Mario: the Jaffe edition
Get this: David Jaffe, misunderstood genius/opinionated loudmouth (delete as you see fit) and creator of God of War would love to oversee a Mario project. Of course, because this is David Jaffe we're talking about here, Mario had better prepare for a makeover, should the call ever come in from Nintendo.
After exchanging a few stilted jokes with Geoff Keighley about equipping Mario with a machete and making Peach a hooker (at which point we were getting hideous visions of a Shadow the Hedgehog-style reinvention), Jaffe became a little more serious about how he'd tweak Mario, arguing that the Mushroom Kingdom is "sort of a drug-induced, altered state of consciousness," and adding that "There's clearly a kind of drug culture reference thing that I pick up on. I'd explore that. I'd make it more violent."
An early front runner for worst gaming idea of 2008? It might have some serious competition, but it gets our vote. Bless him for trying, though.
Note: Because Jaffe likes his naughty words, the above video is NSFW.
[Via Go Nintendo]
