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México doesn't hate on Illumination, it seems.

@marck13 not everything needs to look realistic and grim to be a good Game.

@Eagly With all those games it was already a commercial first.

@SonOfDracula They are asking for the readers' rating in this post, to be fair.

@Crono1973 If you already watched it, I'm sorry you wasted money. If you haven't, please save you a headache and don't go watch it.

I'm okay with your opinion. Have a good day.

@Crono1973 It has way more story than Wii games, and even than Super Mario Odyssey.

What did you expect? The Lord of the Rings?

@Crono1973 Yeah, no. Super Mario Bros. is the title name of the NES games.

Super Mario Bros. The Movie is based the MOST upon those Platforming games and all subsequent Platforming games. DK is also about Platforming games.

@Crono1973 The movie has more narrative than any Super Mario platforming 2D or 3D game, like I said, which the movie is based on.

@Crono1973 Of course not. But this is a Super Mario Bros. movie, not a Mario RPG or Paper Mario movie.

@Shepdawg1 Sing 2 is great story-wise. Your opinion may differ and that's okay, but its plot really resonated with me.

I feel people should give them another chance on post-Despicable Me movies, they are not as bad as everyone says. But alright, if you still think they are trash, okay. Nintendo gave them a chance and I'm happy with the result.

@Crono1973 That's Mr. Miyamoto for you.

Yeah, games give gameplay instead of story. The movie gives actual VOICES to the characters instead of story. That's a good tradeoff in my book, since characters are fleshed out thanks to that and not feel just like empty game characters anymore.

Story here is even more fleshed out than any Mario PLATFORMING game.

@Shepdawg1 As a not so fan of Mario, I loved it. I prefer Metroid and Bayonetta alike titles. Also, not a kid anymore.

Only game I played the most without leaving after World 1 is Super Mario Galaxy 2. And I didn't even finish that one.

@Vivianeat Miyamoto set the plot basically. Remember he doesn't like story/plot in his Mario games.

If anything, Illumination added the Mario family. Miyamoto has been always reluctant to show anything from them, other than feet.

@NintonicGamer They think that a coin and a mushroom alone are already "Too Many References and Cameos".

@Shepdawg1 Given how closely they worked with Nintendo, and Miyamoto himself, it's a fair to say that Illumination had nearly zero input on plot and narrative.

This is no-story, no-plot, no-lore Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto we are talking about.

@HammerGalladeBro They had to cater to Seth Rogen character, it seems, given he didn't want to make a different voice than himself in English voice acting.

So, they adapted Donkey Kong to Seth Rogen, and not the other way around.

10/10. Never before felt that happy about to cry in a cinema.

Everyone, remember, this is an opinion, and yours may be completely different, and that's okay. That's the point of opinions, you know.

@Bass_X0 This is what I don't get.

People said in yesterday posts that cameos were excessive. After watching it, I'm sure they were drunk and fell asleep while in the cinema.

@johnedwin I just linked Sonic movies ranked at 47/100 there. Did you see that?

Are they worse than this Mario's that has 49/100? Alright, I'll enjoy it then.

@Bratwurst35 Lego went Meta. Otherwise story would have been very meh.

I don't think a Mario movie would be great with Meta involved and 4th wall breaks.

@Ara The voice acting thing doesn't affect me since I'll watch it in another language, where voice actors are actually good in most media.

Lego Movies were/are VERY BIG ADVERTISEMENTS. I thought that was bad, even if the movie themselves are great.

@johnedwin What are you talking about?

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sonic-the-hedgehog

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/sonic-the-hedgehog-2

47. Metacritic is nonsense.

@Crono1973 Goombas here look like Goombas.

@Ara Save the princess. Save the brother. Save the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario is THAT simple.

What did everyone want? Mushrooms from the kingdom infecting everyone like zombies and having to win a Kart race for saving the princess from the infection?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UiIRlg4Xr5w

@liljmoore This is what everyone in the comments wanted, it seems:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=UiIRlg4Xr5w

@Gamergirl94 If story is not good, it also falls on Shigeru Miyamoto shoulders, given he worked closely with the animation studio for +5 years.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/11/illumination_founder_says_mario_animated_movie_is_embracing_miyamotos_creative_voice

@Ara It would still be a big ad even with good story.

You can't separate Mario from Nintendo, even if they prevented any not needed cameo, and had a deeper plot.

@YoshiFlutterJump You're right.

https://www.writing-skills.com/60-second-fix-substitute-for-or-with

I thought from the title that Story was great and was wondering why a lot of people were whining about it in the comments.

@Crockin The Last of Us and Metal Gear Solid should take notes.

Videogames are ALREADY another medium for telling stories. It's fair to compare their plots with movies'.

Mario has never been complex in gaming. No reason for it to be complex in a movie.

Also, Shigeru Miyamoto worked closely with Ilumination. Is it wrong if the actual, actual, creator of Mario and Donkey Kong gave the green light to this? So, the Mario father doesn't know his characters enough. Shame on him.

@Pickettfury Shigeru Miyamoto has been working closely with Ilumination for years.

I don't think that'll happen.

@Kirby_Girl Don't watch any movie at all.

You'll find references even in old movies. Cord phones all over the place, ringing Alexander Graham Bell every painful second. Guns referencing the US 2nd ammendment. And pianos referencing Beethoven!

Movies have been a joke since forever.

@RubyCarbuncle Yeah. I'd prefer a Mario movie that had nothing to do with any Mario characters and was actually about a dog named Mario that ate squirrels.

Don't let me get started on how The Last of Us HBO series is full of references to The Last of Us game. Shameful!

@reporterdavid I like the Spanish voices.

English sound always weird.

@Crockin Any existing Mario game got a good enough story for you?

@CharlieGirl Mario, the game character, by itself would be a big commercial skit, even WITHOUT cameos. The movie by itself is and would be a big commercial no matter how many cameos or references to games were in there.

Unless it wasn't about Mario, the game character, but about Mario, the artistic performer in the streets of God knows where.

I had a 3DS XL. It was my first 3DS console.

And a 2DS XL I got after that 3DS XL broke.

It costed the equivalent of USD$350 where I live. I can't get 5 of them at once like most people here, it seems.

@Pat_trick I mean a Physical Cartridge. Everything digital should be free in My opinion. Even modern games.

@Matl Don't buy games you don't like.

See? It's easy. Also don't buy games you dislike the price. Easy, right?

I'm not defending the price increase. Just saying the common sense thing. If you can't pay an extra USD$10, you got more serious problems to watch out for than gaming.

I know for sure I wouldn't buy a game If it meant STARVING.

@MarioLazor
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/07/nintendos_directors_earn_a_relatively_modest_wage_compared_to_other_industry_execs

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-boss-iwata-halves-pay-miyamotos-wage-cut-too

https://www.thegamer.com/microsoft-ceo-satya-nadellas-pay-bonus-layoffs-xbox/

@Ade117 So graphics and textures dictates value?

Do you have any NES Game cartridge for free then, please?

Also, maybe throw a Gamecube game for USD$1, while you are at it.

@Pat_trick So, bigger textures mean pricier?

SNES games should be USD$5 in eBay then, I guess?

@Matl If people can't pay a single Starbuck's coffee worth, they shouldn't be gaming at all.

Videogames are a luxury, not a basic need. If you struggle without USD$10, please use them for NOT STARVING, instead of getting gaming consoles.

Ugly design for Dedede.

The original design looks like its amiibos. The new version doesn't.

Won't play the Switch versión until they patch the old model in.

@CharlieGirl They will disable those features once they release officially, of course.

They did remove save states from 3DS releases of Pokemon GB and GBC games and they made local multiplayer possible on them.

I don't get why none has commented on MULTIPLAYER being present.

They never did that in 3DS Virtual Console, or any other virtual console, aside of Pokémon Games.

@Otoemetry Life is gross.

You cannot blame fans of a series of books and movies for liking a game.

Shakespeare should also be banned from all media, since he was a fricking racist man. If a games contains something inspired by Shakespeare like a reference to "To be or not to be" or whatever? Banned from sale.

75% of schools in USA should be banned because they teach Shakespeare.

@gsilver With an Android or iOS device that can connect to the TV using HDMI, you may play it on 1080p with a Bluetooth controller.

SMBP left my house an absolute MESS! I would have given them only 1 star, but my sweet angel of a dog absolutely loved them. He just wouldn’t leave them alone!

@PinderSchloss Depends what you talk about. If you say the plumbing pun in-universe, yes.

If you mean how actual Super Mario Bros./Nintendo drain our bank accounts, I don't think so.