10 Mushrooms in total, similar to Bob-ombs in battle mode.
 
Unlike Time Trial, the timer is not a consequence, but instead the points

@RhodieNite  
That would be kinda cool, as long as stunts aren’t difficult to input. I kinda hate games where you have to input 30 different directions, and button combinations just do pull off one stunt.

@Beau Skunky
 
There is no need for complex button combinations
 
All you need is just Control Stick/D-Pad and ZR/ZL to control your stunts. Or swing the Joy-Con instead

@RhodieNite  
Yeah, that would keep things simple, but the stunts could change, depending on your angle, speed, your jump ramp height, ect.

@Beau Skunky
 
Yes

I hate how almost nobody plays the online battle mode in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. I remember before I would go to Worldwide and find a ton of servers filled with people, but now it only sends me to one or two and the rest just dumps me into empty rooms.

@ILoveMyoozik  

@RhodieNite  
Yeah, the only place I can actually do an online battle was regional, which I can find servers easily, but it’s usually filled with noobs. I want to battle with the pros.

@ILoveMyoozik  
Buy me a Switch, and the game, and I’ll join ya’. j/k

I like how the true final level in Super Mario Galaxy isn’t a brutal gauntlet level like we get starting with Super Mario Galaxy 2 and on, but is simply a calm relaxing level where you simply collect the 100 purple coins with no strings attached.

Unpopular opinion
 
The original SMK Rainbow Road is the hardest of all version