Super Mario 3D World, de 3D-Mario die op de E3, zal niet over een online multiplayer beschikken, aldus Nintendo. Het spel beschikt wel over een offline multiplayer die men met 4 spelers kan spelen. Uit een gesprek met Director Koichi Hayashida en producer Yoshiaki Koizumi bleek dat deze mogelijkheid er met opzet niet werd ingevoerd. Nintendo hecht er blijkbaar heel veel belang aan dat je je medespelers ook naast je op de bank kunt zien. Dit is dus één van de redenen dat deze online multiplayer er niet komt. Dus indien je toch wat lol wilt beleven met de multiplayerstand, dan zul je toch wat vrienden bij elkaar moeten trommelen.
Hayashida: “I think that we’ve always wanted to focus on being able to see the other players around you. I always thought that was fun”. |
Koizumi: “The first Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System had two controllers, so you could play multiplayer with someone right next to you. I think that we wanted to accomplish the same kind of feeling in a 3D Mario game for the first time.” |
Hayashida: “I’ve always really enjoyed playing games with my children. In Super Mario Galaxy, we had the “assist play mode” that was available, but this is the first time that we’ve implemented a real multiplayer where the second player is moving a character around on screen in a 3D Mario game. And so I’m really happily looking forward to the experience of playing that with my kids.” |
Koizumi: “And now that Peach has been included, I’m also hoping that people will be able to play the game with their girlfriends. Perhaps some of their girlfriends will find Peach as a more appealing character to play – or your wife, of course.” |