[HN Gopher] Super Mario Bros. 2 (2015) [video]
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Super Mario Bros. 2 (2015) [video]
Author : tosh
Score : 38 points
Date : 2022-02-15 10:05 UTC (12 hours ago)
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| sourthyme wrote:
| The fact they stopped a NA release of the sequel because Howard
| Phillips review is amazing to me. Today we see still have games
| being released regardless if they should (Cyberpunk,
| Battlefield). Also it proves the importance of play testing to
| decide if the game is fun for the target demographic. I wonder if
| Miyamoto took this realization to heart and that is why we see
| his games so successful.
| subsubzero wrote:
| cool video, a few things were surprising, Nintendo had one person
| who they turned to to decide if a game would be released in the
| US. And this same person disagreed with the original idea of
| super mario bros. 2 being to similar to the original and they
| decided to change it! I could never see game studios now doing
| that.
| seanalltogether wrote:
| At 19:40, the narrator mentions that nintendo swapped in a crab
| enemy to mario bros to replace the mouser enemy from doki doki. I
| don't remember any crab enemy when I played mario as a kid, and i
| do recognize that mouse bomb enemy. Am I wrong here?
| sporksmith wrote:
| The original Mario Bros arcade game had crab enemies:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgOAW6lv1qg
| sourthyme wrote:
| The crab is a boss of world 5. But Mouser is still in the game
| at the end of world 1. I remember the crab boss being easier
| compared to Mouser, and thinking they should be swapped.
| psyc wrote:
| Great video, adds a lot of details that were new to me even
| though I knew the basic story. Highly recommend 1.5x playback
| speed to save your sanity, though.
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