💠"As a game in itself, Bowser’s Fury is competent, creative, and fun, but I feel the need to prepend each of these adjectives with the word 'moderately'."
💠"It just reeks of lack of confidence in its own ideas, like if Breath of the Wild included a very prominent Ocarina and Hookshot: 'we're trying new things, but please don't be alarmed! We are still the same old thing you know and love, see? Play Song of Saria!'"
💠"People who say this game points at the post-Odyssey future of Mario games are, I think, shortsighted."
💠"Why did Nintendo feel like they needed to bundle this with Super Mario 3D World? Again, it speaks of insecurity. Did they feel like 3D World wasn't appealing enough as a product in itself? Did they feel like they could not "cheapen the brand" by selling Bowser's Fury directly for like 15 bucks?"
Full review: https://fabiobracht.medium.com/bowsers-fury-mario-s-latest-is-not-mario-s-greatest-e76049a3d609
💠"It just reeks of lack of confidence in its own ideas, like if Breath of the Wild included a very prominent Ocarina and Hookshot: 'we're trying new things, but please don't be alarmed! We are still the same old thing you know and love, see? Play Song of Saria!'"
💠"People who say this game points at the post-Odyssey future of Mario games are, I think, shortsighted."
💠"Why did Nintendo feel like they needed to bundle this with Super Mario 3D World? Again, it speaks of insecurity. Did they feel like 3D World wasn't appealing enough as a product in itself? Did they feel like they could not "cheapen the brand" by selling Bowser's Fury directly for like 15 bucks?"
Full review: https://fabiobracht.medium.com/bowsers-fury-mario-s-latest-is-not-mario-s-greatest-e76049a3d609