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Nintendo Downloads - April 2014

I guess this is a good place to ask, how did the new Mario & Luigi turn out compared to BIS? I heard about too many tutorials but once you get going is it really great?

For me, I preferred BIS. Like Zeer0id said, the pacing is terrible, graphics and soundtrack are great. Honestly, I felt like it didn't really pick up until 20 hours in, which obviously isn't a good thing. There are a lot of individual bits and pieces that are very strong, but as those as sewn together with plodding bullshit, it's hard to excuse the piece as a whole. There were points where I was playing (mainly the desert near the beginning if I remember right) and actually fell asleep, which never happens to me. On the other hand, it also has one of my favorite areas in the entire series. Very hit or miss.
 
Never heard of Wagyan Land before, it looks awesome. Cute platformer starting a robotic dinosaur/chameleon thing? Want. Come on NOA, give us some imports already.

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After how wonderfully-crafted Lufia 2's dungeons and puzzles were, The Legend Returns' random dungeons were a big disappointment.

If they wanted to go the roguelike route, they could have used a different series for it.

I've always been a huge fan of Lufia GBC. The dungeon design may not have been in line with series expectations, but the battle system and equipment make for a godly dungeon crawler, I can't help but replay it every few years. I've got the GBC cart and will definitely get it on my XL if it comes to the states.
 
Never heard of Wagyan Land before, it looks awesome. Cute platformer starting a robotic dinosaur/chameleon thing? Want. Come on NOA, give us some imports already.

I had mentioned this before, but Wagan Land getting imported is pretty much impossible. It uses a Japanese wordplay game called shiritori that's based around Japanese vocabulary. There's basically no way to localize that except to rewrite the entire game.

If you've ever seen GameCenter CX, the episode featuring Wagan Land is one of the series' best. I'd at least check that out.
 
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