The 'Shroom:Issue XCI/Critic Corner
Director's Notes (Palkia47 (talk))Hellos everybody, welcome to the October issue of Critic Corner! :D I hope you all enjoyed last month’s issue. Unfortunately, we do not have as many sections this month, so we’re kind of a draaag! But I hope you enjoy the section that we have anyways! :) Section of the MonthOut of the three sections last month, it turned out the winner was me, so thank you guys very much! :D I appreciate that lotsss! I had 4 votes, Yoshi876 had 3 votes, and Pyro had one vote. So congrats to you both especially! :) Mario Reviews
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Character Review (Yoshi876 (talk))Doctor Mario File:Dr Mario SSB4 Artwork.jpg Dr. Mario returns, and even he looks slightly angry about this The latest instalment in the Super Smash Bros. franchise has just recently been released, and who’s come along for the ride? That's right, it's Dr. Mario, yay? Dr. Mario is literally just that, it's Mario all dressed up in doctor gear, with the necessary drugs to boot, obviously some drugs were probably ingested when it was decided he should return. As one would expect Dr. Mario is a completely original character, oh wait no, he's actually just a semi-clone. For those of you not geared up on Smash Bros. terminology, this means he plays like another character, you got three tries to figure out who he's based on, but has enough differences to not be considered a clone. The most notable changes are the Megavitamins which bounce higher and fall faster than Mario's fireballs. The other major difference is the down special, for Dr. Mario it's the Dr. Tornado (who is a very bad doctor by the way), whereas for Mario, it's F.L.U.D.D., hooray? It's ironic that the doctor's inclusion makes me sick, he comes in as a semi-clone, instead of a full blown unique character, however, the main thing that annoys me is the fact that he comes for a series which I believe to be overrepresented, yes Mario is Nintendo’s flagship series, but it does not require seven representatives for this game, especially seeing as series like The Legend of Zelda definitely deserved another newcomer. Continuing on from this point, the Doctor was likely included to beef out the roster, so why not use other previous semi-clones like Lucas? However, it’s not only Smash Bros. where the good doctor makes an appearance. No, he has his own series, the Dr. Mario series, which plays similarly to Tetris, even his games aren't an original concept. Well to be fair, the Dr. Mario games are more of a semi-clone than an actual clone. However, in these games Dr. Mario practically bears no importance, as the game is basically Tetris he is just there to throw the pills in, he is the equivalent to the box that told you what piece you were getting next in Tetris. And this annoys me, Dr. Mario is a character who is a glorified box, and nothing more. I think Template:Fakelink would've been a better idea. |
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