DIYGamer » mkf http://www.diygamer.com Fri, 24 May 2013 23:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 No Joking – ‘Mushroom Kingdom Fusion V0.5′ Released http://www.diygamer.com/2012/04/no-joking-mushroom-kingdom-fusion-v0-5%e2%80%b2-released/ http://www.diygamer.com/2012/04/no-joking-mushroom-kingdom-fusion-v0-5%e2%80%b2-released/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:25:24 +0000 Dominic Tarason http://www.diygamer.com/2012/04/no-joking-mushroom-kingdom-fusion-v0-5%e2%80%b2-released/

It's Mario! And.. is that a Metal Slug trooper guarding World 2?

Ever wake up and ask yourself, “Could Mario take Master Chief in a fight?” Want to know the answer?

Well, it’s April 1st, and we’re going to buck trends here and start out with a surprising-but-true story. After another two long years in development, the latest playable build of the absurdly ambitious Mushroom Kingdom Fusion has been released into the wild.

While this sprawling freeware PC platform crossover/mashup is still not quite complete (it really is absurdly ambitious), it already features well over a hundred fully playable levels set across a dozen worlds, featuring a huge range of playable characters, many of whom can adopt powers from other characters via power-ups.

Yes, that is Mario, dressed as Guile from Street Fighter, using his powers to navigate a windows Minesweeper board. And yes, that is Arthur from Ghosts & Goblins taking on a bullet hell shmup boss, possibly from DoDonPachi. If you haven’t figured it out already, MKF plunders just about everything for content and ideas, and has a real ‘everything and the kitchen sink too’ design ethos.

It seems almost inevitable that some corporate entity, somewhere, will eventually wake up just grumpy enough to smite this project with a cease-and-desist order, but I do hope that they can reach at least V1.0 before that happens. As messy and inconsistent as this game is, it’s a clear labor of love from a gleefully demented community and well worth some of your time, even in this unfinished state.

You can download the latest build of the game over at the MKF forums, although the installation at the moment is a little convoluted. Still on the fence? Well, have a shiny new launch trailer to push you over the edge.

You can find more info and gameplay videos on the MKF forums.

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]]> It's Mario! And.. is that a Metal Slug trooper guarding World 2?

Ever wake up and ask yourself, “Could Mario take Master Chief in a fight?” Want to know the answer?

Well, it’s April 1st, and we’re going to buck trends here and start out with a surprising-but-true story. After another two long years in development, the latest playable build of the absurdly ambitious Mushroom Kingdom Fusion has been released into the wild.

While this sprawling freeware PC platform crossover/mashup is still not quite complete (it really is absurdly ambitious), it already features well over a hundred fully playable levels set across a dozen worlds, featuring a huge range of playable characters, many of whom can adopt powers from other characters via power-ups.

Yes, that is Mario, dressed as Guile from Street Fighter, using his powers to navigate a windows Minesweeper board. And yes, that is Arthur from Ghosts & Goblins taking on a bullet hell shmup boss, possibly from DoDonPachi. If you haven’t figured it out already, MKF plunders just about everything for content and ideas, and has a real ‘everything and the kitchen sink too’ design ethos.

It seems almost inevitable that some corporate entity, somewhere, will eventually wake up just grumpy enough to smite this project with a cease-and-desist order, but I do hope that they can reach at least V1.0 before that happens. As messy and inconsistent as this game is, it’s a clear labor of love from a gleefully demented community and well worth some of your time, even in this unfinished state.

You can download the latest build of the game over at the MKF forums, although the installation at the moment is a little convoluted. Still on the fence? Well, have a shiny new launch trailer to push you over the edge.

You can find more info and gameplay videos on the MKF forums.

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