Super Mario 64 was a revolutionary game for its time and to this day it's still arguably one of the best 3D platformers available. For readers of a certain age, you'll probably remember the first time you entered this stunning three-dimensional world and spun Mario around in circles for hours on end, whilst performing various acrobatic feats.
Despite being more than 20 years old now, this classic 64-bit title is still inspiring a new generation of developers. Untitled Goose Game is one of these, and it's out on the Switch eShop this week.
In an interview with Quarter Circles (thanks, GoNintendo), the developer House House said it took inspiration from Mario's Nintendo 64 outing when focusing on 3D movement. Although the Australian-based developer didn't elaborate on this, it's easy to see how the gameplay in Untitled Goose Game requires players to pay attention to every angle of the surrounding environment, at all times. Stealth games like Hitman were also used as a source of inspiration when designing the AI.
If you would like to find out more about this goose on the loose, be sure to check out our own Nintendo Life interview with Michael McMaster from House House. Be sure to also keep an eye out for our review.
Will you be downloading this on release? Leave a comment below.
[source quartercircles.wordpress.com]
Comments 33
How much y'all getting paid to promote this game?
I get a Metal Goose Solid vibe from this game.
This game definitely does remind me of Hitman. But with a goose.
@kepsux were you complaining about the coverage of BOTW, Odyssey or Smash?
This game is the same tier as those.
You had me at hello
@kepsux Yeah how dare they post a few articles about a highly anticipated game that releases tomorrow.
"Stealth games like Hitman were also used as a source of inspiration when designing the AI."
I know this would seem obvious given the relative lack of stealth games not about assassination attempts but hot damn that's one of the funniest sentences one could muster given the context.
@Coach_A lol good point
@BenAV A lot of games are constantly released that get zero attention. This single game has had 3 articles on the front page in the past 24 hours, with a review on the way. I don't actually care, but it seems there is room for some other games that just vanish into thin air, it seems suspiciously promoted. Again, I really don't care, it's their site and they can do what they wish, I'd just prefer to see more obscure new titles get a bit of attention.
Good to know, that's why it's going to be GOTY just like Super Mario 64.
I mean, this article is a bit baity, but the rest of the articles have been pretty reasonable.
BotW's coverage was immensely annoying for those not on board with the direction.
@kepsux I'd like to see more coverage of some of the smaller, obscure indie titles too but I still think the Untitled Goose Game coverage is pretty reasonable. You often see multiple articles about some of the bigger releases as that's what gets a lot of clicks and there has been a very large amount of hype around this game ever since it was announced for the Switch.
If Diana doesn't given us details per mission about the setting and targets, I'll be disappointed.
Good hunting, Goose 47.
@BenAV Is it possible the hype is being driven by a invisible marketing campaign perhaps?
@SpicyBurrito16:
Hitgoose?
@kepsux No, pretty sure it's driven by the game looking like a lot of fun. All it took was an appearance in one indie showcase for the hype towards it to explode.
@kepsux As pure as this concept is, I imagine it has some marketing but not enough to make it "catch fire" as it has. The game has a charming art style combined with an enticingly childlike and fiendish concept - it's an absolute winner on paper that I hope makes the translation to excellent gameplay.
@BenAV ....and a ton of posts on "influcener" fansites...no chance any of them take money for articles. Hahaa
I'm looking forward to trying it, as I'm a massive fan of Hitman. I reckon it'll get an 8 on here though, when really it'll be more like a 7. I'm happy to be proven wrong though.
I'm waiting for Fight Crab!
@kepsux The game was pretty hyped well before these articles started popping up though.
@kepsux sorry to disappoint your conspiracy theory but we're not getting paid anything to "promote" this game. Naturally, we cover the games we feel warrant coverage, and that's subjective. We can't cover every game with an equal amount of coverage. The concentration of articles is down to the fact that the game is out tomorrow and embargos are elapsing.
@KingBowser86 Purely out of personal interest, what was 'baity' about this piece? The headline is a literal quote from the developer.
@Lizuka "See basically no discussion of this thing anywhere and then suddenly it has three articles on the front page at once."
https://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/untitled_goose_game/news
It's not our fault you can't be bothered to look
Nearly all 3D platform games are inspired by Mario 64's 3D movement
nothing new here
The developers have also claimed that its very existence as a video game was inspired by Pong.
How long till the review is up ?
@kepsux This one looks good though. Most games are not.
@ClassSonicSatAm You believe this is a platformer? You see a lot of jumping puzzles?
I doubt this company is explicitly paying NL to promote the game, however I do get the impression this game has had a lot of paid placement to move it upwards in the attention meter in general. And with internet virility the more attention something gains more attention it continues to gain in more places, and paying for the attention is the only way to get the treadmill started, starting with "influencers" and such. I find that grotesque, but such is the sad spiral of the internet, from promising new tech to exploitation and expansion of the worst elements of humanity.
@Damo Only how brief it was and how it quickly followed the (entertaining) Michael McMaster interview to which it links at the end. Thus "a bit," not that it actually is/was clickbait.
@kepsux Do you really think an indie studio can give that kind of money for extra promotion of its game. Because if you really think this is the case then you are just a tard. Instead of whining in comment section about a game that gets extra attention , how about going out and take a few deep breaths. In your case this is a must
@arpaktiko Insightful feedback. But you might need a step outside yourself lol
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