Thursday, April 19, 2007

Past Favorite - Super Mario 64 Classic NES Edition (Updated)

So we know by now the main gimmick of Super Paper Mario... take the 2-D world of the NES Mario games and add the 3rd dimension as a gameplay element. It's one of those "why didn't I think of that before" innovations, and it looks like we have another million-seller for Nintendo.

Well, how about taking that concept, but switch it around? Mario 64 was the first true 3-D Mario game and EVERYBODY who had a Nintendo 64 has played this game. Even though it was in 3-D, it had all the classic Mario game features... Goombas to stomp, shells to push, and Bowser to defeat. Well, some clever game modders decided to make it even more "classic" and replaced the polygon textures with the original 2-D sprites of the first Super Mario Bros. game! They even re-colored Mario's overalls to match his 8-bit counterpart's!

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