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Super Mario 3D Land |OT| Jump Into a New Dimension!
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So I completed all the game has to offer, and it was fun.
Overall, it was a great experience, but again, after the 3 Super Mario games on Wii, kind of disappointing.
It was really easy overall, but the levels themselves were fantastic.
Not a fan of how short it was though.
Doing everything with both Mario and Luigi took less than 22 hours, which is about the time it took me just to get the initial 120 coins in both Super Mario Galaxy games.
Overall, it was a great experience, but again, after the 3 Super Mario games on Wii, kind of disappointing.
It was really easy overall, but the levels themselves were fantastic.
Not a fan of how short it was though.
Doing everything with both Mario and Luigi took less than 22 hours, which is about the time it took me just to get the initial 120 coins in both Super Mario Galaxy games.
KennyLinder
Member
Half way through World 8 on first run.
With the Bowser boss fights, the idea is just to evade attacks and run past, right? Sounds crazy I know, but it feels like I am doing it wrong
With the Bowser boss fights, the idea is just to evade attacks and run past, right? Sounds crazy I know, but it feels like I am doing it wrong
Yes, I loved that so much when I found out! Kitsune Luigi FTW! I love it when Nintendo makes references to Japanese folklore. Luigi becoming a kitsune from the Tanooki Leaf (or would that be Keetsoonay Leaf? lol) makes perfect sense, too, because both tanuki and kitsune are associated with shapeshifting powers granted by leaves. (This is also why the items in Animal Crossing are transformed leaves, and to tie into that Tom Nook and Crazy Redd are a tanuki and a kitsune, respectively.)
Death Dealer
Member
I am enthralled with the 3D effect. It looks good throughout and really amazing in some areas. I'm looking forward to getting to the more challenging half of the game.
I've made it to the castle on world 5.
I'm still a few stars short.
I'm liking the game a lot so far. It is easy, especially the bosses, although a few levels granted me the special white Tanooki suit because I died too much.
I've made it to the castle on world 5.
I'm still a few stars short.
I'm liking the game a lot so far. It is easy, especially the bosses, although a few levels granted me the special white Tanooki suit because I died too much.
Super Meat Land 3D
EDIT: Seriously though, I'm pretty hyped about this game now. All the reviews make it out to be pretty great and it doesn't seem like I would need to worry about longevity... I just need to get around to buying it.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
I love the 3d effect on the top down bits.
Enjoying the game a lot, up to world 5 after an evenings play. Only thing bothering me is it seems to be tougher than usual to pull off running jumps. I'll often be holding run and leap off of something just to do a pathetic little jump to my doom. Guess I'm just too used to how running jumps worked in other mario games. Seems like you need more momentum here.
Enjoying the game a lot, up to world 5 after an evenings play. Only thing bothering me is it seems to be tougher than usual to pull off running jumps. I'll often be holding run and leap off of something just to do a pathetic little jump to my doom. Guess I'm just too used to how running jumps worked in other mario games. Seems like you need more momentum here.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Yeah that's the one major complaint is this. It happens to me quite often at times. Especially when I'm only given a tiny amount of room to run before I have to make the jump.
i... i think i like this better than galaxy *gasp*
it's probably my love for 2d over 3d mario. this is just so... distilled. without any of the filler and bloat of the galaxy games, like the motion control mini games or the bird levels or the story and the many characters with something to say and all the interruptions and tedious ui mechanics etc.
it's probably my love for 2d over 3d mario. this is just so... distilled. without any of the filler and bloat of the galaxy games, like the motion control mini games or the bird levels or the story and the many characters with something to say and all the interruptions and tedious ui mechanics etc.
awwwwwwwwwww
this is one of those games that requires you to collect coins to finish the game the first time around. I wish they told me this earlier... now I can't enter the castle in world 5 without going through all the stages again and collecting coins =/
Should I just start collecting every giant coin from now on? I'm assuming the final stage requires 100 coins or some shit.
this is one of those games that requires you to collect coins to finish the game the first time around. I wish they told me this earlier... now I can't enter the castle in world 5 without going through all the stages again and collecting coins =/
Should I just start collecting every giant coin from now on? I'm assuming the final stage requires 100 coins or some shit.
Same for me, this is pure gameplay and the game is better for it.
I picture kids getting Mario Land for Christmas with a 3DS and Mario Kart. Best Christmas ever.
you're missing out on a LOT of content if you don't collect the big coins. more so than in any other mario game before. not gonna spoil anything, but yeah. besides, finding and collecting them is half the fun
you're missing out on a LOT of content if you don't collect the big coins. more so than in any other mario game before. not gonna spoil anything, but yeah. besides, finding and collecting them is half the fun
any reason to try and max out the little coins, or is that just for extra lives?
storafötter;32804003 said:
I felt the same way as you, and at around the same point in the game too. Now that I've made it through the first eight worlds and am moving through the postgame content, the game is growing on me more and more. The bump up in challenge has helped me out a lot in appreciating what these levels have to offer, I think. I still don't think it's as high as the Galaxy games on my personal Mario hierarchy, but I'm willing to give it more time. Even if I don't wind up as hyped as some of the folks here are, it's still a solid platforming experience through and through and it's got that great "just one more level" quality about it that makes it really hard to get other things done.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
Well, it's a relief to hear it's not just me.
Also have to say that having an in game switch for the 2 types of 3d effect is great. If I get to an area where the effect is breaking or I'm seeing ghosting hitting the d-pad to switch to the other setting usually fixes it instantly.
regular coins are just for extre lives, yeah
JasoNsider
Member
Just about to start World 6. Game just gets better and better. You best believe I'm going to go back and try to get every coin in the game, too. The whole three golden coin design has been an amazing addition to the series. Just makes for meaningful replay, since they are put in deliberately interesting or sneaky areas.
nincompoop
Banned
Ugh, died 5 times on
and had the golden leaf block thingie show up. So much for my perfect save file :/
the Bowser fight in the second World 8 castle
Oni Link 666
Member
I got 5 stars last night and now I'm just trying to beat the extra S level.
Here's how I got my stars
1 for beating every normal level
1 for beating Bowser in the normal levels
1 for beating all the special levels
1 for getting all the star coins
1 for beating every level with both Mario and Luigi and getting gold on all the flag poles with either one.
- You unlock the L and M icons on each stage in the map (right by the little gold flag) after beating every level (including special levels) with either one, and then beating Bowser with Luigi in the normal world again. You'll know you're doing it right if Bowser is throwing giant light purple fireballs at you during the last part.
Here's how I got my stars
1 for beating every normal level
1 for beating Bowser in the normal levels
1 for beating all the special levels
1 for getting all the star coins
1 for beating every level with both Mario and Luigi and getting gold on all the flag poles with either one.
- You unlock the L and M icons on each stage in the map (right by the little gold flag) after beating every level (including special levels) with either one, and then beating Bowser with Luigi in the normal world again. You'll know you're doing it right if Bowser is throwing giant light purple fireballs at you during the last part.
turn off the system/quit out of the game without saving. happened to me twice and that's what i did. problem solved.
rollingstart
Banned
for the flagpole requirement, do I need to raise the flag for both Mario and Luigi?
between them I have all the flags raised. there doesn't seem to be an icon showing if it's an M or L golden flag.
between them I have all the flags raised. there doesn't seem to be an icon showing if it's an M or L golden flag.
My own thoughts, just here. Not a single piece of bloat to be seen, nothing between you and the pure enjoyment. This game could be the prime example of how, sometimes, less is more.
As of now I've seen just world 1 and 2, and in my opinion this Mario 3D has perfect length for the stages (this is subjective of course, but sometimes I felt that stages in Galaxy were too large), perfect pacing, perfect controls, perfect balance between 2D action and 3D scale, the power ups are awesome to use (never felt so powerful with the flower before). The use of 3D depth is astounding, Nintendo are being masters here.
It's pretty awesome how the developers have mixed 2d and 3d mechanics in this game. This is the style of Mario (apart from pure 2d) that now, in this point of my life, I think I could enjoy more than anything else. The homages to SMB3 are everywhere and I fucking love them.
Absolutely lovely game. I'm trying to think of any complaints, but... well, it seems rather short, just that. Short but really sweet.
nincompoop
Banned
Too late! My save file will be forever scarred with the mark of the n00b.
yeah, that sounds about right
... that said, the game is considerably longer than you think, trust me on that one. i hope you're collecting most/all of the big coins!This might not be the place for it but knowing your impressions of this and Skyward Sword do you think the next Zelda should take the approach of this game? Having a Zelda that cuts out the filler and just gives you pure Zelda gameplay experience could be good for the series.
yeah, that sounds about right
Heh, of course. I'm thinking now that is incredible that, after all this years, Nintendo is able to keep polishing the Mario formula. They somehow find a way to make it feel fresh and enjoyable. Not that I complain at all
.i have been asking for this for years! a kind of "new legend of zelda" that cuts to the chase right away and has a minimalist story but tons of great dungeons and puzzles. i'd love that. absolutely MINIMAL setup and tutorial (kinda like lttp). outside of the gameplay and dungeons, the key to zelda's world and to what makes it so memorable and unique has always been setting and mood, NOT plot (just like with metroid). so i don't think stripping out big chunks of story has to necessarily hurt a (modern) zelda game.
I love the 3D Zelda games but I really think this needs to happen. The thing is I think the next original 3DS Zelda could be something like this. Miyamoto mentioned looking back at games like alttp for some inspiration for a future Zelda game. After seeing what they did with Mario on the 3DS I really think this could happen.
After special world 4 on my first playthrough I started to self limit myself by A) getting all 3 coins in the same run, and B) Not using a Tanooki suit at all (except 1 or 2 coins that you HAVE to use it)... Lets just say some levels alone took 30+ lives especially the bowser castlel evels. On my "perfect run" aka 5 shiny stars I'm going to just run through each level, then go back through to get any coins I missed AND still use the tanooki suit lol it Just makes the game so much easier, it really is a fun challenge to just get all 3 coins without the tanooki suit in the later levels (that you can)
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Does this game ever get interesting?
I'm finding it really boring so far. Super easy, and the levels are just so short. I want to start as small Mario, have three times the enemies and levels the size of SM64.
I'm finding it really boring so far. Super easy, and the levels are just so short. I want to start as small Mario, have three times the enemies and levels the size of SM64.
TheMissingLink
Member
This game is incredible and may very well be my most favorite Mario game ever.
THAT IS ALL.
THAT IS ALL.
Definitely. One of the later S8 levels, once I finished it, had me wincing from thumb pain ;-)
The majority of the game is a really smooth progression in terms of difficulty, too.
WE'RE ALL BLIND! I know who you are though. :-D
Chorazin said:
Was he actually little in that one? I still remember when he showed up huge for the first time. I was like "WHAT" and then I found out what he was good for...
Definitely the best camera work in any 3d mario to date, I never had any camera in the wrong position stuff.
For doing everything the game wants me to do, the camera is perfect. But when I'm looking for a star coin that I'm struggling with, I'm always worrying about what the camera isn't showing me because I can't change it myself. The D-Pad camera movements are so minuscule that I've never even bothered to use them.
But at the end of the day, the camera has never lead me astray in terms of finding the coins so it's a non-issue, but not being in much control of the camera frustrates some small part of me deep down.
Same. My thumb has not appreciated some of the difficult levels.
There was a
shadow mario
And it was not a "Yay!" yell, but a "FOR FUCK'S SAKE FINALLY" yell.
Shadowlink
Member
Finished the game yesterday. Thought this game wouldn't wouldn't be as good as all the other Mario games because of what a few Gaffers said based on playing the demo, but the game turned out to be amazing. If only the game was longer, but
I'm happy they decided to do those special levels after the normal game.
shadyspace
Banned
Wrong thread. Agree with the super positive sentiment on the game, though!
To be fair, it's just that this game is really really handsomely awesome. It makes me wish I was a child... oh my if this was my very first Mario. From the cover (homage to the old NES Marios) to the game itself. Some people won't enjoy it for whatever reason, but man I'm in heaven.
Now, if this thread was about the new Zelda, then I wouldn't be that positive.