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CHOOSE YOUR CHRISTMAS PLAYTHROUGH
🕑 Added 2022-12-09 05:08:10 +0000 UTCFor many years, we've had this tradition of playing Katamari games on christmas week. And this was a good tradition.
Then we ran out of good Katamari games. So now we need a new tradition.
My original thought was "I've got it! Mario games." It's a solid new tradition candidate: it's peppy, it's nostalgic, it's full of opportunities for amusing failure, it's not super long... plus it would take a rather long time to run out of decent Mario games. We'd start out with Super Mario World this year, maybe Yoshi's Island next year... it'd be perfect.
But then I also realized "wait, there are still three Shovel Knight campaigns we haven't done. Shoot. That would also work." And it would! They're peppy, they evoke nostalgia in spades, they're full of opportunities for amusing failure, none of them are long AND they've even got little narrative continuity hooks between the bunch. Granted, we'd run out of these a lot sooner, but that's 2025 Dan's problem.
I went back and forth about this for hours before remembering: "Wait. I have patrons I can outsource this indecision to."
So I now task you with choosing your 2022 christmas gift and our new holiday playthrough tradition: shall we embark on a new era of Little Plumber Boy or The Knight Before Christmas?
Comments
Joshua H
All my assistance qualifies as “(attempted)”, so this is pretty much on par, I think. 😬
Mohammad Alenezi
Oh Wow the vote is exactly 50/50 XD
Nico Robin but with Yaoi Hands
Lol. Lmao.
RanDaniel
I do feel kinda bad for keeping the 50/50 thing going, but the n my defense I actually prefer the playthrough I voted for xD
Fishor
voted mario cause well mario - didnt realise id be pushing it back to 50/50 :') love that this is happening
Peter Jerabek
Shovel Knight takes my vote. Glad it was 50/50, it would have been a difficult moral choice otherwise.
siliconvalleygirl
Lol Dan I think the answer is a resounding "Both. Both is good."
WetPaintGaming
Well I'm voting for Shovel Knight purely for the reason Dan used the term "they evoke nostalgia in spades" with a 99.9% probablility it was unintentional.
Curt Clark
I'm split down the middle on this but I found Little Plumber Boy to be funnier than Knight Before Christmas, sooo...Let's-a go!
fluxpinner
We're already getting a Paper Mario series, so it makes sense to switch up the franchise for Christmas
Andrew Toms
I'm not gonna exasperate the issue (wording intentional :P) and keep the vote at 50/50, but if that's what y'all are doing it's delightful. I'd be happy with either, but I voted Shovel Knight for sure, haha
Johns H
Clearly the fans have spoken and the answer is both!
Talentless Hack
I wanted to vote for Shovel Knight, I really did. But who could resist tipping the scales back to 50/50?
Brormorc
471 votes, STILL 49-51. Amazing!!!! What are you going to do now Dan?
Joshua
"Little Plumber Boy or The Knight Before Christmas" made me laugh so very hard!
Judin
I voted Shovel Knight because we're getting Paper Mario either way.
Zorlock Darksoul
This is hilariously close. I can't help but wonder if it's intentional.
Just Ember
Looks like that indecision has extended to the patrons, lol
Roco Vailo
"shovel knight has it in SPADES" I see what you did there.
LlamaMaster
Man, tough choice (especially with my Mario nostalgia trip as the opening salvo)... I think I'm gonna have to go Shovel Knight for now, but skip Plague Knight and just go to the other two :honk: Jokes aside, I'm sure either choice will be great, and I'm immensely looking forward to the new Christmas tradition :)
LlamaMaster
Darn it, Yen, now you're giving ME ideas...
M Yen
Delighted to see my vote made it 50/50, and yes, I will change it periodically to make this happen. (Because either one would be great)
Nara Van Rossum
In terms of flow state where you can answer questions and rif on stuff while not being at 100%... I expect Mario would be more accommodating. Though maybe it's just me that finds shovel knight too hard?
Anya and Michael
I honestly did not expect this to be so close! It's 315 votes and 50/50 as of this writing. Dan, you very successfully outsourced the indecision: we are very undecided :-D
tess
Dan: "Can you help me decide?" Patreons: "Sure we got you!" ....Proceeds to make the vote 50/50... :)
Jawes
I went with Mario. I love the bonus animation talk we get in PlayFrame videos, and seeing how Mario's animation evolves over time could be *excellent*. Plus, you could even slip in spin-offs like Super Mario RPG, or a Mario and Luigi game. Shovel Knight could also be fun, but that would be a shorter tradition, and you can still use that as filler content between your extremely long main playthroughs (Nier, Horizon, and a little indie title called Elden Ring :HONK:).
Kronohoron
I just saw it at 49/51, but that couldn't stand now, could it?
Bryan Gillis
So, are we conspiring to keep it at 50/50, or is it honestly that close?
SnoodDogg
Voted Shovel Knight because then 2025 Dan could just pick up Mario stuff from there, if he still wants to.
Marnix
I will always vote for Shovel Knight. Especially with a mario game already having won the previous poll
JoyceW-Art
I’m simply saying Shovel Knight campaigns now, since we also have a Mario game for the bonus playthrough. But else it might have been a much tougher decision…
Nosgoroth
I voted Mario, but "The Knight Before Christmas" is too good a pun
John Mcmurray
Paper Mario and regular Mario, that's a lot of Mario. What about carrying on the tradition of Katamari in spirit, where you aren't restricted by genre or series but instead play games that are your comfort food like Katamari was. Or even use this as an excuse to play beloved games from your past like Chibi Robo and Shadow of the Colossus that don't take a lot of time to playthrough but are games you adore and want an excuse to try again and share the experience?
Screwtapello
I do want to see Mario games, but it seems like it wouldn't take long to get through Shovel Knight and then continue with Mario after that...
Brormorc
Wow! 161 votes, and it's 49-51
Seth Jones
Shots fired! Shots fired!
rmsgrey
"Little Plumber Boy" almost sold me, then I read "Knight before Christmas"...
Finvaara
Mama Mia, Luigi, you gotta come vote, too!
Culade
I'm voting for Plumer Boi, it'd be fun to watch Dan fail at nostalgic games and not be able to blame Sonic this time 😋
Howling Armadillo
I can't say no to Plague Knight.
Sylvia Daniella Foxglove
I'm going to vote for Super Mario Bros, because I'm old enough that many of them were my Christmas presents
Sara Winters
Dan I apologize that we are apparently as indecisive as you are
MusicKitty
Both a super great options that I would love to watch!
Sara Winters
Holy cow this race is close
Drew D
This’ll be a real slugfest
chcoman
omg it's literally 50/50 right now
