So some people are probably being toxic because this is the internet, but after a hard miss and an okay but flawed entry, I do think people are justified in hoping this new game is something different and in not trusting the game will be good until they see more. The main reason people hate it when it probably deserves to be remembered as good-but-not-great is because Nintendo showed they still liked some of the less great ideas from Sticker Star. And while the Koopalings are written characters, so they probably don't deserve the hate, it gave off generic New Super Mario Bros vibes compared to the unique, personality filled bosses of the first 3 games. The unnamed Toads are more charming, more funny, but it wouldn't have been hard to write characters instead of unnamed identical NPCs. But it latched onto some less fun design choices from Sticker Star that most of the fans (still washing the salt out of their numerous Sticker Star caused wounds) were very unhappy to see: the battle system still got rid of exp points without a system in place that was as effective at rewarding the player for battles (the paint system is better than nothing, but once you get enough paint, running is better than fighting). Color Splash brought back charm and fixed some of the poorly designed mechanics. I don't care about change in the series but I do care about charm and I do care about game design. And since the last 3 games before it were so good, a lot of us weren't expecting it and got burned bad.Ĭolor Splash doesn't exactly deserve the fan reaction, except it sort of does. Besides its graphics, it was an amateur effort.
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