Sunday, June 14, 2009

Super Mario Galaxy 2: Legend of the Tree Stump Man?

Recently, Shigeru Miyamoto spoke a bit about his thoughts on how Mario games shouldn't be bogged down with story. He also said that the Tree Stump little guy you saw in the E3 trailer may provide some qualms that only a plumber can fix:

“I’d like to go with as little story as possible. I’ve always felt that the Mario games themselves aren’t particularly suited to having a very heavy story…I just feel that the Mario games are something that should be a much more bright and active experience,” he said. “With the Mario games, you don’t need to have such a complicated setting where you have these particular characters with complicated backstories that can weigh down the bright and fun feel of the game…Mr. Koizumi is the type of person who, whenever we’re working on a new Mario game, he always wants to bring more story elements into it, as he did with Super Mario Galaxy. But in talking with him this time, he agrees and feels that with Galaxy 2, there won’t be a need for as deep of a story. I think you did see a person carved out of a tree stump in the trailer. That person has a bit of a story.”

There better still be lumas! And incase you missed it, the E3 trailer:


Wired via NintendoEverything

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