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[zroid]

While I would like NSMBU to be online (even though I probably won't actually play online), expecting Nintendo to be a pioneer in the world of online 4 player co-op action platforming is a bit of an ask for them. It's obviously not their priority and I don't think they will make it theirs until they see a multiplayer platformer (like a future Rayman, for example) go online seamlessly. Then they might put some effort into figuring it out.

Till then, it ain't gonna happen.

 

[Socreges]

Just uploaded 5 minutes of gameplay. Don't watch if ignoring coins upsets you.

http://youtu.be/5nYT7wxH-S4?hd=1

The music is, probably with some exceptions, exactly the same. That's remarkably lazy.

At least the level aesthetics are pretty sweet.

 

[Kerub]

Just uploaded 5 minutes of gameplay. Don't watch if ignoring coins upsets you.

http://youtu.be/5nYT7wxH-S4?hd=1

The spinning at 3.20, that's done by shaking the gamepad right? That seems like one of those little things that can annoy me.

 

[Tokieda]

The spinning at 3.20, that's done by shaking the gamepad right? That seems like one of those little things that can annoy me.

It's mapped to the shoulder button now, I believe.

 

[Darklord]

Just uploaded 5 minutes of gameplay. Don't watch if ignoring coins upsets you.

http://youtu.be/5nYT7wxH-S4?hd=1

Honestly, I feel like I might as well play NSMBWii. It's the exact same thing.

 

[The Bookerman]

The only launch title I've pre-ordered, for the fun gameplay and Miiverse integration.

 

[Anth0ny]

The spinning at 3.20, that's done by shaking the gamepad right? That seems like one of those little things that can annoy me.

It's mapped to the shoulder button now, I believe.

Yup. Wiimote is waggle, Gamepad is ZL.

 

[Spieler Eins]

Do you hold a button to keep small Yoshis, or is it automatic until you get hit?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Just uploaded 5 minutes of gameplay. Don't watch if ignoring coins upsets you.

http://youtu.be/5nYT7wxH-S4?hd=1

Damn, is ALL the music recycled?

 

[Sixfortyfive]

Yup. Wiimote is waggle, Gamepad is ZL.

So you can use the gamepad for normal play and not just block-laying for other players? (Probably sounds like a dumb question; I'm not on the up and up with details though.)

Fantastic if that's the case. Waggle jump was one of those persistent issues of NSMBW that wasn't game-breaking by any means but certainly irritated me from start to finish.

 

[Kerub]

Yup. Wiimote is waggle, Gamepad is ZL.

Great to hear :-D

 

[Rehynn]

Honestly, I feel like I might as well play NSMBWii. It's the exact same thing.

You're in luck, because you have a bunch of reviews that say otherwise.

 

[Sixfortyfive]

You're in luck, because you have a bunch of reviews that say otherwise.

That video doesn't really do much to sell the game though. Can't imagine a reaction to it other than "yeah, that looks like Mario."

 

[Juice]

Just popping in to say that Ars' review that this is the best 2D Mario since SMW has me VERY excited about this game (which I was pretty meh on previously)

 

[Nocturnowl]

Damn, is ALL the music recycled?

I wonder if the world map themes are recycled again.
Welcome to Peach's Castle!

Spoiler

hey this little tune actually gets pretty decent when it gets going, much like World 7's map theme

But to answer your question i'm pretty sure normal overworld stages and athletic stages use a new theme.

 

[Oblivion]

Just popping in to say that Ars' review that this is the best 2D Mario since SMW has me VERY excited about this game (which I was pretty meh on previously)

Just read their review. Seems they weren't too stoked on NSMB: Wii.

 

[Juice]

Just read their review. Seems they weren't too stoked on NSMB: Wii.

Neither was I. NSMB:Wii was a cute novelty that I tired of after a few hours.

 

[Oblivion]

Neither was I. NSMB:Wii was a cute novelty that I tired of after a few hours.

Et tu, Juice?

I loved ye once.

 

[Dr.Hadji]

Seriously. I originally thought it was a gimmick having the MP in but NSMBWii easily became my favorite Mario just because of the multiplayer. I've played it dozens of times and 100% completed multiple save files with at least one other person. I've played the game by myself once or twice and it just wasn't as fun.

What gets me about the "multiplayer is too hectic only good for lulz" comments is the notion that a group of players couldn't get better by continuing to play together. I played all of NewWii in 3 player multiplayer. Took some doing but somewhere between World 1 and 2 we got it down. I would love to know how long they gave their multiplayer experiment a go.

 

[Juice]

Et tu, Juice?

I loved ye once.

Oh, now, you'll come back.

You always come back.

 

[SpokkX]

The music is, probably with some exceptions, exactly the same. That's remarkably lazy.

At least the level aesthetics are pretty sweet.

Identical except for the new standard grass level theme.

I really like the last one though... Underused in the wii version

 

[RagnarokX]

Honestly, I feel like I might as well play NSMBWii. It's the exact same thing.

Well, it's a good thing that everything that's actually important, like the levels, are completely different, right? Did you have a problem with SMG2?

 

[BowieZ]

Neither was I. NSMB:Wii was a cute novelty that I tired of after a few hours.

Wow - different strokes, I guess...

I still think NSMBWii is one of the best games of all time. It's just so good.

 

[Hiltz]

Iwata said this back in January 2012:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-be-drawn-into-expensive-tech-race-with-wii-u

Looking at the software for home console systems, there are certainly the software titles for which very rich graphics must be reproduced on HD displays and which demand a large number of developers to spend a very long time to develop.It is one of the truths that a certain number of such software titles must be prepared, or the consumers will not be satisfied. But we do not think that any and all the software must be created in that fashion.

When you look at Nintendo's software, extraordinary rich graphics, massive gameplay volume and astonishing rendition effects are not necessarily the appealing point. It is, in fact, important for us that our games are appealing in other ways as well. (Iwata offered Nintendo's quirky Rhythm Heaven series as an example) if we had adopted rich photo-realistic graphics, it would have lost much of its appeal.

What's important here is not to narrow down what we can do. Rather, we have to create the dynamic range of appeals that the consumers can appreciate. As I mentioned, it is true that, in some software areas, we need to be engaged in the power games. Take The Legend of Zelda franchise, for example, the fans must be looking for the graphic representations that they do not see as cheap at all when the title is released for the Wii U. When it is necessary, we do not hesitate to role out our resources.

I think this explains why New SMBU looks and sounds so similar to previous titles in the New SMB series.

 

[Man God]

Hmm, Newegg still hasn't processed or shipped my order on this yet. I did log in and check and it is still on preorder. I hoped to get it Monday but that's looking unlikely.

 

[AlexMeloche]

Hmm, Newegg still hasn't processed or shipped my order on this yet. I did log in and check and it is still on preorder. I hoped to get it Monday but that's looking unlikely.

Same thing with my pre-order at BestBuy.

 

[m.i.s.]

The whole map thing that's going on with NSMB U bothers me. Like Super Mario Galaxy, it's far too spread out and sometimes changes with no gradation from one area to the next. eg from the grassy area straight into, what I'm assuming is, some desert brown-hued area. Looking at Super Mario World or even Super Mario Bros 3, you can see that the dots representing one world to the next are close together and, consequently, the map is compact which makes navigation a breeze.

cf to this -

Alternatively, I'd like to see a more tightly focused game -- like the original SMB on NES -- a NSMB with no map at all or a non-interactive map that just shows progression like SMB DX for Gameboy Color -

The levels and game itself is otherwise quite thoughtfully executed and attention to detail is examplary. Edge magazine has given this game an 8 [the highest it has awarded a NSMB game] so I'm optimistic that this will be a NSMB game I might actually enjoy.

 

[Gillian Seed]

Can this be played with the Pro Controller?

 

[Ydahs]

Can this be played with the Pro Controller?

Nope.

 

[Emitan]

Nope.

...what.

 

[Ydahs]

...what.

According to feep's review only the gamepad and Wiimote are supported.

It's not a big deal to me, but it makes no sense to just leave it out.

 

[Stormwatch]

...what.

I believe there are a few sections where you have to use the motion controls to navigate like in the Wii version. The Pro Controller doesn't have motion control in it, so you can't use it.

 

[Emitan]

The Wii game had platforms you controlled by tilting the controller so I'm assuming things like that are the reason.

I have 2 Wii Remotes so it's not a big deal, but still.

 

[linko9]

Just uploaded 5 minutes of gameplay. Don't watch if ignoring coins upsets you.

http://youtu.be/5nYT7wxH-S4?hd=1

God damn it the Bahs.... it's infuriating. They stick out so much. So awful.

 

[Emitan]

God damn it the Bahs.... it's infuriating. They stick out so much. So awful.

I'm convinced everyone working on this game is deaf.

 

[normalmode]

Uploaded 5 additional minutes:

http://youtu.be/u4w63PezZmw?hd=1

 

[Respawn]

The Van Gogh lvl is insane. Folks were already sleeping out front the Nintendo store in NY Friday morning.

 

[zroid]

Uploaded 5 additional minutes:

http://youtu.be/u4w63PezZmw?hd=1

Thanks

Man this 30 second embargo is absolutely ridiculous

 

[normalmode]

Thanks

Man this 30 second embargo is absolutely ridiculous

RIGHT!? Reediting Ninja Gaiden 3 and the other games in the review box would have been a poor use of my time.

 

[Lunar15]

Actual gameplay quality of this game aside, the laziness is really getting to me. Nintendo has tried to justify the 3DS against the rise of smartphone gaming by saying that smartphone games lack a level of quality and polish that can only be achieved on these better systems. But I just don't see that here, and this is their new console. I get a similar feeling to that of an "angry birds" type IOS game, where each release is a barely reskinned version with new levels. Except those are free. If Nintendo wants to justify higher priced games against downloadable iphone games, they've got to eliminate the crappy shortcuts like this.

I'm sure the game will be a lot of fun, as I've enjoyed previous NSMB games. I've got no problem with the fact that they want to make these kinds of games. But the same design, music, everything is just... such a far cry from what Nintendo was in the past.

 

[metalslimer]

But the same design

What about the same design? The music being still bad and a lot rehashed is terrible, but I've seen some unique level design with some nice new suits.

Anyway, I know it might have been discussed before but I was surprised to learn development took 3 years from the Iwata Asks.

 

[Majine]

Uploaded 5 additional minutes:

http://youtu.be/u4w63PezZmw?hd=1

I feel like my OCD kicks in whenever I see Mario players skip the coins.

 

[Currygan]

Uploaded 5 additional minutes:

http://youtu.be/u4w63PezZmw?hd=1

so beautiful :'0

 

[Lunar15]

What about the same design? The music being still bad and a lot rehashed is terrible, but I've seen some unique level design with some nice new suits.

Anyway, I know it might have been discussed before but I was surprised to learn development took 3 years from the Iwata Asks.

I mean the graphics. The tile-sets, the way the world is drawn, things like that. Yeah, there are some small visual flourishes this time, but everything else looks remarkably similar to what we've received the past few times.

 

[Baconsammy]

The Van Gogh art is great, the music however can die in a ****ing fire.

 

[Drago]

The Van Gogh art is great, the music however can die in a ****ing fire.

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The Castle and Forest music isn't bad (would still love new music though...) but I HATE the desert, water, ghost, etc. music. I really wish they would change everything up, but I don't ever see that happening.

 

[Agent Unknown]

Has it been confirmed if adult Yoshi can be taken between levels?

 

[Spieler Eins]

The Van Gogh art is great, the music however can die in a ****ing fire.

Sad thing is that the only new song in that vid (and the new title theme from E3) is actually... bearable, good even. Then they cheap out with this shit. I guess you should never expect too much from this series.

Has it been confirmed if adult Yoshi can be taken between levels?

Only small Yoshis afaik.

 

[nullset2]

Has it been confirmed if adult Yoshi can be taken between levels?

AFAIK it cannot.

 

[Drago]

Has it been confirmed whether or not adult Yoshi can be taken between levels?

He cannot be. The only baby Yoshis that can be taken from level to level are the ones you find on the world map.