Had enough mario.Whens the next Super Princess Peach game?

hyliaman posted...
The_shoemaker posted...
I like the idea of playing as a koopa!

I might support that if it was Koopa the Quick... ( or Bowser Koopa ) ...I do not like the idea of a generic species becoming playable. Toad and Yoshi both have special individuals within the species, so they are exceptions to me.

I'd think it be cool if they gave the Koopa a bunch of different abilities based on the variety of different Koopa enemies in the Mario series. Yeah, playing as a standard Koopa would be boring, as all they generally do is walk around. But if the Koopa has wings and can toss hammers, throw boomerangs, and shoot fireballs, it'd be much more interesting.

Perhaps you would start off as a normal Paratroopa, possessing the ability to jump like Mario and limited flight like Kirby's floating in Super Smash Bros. As you go through the game, you could find item upgrades that allow you to use new powers (like the ones the ""Bros." enemies have) and you could swap out different abilities on the pause screen. Or you could just come across power-ups/suits that give you different abilities like in a standard Mario game. Green suit for hammers, blue suit for boomerangs, red suit for fireballs, light blue for "snowballs", etc. And if it was like the typical Mario game, maybe when you get hit as a normal Koopa, instead of just shrinking, you could either lose your shell and wings, or turn into a Dry Bones and throw your own bones as a last resort. Either way, you'd have to get a restorative item (perhaps Courage Shells or Koopa Leaves could replace Mushrooms?) to avoid dying on the next hit. They could include a magic scepter as an item found towards the middle of the game or a rarer power-up and have several magic books hidden throughout the game, allowing you to fire a variety of spells at your foes like any Magikoopa. And then they could also include a Koopatrol's armor, either as a late-game upgrade that reduces damage taken from enemies, or a power-up similar to the starman that gives you five free hits before the armor breaks.

Honestly, I feel Koopas have tons of potential as characters in a main series Mario game (or a Super Smash Bros. game, really). Considering how special types of Koopa's can use some of the same moves Mario can (tossing hammers, throwing boomerangs, and shooting fireballs), all Nintendo would really need to do is change up the costumes to match the "Bros." enemies and have the Koopa grow wings instead of a raccoon tail and ears, and they could easily include a Koopa as a playable character in this game. Of course, I'm not really sure what reasoning they could have behind Koopas being a playable character, nor would I have any idea what story they would have for a more unique game starring a Koopa character, but I could certainly see it working.