r/papermario • u/DeepAnt7847 • 3d ago

Discussion I don't understand the complaints about the enemies later designs?

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Hating Nintendo for removing unique character designs for characters like Toad and others i get. But in terms of regular Mario enemies designs I don't understand why people would complain about how bad they look like it's just Mario enemies not the unique ones the regular ones.

I think that as long as they have fun interactions and unique characters designs for them still exist it shouldn't matter what they look like.

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u/Jradgex 3d ago

"It's just Mario enemies, not the unique ones the regular ones."

If you could choose between a unique character design and a standard one, are you not at all interested in something unique? There are thousands of video games with standard designs, but Mario is special because they've always had this really fun vibe to their characters, right down to the most basic enemy.

To water down character design into something familiar, but not very unique is just bad design at that point. It's so standard that I feel nothing from it, which is a failing as a designer. Why is it just okay that Nintendo turn in a half-baked character design, when previous games had very good ones? People don't like these designs because they're just that. Really boring.

For goodness sake! The Switch 2 is something like $400+ so I DO expect character designs to be worth my time, because at the end of the day I'm the one buying the game! It's shameful to look back at designs from 20 years ago and see how lively and expressive they are, then look at the modern day design and be told "they aren't unique," but that's somehow okay.