Wii Warm Up: Franchise mash-ups
by David Hinkle 
{ Feb 26th 2008 at 9:00AM }
Then, reader Chris sent in an email showing us his latest creation. It's a mash-up of Kirby and Travis Touchdown (you know, from that game we can't seem to stop talking about). It's quite a nice statue, if we may say so.
Now that you have franchise mash-ups (we hope hope hope No More Heroes will become a franchise) on the mind, what other pairings would you like to see? Mario in a Star Fox game? Yoshi stuck in Silent Hill? What do you think?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chase @ Feb 26th 2008 9:05AM
Looks like Kirby ate Hiro, from the TV show "Heroes", after Hiro smoked a bag of crack.
vidGuy @ Feb 26th 2008 9:19AM
I don't particularly like mashup games that aren't of the Smash Brothers variety. Sports games and fighting games can do it, but I'd hate to see Mario lend Solid Snake a hand or Link fighting off Bowser.
Too much mashing up reminds me of the horror that The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones brought when I realized that they were essentially the same show. Look, Link and Mario both fight a large bad guy who keeps kidnapping a princess. Whoops, now I ruined those for someone out there.
samfish @ Feb 26th 2008 9:26AM
I still want a Mario/Sonic platformer...
Gerwurztraminer @ Feb 26th 2008 10:53AM
I'm trying to imagine Mario on those loops and it's just not working out. Super Shoes or no.
[Mario Mario, not Baby Mario a la Yoshi's Island]
Nigeria @ Feb 26th 2008 10:17AM
We need another Robocop vs Terminator game.
David Hinkle @ Feb 26th 2008 10:19AM
YES!
CJLopez @ Feb 26th 2008 2:33PM
Urge to have one of those rising!!!!!
That's just kirby, my fav Smash Bros' character and by far my best, and Travis Touchdown, the best anti hero I had met in a time
I just one of this!!!!
Gerwurztraminer @ Feb 26th 2008 10:55AM
No More Kirbys
Adv2k1 @ Feb 26th 2008 11:23AM
I think its very cool.
Croove55 @ Feb 26th 2008 11:53AM
I don't care if this concept has been done before. I love Kirby and I love No More Heroes. This statue is completely bad ass. That being said, Kirby with human teeth is terrifying.
Roto13 @ Feb 26th 2008 11:59AM
Yes. xP
idiot @ Feb 26th 2008 12:28PM
I agree this statue is quite good. Now for a place to put it...OH!...nursery!
Mr Khan @ Feb 26th 2008 2:41PM
I also need that statue, like, now. Start a factory production line or something, just get me one.
Mario & Sonic would work so well, though, since you have great character pairings:
Sonic & Mario- the heroes
Tails & Luigi- the Sidekicks
Knuckles & Wario- the strong rivals
Peach & Amy- Damsals in distress who can kick ass if needed
Bowser & Eggman- the enemies
Tanooki @ Feb 26th 2008 3:27PM
K.K. Slider's Guitar Hero.
Ranus Studios @ Feb 26th 2008 4:38PM
My roommate made that. I'm so proud.
Patrick @ Feb 26th 2008 4:39PM
I don't think there really needs to be any more games of random characters in the same game. Unless it is something like Smash Bros (like vidGuy said). I think like a hidden appearance of characters are cool, but I don't think there is any good combos. Although Travis in Super Smash Bros would RULE (and when Kirby uses his B sucked in, he looks exactly like that picture).
Tomas @ Feb 29th 2008 4:06PM
Yeah, and give little boys (and girls) nightmares.
TWOO DEE @ Feb 27th 2008 6:29PM
reminds me of that movie 'teeth'
is the layout of this site screwed up for anyone else besides me?
ElBoob @ Mar 21st 2008 5:18PM
Just two words...Kingdon hearts
V Torpedo @ Mar 25th 2008 7:09PM
I like it, but $400 is pushing it though
Wiifinland @ Mar 27th 2008 8:30PM
Travis would be a great brawl character but nintendo would never allow it since the game was so so so so very explicit. How come nobody ever considered megaman as a potential character? He is pretty much all over Nintendo especially the DS versions.
Good mash-ups would be:
... well I kinda agree that mash-ups are more of a negative thing.
Brawl is good in that the mesh-ups all come together on neutral turf. Characters meeting characters in other games just dosen't seem like a good idea, in fact it feels like the makers are selling out when they do that.