/vr/ - Retro Games

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>>9152526
That's unironically what makes it appealing in my POV, I know that's an unpopular opinion but I honestly didn't lose interest in Mario titles until Nintendo started enforcing STRICT uniformity in the art direction, after Sunshine.
Sunshine has lots of game design flaws but its art style and graphics isn't one of them. Virtually every enemy with the same role had a completely new design and I found that refreshing instead of the same old goombas and koopas. If I had to be nitpicky; it may have needed a bit more thematical variety.

Anyway, modern Mario games are just boring in terms of art direction. I know that's more or less the entire point of the franchise; to be as safe as virtually possible to appeal to kids, but boy do I miss the more realistic assets from the pre-NSMB days. SOUL from picrel is something we will never get again from a Mario game.