Super Mario Warriors Seems Increasingly Likely, and It Could Be Great
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes made its debut at the latest Nintendo Direct with only a few months to go before it launches. Three Hopes in itself isn't particularly surprising; the original Fire Emblem Warriors was warmly received as a Nintendo-flavored Dynasty Warriors game, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses was so well-loved that it's more than worthy of a spinoff. What's really significant about Three Hopes is how it further cements Nintendo's interest in turning its IPs into hack-and-slash action RPGs. With Zelda and Fire Emblem so thoroughly steeped in the Warriors franchise, it only seems like a matter of time before Super Mario gets the same treatment.
A Super Mario spinoff with a Warriors angle may sound a little ridiculous to some. Mario and his friends aren't generally known for waging war, even if they do plenty of fighting in their time. However, with Nintendo repeatedly ordering new Warriors spinoffs from Omega Force, it seems more and more likely that Nintendo's less martial IPs will join the trend. Above all, Super Mario seems the ripest for such a spinoff, considering how many lucrative side franchises Mario has created so far. Super Mario has all the right pieces to create a surprisingly compelling Warriors game too.
Boards That Mario Party Superstars Should Add as DLC
Even if it's not a franchise about epic fantasy conflicts, Super Mario has all the necessary pieces to form a compelling Warriors game. For one thing, Super Mario has tons of core characters who could be converted into playable characters; Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser would all certainly be playable, but Wario, Waluigi, Rosalina, Daisy, and many more recurring characters seem plausible too. If Bowser serves as the antagonist of a Super
Read more on gamerant.com
