Super Duper Mario! (A Really Super Mario Adventure!)

[greatspaceadventure]

No. the world needs more original games. they have reached a point in wich they act as the sprite edits of game developing.

Either they're bad they rely purely on it being based of mario

either they're good there is no point in it being based on mario.

look at this. you could easily pull some original content but you had to mask it as a mario, even when it only shares the basic core elements of its gameplay. therefore, you're automatically underestimated both your product, yourself and anyone who would genuinely play it due its quality. just like in sprite edits, being afraid of leaving the diaper that represents labeling as a fan game was too much to actually risk that no one would be interested on it if you didn't pasted something cheap and familiar on it to catch on people's interest.

That seems a bit black and white to me ... the only way it would be a "mask" is if it didn't start out as a Mario game (which it did). I'm not trying to be dismissive or anything, but maybe you should play the game ???