Mario and Koopa road trip!
Killer7 and No More Heroes creator Goichi Suda (aka Suda51) recently shared his vision for a Super Mario game where the platforming plumber embarks on a mission to rescue Luigi, with Bowser (Koopa) at his side.
When asked on the latest episode of IGN’s weekly show Up At Noon how he’d make a Super Mario game, he noted how Mario is usually rescuing Peach, so for his game idea, Mario would instead need to rescue Luigi.
“So this really bad guy’s captured Luigi, so Mario and Koopa become friends and they go together,” he explained. “It’s like a road movie in a car. So they go from the south to the north and just go through it, like through America. I think it’d be great to make a Mario game like that.”
He also initially joked that he’d “maybe tone down the blood a little bit,” as his studio Grasshopper Manufacture is known for making mature-rated games that don’t shy away from gore and intense violence.
The actual next installment in Nintendo’s beloved platforming series, Mario Odyssey, releases in holiday 2017 for Nintendo Switch, and will mark a return to the more exploration-based gameplay seen Super Mario 64 and Sunshine.
For an early look at the upcoming 3D platformer, check out the announcement trailer for Super Mario Odyssey.
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