{"id":1902,"date":"2021-04-27T09:56:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2021-04-27T09:56:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:56:24","slug":"would-mario-make-a-good-slot-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/2021\/04\/27\/would-mario-make-a-good-slot-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Mario Make a Good Slot Game?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mario has seen so many different intonations that it would\nbe surprising to see a product tie-in that everyone\u2019s favorite plumber hasn\u2019t\nbeen involved with. Not only is Mario one of the best-selling IPs of Nintendo,\nbut it is the most\nprofitable<\/a> video game franchise in the world. It\u2019s hard to believe that the\nsimple gameplay and a\ncharacter<\/a> in the original Donkey Kong game could spawn such a prolific and\nmuch-loved character.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Theme                  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is a slot game attached to Mario \u2013 it\u2019s a party game featured on Super Mario 3D World. The six slots help players win extra cash. So, it\u2019s clear that the concept would work in its core form. But the most obvious argument for Mario being a slot game is that its theme would work well alongside existing game themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the range of slot games<\/a> at Buzz Bingo\nshow that, taking themes that have a comedic, jaunty undercurrent and turning\nthem into high-tension games is common. The themes have spanned pirates,\nVikings, and even Robin Hood. Many are centered on key characters, such as the\nIndiana Stones slot game focused on an adventurer-style character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mario is similarly a fairly jovial concept yet when you\u2019re\npassing through difficult levels and have a lot riding on the outcome, the\ntension can be ramped up. Many slot games feature cartoonish characters that\nwould not look out of place alongside Mario in one of the multi-franchise\nbattle games. So, Mario would slot in nicely alongside the other titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, there is a huge pantheon of characters to choose\nfrom. Players could differentiate between Luigi and Mario, Princess Peach,\nDaisy, and everyone\u2019s favorite dinosaur Yoshi. This opens up a lot of scope,\nnot just for one slot game, but for games that span characters and locations.\nThe villains, such as Bowser and the Koopa Troopas would make for striking\ngraphics \u2013 especially to taunt players if they happened to lose.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nGameplay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Slot gameplay does vary across different titles. Some slots\nare three-reel and others five-reel. Some have video elements while others are\nstraightforward animations. But the core gameplay is largely the same. This is\nthe same with Mario – each game in the franchise is different. Mario Kart is\nclearly different from Super Smash Brothers Brawl, for example, but they have\nsimilarities and shared tropes that are embedded within the gameplay.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both concepts are competitive. Mario allows players to\ninput high scores and games on the Wii were charged with competitiveness. So,\nit makes sense that using Mario in a slot game would marry the competitiveness\nof both aspects well together. Ultimately, the tension-provoking elements of\nMario would lend themselves well to being combined with the tension-provoking\nelements of a slot game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The themes of Mario and the gameplay of slots would\nundoubtedly work well together. Being one of the best franchises in the world\nsurely adds some cache that will inspire audiences to play. Expanding the\nfranchise into the field of digital entertainment like never before could also\nopen the plumber up to new audiences. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mario has seen so many different intonations that it would be surprising to see a product tie-in that everyone\u2019s favorite plumber hasn\u2019t been involved with. Not only is Mario one of the best-selling IPs of Nintendo, but it is the most profitable video game franchise in the world. It\u2019s hard to believe that the simple gameplay and a character in the original Donkey Kong game could spawn such a prolific and much-loved character.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news_info"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1905,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mariomayhem.com\/bowsers_blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}