Such is the power of Nintendo's brand and the ongoing popularity of its classic games that references can be found in unlikely places. Minecraft has long had Nintendo-themed constructions, while a humorous example is Resogun - if you search custom-created ships in the PS4 title you'll see various Mario pixels, Samus' ship, Arwings and more besides. Even shooters can have Nintendo references.
An example is a recreation of Princess Peach's Castle from Super Mario 64, which Halo 5: Guardians player Bearskopff has recreated in the game's 'Forge' mode. This allows players to create maps, and by making clever use of the resources - and working around object limitations - he's produced a fairly impressive version of the iconic scene.
Some have requested that the user next produce a map of the inside of the castle - size limitations meant that wasn't possible in just one map - and that would be fun to see.
It doesn't matter what console you play on, you'll probably see a bit of Nintendo.
[source eurogamer.net, via reddit.com]
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Very nice job!!
I had no idea you could do this in Forge.
nintendo and apple remind me so much of each other. considering who they lost to microsoft, this sorta makes it all come full circle, or at least semi-circle, like a c.
"I'm bored."
"Really, wanna have a match with me?"
"Nah, I'll recreate Princess Peach's castle from Super Mario 64 in Halo 5"
"Oh, okay."
There's a Halo 5?
Man, that's awesome. I really need to get back into Halo 5; I burned myself out well before the forge update, and am now powering through Warriors Orochi 3U before FE14 comes out.
@Pod
Been living under a rock?
@Jetset
What Xbox is related, pretty much. ^_^;;
put more trees, some places to hide and leap onto on the castle and some small buildings for cover on the ground around the trees and you have a pretty decent sniper map with one team spawning near the pipe and the other on the castle.
@Utena-mobile
Pretty sure the team on top of the castle would have a very high advantage with snipers lol. Infected though I think would be interesting.
@Jamotello
Apple lost to Microsoft? Nintendo could use some of that type of losing!
http://www.geekwire.com/2015/apple-revenue-profits-and-cash-top-microsoft-google-yahoo-and-facebook-combined/
As far as like comparisons I'm not sure how much profit Microsoft is making on its gaming-oriented ventures. They took losses for most of Xbox and XBox 360 lifespan. At least thats the going story. They are in it for the long game of staying relevant in any market they can as PC sales decline and the need for desktop Windows diminishes.
@aaronsullivan i meant both apple and nintendo both lost a significant game developer to microsoft. nintendo lost rare. apple lost bungie. halo was supposed to be the killer gaming app for macs before they sold out. if someone used forge to make a goldeneye level, that'd be full circle.
MANDATORY NX COMMENT: if bungie made a 4-player split-screen game for the nx, that'd be full circle and part halo.
@Jamotello Ah! That makes sense.
cool
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