"Textbook" when you get to the top of the pole?
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"Textbook" when you get to the top of the pole?
perfectchaos007
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I have played through world 4 so far and have not been completely impressed. Granted, my expectations for a mario game are always sky high, but nothing has wowed me yet. Level design is decent, and the linear 2.5D levels don't exactly wow me. It kinda reminds me of the 3D levels in Super Paper Mario, but now we have the option to view it in 3D. Miyamoto claimed 3D in Mario would make the difficult levels with depth easier to navagate because of the 3D, but it really doesn't improve the sense of depth for me. No doubt this is the best original game for the 3DS ( OoT3D is not original ), but given the poor library we have that's not saying a whole lot. Maybe the game will grow on me and my opinion will change while playing through the second half of the adventure.
Duallusion
Member
I'm seriously thinking of buying 3DS and this game. One of my first forays into gaming was getting Game Boy with Super Mario Land (I must've played that game for dozens of hours altogether - even with my Game Boy turned upside down..) so it just feels right to do it.
But... how forgiving are time limits? I hate being rushed through anything in any game ever.
Also; how many hours of playtime are we talking here, to finish all levels, including bonus ones?
But... how forgiving are time limits? I hate being rushed through anything in any game ever.
Also; how many hours of playtime are we talking here, to finish all levels, including bonus ones?
Do it!
Time limits are never an issue, you will finish every level with loads of time remaining, there are time add ons available in almost every level anyway.
I've spent 25 hours plus on it, including the main game, the speed runs, doing the game without Tanooki suit. It's amazing value for money, you can easily expect 15 - 30 hours of play time depending on how invested you are in the game.
when he goes "yahaaa!" after he jumps down from the pole. totally sounds like partridge's "ahaaa!"
Cleverly, if you go exploring, you will find a sufficient number of collectible stopwatches that give you extra time.
Duallusion
Member
Thanks for quick replies, guys. This shall be bought and I'll actually look forward to my bus rides to work
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
This game.
This game.
This game.
i know right
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
This plus Galaxy 2 prove Nintendo's 3D Mario teams are in their absolute prime.
i kinda want a full on 2(.5)d mario from them now with a completely new visual style and setting
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Deleted member 1235
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Wait...you can do the special worlds without beating World 8?
Naked Snake
Member
This post.
sorry, what I meant is that I was at World 1 yesterday and today I just played through Worlds 2-8 non-stop and now Im at the Special Worlds, but then again, the stages are pretty short...
I think Vall is trying to say it all happened in more or less one sitting, doing the entire 8 Worlds and then starting S.
EDIT: I was right.
Cow Mengde
Banned
But GAF told me this game sucks monkey fuck.
Just finished world 8. What a fantastic final level.
Time to jump into the special worlds!
IMO Nintendo are masterful at dealing with this. They retain the 'lives' system to give the player motivation to hit blocks for coins, look for 1UPs, etc., and generally incentivize you to continue playing the game like you've always played Mario games, with the conceit that they will give you more lives than you will need. I think the idea is that the real challenge no longer lies in the dread of facing a game over screen, but rather your ability to get every gold coin, every top of the flagpole, navigate all the special levels, etc.
However, it would be interesting if at the beginning of the game there was an option for hardcore mode, you get three lives, a max cap of 3 lives at any point during the game, and 0-3 continues, or something like that.
Time to jump into the special worlds!
IMO Nintendo are masterful at dealing with this. They retain the 'lives' system to give the player motivation to hit blocks for coins, look for 1UPs, etc., and generally incentivize you to continue playing the game like you've always played Mario games, with the conceit that they will give you more lives than you will need. I think the idea is that the real challenge no longer lies in the dread of facing a game over screen, but rather your ability to get every gold coin, every top of the flagpole, navigate all the special levels, etc.
However, it would be interesting if at the beginning of the game there was an option for hardcore mode, you get three lives, a max cap of 3 lives at any point during the game, and 0-3 continues, or something like that.
Honestly, as great as it all is... there's something a bit boring about being on 150 lives.
The contrast between this and the original Super Mario Land -- where I probably had to restart my game 150 times the first time I played it (and still to this day I fail a handful of times en route to beating Tatanga) -- is pretty amusing.
Surely there's a happy medium between the two? I just kinda miss finding it very difficult to get to Bowser. That used to be my motivation to play and replay Mario games: "I forget what the final castle is like and want to beat Bowser again... time for a brand new play-through."
The contrast between this and the original Super Mario Land -- where I probably had to restart my game 150 times the first time I played it (and still to this day I fail a handful of times en route to beating Tatanga) -- is pretty amusing.
Surely there's a happy medium between the two? I just kinda miss finding it very difficult to get to Bowser. That used to be my motivation to play and replay Mario games: "I forget what the final castle is like and want to beat Bowser again... time for a brand new play-through."
Trust me, when you see the final level, you will really be glad the rest of the game wasn't THAT hard.
It's the most punishing level in any Mario game I can remember.
JasoNsider
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Honestly, might be the best surprise of the year. Even though it was EAD Tokyo, people kept saying to expect a "lite" version of Galaxies, but this is really quite something. The levels are a ton of fun, and it's a totally focused experience. The more you play, the more you realize they accomplished something amazing - they made a portable 3D mario game tailored perfectly to being portable. Shorter, slightly linear levels with the three coin hunt going on, lots of extra levels to play. It reminds me of Mario Land and Mario 3, where the levels aren't particularly long, but you don't mind as you digest it in smaller chunks.
Narpas Sword0
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died twice
any level in the back half of SMB1, or any of SMB2j, or a good chunk of SMB3, is way harder than that
I can't remember dying as much on any of those games.
Are you talking about doing it with the Tanooki suit? Are we even talking about Crown here?
01DragonFly
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I just got this game and it is amazing, it like playing galaxy in my 3ds , and the 3d effect does not bother me in the highest like other games. I have only played for about 30 minutes since I sleep like 4 hour the day before(I almost fell sleep during class) too bad that I just got Zelda and have halo remake and skyrim to play>.<(this weekend is going to be awesome)
Cheesemeister
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Yeah, the best time I've received on StreetPass is 5 seconds.
Skellig Gra
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This is what happens when you rely on Goomba labor.
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butter_stick
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Fun fact; I've died 150 times and i've not even beat the second half yet.
I'm so bad at video games now.
I'm so bad at video games now.
Don't worry I'm sure I did worse. Where can you see it?
butter_stick
Banned
On the save select screen there's a little icon on the left. There's a retries stat once you press it.
I assume that's a polite way of saying deaths.I can certainly believe it.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Holy shit! Just got to Special World 8 and I just noticed that its music is a remix of the Flipnote Mario Drawing Song!
Mario Drawing Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43W4o6its8 SM3DL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSb2R9mJ1gY
Mario Drawing Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43W4o6its8 SM3DL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSb2R9mJ1gY
Nocturnowl
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Wow that's a pretty obscure reference, i'd completely forgotten about that video.
you don't get shiny stars on your profile. just normal ol' boring stars.
So if you use the cheat to beat a level is there any way to ID it and go back and replay it? I can't seem to tell them apart. Also I presume it's OK for the cheat to show up as long as you don't use it.
if the cheat shows up and you don't use it, you also don't get any shiny stars. once you lose more than five lives in a single level, it shows up and you're stuck with boring old normal stars unless you turn off the system when it shows up.
it's too bad that the game finally started being this at the very last possible moment. the game should have been more like this from the start.
Been trying to get star coins as much as possible, but I'm completely stuck! The first coins on 1.4 and 2.1 are stopping me from filling out those levels. I know I'll kick myself when I finally see the solution!
Did the 1up trick, recorded a little video. http://yfrog.com/mc7ukz
Did the 1up trick, recorded a little video.
http://yfrog.com/mc7ukzAhh!! I have definitely used the cheat a few times! o_o Is there no way to tell? Maybe I should go through all the levels I've done again just to be certain, and avoid the cheat items in future.
Once you use the white tanooki suit or P-wing, that's it. There's no going back.