Post by cm30 on Sept 27, 2015 7:49:27 GMT -5
I never got this. Every time an ice themed area appears in an RPG, it seems like it's a dreary or depressing place compared to the somewhat more 'upbeat' themes of the mainstream Mario games.
Paper Mario's ice areas seem to be an exception (albeit with a more calm theme than the usual Mario ice area), but then look at Fahr Outpost from Thousand Year Door and its more bleak, Cold War esque Russia themes.
And then every one from the Mario & Luigi games is miserable or somewhat depressing. Joke's End is an almost endless labyrinth with the same short piece of music repeating over and over again. Hollijolli Village was blown apart by an alien invasion as Mario and co arrive, the Airway in Bowser's Inside Story is a sombre area with the Dark Star/Dark Bowser trying to clone Bowser's DNA. And then the one part of Mount Pajamaja with ice is a very bleak area that leads to an even more bleak dream world (that you can't initially escape from).
Did the people behind these games really hate cold areas and winter or something?
Paper Mario's ice areas seem to be an exception (albeit with a more calm theme than the usual Mario ice area), but then look at Fahr Outpost from Thousand Year Door and its more bleak, Cold War esque Russia themes.
And then every one from the Mario & Luigi games is miserable or somewhat depressing. Joke's End is an almost endless labyrinth with the same short piece of music repeating over and over again. Hollijolli Village was blown apart by an alien invasion as Mario and co arrive, the Airway in Bowser's Inside Story is a sombre area with the Dark Star/Dark Bowser trying to clone Bowser's DNA. And then the one part of Mount Pajamaja with ice is a very bleak area that leads to an even more bleak dream world (that you can't initially escape from).
Did the people behind these games really hate cold areas and winter or something?
Shiverpeak Mountains from Twilight Princess, Sector 5 ARC from Fusion, Phendrana Drifts from Metroid Prime, that cave in Ocarina of Time, whatever that snow place in Majora's Mask was, ect.
