Super Mario Bros: The MOD

[WildWeazel]

Hey everybody, another idea for an unusual mod just popped into my head, fully formed- Super Mario Brothers!!!
I just wanted to see if anyone would be interested in helping out- mainly with units, although it shouldn't be too hard. If nobody is interested, I'll just forget it, but if people like the idea, some unit creators can get to work right away.
I won't start working on it until Battle for New York is done (which will be.... sometime in the next decade ), but if somebody wants to start on some units, go right ahead. Here's what I'm thinking:
Eras are game systems- NES, SNES, N64, and Dreamcast. Techs are individual games for those systems or other games from the same period (Atari, Arcade, go with NES, Game Boy with other eras). Units are characters and other items from the games- Fire Mario, Yoshi rider, Mario Kart, Goombas, etc. Bosses are UUs and GLs.
Terrain will be pretty much the same, but we need a new graphics set. That shouldn't be hard since the graphics are mostly cartoony anyway. Jungle could be mushrooms.
Resources would include the special tokens (flowers, leaves, mushrooms, etc) and basic units (like minor civs as resources) like Goombas and Koopas.

So, that's the plan. Questions/comments/suggestions? Volunteers?

 

[Blackbird_SR-71]

I love your idea. That would be awesome but their isn't enough characters so I say you should get characters from Super Mario Melee 2 and the wishlist for Super Mario Melee 3.

also civilizations could be:
Mario
Luigi
Bowser

 

[Teabeard]

It sounds like a great idea.

Actual Civs should be the various kingdoms, such as the mushroom kingdom and the bean-bean kingdom and so forth.

 

[Mr. Do]

Well it'd be a fun mod, can't guarantee I'd actually bother playing it though

 

[Teabeard]

I'd play it, but it will take alot of work to get done and especially in regards to graphics...

 

[Mr. Do]

Well, the good thing is that the graphics don't exactly have to be professional level for a Mario mod...

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Here's what I'm thinking:
Eras are game systems- NES, SNES, N64, and Dreamcast.

Dreamcast is a Sega console. A better name of the last era would be GameCube.

 

[Varlin Saliptor]

awesome idea. Love to see it, if it can be completed.

 

[odintheking]

EXACTLY!!!!! We need a koopa unit before we start anything else.

 

[WildWeazel]

Dreamcast is a Sega console. A better name of the last era would be GameCube.

Once again, my head said one thing and my fingers another...

Mr Do is right, graphic's wont be very hard, especially for the first 2 eras- you could almost use MS Paint. *Weasel Op hears the distant cheering of kulade*

I'm not sure what to do about civs. My first idea was to divide them by race- Human, Yoshi, and "Baddie." Then I decided the Mario bros should use Yoshi units, so maybe just good vs bad. Teabeard has a good point, make a civ for each kingdom, and then Mario and company. Mario and Luigi should definitely be the same civ. Wario could be another one, or grouped with Bowser.

 

[WildWeazel]

Here are some links to Mario material:
http://www.nintendoland.com/mario/
http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/tmk.shtml
http://www.marioportal.com/

 

[Hunter Noventa]

This mod requires a Ness unit. From Earthbound, SSB, and SSBM he comes.

 

[snipelfritz]

Nice Idea. I have been doing a little work on Blender 3d, but I haven't released any units. I think I could help you out with some units.

@Hunter Noventa- Isn't Earthbound a totally different game unrelated to Mario???

 

[MaisseArsouye]

This is a good idea.

If you're interested, I can work on city graphics. Just tell me what the different "cultural groups" have to be.

I have some other projects before ( brit cities for me and I promised dino cities ), but I can make it right after.

 

[Goldflash]

This has to be one of the Stupidiest Mod Ideas I've ever heard.

 

[Dom Pedro II]

I agree... I sort of feel like you might as well just play one of the Super Mario games...

 

[Mr. Do]

One could say that about the WH Mods as well (E.g. why not just play Dawn of War?), but that doesn't mean the mods are without merit. I do feel that this is a bit gimmicky-sounding, but maybe the idea could be expanded... you know, to include other Nintendo Games, Zelda, Metroid, etc.

 

[WildWeazel]

Mr Do, that's actually a good idea. It would definitely allow more variety.
I started this thread to see what people thought about the idea, so I'm very open to suggestions.

 

[Kyriakos]

I suppose that the paratrooping unit will be koopa paratroopa

and Mouzer should be in! he was a tough boss.

 

[MaisseArsouye]

you know, to include other Nintendo Games, Zelda, Metroid,

A Zelda mod would be a great idea ( much greater than Mario IMHO ). But it's rich enough to be a separate mod.