Did you know that Doki Doki Panic is a Super Mario Bros. 2 in USA? And Racism??? It's like a true and honest crossover!
While I don't care for the black face koopa shells, nor to properly finish this version at the moment, it's probably the first game that feels the most familiar to games we would see today especially in terms of handling and even level design.. I think it's also interesting to see how much this game influenced future Mario titles even in it's initial form.
Doki Doki Panic already had many Mario elements from the outset, such as POW Blocks and Power Stars, and was even initially conceived as a Mario tech demo focused around vertical level design...
So, I guess it makes sense this was molded back into what it once began as! That being said, it's kind of just a very slightly worse version of Mario USA, even if I find the player character designs fairly charming. You also apparently have to beat it 4 times, once with every character, just to see the ending... and..
I dunno man. Maybe I'll do it sometime???
While I don't care for the black face koopa shells, nor to properly finish this version at the moment, it's probably the first game that feels the most familiar to games we would see today especially in terms of handling and even level design.. I think it's also interesting to see how much this game influenced future Mario titles even in it's initial form.
Doki Doki Panic already had many Mario elements from the outset, such as POW Blocks and Power Stars, and was even initially conceived as a Mario tech demo focused around vertical level design...
So, I guess it makes sense this was molded back into what it once began as! That being said, it's kind of just a very slightly worse version of Mario USA, even if I find the player character designs fairly charming. You also apparently have to beat it 4 times, once with every character, just to see the ending... and..
I dunno man. Maybe I'll do it sometime???