nckillthegrimace
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None other than having to use a ton of stickers to beat the boss.
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Paper Mario: Sticker Star |OT| Delicious Flat Characters
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None other than having to use a ton of stickers to beat the boss.
PhoenixSFT
Member
Man, I only got about a half hour in before my 3DS started to die (from playing too much Virtue's Last Reward), but damn this game looks good. The music is fantastic too, even on my crappy XL speakers.
I like the sticker collecting, though I could see ditching stickers for bigger, more damaging stickers could get annoying after a while. I'm usually OCD in Paper Mario games, hitting every tree, searching every bush, so this game is right up my alley.
I like the sticker collecting, though I could see ditching stickers for bigger, more damaging stickers could get annoying after a while. I'm usually OCD in Paper Mario games, hitting every tree, searching every bush, so this game is right up my alley.
Koroviev
Member
Yeah, the game looks phenomenal. I can't believe how smooth everything is without the 3D. New standard!
Does Kid Icarus look anything like that without the 3D effect?
Bleh, so TTYD is like that, too?
I was going to jump into TTYD right after I finished the last world or so in LBP Vita, but I'm kind of sick of all the detours you need to make to collect prize bubbles that distract you from the platforming your first time through each level.
If I'm going to have to be searching every corner of the environment for fear of missing stuff before I move on, I'm going to have to put TTYD on hold until I'm in the mood for that crap again. =\
No, I don't think so. I don't remember any sort of dramatic upgrade with Kid Icarus when 3D's off. I mostly play that with 3D on, though, so I could be wrong.
Super Street Fighter IV, on the other hand, has a 30fps crazily anti-aliased mode available with 3D turned off. To me, it was so smoothed out that it kind of looked like I was watching a video of it (compared to other games that do the same thing but not as dramatically with 3D off). I don't know if it'll still look like that on an XL. Too lazy to check, and I hate that game, lol.
You're making it sound like Sticker Star is more like SF in this area. If I ever get Sticker Star, yay for that.
GhostTrick
Banned
Bleh, so TTYD is like that, too?
I was going to jump into TTYD right after I finished the last world or so in LBP Vita, but I'm kind of sick of all the detours you need to make to collect prize bubbles that distract you from the platforming your first time through each level.
If I'm going to have to be searching every corner of the environment for fear of missing stuff before I move on, I'm going to have to put TTYD on hold until I'm in the mood for that crap again. =\
No, I don't think so. I don't remember any sort of dramatic upgrade with Kid Icarus when 3D's off. I mostly play that with 3D on, though, so I could be wrong.
Super Street Fighter IV, on the other hand, has a 30fps crazily anti-aliased mode available with 3D turned off. To me, it was so smoothed out that it kind of looked like I was watching a video of it (compared to other games that do the same thing but not as dramatically with 3D off). I don't know if it'll still look like that on an XL. Too lazy to check, and I hate that game, lol.
You're making it sound like Sticker Star is more like SF in this area. If I ever get Sticker Star, yay for that.
If you disable the 3D in SSFIV3D menu, the games runs at 60FPS.
Picked up my copy today, played it for about 3 hours straight. Cleared World 1 and got my first Royal Sticker. I love it. From what I've played so far this could be my favorite Paper Mario game (and I've been there since the N64 days, 100%'ed all of them aside from Super Paper Mario).
First of all, the game looks phenomenal. I think Intelligent Systems finally nailed that paper effect. There's so much more liveliness in this game too. More things going on in the background, more reactions to the environment from hammer strikes, etc. It just looks and feels perfect. The scenario in 1-5 (I believe?) where a boulder creates a domino effect with the props/scenery in the background was incredible
. Anyone saying that the game lacks that Nintendo charm and polish is nuts. It's all here.
I like how quickly the game starts too. All the other Paper Mario games have fairly lengthy introductions and this game cut to the chase relatively quickly. There's also surprisingly little text and dialogue. I know a lot of the charm for these games is the writing and dialogue, but honestly, it got old after awhile (especially in some chapters in The Thousand Year Door and Super Paper Mario).
I wasn't too worried about not having partners or a traditional experience level going into the game and now that I've played up to my first real boss, I'm definitely still cool with it. I find it funny that some critics said that you had to have a specific sticker to beat a boss. I beat the world 1 boss without the suggested sticker and while it was a more difficult battle it certainly wasn't impossible. Maybe it becomes harder later in the game, but I somehow doubt it now that I understand how battles work.
I thought MAYBE the fact that your primary attacks are one-time use items would bother me, but they are in SUCH AN ABUNDANCE! Any concern I had before playing this immediately went out the window after seeing how everything works. Every time you refresh an area they come back too so it's really not that big of a deal. I've also obtained 2 full inventory pages while playing through World 1 and I haven't encountered any inventory headaches (even when carrying numerous large stickers/things).
There looks to be secrets ALL OVER THE PLACE TOO! So much backtracking potential! Oh, and after the first world I suggest people to head back to Decalburg and check out the sticker assembly area...
. Definitely looking forward to playing more of this! =)
First of all, the game looks phenomenal. I think Intelligent Systems finally nailed that paper effect. There's so much more liveliness in this game too. More things going on in the background, more reactions to the environment from hammer strikes, etc. It just looks and feels perfect. The scenario in 1-5 (I believe?) where a boulder creates a domino effect with the props/scenery in the background was incredible
(It was especially cool how it played an old Mario theme as each piece fell)
I like how quickly the game starts too. All the other Paper Mario games have fairly lengthy introductions and this game cut to the chase relatively quickly. There's also surprisingly little text and dialogue. I know a lot of the charm for these games is the writing and dialogue, but honestly, it got old after awhile (especially in some chapters in The Thousand Year Door and Super Paper Mario).
I wasn't too worried about not having partners or a traditional experience level going into the game and now that I've played up to my first real boss, I'm definitely still cool with it. I find it funny that some critics said that you had to have a specific sticker to beat a boss. I beat the world 1 boss without the suggested sticker and while it was a more difficult battle it certainly wasn't impossible. Maybe it becomes harder later in the game, but I somehow doubt it now that I understand how battles work.
I thought MAYBE the fact that your primary attacks are one-time use items would bother me, but they are in SUCH AN ABUNDANCE! Any concern I had before playing this immediately went out the window after seeing how everything works. Every time you refresh an area they come back too so it's really not that big of a deal. I've also obtained 2 full inventory pages while playing through World 1 and I haven't encountered any inventory headaches (even when carrying numerous large stickers/things).
There looks to be secrets ALL OVER THE PLACE TOO! So much backtracking potential! Oh, and after the first world I suggest people to head back to Decalburg and check out the sticker assembly area...
8 in-game achievements, 4 battle related and 4 collection/100% related challenges!
VGChampion
Member
I don't know if you get it or not but the latest Nintendo Power had actual stickers in it as well.
Father_Brain
Banned
Am I the only person whose Newegg order for this has yet to ship?
PhoenixSFT
Member
No, that's just a habit of mine, and not as important to the gameplay as it seems to be in Sticker Star. TTYD is great (just got to the last chapter), and there are a few objectives that are stupid and drawn out, but most of the time the dungeons are fun to explore and not a chore. The writing is top-notch too, as well as the music.
I remember when the first Paper Mario came out, the initial reaction was,
"How come when you level up your stats don't increase? I want a Super Mario RPG 2 with regular damage, not 1s and 2s, and stats, and a big party. And Bowser not being the main bad guy again."
But now Paper Mario is the standard.
Not saying Sticker Star will become standard or anything like that, I'm just remembering attitudes about games when they were released vs. now. (Like Majora's Mask)
"How come when you level up your stats don't increase? I want a Super Mario RPG 2 with regular damage, not 1s and 2s, and stats, and a big party. And Bowser not being the main bad guy again."
But now Paper Mario is the standard.
Not saying Sticker Star will become standard or anything like that, I'm just remembering attitudes about games when they were released vs. now. (Like Majora's Mask)
Incitemaybe
Member
The opening little hunt is one of the most charming things I've played in a video game in a very long time. Excellent
8BitsAtATime
Member
God damn I love this game.
Are you sure it's a download code and not a Club Nintendo code?
SpaceBridge
Member
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paleo_dragon
Neo Member
I'm sure, at the bottom of the receipt it said to go to the eshop and input the code. I did and I'm downloading it right now.
It looks like you either just got double charged or scored a free copy.
That's really weird. Sounds like they messed up and gave you two versions. Nice.
Secret Fawful
Member
I don't get the early complaints. The writing it's clever, the puzzles are fair so far and the game is clever about hiding things, and the game is charming and fun. I was really worried, but it works really well for me.
greycolumbus
The success of others absolutely infuriates me.
The shiny stickers glimmering according to the orientation is such a nice touch.
MisterLuffy
Member
Mine just shipped today around 2pm.
I was going to get on eShop when I was released, but then I didn't... I think I'll get it tomorrow, despite all the negative talk about it (at least the last 100 posts have been more encouraging :S). It just looks too charming and fun to be left behind.
edit: when *it* was released, lol
edit: when *it* was released, lol
No complaints here.
Game is awesome. I was a little let down by NSMB2 so this is great.
Sigismundo
Member
This game seems right up my alley with the added emphasis on exploration. I find it funny that some reviewers are genuinely upset that they have to think.
Also I've never played TTYD so I don't have that to compare it to at least.
Also I've never played TTYD so I don't have that to compare it to at least.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Not sure if the puzzles or something have to do with doing levels out of order or anything. Nothing is too bad. (Chapter 3-1 right now)
8BitsAtATime
Member
It looks like a download code
Some complaints that I heard about it seemed pretty justifiable, which lowered my hype. But then again, I'm glad people here have been enjoying it, and I hope I will also.
paleo_dragon
Neo Member
Guy says he found it: "In an area where a bunch of trashed notes are found" (W5-1, Shy Guy Jungle.) No idea what the code is for though (Tried eShop and Club Nintendo)
Reddit Thread: http://redd.it/1318zr
I believe the complaint about necessary stuff being hidden in completely out-of-the-way places with no hints, since I heard about it from sources I trust, even though I'm at the end of world 2 and I haven't encountered that problem yet, but a lot of the other complaints were just whining that it's not Paper Mario: The Thousand And One Year Door.
Not being like Thousand Year Door is not a problem for me, I think. I know it's a different kind of game, and I'm going in with that in mind. And if I get stuck, even if it's due to poor design, well, I can look for guides on the web, no problem. I want to enjoy this; I hope I do!
Reluctant-Hero
Member
What are Leaf stickers used for? The description says to take it to the shop and it's worth 50 coins. Anything else I can use it for?
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Go to 2-3 and reach the secret exit to get to 2-4. 2-4 needs the vacuum cleaner (from the port) and faucet (1-3)