Comments on: Super Mario as a first-person shooter http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059592 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059592 Doesn't this just really showcase why a side scroller would such in 3d? If you didn't know there was a goomba on the platform above you, you would have no idea to jump and hit it (or even when to jump for that matter.) It looks good, but I don't think something like it would be playable. Doesn’t this just really showcase why a side scroller would such in 3d? If you didn’t know there was a goomba on the platform above you, you would have no idea to jump and hit it (or even when to jump for that matter.)

It looks good, but I don’t think something like it would be playable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059595 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059595 There was a little cheat screen in the upper left that showed the side scrolling view There was a little cheat screen in the upper left that showed the side scrolling view

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1060109 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060109 the iphone mirror's edge is side scrolling the iphone mirror’s edge is side scrolling

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059602 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059602 Google does such a terrible job with YouTube ads. I've played this otherwise great video twice, and both times I've gotten an empty ad box right in the middle, lower part of the screen, which is exactly the part you want to see. There is a close box to the ad, but it doesn't close the box it takes you to a new web page for that ad (and since the ad is blank who know what it is until you try to close it). This happens a lot. Their system is horribly broken and they don't appear to care. I don't mind ads, the server space and electrical bill have to be paid for YouTube, but don't place the ad where I'm trying to see and don't make the ad empty and don't make the close box not work. I am guessing that hi-production cost television shows usually center the action in the middle of the screen, where a bottom-screen ad won't block it, but with a lot of user-made content this is simply not so, often the important stuff (or some of it) is below the middle and these ads are in the way. Google does such a terrible job with YouTube ads. I’ve played this otherwise great video twice, and both times I’ve gotten an empty ad box right in the middle, lower part of the screen, which is exactly the part you want to see. There is a close box to the ad, but it doesn’t close the box it takes you to a new web page for that ad (and since the ad is blank who know what it is until you try to close it). This happens a lot. Their system is horribly broken and they don’t appear to care. I don’t mind ads, the server space and electrical bill have to be paid for YouTube, but don’t place the ad where I’m trying to see and don’t make the ad empty and don’t make the close box not work. I am guessing that hi-production cost television shows usually center the action in the middle of the screen, where a bottom-screen ad won’t block it, but with a lot of user-made content this is simply not so, often the important stuff (or some of it) is below the middle and these ads are in the way.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1060642 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060642 So nauseating! This is great evidence that 2D is superior to first-person 3D gaming. So nauseating! This is great evidence that 2D is superior to first-person 3D gaming.

]]> By: Emo Pinata http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059640 Emo Pinata Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059640 Finally. Concrete proof Mirror's Edge is a terrible game. Also, I would simply use the side scrolling screen in the top left the entire game. Finally. Concrete proof Mirror’s Edge is a terrible game.

Also, I would simply use the side scrolling screen in the top left the entire game.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059691 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059691 Ha but they forgot to implement the glitch where touching the pole while invincible will reset the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRDRoJWUyg4 Ha but they forgot to implement the glitch where touching the pole while invincible will reset the music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRDRoJWUyg4

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1060223 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060223 It's been done before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0Yap5iG6o It’s been done before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p0Yap5iG6o

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1060496 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060496 So... nobody noticed the easter egg yet? So… nobody noticed the easter egg yet?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059501 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059501 Watching that made me feel nauseated. It was nicely done though. Watching that made me feel nauseated. It was nicely done though.

]]> By: DrPretto http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059504 DrPretto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059504 "Acid Trip" when Mario took the mushroom, Good One. Great animation here, I lost the number of times I played this game when I was 7-8 years old. I still play it on Wii (the original version of Super Mario Bros). “Acid Trip” when Mario took the mushroom, Good One.
Great animation here, I lost the number of times I played this game when I was 7-8 years old. I still play it on Wii (the original version of Super Mario Bros).

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059513 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059513 I'd better not show this to my kids; they'll want the game! I’d better not show this to my kids; they’ll want the game!

]]> By: Jackasimov http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059514 Jackasimov Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059514 Wow, incredible. Something about this makes me very uneasy. Wow, incredible. Something about this makes me very uneasy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059518 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059518 You never played paper mario then, i assume. You never played paper mario then, i assume.

]]> By: DonBoy http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059527 DonBoy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059527 WANT WANT

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059534 xzzy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059534 This is a lot more playable than my attempts to render from Mario's perspective in a 2D world. The infinitely thin line was a bit of a problem for modern computer displays. This is a lot more playable than my attempts to render from Mario’s perspective in a 2D world. The infinitely thin line was a bit of a problem for modern computer displays.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059543 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059543 A good venture into the third dimension, the achievements were a nice touch! There is a bit of that style in Super Paper Mario, where you flip the world from 2-D to 3-D, but there's no first person view. I quite like these perspective mechanics and he new Fez trailer is cute too. http://vimeo.com/20813069 A good venture into the third dimension, the achievements were a nice touch! There is a bit of that style in Super Paper Mario, where you flip the world from 2-D to 3-D, but there’s no first person view. I quite like these perspective mechanics and he new Fez trailer is cute too.
http://vimeo.com/20813069

]]> By: the philosopher http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1060070 the philosopher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1060070 wow. that made me dizzy. but i loved it wow. that made me dizzy. but i loved it

]]> By: Scurra http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059559 Scurra Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059559 Very funny. I particularly liked the "achievements" dig. Very funny. I particularly liked the “achievements” dig.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1061365 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061365 It's not though is it. It's just evidence that a 2D game doesn't convert well to a 3D game. Trying playing Red Dead Redemption as a 2D scroller and tell me it's better. It’s not though is it. It’s just evidence that a 2D game doesn’t convert well to a 3D game.

Trying playing Red Dead Redemption as a 2D scroller and tell me it’s better.

]]> By: cuvtixo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059577 cuvtixo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059577 There's a little quirk as to perspective when Mario is jumping. Does he look up first? Does he look down before landing? Should he look straight ahead while jumping? In the video here, different approaches are used as to where Mario is looking when jumping. This reminds me of when I played Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple IIe (on a monochrome monitor), and then playing the sequels as FPS. It makes one wonder what the next giant step will be. There’s a little quirk as to perspective when Mario is jumping. Does he look up first? Does he look down before landing? Should he look straight ahead while jumping? In the video here, different approaches are used as to where Mario is looking when jumping. This reminds me of when I played Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple IIe (on a monochrome monitor), and then playing the sequels as FPS. It makes one wonder what the next giant step will be.

]]> By: Xedrik http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059581 Xedrik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059581 Neat, but not exactly new. I remember playing Mario-themed mods for the original Half-Life, years ago. Neat, but not exactly new. I remember playing Mario-themed mods for the original Half-Life, years ago.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/18/super-mario-as-a-fir.html#comment-1059582 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1059582 what's so insane about this what’s so insane about this

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