Mario: Love Him, Or Hate Him?

LOVE MARIO!!!! anyone who doesn't is a socialistcommiehaterbastard

oh yeah fun fact: Mario was actually named after the landlord of the NYC Nintendo Biulding

Good but overused.. much like sonic. In my opinion after sonic adventure they have kinda killed sonic, overusing him and in terrible games. Most / nearly all nintendo games every generation are just upgraded versions of their predecessors: Super smash bros, mario kart... and what do u see a slight variation in characters, and umm maps not a lot else: MAKE BIG CHANGES! or else.. dynasty warriors esq gaming will be seen - boring pointless 'upgrades' to the game released every year in which next to nothing is changed apart from an uncanny act to make your characters look gayer and gayer.

Everyone who seems to have a problem with Mario seems to be drawing up the fact that NINTENDO need new characters. Mario is a pioneer. He does so many things and is older than most people I know.

Its not like the Simpsons where they had their time to reign and now someone has come to replace them. Mario is doing what he has been doing for ages and that is what works. We all grew up playing him on 8bit consoles and what not.. so why should the young gamers have nothing to teach them the basics of gaming? 256bit gaming capabilities and HD should not mean all games should be aimed at 18+ who want to shoot each other in the face

Supermario bros was the first game some of us Properly played. Its fun, simple but still challenging.

Everyone likes a good racing game.. be it burnout, Gran Turismo, Project Gotham or Midnight Club but when have you had as much fun as playing Mario kart with a bunch of your friends?

Everyone is all for online gaming nowadays but that for me is not the BEST of gaming for me. For challenges and getting your gaming stripes? Indubitably but I have the most fun playing stupid games you can play on the wii... have a drink and a laugh and no one ends up upset (usually). Mario Galaxy is this equivalent of Supermario Bros for the 00's.

I say if you feel that Mario doesn't do it for you, accept that he isn't trying to. He is reaching out to kids, families and casual gamers who want good wholesome fun.

That is just my opinion though ^_^

Mario was awesome back in the day, then again so was donkey kong and space invaders.

I don't think new renditions of old games work, retro gaming is fine when your playing the retro game, not some modern rework.

Although Mario is a Nintendo icon, I think that every franchise has a shelf life. I think it would be wise for Nintendo to inject some new blood into their mascot dept., even though it's risky.

i think u have to love mario, i love all the games and have bought them all!!!
if it sells then why stop???
nintendo obviously have a good thing and i think they should keep it goin as long as they continue to make it fun!!!

I don't follow his every move, but I still play plenty of Mario Party. I've always enjoyed Luigi far more, though. Could be the color scheme.

Zero!

The old games were completely legendary, and are totally timeless, you can still while away the hours on Super Mario World, but Nintendo NEED a new character!

Simply a legend......A great man, i don't know where i'd be without him if im honest

as u can see i have taken form of an urban anime boondock type character, so my understanding of animation is a lil deeper....

mario rocks - i heart him (not so much luigi though).

i loved mario on snes & mario karts was cool too. but didn't really like the new 3d mario for n64... i think they tried to hard to modernise it and lost a lot of the classic elements that made mario great.

still two thumbs up for mario! hero. defo. x

Considering that little plumber has been dragged into a parallel universe he remains a chirppy little sort doesn't he?

That kind of annoys me. Then again maybe he hasn't gone anywhere at all and he has just scoffed a load of mushrooms that have made him flip his lid?

If that is the case then thanks for letting us tag along for the ride Mario you crazy drugged up maniac!

Mario is a legend, he is definitely the best thing since sliced bread.......i dont know what was so great about sliced bread, but it definitely had an impact....JUST LIKE MARIO!!!
And i have the utmost respect for that lil italian.lol

Would rather buy a new game with new characters from Nintendo, then buy another Mario game. Same goes for most franchise game characters like Sonic.

Not a major fan really. I like games and Nintendo games are my first choice. Super smash brother games are alright but thats not solely Mario. Mario Kart DS was ace mind :D

Mario sold out when he embraced the third dimension (apart from Mario Kart for SNES--but he was flirting with disaster).

Mario is a zero!!! i wonder how rich he'd be if we calculated how many coins he could've possibly picked up from the first mario till now hmmmmm

love him! definately a hero!

I can respect how he has helped carry nintendo all the way to its current high level of success. a good character and fun to watch people play almost any game with mario in it, but all that aside i have a personal problem with him because of the way he screams when he jumps, he also looks annoying as he has black facial hair and brown scalp head hair.

The concept is also rather silly and annoying; a plumber who rides a giant toad and can fit through pipes!!!

Mario fills me with an enormous sense of apathy, and I really hope they do something with the new platform game to get gamers excited about him again. Like make it really dark, that would be pretty cool.

I'm not a gamer, in fact the last thing I played more than 3 consecutive levels on was probably my NES back in the late 80's. I have a lot of respect for Shigeru Miyamoto because of the characters he has created for the gaming industry.

How did the dude manage to make a squeaky Italian plumber appealing to such a mass market?

@videogamin on twitter says "How could somebody hate Mario...?"

stopped caring after Mario water polo 2.

The old stand by. Will always love him, even when he totally fails at crossing the gap.

hmmm

"what appeals to the american gamer?"

*gasp* "a plumber!"

F mario . i always wanted to see that princess character naked . in fact , this fantasy has led to some very interesting situations in my life , usually involving japanese chics and lots o' drugs .

mario and nintendo always makes good games. however, nintendo NEEDS new franchises besides SSMB, mario, metroid, and zelda

Nintendo has been riding on their core titles to long. They really need to come up with some new IPs other than Wiiblank titles. I get tired of playing the same game generation after generation.