Anyone notice how dull the aesthetics in NSMB are? - Wii U Forum

TheMisterManGuy · 2014-08-04T03:28:30+00:00

Unlike most Nintendo games, There seems to be a very bland, and when you think about it, kind of creepy aesthetic in the New Super Mario Bros. games. Its hard to describe, but everything seems to lack.... life or energy. It has that sort of clean plastic look that doesn't look lived-in. Compared to something like the Galaxy games where there's a clear direction that went into the games' aesthetic and created settings and mechanics based around the space theme. NSMB doesn't seem to have a clear theme to it. It seems like the designers just went for a cartoony art style, and thought that excuses them from creating a compelling aesthetic. Whenever I look at NSMB, it doesn't set me up for over-the-top platforming fun the way most other Mario games do. Instead it sets me up for bland, almost creepy Fisher-Price visuals. But it isn't just NSMB though, A Link Between Worlds has the same problem, which is a stark contrast to other Zelda games. 3D Land and 3D world also suffer from this. This is a problem because we're talking about Nintendo here, the masters of creating compelling aesthetics in gaming. To see them go for a style so bland and dare I say, "childish" is very alien of them, especially since while Nintendo is family-friendly, they're usually not "Fisher-Price" levels. This video may explain what I'm talking about a little. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oK8UTRgvJU What I'm trying to say is that, Nintendo needs to do a compelling aesthetic with Mario like they did with Sunshine and Galaxy. The toy like aesthetic of 3D Land/World and the NSMB games feels very fake, dull, and doesn't look nearly as "alive" as they should be.

Topic: Anyone notice how dull the aesthetics in NSMB are?

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bluemage1989
Wed 17th Sep 2014

There were some good levels in NSMBU but generally they were a little bland. I think it would be nice if they took some more chances with the series

bluemage1989

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Uncle_Franklin
Wed 17th Sep 2014

Yes, I noticed. The 'New' franchise has no soul.

Uncle_Franklin

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