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Disney Magical World 2 |OT| Do you want to build a café? There's also ghosts to slay!
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Oof, that sucks
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Yes, save often folks. It takes a split second. I've never seen a 3DS game crash, so this was new to me.
Back to the game though! Finished the two surfing challenges and opened up Pooh. I'm just having such a wonderful time with this game. It's so much more user friendly from the first one, too.
PSA - unlock Bella at the air ballon ASAP and start inviting 5 people a day to get the Halloween coins necessary to buy the exclusive Halloween items!
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Not in this one. At 19 Stickers you get access to the Hot Air Balloon for Streetpass/Spotpass and Player Cards. Everyone should do that quickly (assuming you're playing in real time) because there's a Halloween event going on until the 31st.
You can get 5 new people every 6 hours and they give Streepass currency and Seasonal event currency for use in McDuck's shop.
On another note, I had a crash last night as well. The game autosaves every 10 minutes, after Episodes, after certain Favors, after big shopping trips and such, but now I'm saving extra after doing anything that takes a fair amount of work, like refilling the garden or going on a gathering hunt.
I do like that every button press required in the entire game is color-coded for the New 3DS, since that's the model I have. It is certainly giving me a leg up in things like dancing competitions.
I also figured out surfing on my own, so 81 Stickers now and I'm on an unlocking new stuff world tour.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
It's the third world, so not too long.
At 66 stickers now. In case anyone is wondering, the grand total number of stickers is
130.
Edit: OH SHIT (Frozen spoilers)
Let It Go
Velcro Fly
Member
Finally unlocked all worlds. Even started unlocking invites to balls at the castle.
I can already tell some stickers are going to be a pain in the ass for me. The 200m surfing one is going to be tough. Maybe I'm just not doing it right but I can't get anywhere close to that. The perfects in the rainbow mine again I could probably just get good so to speak but it may be tough. I think my high is 3 perfects.
Also getting 2000 Nice in a single dream and the hint is telling me I can string together more than one at a time?
Does this game have an actual "ending" to unlock and view? I'm guessing each world has some sort of conclusion thing.
I can already tell some stickers are going to be a pain in the ass for me. The 200m surfing one is going to be tough. Maybe I'm just not doing it right but I can't get anywhere close to that. The perfects in the rainbow mine again I could probably just get good so to speak but it may be tough. I think my high is 3 perfects.
Also getting 2000 Nice in a single dream and the hint is telling me I can string together more than one at a time?
Does this game have an actual "ending" to unlock and view? I'm guessing each world has some sort of conclusion thing.
Jailer of Hope
Member
I like that the button prompts match the color of the New 3DS/Super Famicom buttons.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Surfing, you're looking to go parallel along the bottom of the wave. Don't touch the crest or head back to shore. Just kinda waggle circle pad up and down gently, turn around at the end and repeat in the other direction until victory is yours.
Mining (and Dancing) will be easier if you get a Charm. The Level 2 one if you can. Whatever Charm is in stock pretty much dictates how I play for the next significant block of time. Right now it is Dancing all Night.
Just fill out three Puzzles and hold onto them, you'll get a prompt to use them all together when you go to bed with two or more completed Puzzles.
I'm at 91 Stickers and counting. I assume there's a credit roll at 100. Each individual world has a story with a World Boss at the end of it and extended play after that, although I haven't tackled much beyond that level as you don't need to for Stickers before filling out the first 100. The story is okay in like a third grade reading level way, but pretty much just pretext to wreck face.
I love this. It is making stuff like dancing so much easier for me this way.
My biggest problem right now is that the Wonderland Cafe Quest isn't giving me credit even though I've invited Alice over twice now. I'm hoping I'm not locked out of this somehow. I think one of the
post-game Stickers
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I found surfing to be super easy. Hit like 278m and realized there was no reason to go more. Just go far out into the ocean, ride parallel to the wave and cut back and forth to maintain speed after the wave. It's hard to explain, but super easy to do once it "clicks".
I have 47 stickers and I'm struggling to keep good ingredients up for food. I should I start looking for things. I have a hard time focusing on any one task because of how MUCH there is to do.
I have 47 stickers and I'm struggling to keep good ingredients up for food. I should I start looking for things. I have a hard time focusing on any one task because of how MUCH there is to do.
This is a very specific question, but...
Has anyone been able to compare performance on the N3DS compared to the OG 3DS? I have an OG XL and I really, really want this game, but I may wait and upgrade to a N3DS if there are significant performance / frame rate improvements. I don't think the frame rates will bother me too much, but I'd rather play the game in its best possible state.
In other news: I never played the original, and I'm really excited about this. I fully intended to use this month's gaming budget on Thumper, but I may have to splurge on this instead. Are you guys still as enthused about it having spent hours with the game as you were right at launch?
Has anyone been able to compare performance on the N3DS compared to the OG 3DS? I have an OG XL and I really, really want this game, but I may wait and upgrade to a N3DS if there are significant performance / frame rate improvements. I don't think the frame rates will bother me too much, but I'd rather play the game in its best possible state.
In other news: I never played the original, and I'm really excited about this. I fully intended to use this month's gaming budget on Thumper, but I may have to splurge on this instead. Are you guys still as enthused about it having spent hours with the game as you were right at launch?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I have a N3DSXL and can't believe how bad the framerate can get at some points. Particularly in the cafe during a busy party or when your cafe is busy and you just sold out of food. Add in a sparkle effect and it just goes downhill. Thankfully, I'm only in there to do a quick adjustment here and there.
On the general enthusiasm, it's not a hard game, but the sense of progression is constant and makes for a very pleasurable gaming experience. As an adult, the fun comes more from decorating and playing dress up with my character. And, unlike Animal Crossing, your day to day is never "done".
Teriyaki Blues
Member
I have (or rather my family has) older 3DSes, but I haven't tested it in them yet. It doesn't seem like the game is optimized to run better on the New. It doesn't skip too badly unless there is a ton of stuff on screen, but it does feel like you're trying to move through molasses. Ironically, the swimming dungeons are the only place where the motion finally feels smooth. I can test OG vs. New later today and get back to you on this.
This game series is a weird thing. You have to be a very certain kind of gamer to get the bug for it, and if you do, it won't let you go for weeks. So, yeah, I've been playing almost nonstop since Friday evening and I'm itching to get back in right now. There is also a bonus for having DMW data on your system, if you have any way of borrowing that for a day.
That's kind of the weird thing. I never did get really into New Leaf. Like, I appreciate why it's so popular and I would recommend it to anyone, but after a couple of months I put it down and never picked it up again.
I've been craving a deep and / or delightful sim game, though - for a long time. I've had my eye on Fantasy Life ever since it came out but never pulled the trigger, and now MW2 has stoked that desire once again. I think I'd be willing to deal with the performance issues if the progression hooks are addictive. I just want something charming, stylish and addictive right now. Completing Rhythm Heaven Megamix has left a void... (totally different, I know)
At 96 stickers now. The ones I have left are to defeat 3 World Boss Ghosts, do 14/29 more episodes, and create 11 more pieces of furniture. Doing 29 more episodes is going to take a while.... I'm also planning on starting Exist Archive tomorrow, so it may be a while before I get to 100.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
If Disney is up your alley, get this. If not, get Fantasy Life.
DMW2 is more well rounded. You can ignore aspects of the game, but don't expect to make meaningful progress if you do. Some of the mini games are quite challenging. There's even a bit of rhythm required in Dancing and Mining. Overall, the combat sections are much easier than a standard action RPG, and the curve never takes a drastic swing upwards. (It didn't in the first game anyway, I haven't touched post-game stuff in this one, but it was just harder versions of the stuff you already did in DMW1.)
Fantasy Life has a better combat system with serious challenges in the end game and post game, but the repetition of mini games gets a little stale eventually. Unlike DMW2, you can ignore any Life (activity type) you don't enjoy. Some people have played through the entire story as a strict gatherer/crafter, as you can resolve the major plot point fights without violence of any sort. You could also play it as a straight hack-and-slash and buy all your upgrades instead of crafting. It is also a Level-5 game, which means something to me.
Damn, Linkura. We're about even on pacing. I need to stop futzing around and go get those last Stickers.
Velcro Fly
Member
Man I had no idea I could get a better fishing pole
Also thanks everyone for the tips on 200m surfing. First attempt I got up to 150. Second attempt over 200.
Also thanks everyone for the tips on 200m surfing. First attempt I got up to 150. Second attempt over 200.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Just watching the credits now.
After it lets me save again, I'll test it on the OG 3DS and see if there is any difference.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Just ran around the town on the oldest 3DS model I have & it feels about the same. So there's no added chip usage for the New to make things smoother, you should get about equal performance with the two different systems.
Awesome, thanks for following through with that. I saw you "completed" the game? What does that mean in DMW2, and what is the post-game like? I know if it's like AC:NL then you don't really ever complete the game, but I'm just curious what your goals are / what the draw is now? Still getting a feel for the series.
Congrats! Like I said, may be a while yet as I need to finish 29 episodes plus Exist Archive is out today.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
If you managed that this soon the game must be much easier than the original game.
I'm trying to get to 100 stickers on it and so many food and clothing recipes have super-obscure ingredients.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
There's two different unlockable Sticker Books with 15 Stickers each, for 30 post-game Stickers, bringing the total to 130. Much harder challenges to get those Stickers. There's also a Collection Book that displays a percentage of how much you've collected, if you like filling out that kind of thing.
"Completing" the game in DMW2 involves just getting the first 100 Stickers to see the Staff Credits. Many sim games have a "credits roll" ending after a set goal, but you can theoretically play forever.
Perspective:
I have about 110 hours total on the first one, no clue how much longer I will play before I feel satisfied, but I am going a lot slower now and taking more breaks.
Thanks for the grats, guys. As you can see, I have to play a game like a full-time job to be able to 'beat' it. Much to my chagrin.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Hey, back again guys. Another question from my lady: on episode 11 of the 100 acre wood, does anyone remember where to get cookie barley? Cheers!
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
For those 100 stickers, did you find yourself having to utilize a lot of the garden and town/location pickups? I hate walking around and picking all that shit up every time I visit a loction.
Also, unrelated to DMW2, are you aware of what stuff was "missed" in DMW1? I know there was at least one set of clothes that were a timed exclusive, but if everything else is obtainable, I may start playing it again since I love this series so much.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Unlock the Alice in Wonderland world. If I recall correctly, it opened up after I'd done a few of The Little Mermaid's Episodes.
No clue on timed exclusives in the first game. I do remember it having a similar holiday system. The AR Cards for the first game are region free, so you should be able to spend a while scanning in the collection that game ended up with. There was some sort of Internet connectivity (Cafe visiting?) that gave you some kind of points, but I don't remember what that was all about. Assuming not many people are playing now, so that one may be very difficult.
Part of the reason it took me ~58 hours to get 100 Stickers is that I tend to be a collectaholic. I can't turn down free stuff on the ground. I did utilize the Garden a lot as well. Part of the questline in 100 Acre Woods requires it, as do the first 100 Stickers. So far, the post game is requesting a specific hybrid, which is easy enough.
Donniewahlberg
Banned
Cheer
sorry I'm not adding much to the convo bar asking the odd question ha. I told her to join so she can come and actually chat about the game with you guysTeriyaki Blues
Member
There are several quests like this; you must take the recipe to Daisy's Boutique and craft the item.
Well, I played on the subway and after work today because I was too tired to start a new game. I got another sticker, the furniture one, so I now have 97 stickers. I think I need either 5 or 6 more episodes to get another sticker, then several more after that to get the final episode sticker. Still need to beat 3 more World Boss Ghosts, but I fight one soon in Frozen (already did Lilo & Stitch's).
Velcro Fly
Member
Up over 75 stickers now. Most of what I have left to do is crafting stuff. Accessories, furniture, and ace ensembles to wear. Finished up the farming stickers tonight. Going to be getting through episodes to have easy access to places to farm materials. Then I just gotta have some parties in my cafe, get some frames, and have some LSD fueled Disney dreams.
As long as the charm for the mining is good I should be able to pull 5 perfects there!
Then I need to decide how much past 100 I will do.
As long as the charm for the mining is good I should be able to pull 5 perfects there!
Then I need to decide how much past 100 I will do.
Velcro Fly
Member
I'm addicted to the dancing/hula mini games. I went for it all doing difficult ones without the charm and keep nailing them first try. The Frozen one did take me a couple tries to get five stars but I got it eventually no problem.
At 84 stickers so far but the ones I have left I think are easily doable.
At 84 stickers so far but the ones I have left I think are easily doable.
Velcro Fly
Member
Combat is incredibly clunky to an almost frustrating degree. Using your MP attack and you just randomly face a different direction and spam it to hit nothing. If there are more than maybe 3 or 4 ghosts on screen forget it. And then there are certain ghosts that body you and you can easily just get stuck in a corner and not even your spin move can help you. I've died a couple times just getting trapped and being unable to move. Game is very fun but I feel like combat could be refined and made much better. Sometimes the hardest part of a challenge or a boss fight is actually being able to target the boss the whole time to keep damaging it.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Combat is clunky I agree. But don't forget that you can hit R to invul dodge through enemies and such.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Don't forget about your A button attack spam, either. You can chain 4 hits which ends with an AOE ranged attack. It isn't the greatest and doesn't guarantee Stars to refill MP the way using the charged attack does, but some bosses are actually easier if you zap them with continual A spam, most notably the Ice immune ones in Arendelle. Especially the two
World Boss variants
I just got what will probably be the hardest post game Sticker for a lot of people. I was sweating bullets because I didn't get it on my first two attempts.
I need two more Pro Stickers (101-115) before I get the next Sticker Book page.
I'm just gonna have my husband do that one. He's a pro at rhythm games. I did get the first mining sticker on my own, but he did the second one.
Still at 98; I'll probably get 99 and 100 in quick succession.
And yeah, the combat is ass. Honestly, it's easy enough as it is. If they fixed it, it would be way too easy. Though the solution to that would be to just make a better combat system altogether.
Edit: Forgot to mention they finally put a QR code on the official NA site. You get a few Halloween items from it: http://disneymagicalworld2.nintendo.com/downloads/
Still at 98; I'll probably get 99 and 100 in quick succession.
And yeah, the combat is ass. Honestly, it's easy enough as it is. If they fixed it, it would be way too easy. Though the solution to that would be to just make a better combat system altogether.
Edit: Forgot to mention they finally put a QR code on the official NA site. You get a few Halloween items from it: http://disneymagicalworld2.nintendo.com/downloads/
Jailer of Hope
Member
I haven't had as much time to play lately. Do the other wands have different special attacks like in the first game?
Do the other wands have different special attacks like in the first game?Teriyaki Blues
Member
I have all of the normal wands, each world's set has the same special attack. For example, all the Wonderland wands do the swirling doom attack (same attack as the first game since that is the only repeating combat world). Little Mermaid has a Bubble attack which you can redirect while shooting, Hawaii (Lilo & Stitch) has a straightforward AoE cone, and Arendelle (Frozen) has a freezing attack which lets you play billiards with the enemies.I haven't had as much time to play lately.
I did get one of the special Character Star wands in the post game, and it does have a unique special attack. I don't think I got them in the first game because they were a pain with the Medal RNG, so I don't know if it is the same special attack, but it is very OP and a very nice post game reward.
Specifically:
Mickey's Star Wand, which pulls all enemies into a vortex on the special attack destination and then explodes them.
Medals are much easier to get in this game. Yay! So I should be on track to get the other three pretty soon.
ETA: Got the second one!
Minnie's Star Wand, which targets the closest enemy by physical proximity and does an AoE circle of fireworks on that target.
I'm also four customer requests away from filling the Pro Sticker page now. Which I can't touch until tomorrow. Ugh. I know there's another one after that, but I'm unsure what name they used for that page in English. It is nice that the game tracks everything and will reward you Stickers as soon as they unlock if you've met the criteria in the past, because I'm pretty sure that next page is at least halfway done already.
Made it to 100 stickers last night; immediately got 7 more. I'm at 111 now. Just maxed out my cafe!! Finally; I HATED the customer requests. Next up is to get the 10 perfects on the Rainbow Mine (farming out to my husband), surfing (should be able to easily do this; got pretty close without trying a long time ago), 6 more episodes, and 8 more dreams, and then I'll have the last sticker set.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Congratulations, Linkura! It is so satisfying seeing all those Stickers pop up when you get the new page.
The Cafe is the most annoying one for me so far, they kept giving me Customer Requests for stuff I couldn't possibly make yet. The last two days I've been busting hump gathering a stockpile of crafting items and promptly blew through every available Customer Request when they reset. Now I have to wait until Midnight again.
More items/knowledge courtesy of AENIGMA01:
It seems like whoever is running the NA website for the game uploaded a bunch of the upcoming QR codes. Just replace the number before .png, there are a total of 10 images so far. Note that there are even more items in the Japanese version, so this might not be all of them.
Thanks
LOL @ them already uploading the upcoming codes; thanks so much for posting that.
I'm still at 111 but I'm making progress. My husband was tired tonight but he was still able to consistently do 7/10 perfects on the Rainbow Mine. I think once the mining charm shows up again (it showed up earlier today but disappeared!) and/or does it at full stamina, he'll be able to get that sticker.
I tried the surfing one and was having trouble. The problem is the waves die down way too fast. My record is 379, so I'm very close to the 400 needed. Hopefully a charm pops up for that to make it easier.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
There's no Charm for Surfing. The only way to do it that I know of is to paddle out to where the waves spawn and get lucky that it is both a big one and that you'll be on the correct side of the wave to continue riding wavelets until it totally dies.
My highest one so far was 441.XX, I think. I took a bit of time off today to play the Sun & Moon demo.
I was able to do it with a few hints I read:
1. Hold down B even when you're surfing, not just trying to catch a wave.
2. When the wave's over, try to still catch it as much as possible of the wavelets by moving in tight circles over it.
I got 410.2m. I probably could have gone a little longer but I thought, "Fuck it, I made it, I'm getting out of here!"
At 114 now. Just need to do the mining and I'll unlock the last sticker set.
1. Hold down B even when you're surfing, not just trying to catch a wave.
2. When the wave's over, try to still catch it as much as possible of the wavelets by moving in tight circles over it.
I got 410.2m. I probably could have gone a little longer but I thought, "Fuck it, I made it, I'm getting out of here!"
At 114 now. Just need to do the mining and I'll unlock the last sticker set.
Velcro Fly
Member
92 stickers. A lot of that is going to be grinding materials to craft either for the outfit/furniture crafting stickers or to get theme stuff up to have good parties for frames and stuff. I have a ton of completed puzzles for some LSD style action tomorrow. Grind up some Nice to keep buying recipes.
Teriyaki Blues
Member
129/130, and the final Sticker is shop RNG. I'll get it. Eventually...
You need 7 Popcorn buckets from the Souvenir Cart for that one, I'm at 3/7 and I've only missed one restock for the entire week, so I'm not expecting this one any time soon.
Velcro Fly
Member
Actually waking up early on a Saturday to see if the get more items from chests Lucky Charms is up so I can grind materials more easily.
Polioliolio
Member
This looks better than kingdom hearts.
Kingdom hearts without the lame ass anime plot.
Kingdom hearts without the lame ass anime plot.
My husband popped in some earphones and got the 10/10 on Rainbow Mine first try this morning. He's a robot, I swear. He did have a 2 star charm, but he was ON, so I think he would've gotten it anyway.
So I immediately got a bunch of stickers from the last set and I'm now up to 123. Should be getting more very soon. Yeah, the popcorn bucket sticker is going to be a doozy.
Edit: 124 now, got the 20 point party. I have almost 3 million coins and nothing to spend it on. McDuck's has pretty much all repeats at this point.
So I immediately got a bunch of stickers from the last set and I'm now up to 123. Should be getting more very soon. Yeah, the popcorn bucket sticker is going to be a doozy.
Edit: 124 now, got the 20 point party. I have almost 3 million coins and nothing to spend it on. McDuck's has pretty much all repeats at this point.