Good old Mario's found himself as the star of more games than we can count over the years, and he's tried his hand at a good number of different genres along the way. One type of game we've never had, though, is a Mario first-person shooter.
We can't imagine Nintendo ever making such a game, but Sean Noonan has taken things into his own hands. 'The Super 1-1 Challenge' is Noonan's fan-made project which serves as an FPS time trial level. In it, Mario must shoot Goombas and blocks with a plunger while collecting Coins and reaching the flag pole. He's shared a trailer for it above which we'd recommend watching; we particularly enjoyed the 'Nintendo, hire this man' song that plays throughout.
You can also check out the entire level being completed to 100% in the video below. If you're wanting to try this out for yourself, you can download the game for free (or offer up a donation as thanks) right here. We must say, it looks superbly neat and polished - Unreal Engine is one powerful tool.
We can't be the only ones wanting a full-fat Mario shooter now, right? Please, Nintendo?
[source gonintendo.com]
Comments (51)
Wonder how long until this is banned.
Reminds me of the original South Park game on the Playstation, that had a plunger weapon didnt it?
Cool to see that something like that could work and be fun.
This is old news tho haha
Yes it does! It's called Yoshi's Safari. Lol
Isn't this why we have Samus?
@KingBowser86 yo maybe I'm bad but yoshi's safari is lokey kinda hard lol.
@PickledKong64 A whopping two days old. It was released on the tenth.
"And You Can Play It For Free"
At least until the inevitable "cease and desist" letter is sent from Nintendo's lawyers.
Gotta say, I've died at the same spot (the large jump over the pit after the stairs) about 4 times now... not super proud about that. I'm taking my time and exploring the world, so when I get to that point and somehow fail to make the jump... I've wasted an average of 8 minutes. I'm not going to reach the goal without seeing every nook and cranny of this game, though.
It's a well-made game, honestly. Best you try it out before you can't.
This looks amazing.
@Bunkerneath Are you maybe thinking of Rayman Raving Rabbids?
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@james_squared @bunkerneath I think it's the green toy gun that essentially acts as that game's machine gun that's being referred to. Rapidly shot out little plunger darts
Reminds me of old conversion mods for games like Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament 2004.
I guess Yoshi's Safari never existed.
Continuing with the theme, I would just like to advertise a bloke I know down the pub, you see he's got some herbs he offering. He says that all the proceeds will go to charity so it's all good people.
@Bunkerneath Yes agreed, the original South Park game on N64, reminds me of it as well.
Anyone remember the game Cyberdillo on 3DO?
OK, I read the title 5x and the article twice, and I have no idea what "game" this is referring too. I know it isn't Mario Maker, probably not Dreams, and there's no mention of Labo VR. I give up.
@PhilKenSebben yeah but the concept was shown awhile ago
@PickledKong64 It does take a little learning. Timing jumps, a few of the bosses' strategies, etc. The Held Items alleviate that some. Once you do, though, it's a cakewalk.
Now, playing Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge on Real Mode, THERE'S some challenge!
I understand the time and dedication it takes to achieve something like this. The result looks great too. But honestly, I don't understand why you would risk it given the decades-long history of people being sued over copyright infringement issues. Nintendo is known for reacting swiflty and harshly.
man i'm really not into first person perspective, that stomp does feel right to me without seeing what hit em.
@rjejr
The name of the game is in the second paragraph, second sentence.
And a link to the game is in the third paragraph, second sentence.
It's a real cool demo for sure and the maker should be commended. But it potentially violates some of Nintendo's thoughts on level design. For example, the first red coin is off the path in a way where there is no indication to the player that they may want to investigate there. When introducing a new idea, Nintendo traditionally prefers to hold the players hand in a low risk high chance of success manner. Then as the player becomes accustomed to the new feature they increase the challenge or iterate on it in a new way to keep the gameplay fresh. As he's doing this to help get a job, he may want to tweak the level to account for this. It is a fun tech demo though and I hope the best for him.
@Boo-Thang Thank you. Even after you pointed it out I still had a problem finding it, but you're right, it's in there, just a weird name and a link I thought was just for donations. It's been a long 20 hours.
I am game for this when do we get this or a game like this that we can create a 1st person shooter MarioLand. Common NIN make this happen. And with that they will truly have a MarioWorld.
@ReaperExTenebris Thy onesie consumed 😂
No one notice 1:18 in the video when he gave the hedge some new assets?
@Bunkerneath @james_squared @MajorasLapdog Yeah! South Park ps1 had a plunger gun, along with sponge darts, fart tsunami dolls, cow launchers and pee pee snow balls. Was actually surprisingly fun haha
@Bunkerneath Yeah it reminds me of the South Park FPS game on the N64. I remember the gun which made the characters dance and say "ooooooh when I get that feeling I gotta sing".
@wazlon Wasn't the 64 version gyped like South Park Rally?
@Jayofmaya Sorry but what does gyped mean?
@Ryu_Niiyama Yep. This article pretty much ensures a cease and desist.
@wazlon
Gyp
Past tense: Jipped
Cheat or swindle (someone)
In this case it means that the N64 version of that game was jipped or "gyped" because they didn't put as much effort into it as the other versions. (I'm assuming anyways)
I would buy this in a heart beat
What, he couldn't wait until 5:55:55?
Rip and Tear, Mario. Until it is done.
Thank you for nothing, Ryan!
@ReaperExTenebris lol you're on a roll mate 😂
Nintendo should really hire this man and port it to the Switch with some extra help, levels etc. Give it to on line subscribers for free.
This looks like a game of "how to get cease and desist letters from Nintendo and Ubisoft at the same time!"
That is phenomenal. I’m in awe of some people’s talent.
Nintendo would have a hard time pursuing this legally - it’s not a commercial product, it is fair use, transformative, and probably qualifies as parody
@Bunkerneath
That's why you grab it as fast as you can.
@wazlon Made lesser, nerfed. Sorry, suppose that one's only common enough in England.
@Jayofmaya @Finlderp Thanks both for explaining.
The N64 game was the only version of South Park and South Park Rally I had played, wasn't even aware it was on the Playstation at the time. Seems typical for the Nintendo fans to get a gyped version though.
Was still great fun though and at least with the N64 game you could have split screen multiplayer.
Looks kinda fun.
@Bunkerneath yep. Been wanting to get back into it for sometime.
@wazlon If you ever play it again, ps1 emulator would do well for both games, I'm sure. The ps1 SP also had split screen, had bunches of fun on that. Unlocking all the racers on SPR was something I never quite achieved, though, I missed like 3. It was so difficult.
@Ryu_Niiyama Shhhh! Don't make them hear you!
This looks pretty cool.
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