[QUOTE="blahzor"]

What happened to games being about fun?

Anyways, story isn't just about dialogue and character development.. it's about the characters adventure too. Mario doesn't have much in the way of plot twists or deep character development(in this platformer), but it has alot of charm. Bowser kidnapping the princess is not original on paper, but in this game its done with charm. You want to advance, you want to face bowser as he's more menacing and amazing then he has ever been! But where mario really shines is the extraordinary locales he vists, its his journey that is the real story here. Mario's adventure is colourful and full of imagination, that's his story.. ANd it's imaginative and brilliant.

THen there's the side story of Rosalina and the luma's, an optional story you can either pass or view by going to the library.

LastRedMage

[QUOTE="shaji84"][QUOTE="Tylendal"]

Turok for the N64 was the first game to have two sources of directional input, Which in a way could be considered duel analong.
However, the N64 was the first well known system to have two analog sticks.

Planeforger

LOL lets make this clear only ONE damn analog stick on the N64!! But it is a good point as yes that did revolutionize console gaming.

He meant that the c-buttons doubled as a second analogue stick - which is true, since you'd use the analogue stick to move and the c-buttons to aim, in exactly the same way that you'd play FPS games on a dual-analogue controller (although less precise, obviously).

Back on topic, I wouldn't be suprised if Microsoft also adopts motion controls for their games next gen, but I doubt that they would be the focus of any of the next-gen consoles.