How come Mario does better when his games are clearly rehashed and uninspired, while Donkey Kong is a labor of love?

How come Mario does better when his games are clearly rehashed and uninspired, while Donkey Kong is a labor of love?

Because video game consumers are not discerning at all.

Because keeping things simple is actually beneficial to attracting masses.

Mario image looks better

Mario's art style is clear, bright, with simple shapes.

Donkey Kong is a dark and a mess with no real atheistic appeal.

Because Gear Getaway sounds like Friend Like Me from Aladdin

It's just a different color palette/setting.
Mario background is charming in its own way.

muh graphics vs art style

Mario has better gameplay

The average joe will always go with what's "safe" and "familar" that is the only reason the NSMB games even sold as well as they did.

>DKCR
>Labor of love

Ha

Is New Super Mario Bros U worth picking up?

I've only played the DS and 3DS NSMBs and I just got a Wii U recently off of a friend

DKC games are too hard for casuals. That being said my 7yo self had no problem finishing DKC1 and DKC2.

>no real atheistic appeal

Did you tip your fedora while writing that

Because it's fucking Mario, and people are idiots.

If people actually appreciated quality, Pokemon Go wouldn't be the most popular game of all time.

I hate the New Super Mario look. Always has been since the DS days.

It is though.

the 3DS version is better

because the gameplay is leagues above mate, and it's mario

It is.

I did, and it fell on the floor.
Now it's a floordora.

>no real atheistic appeal
But evolutionists love monkeys.

Foreground elements in Mario tend to be slower and more tightly packed, so busy backgrounds would only harm at-a-glance recognition of all the elements on the screen at a time. DKC can get away with intricate backgrounds because its stage layouts are usually spaced out more and move more quickly. Both art styles work well with their games.

>If gameplay were the sole deciding factor in game quality, Pokemon Go wouldn't be the most popular game of all time.
FTFY. You seriously underestimate the social draw of activities if you think "quality" breaks down to any single element.

The 3ds version is shit. The controls are better but the framerate is too choppy to play. Just get Dolphin 5.0 and a Wii U Pro Controller and assign waggling to shoulder buttons.

...

Cuz only the most casual of fans still plays platformers.

pirate it

>muh framerate
>just do all this other shit instead of play the game you already bought

>Buying wii or 3ds games

>buying nintendo games or consoles

>there's no correct way to do art because i said so!

Do you think menstrual blood on a canvas is art too?

DKTF is just NSMB with DK characters. Its hardly a "labor of love." Its just another boring 2D platfomer on a console where the library is already 95% platformers. No reason to buy TF at all if you've played other Wii U platformers.

Mario is a staple. It's way safer to rehash shit that people will keep buying instead of spending and risking more in changes of any kind

Yeah because a background totally affects the gameplay right? You guys are fucking retards.

they're both great

Your shitposting thread already failed, give it a rest or put on a trip you faggot.

There are other reasons besides the background design, the music and level design in DKCTF are on point and always fresh, while both are boring in Mario.

>it's a "modshroom" thread

Yeah maybe, but brown gorillas don't exist.

DKC2 is probably my favourite platformer of all time.

Tropical Freeze was such a disappointment, especially considering how pretty much everyone says how amazing it is.

>music
Doesn't affect gameplay
>and level design in DKCTF are on point and always fresh,
Really? Cause I thought it was boring and dull. Guess we all have our opinions.

>implying normies give a fuck

He's right you butthurt nintendrone. If TF was on any other console you guys would say it's trash. Fuck off already.

>TF
>such a disappointment
nigga its the best game on the wii u

There's really no excuse for how bland and flat NSMB and 3DW look, when DKC can look so creative, and Kart can look so good.

If TF was on any other console it'd be hailed even more than shovel knight was.

HAHAHAHAHA
Xenoblade X, The Wonderful 101, Bayonetta 2, and Splatoon are all better games than Tropical Garbage.

XCX and Splatoon are definitely not better than DKTF. Bayo2 and W101 maybe, depends which genre you favor.

>He
Pretty sad referring to yourself in third person.

>XCX and Splatoon are definitely not better than DKTF
Except they are. Maybe you should get some taste.

>supporting nintendo
>playing kiddie's consoles
>not playing x1/ps4/pc
How do I know you're autist?

Not only do I have taste, I actually have and played all those games.

Stay assmad.

>This coming from somebody who has basic bitch tastes and says DKC2 is their favorite platformer of all time even.
Just admit you prefer the music or aesthetics. TF's level design shits all over the original trilogy.

I really enjoyed Tropical Freeze, but I have to say that the visual style and gameplay of the original DKC trilogy is more appealing to me.

So did I. XCX is an infinitely better game than DKTF. Much more worthwhile investment.

best game on the wii u would be bayonetta 2

both games are still better than shitty ol' Metroid, OP.

Worth a rent/pirate. It was fun to play through once, but I have no desire to ever play through it again. Game still looks and sounds like shit. Flying Squirrel is kinda fun but still not as good as racoon or cape. It's amazing that the best new power up in the entire New series, the koopa shell, got dropped after the first game.

The enemies in the Retro's DKC games are utter trash, tho. No proper style, looks like they were stolen from a Madagascar movie or something while DK himself sounds like Scooby Doo (but that's not actually their fault in this)

Stopping to think about it, I have to be glad that Retro didn't ruin the Kremlings. Hope one of the EAD teams make a new 3D Donkey Kong game to save us from this hell (or at least make a Jungle Beat 2 with Platinum Games)

>TF's level design shits all over the original trilogy.
Wrong.

The Kremlins were only good in DKC2, and while the Tikis were bland, the Snowmad are just as good.
And wanting EAD to handle anything, really, are you brain damaged? Want more plastic by the numbers NSMB shit?

Awful taste.
XCX is a chore of largely repetitious combat and fetchquests, albeit in a beautifully-crafted world. DKTF has high polish in its level design and clever use of themed platforms (ex. in one of the "fruity factory" levels, the platforms are giant ice-lollies that slide off their sticks as you jump on them)

Try getting some true gold medals, or watching some speedruns, and saying that with a straight face again.

Pokemon Go is objectively terrible.

I'm not shitting on it because it makes you go outside and interact with other human beings, I'm shitting on it because it's a bug riddled mess and most of its features are poorly implemented or simply non-existent.

>PG
if they aren't restricted under Miyamoto's jurisdiction, i'm in.

Brand name. Mario is much more iconic and beloved by children, especially in Japan.

Donkey Kong is considered a "retro series" while Mario is still popular with children even now.

DKs also an actual challenge

>DKCR
>When it is clearly a picture of DKCTF
Please fucking apply yourself shitposter.

One would surmise that OP is talking about DKC in general, not only TF

no

this is DKCR

There was this time that McDonalds were offering Super Mario toys in the Happy Meal deal. So then one day I went there with a friend to meet up, chat and eat.

We were in line, she asked for her lunch, everything went fine. Then my time finally came:

>Hello sir, what would it be?
>I want a big mac with regular fries and drink
>Anything else?
>Y-yes, I also would like to have a Donkey Kong toy. From the Happy Meal...

She looks at me, then picks up a toy

>This one?

It was a Toad.

>No...
>This?

It was a Yoshi.

>The gorilla one
>Oh.

Then I paid and went back to my table, while feeling that I was the laughing stock of the staff and thinking how fool I was for assuming that nothing could have gone wrong and that EVERYONE would recognize DK.

But, oh boy, was I wrong...

Nice pasta

Thanks, but it's OC (at least for now)

NSMB will always be shit, the level design is shit and general gameplay is shit. The only bits of fun you can extract from it is multiplayer and there are far better options on the WiiU alone.

I'll never understand the faggots who praise the NSMB series over something like DKCR/TF. There is no sense of weight to jumps nor any creativity to the level design, seriously try and remember a full level from the NSMB series, they all feel the exact fucking same. Even Sonic games have more memorable levels than this shit.

The only silverlineing to this shit series was Mario Maker and the communities that have sprung up around it.

In a word: racism

>likes DKCTF and w101

that awful meme taste. DKCTf is trash

Are you that faggot that was bitching the other day that DKCTF sucks because they were too fucking stupid to beat Fugu?

>monkeys acting like people
>no atheistic appeal

Are you saying niggers have aesthetic appeal

>niggers
>acting like people

No comment

Jesus Christ the only thing laughable about that is how much of a nervous insecure mess you were. So you wanted the gorilla toy, just say "Give me the gorilla toy too" say "thank you", smile, and go about your day.

HE

HAS

NO

NECK

COCK

>seriously try and remember a full level from the NSMB series, they all feel the exact fucking same.
I'm trying to remember a single level from TF and can't do it.
Not that I think NSMB is any better.

>Bopopolis

This.

Rare basically ruined Donkey Kong.

Yeah, I get it that you guys love the country games, but the series is pretty much shit to someone who grew up with DK and DK Jr.

The difference between the NSMB series and New DK Country is that Mario is a game about athletics while DKC is not.

Though I will say the wii U game was rushed to meet the launch date.

It's the easiest K level though

when will this meme end?

Nah, easiest K level is the one on the first island, I forget the name. Bopopolis is most fun to speedrun, though.

>Easier game with more simplistic, iconic design sells better than its more difficult, more detailed sibling
Next you'll tell me water is wet.

>nu-DKC is difficult
when will this meme end?

DKTF is quite difficult, though - especially bonus/secret levels, of which there's many.

Harder than the majority of Mario games, which is the point dumbass.