/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4724679
Wart has sharp teeth in official art.

That looks like a combination of Super Show King Koopa, Wart, and Bowser.

If you could bring back one retro villain in an ongoing series, who would it be?

Wart was apparently good enough to succeed Bowser in the western release of Super Mario Bros. 2, but unimportant enough that he didn't need to return again outside of a cameo in Link's Awakening. The newest Mario game is dream-themed and it just seems like it would have been just such a perfect way to bring Wart back.

His omission over the past two decades only further cements SMB2/Super Mario USA as the black sheep of the 8-bit/16-bit Mario era.

If you could bring back one retro villain in an ongoing series, who would it be?

Wart was apparently good enough to succeed Bowser in the western release of Super Mario Bros. 2, but unimportant enough that he didn't need to return again outside of a cameo in Link's Awakening.

The newest Mario game is apparently dream-themed and it just seems like it would have been just such a perfect way to bring Wart back.

His omission over the past two decades only further submits SMB2/Super Mario USA as the black sheep of the 8-bit/16-bit Mario era.

Will Wart ever be in another game?

>>678419

I'd love to see Wart brought back. The spoiler at the end of Super Mario Bros. 2 really takes the sense of accomplishment away from beating the game. I think that he should be brought back as someone who inhabits a realm of dreams - sorta like a Nintendo version of the Sandman or Freddy Kruger.

I liked it well enough. If I were to break it down, I'd do so as follows:

Pros

- It turned Toad into a full fledged character in the Mario mythos and gave Peach that awesome flying ability (which is sadly seldom seen in official games).

- It introduced a plethora of new enemies and bosses like Mouser or Triclyde

- It continued the legacy of Mario, expanded upon it, and added much to the mythos.

Cons

- You can't kill any of the enemies by jumping on them

- Wart isn't as cool as Bowser

- It's all just a dream (way to make the player feel like they've accomplished nothing at all)

- Wart and some of the other bosses never return

With Bowser, you know by looking at that bipedal dragon with a spiked shell and metal arm bands that shit has just hit the fan. This guy was born to fuck you up.

When you look at that fat frog in a robe.... you kinda wonder if maybe you'd stumbled upon the arch nemesis of the Care Bears.

Wart is a much harder boss fight, but there's really no comparison. And Wart *never* returns except in a cameo in Link's Awakening and re-releases of SMB2.

It only further cements the game as the black sheep of the series when Mario can't kill by jumping and the primary villains never return.

Other than that, it's a solid entry worthy of the Mario name.