The trailer begins with a view of a green grassy field with waterfalls in the background. It's quite a pretty view. A thumping is heard, the camera view shakes, and the sources thunders by.
It's a dinosaur. But it's not a Yoshi, it's an escapee from Jurassic Park! A realistic dinosaur in a Mario game! This is a surprise. But wait? What is that on his head? It's Mario's hat! With eyes on it! And Mario seemingly leaps out of the dinosaur! What's going on here?
We next see Mario running through various areas, with a really nice song going in the background. One is New Donk City (Heh heh, Donk), and Mario rides a Vespa. Another is an area that looks like it came right from an old black-and-white cartoon, a third is kind of a desert temple-like place with big crystals. Mario is wearing an Mexican-style sombrero and poncho. And finally, there's Jurassic Park.
We see Bowser kidnapping Peach again. You'd think at some point, they'd really up the security in her castle. Or at least teach her some self-defense moves. DID SHE LEARN NOTHING IN THE SMASH GAMES?! We then see Mario interacting with a Top Hat-shaped ghost that merges with his trademark red hat.
We see some gameplay, and we can also see that Mario can now throw his hat and use it as a weapon. Just like Oddjob, only Italian, heroic, and more talkative. He also wears various outfits throughout the trailer. One I recognized was the outfit from the box of NES Open Tournament Golf.
I think all the outfits we see Mario in are nods to his various cameos in games back in the day. Another big mechanic in the game is revealed here. Mario can use his cap to possess things. I think he can mainly use this mechanic to infiltrate levels...well, except for the cap and mustache. But I can't imagine Boswer's troops being the brightest folks. I like that we see him possess a rocket that reminds me of the ones that occasionally appeared in the American Super Mario Bros. 2. It seems that the cap allows him to possess just about anything. Can make for some hilarious gameplay...and creepy stuff upon further thought.
Holy cow, was that PAULINE?! Pauline from Donkey Kong?! How long has it been since she's appeared in a Mario game?!
This was an awesome trailer! This game looks like it will be a lot of fun to play! Now, I just gotta get a Switch...
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