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Super Mario 3D Land |OT| Jump Into a New Dimension!
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Well, now I know.Criminal Upper said:
Regarding Challenge Boxes: So it looks like they reset after a day. Or, rather, they're switched out with new random ones, meaning you can go back to Challenge Box places you've already cleared and potentially get more Star Coins. I got the game on Sunday and did the first three Challenge Boxes the first day and got Star Coins from them. Yesterday I went back and did them again and got more Star Coins. Today I went back again and didn't get a new Star Coin from the first box but did get new Star Coins from the second and third boxes. (Also from every other box I had cleared yesterday that had reset today.)
I also found myself in what appeared to be a special Challenge Box today. The walls were gold, there were no enemies, and there were two Star Coins floating in the air. There were also a bunch of dandelions, four hiding 1ups.
I beat worlds 1 through 8 last night.
This game is my first 3DS game, so it's my first true test of the system, and I have to say that the 3D effect was really fucking up my eyes after a short while. It gave me a massive headache.
Now that I've cleared the first 8 worlds, I'm going back through them to 100% this half of the game, but I'm doing it all in 2D. I'm having no issues at all in 2D. I'm finding myself more dependent on watching my shadow to ace my landings, rather than being able to count on depth perception.
This game is my first 3DS game, so it's my first true test of the system, and I have to say that the 3D effect was really fucking up my eyes after a short while. It gave me a massive headache.
Now that I've cleared the first 8 worlds, I'm going back through them to 100% this half of the game, but I'm doing it all in 2D. I'm having no issues at all in 2D. I'm finding myself more dependent on watching my shadow to ace my landings, rather than being able to count on depth perception.
The Main Event
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Tadale said:
Do you guys play all your games with the slider all the way up? That's kinda overkill for an extended period of time.
Splash Wave
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Tadale said:
I felt the same way too, for awhile, but yesterday I began to feel seriously ill. This is all the more disappointing because I love the use of 3D in this game, whereas I usually don't care.
That's common, as the first 3DS experience usually comes with a headache and/or eye pain for a lot of people (for me, it was only the latter), but after a while with using the 3D effect you adjust and play just fine.Zebra said:
Think of it as buying a new pair of glasses and taking a couple of days to adjust before your eyes get used to the new effect.
This game is amazing. It can be easy but as long as you go for Star Coins and exploration it provides a decent challenge. 3D effect is by far the best out of any of the 3DS' library or software of any kind, and the graphics are awesome too. Art style is a good mix of the classic NSMB/Mario 3 and Galaxy. Gameplay is unlike any other.
A+, 10/10, 5 stars
My favorite Mario game ever possibly, and I haven't beaten the game. Just pure mystical fun and so many times the 3D effects coupled with amazing gameplay and level design have me with a huge grin on my face.
One dislike is the 1UPs. What the fuck. I have 95 and I'm on World 5.
A+, 10/10, 5 stars
My favorite Mario game ever possibly, and I haven't beaten the game. Just pure mystical fun and so many times the 3D effects coupled with amazing gameplay and level design have me with a huge grin on my face.
One dislike is the 1UPs. What the fuck. I have 95 and I'm on World 5.
Berordn said:
I never had a headache with the 3D. If anything, it made my eyes feel a little heavy, and that was for 40 minutes.
I'm more peeved about ghosting/double images on the system when there are contrasting colors when in 3D than the risk of headaches. It's why I only use 3D when it's forced on me. Ocarina of Time 3D sold me on not using the 3D for this reason.
Lord_Byron28
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Honestly, I have to eat a lot of crow here. I never thought this game would be bad but I have to say all the media and everything leading up to it had me pretty dissapointed and underwhelmed. However, I take this all back. This is steadily becoming one of my favorite Mario titles. I definetly prefer this over anything we got in the NSMB series and is so far the best handheld Mario by a lot.
That just goes to show how different people's perspectives are. 3-1 for me was the start of when the levels start getting really interesting. However, for the original Galaxy it took me to world 4 to find levels that truly impressed me which is why I prefer Galaxy 2 over Galaxy 1.TheExodu5 said:
Skellig Gra
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Wait, how do you do the roll?Roto13 said:
Skellig Gra
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Awesome, thanks!Berordn said:
JasoNsider
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Just starting world 2. This game is solid gold in the palm of your hands. It's the real deal here. Believe!
Lord_Byron28
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Speaking of rolling that is the only thing that annoys me. I feel it should damage some enemies like Goombas and there needs to be a way to stop it. I've died a few times by having to roll into something which sends me skyrocketing off the edge or skyrocketing into a Goomba that was off screen at the time.
Splash Wave
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Foffy said:
Wait, "ghosting" is a problem with the screen and not my eyes? I always thought that was a result of me not looking at the screen at the proper angle.
Skellig Gra
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I think its both actually.Jimmy Stav said:
Jimmy Stav said:
That can be a cause, but it will be more like one certain element is ghosting. A balloon in Pilotwings, for example, would appear twice. I always just fiddle with the 3D slider and it's fine. It's not really a big deal....then again I play:
30% of the time in 2D
50% of the time half 3D
20% time three-quarters 3D
I'll never play full.
The special world is an additional 48 levels, spread across eight new worlds, bringing the total worlds in the game to 16 and the total levels to 96. And every one of them is freaking amazing. Every. Single. One. Many of the special world levels are all-new, and the ones that are remixes are so different they feel all-new. It's not a weaksauce remix like the Galaxy comets; they're practically transformed. For example, a level with water now has lava; a level that was during the day is now at night with fireworks. And the enemies are changed up, new challenges are imposed (time limits,timnich said:
Cosmic Mario
kitchenmotors
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I got the ghosting issue on a few levels, but I changed the degree of the 3D with the d-pad and it fixed my ghosting issues.
Just hit 400 lives. A lot of these are from
A lot of these are from
replaying level S1-1 for Stone Leaves, as there are three spots with invincibility stars in front of big crowds of enemies, two of those spots being right next to each other so you can keep your chain going. That's a lot of free 1ups.
AbsoluteZero
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TheExodu5 said:
You're less than a quarter of the way through the game, give it some time.
Two days later and I'm in the third world already. Damn easy game...although the level in the second world with the flipping platforms drove me nuts. Died 20 times.
And really, Nintendo? Five levels per world. FIVE? There's supposed to eight per world. Is because the original two SML's had 4 levels per world?
And really, Nintendo? Five levels per world. FIVE? There's supposed to eight per world. Is because the original two SML's had 4 levels per world?