NSMB2 coin gimic

What do you think of the heavy focus on coins in new super mario bros 2?

It should have been a wario game.YoshiYogurt

I think it is absolutely brilliant. I love the idea that on top of completing the game you are also trying to acquire a million coins, which seems like a ludicrous amount. Looking forward to this game even more than New Super Mario Bros. U which also looks great.

i think it's about time people stop naming every change in an estabilished series "gimmick".BrunoBRS

I won't know how I think about it until I hear the story behind it. Like.. why does mario want to collect so many coins? what does he care?.. Doesn't make much sense to me.. I know its a mario game and stories never really matter all that much but I have to have a reason as to why Im gonna wanna collect all these coins and I haven't really heard one yet.

I won't know how I think about it until I hear the story behind it. Like.. why does mario want to collect so many coins? what does he care?.. Doesn't make much sense to me.. I know its a mario game and stories never really matter all that much but I have to have a reason as to why Im gonna wanna collect all these coins and I haven't really heard one yet.

VendettaRed07

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]i think it's about time people stop naming every change in an estabilished series "gimmick".Sepewrath

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH I spelled Gimick without a k............. *facepalm*

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[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]i think it's about time people stop naming every change in an estabilished series "gimmick".Sepewrath

[QUOTE="videog"] and double M. [QUOTE="Sepewrath"][QUOTE="BrunoBRS"]i think it's about time people stop naming every change in an estabilished series "gimmick".BrunoBRS

I don't really like mario games and the coin idea doesn't really help IMO.

Mario collecting coins is definitely a brand new thing. I am not sure how it will turn out.

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I won't know how I think about it until I hear the story behind it. Like.. why does mario want to collect so many coins? what does he care?.. Doesn't make much sense to me.. I know its a mario game and stories never really matter all that much but I have to have a reason as to why Im gonna wanna collect all these coins and I haven't really heard one yet.

TriniPlayer

I think it does. Coins have been in mario since forever.. So why out of nowhere, should Mario just have a crazy obsession with collecting coins? Why add new suits that give you coins? I just think it needs SOME sort of justification.. I mean it doesn't even need to be good, just give me a random excuse, like in Mario Sunshine.. Wouldn't it have been weird if you, Mario for no reason just had a waterpack and where expected to clean up an entire island? They atleast gave you a, oh well a paint clone that looks like you polluted the town now everyone blames you for it...

Its not a great story or a really strong reason but it was enough for me to go along with it. I don't think Ill feel like collecting a crazy amount of coins if there is no reason to do so.

[QUOTE="TriniPlayer"][QUOTE="VendettaRed07"]

I won't know how I think about it until I hear the story behind it. Like.. why does mario want to collect so many coins? what does he care?.. Doesn't make much sense to me.. I know its a mario game and stories never really matter all that much but I have to have a reason as to why Im gonna wanna collect all these coins and I haven't really heard one yet.

VendettaRed07

I think it does. Coins have been in mario since forever.. So why out of nowhere, should Mario just have a crazy obsession with collecting coins? Why add new suits that give you coins? I just think it needs SOME sort of justification.. I mean it doesn't even need to be good, just give me a random excuse, like in Mario Sunshine.. Wouldn't it have been weird if you, Mario for no reason just had a waterpack and where expected to clean up an entire island? They atleast gave you a, oh well a paint clone that looks like you polluted the town now everyone blames you for it...

Its not a great story or a really strong reason but it was enough for me to go along with it. I don't think Ill feel like collecting a crazy amount of coins if there is no reason to do so.

It looks funny, but it may break the game cause it makes getting 1-UPs way too easy.Rod90

And there will be a simple story reason for the coin thing. Princess Peach was kidnapped and Bowser put her in a cage that will only open if you get 1 million coins. Or the castle will be foreclosed on and seized by the bank if Mario doesn't ante up.

Actually, those ideas are probably too good for a Mario game. I mean seriously, the story of 3D Land was that a storm blew all the raccoon leaves off the tail tree and Bowser kidnapped Peach.

Not only will you be getting easy lives from all the coins but also by the looks of the new trailer when you die too much you get a golden leaf which makes you an invincible racoon!

What ever happened to hard nintendo platformers?

Nintendo platformers always have a challenge there if you want it. You can beat the game easily but getting 100% is generally still pretty tough.

I like that it's something new but it's kind of meh, the novelty will expire after I'm done with this game. I will still enjoy it, but NSMB U is the 2D Mario I'm mostly looking forward to.

What I would prefer is to make the coins in Mario games more interesting in general, the way NSMB 2 handles that is too extreme. Keep the coin rush mode and also give me an incentive to pick up the regular coins in levels, nobody needs 1ups anymore so there is no reason to collect coins other than for fun. So tldr, if NSMB 2 will lead the way for a more interesting coin system in future Mario games I'm happy this was made.

Coin rush mode seems like a keeper, they could perhaps retain the coin mechanics of NSMB 2 in this mode in the future Mario games and go back to regular platforming.

Two m's.... *groan* lol and I didn't mean gimmick in a bad way. I was just wondering if people thought this obvious coin feature in the game would benefit it.

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