Marioesqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Mario +‎ -esque.

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形容詞

Marioesque (comparative more Marioesque, superlative most Marioesque)

1. (video games) Resembling the character Mario or the games in which he appears, typified by bright, cheerful environments, platform obstacles, and often the rescue of a princess from a monster.

   Synonym: Mariolike

   • 1995, Emeka B. Okwuje, “Survey: How many of you are thinking about getting a 3DO”, in rec.games.video.sony (Usenet):

     Or the clever blend of puzzles and hair raisingly, chilling battles in the kitchen of the conway estate with undead chefs whipping meat cleavers at me, while I mow em down with my shotgun in Killing time, or The Marioesque approach to a 3-d shooter's paradise that is bladeforce, lotsa secrets, but lotsa stuff to destroy!!!

   • 1999, Frioniel, “My Thoughts on Final Fantasy's Genre -- Narrative Games???”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):

     Yes, it's becoming possible to do so, but the same can really be said of plenty of genres, including Mario-esque action games.

   • 2000, Wade E. Solowoniuk, “name that game”, in alt.games.mame (Usenet):

     It was a platformer type game. I do not think in was pengo, but more of a marioesque type platformer.

   • 2000, Joe Ottoson, “Rayman 2 - WOW!”, in rec.games.video.sega (Usenet):

     I wasn't aware that MDK2 was a Marioesque platformer...