This is where I stand as well. Galaxy 2 is still my favorite platformer of all time.
Edit: It's happened. I'm forced to play on the GamePad for the first time since I've owned a Wii U.
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This is where I stand as well. Galaxy 2 is still my favorite platformer of all time.
Edit: It's happened. I'm forced to play on the GamePad for the first time since I've owned a Wii U.
Good point. I absolutely love that. You can look at your activity log and know it's basically all gameplay.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Second day in already on the final boss level. Don't get me wrong the game is fun to play but Mario games should be longer and meatier. Not the length and difficulty of a shooter campaign. So far this game seems more of a rental than a purchase,
Christopher
Member
Galaxy is by far one of the best games Nintendo has ever produced. Ive been playing games since I was 5 with mario nes. Please dont say galaxy doesn't compare to this because it does and does it muxh better.
This game is great fun but man galaxy was just somethjnf else when it was released
This game is great fun but man galaxy was just somethjnf else when it was released
Third time it appeared. You can always get a great view to see if it respawned on the east side of World 6.
That's in World 5? How do I get there?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
If it's what I think it is then try running up the block instead of jumping to stay on it. Try it. It becomes a lot easier.
Search the W5 overworld map thoroughly.
gamergirly
Member
Did you get all of the green Star coins?
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Is the pop-in as bad as some of the videos I've seen?
TheSpaceBetween
Member
There are actually quite a few people that like Galaxy more than it's sequel. I am definitely one of them. Galaxy 2 was one of the biggest gaming disappointments of my life, and 3D Land was very underwhelming. This game was definitely a return to form in my opinion.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
I couldn't believe how awful it was in the open field level... That was the only time it was really noticeable for me as the camera is usually focused on smaller areas.
OrbitalBeard
Member
I'm not really into DLC....but DAMN I want DLC for this game.
I know Nintendo has already said they're not planning any....but I really, REALLY hope they reconsider in a few months.
I don't care if DLC means more Captain Toad stages, Mystery House levels, regular stages, new worlds, new playable characters...I'll take ANYTHING. I need more of this game!
I know Nintendo has already said they're not planning any....but I really, REALLY hope they reconsider in a few months.
I don't care if DLC means more Captain Toad stages, Mystery House levels, regular stages, new worlds, new playable characters...I'll take ANYTHING. I need more of this game!
ive noticed zero pop in. youtube doesnt mean shit compared the fluidity of the real deal when its front of you and youre playing.
if its seriously in the savannah level ill look out for it next time, but dont dare let it hinder any sort of preconceived opinion before you consider jumping in.
There is definitely some very noticeable pop-in in that level. That's the only example I can think of though.
Kinda called opinions. Believe it or not, some of us have been playing games even longer! Not that it really matters.
But I'm a firm believer that they went with the Galaxy planetoid to do away with the pesky camera control...then further refined it by mixing that with 2D/3D play-field in Super Mario 3D Land (yes, I think 3D land plays better than the Galaxies). This is the natural evolution of that formula even more refined. What's more, they designed each and every world for up to four players.
So, yes, as magical and graceful as Galaxy was this game is better. imho.
whatsinaname
Member
It was time for something different (and 3D world delivers that), but the long jump while slinging around a planet just felt so joyous in the Galaxy games.
I loved SMG way back too. I haven't played recently, but I did start up a SMG2 game a few days before 3D World came out.
Holy shit that game just won't shut the fuck up. I don't remember if 1 was that bad but goddamn it was annoying. Then the level selection process seemed even worse than I remember in 1. It's probably quicker actually, but I think it's cause the ship as a hub kinda sucks for screwing around on, so instead of a little playground it just feels even more like something that gets in the way. And that's before getting into issues I have with the gameplay itself, some specific to Galaxy and other stuff that's been there since 64.
It's tiny but it compounds cause it's after every single level. I think that and the mandatory gamepad things are my only real complaints about the game.
Clockwork5
Member
somebody mentioned before that the slot machine might roll in time with the music. I just wanted to confirm i got 777 gold by hitting the boxes on the first beat of each measure of the little jingle that plays. Wasnt sure if anyone followed up on that 
I don't like the Galaxy games at all, so please don't compare it to this because I think 3DWorld is much better.
Chezzymann
Member
There's mandatory gamepad things? I just started world 8 and I don't remember ever having to do anything mandatory with the gamepad. Are you talking about the clear blocks? A ground pound can reveal all the clear blocks next to you.
Otakumegane
Member
Ordered from Amazon, hope it gets there in time for some good old indoctrination.
I mean 5 years is a tender age. So...malleable.
I mean 5 years is a tender age. So...malleable.
Battle Born
Member
These are some of my non-spoilery pictures:
I love these ones but they reveal some of the game's secrets:
I love these ones but they reveal some of the game's secrets:
Mango The Magician
Banned
Smh...people all up in this thread saying 3D World is better than Galaxy, it's not even close. 3D World is great but Galaxy is practically the best Mario, I just hope the team moves away from this design now that their done with 3D World.
what is this
Anticitizen One
Banned
no I just got whatever was needed to open the locked worlds on each map. Im currently at 132
Im assuming getting all star coins unlocks
ability to play as rosalina?
Linkin Park
Banned
I'm so tempted to get a Wii U with WWHD and SM3W, but I'm trying to save up for a PS4 and get one when it restocks. Maybe something good will happen and I'll be able to get both. Forty-five degree angle face. This gorgeous game is so tempting though.
Anticitizen One
Banned
At least I back up my talk by actually buying the game and playing through it. Im sorry that I'm not just so in love with Nintendo that I'm unable to point out flaws and things I feel can be improved upon.
I love Galaxy too, but it's okay for people to have different opinions. I think it's important to understand that Galaxy was more of a revelation for its time, compared to its predecessors and its contemporaries. But if 3D World were released in 2007 alongside Galaxy, I'm confident it would have almost universally been considered the superior game to Galaxy in a side-by-side comparison. But Galaxy 1 and 2 have obviously stolen a lot of 3D World's thunder, since we've already tasted the 3D Mario goodness.
But 3D World has more variety, tighter controls, equally masterful music, FAR superior power-ups (Galaxy's were positively lame by comparison), better multiplayer, better graphics, equally splendid art direction IMO, less fluff, and more creative vanilla platforming. What Galaxy has over 3D World is the brilliant gravity play, and a more epic feel. These two advantages are hefty, for sure, but I don't think they're enough to overcome all of 3D World's large advantages in all the other areas.
It's really bad in the Savanna level. But other than that, there's no popup whatsoever.
1 level out of 80 or so ain't bad.
Anticitizen One
Banned
It is better than galaxy but not as good as Super Mario 64
JetBlackPanda
Member
It's this kind of mindset that really bothers me. I am not in "love" with Nintendo but I can't find a single flaw in this game.
It's opinion man. It goes both ways too! People shouldn't be giving you shit for how you feel either.
JPBrowncoat
Member
The trick to get 4 cherries in the roulette game is so good.
http://www.twitch.tv/jpbrowncoat/c/3296227
http://www.twitch.tv/jpbrowncoat/c/3296227
Love that character select music from SMB2
Well the levels that make you use the gamepad to play I mean. I've been playing with a pro controller and it's annoying that it makes you switch for just a level here and there. For Captain Toad it's cause the mic (and gyro camera you can't switch off in those levels), for others you have to touch the screen (and blow in some other cases). Thankfully there's only a few, but it kind of makes it more bewildering almost cause it happens so rarely and it's ultimately gimmicky feeling.
Nah, I think you just have to beat
the second level of star world
After clearing everything as much as I'm willing to do (all stars and stamps) I might do a new file with a minimal run and see how much faster and easier it is.
Telephoto999
Member
So.. my Mii just showed up in my own level.
Either thats extremely, extremely rare or its set up to be a higher chance. Anyone know what it is?
Either thats extremely, extremely rare or its set up to be a higher chance. Anyone know what it is?
I'm actually curious about this myself. There's the trend in 2D Mario where you can reach Bowser in 12 levels by using secret exits and warp zones, so I'm wondering if that got carried over to 3D World considering how much else it borrows.
This happens to me on a couple levels but not in many. I'd think there's a decent chance but I've got no clue.
Inception.
Yeah, I for one appreciate the fact you were willing to give the game a legitimate shot.
But it's important to put things in context.
Galaxy 2 also had two or three green stars per level. But every time you grabbed one, they made you restart the whole level, make you retrace your steps, then keep going just a bit past where you were to grab the second star... and then have to restart the level again, doing the same thing. In total, there were 120 yellow stars and 120 green stars, for a total of 240 game goals.
In 3D World, there are somewhere around 90 goal posts, 80 stamps, and roughly 350 green stars, for a total of about 510 or so game goals/collectibles. 3D World has more than twice the number from Galaxy 2. The only difference is they don't make you continually restart the level after you find each collectable, so the game is MUCH more streamlined and respects your time more. And even after trimming all the fat and fluff that padded time in Galaxy 2, 3D World STILL ends up being about the same amount of play time. There's just that much more content.
So don't be disheartened. You've still got a lot of game in front of you.
Holy Order Sol
Member
How can you people insist on ranking these games. When you're past a certain level of quality shit just doesn't matter anymore and it's just self-inflicted mental torture.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I think what is that I don't like about the newer Mario games is that there just using the same formula from New Super Mario Bros over and over again. What I miss from SM 64, Sunshine, and the Galaxy games was having different objectives in each world and seeing different parts of it and doing different things each time. Finding all stars and stamps is just redundant and if you have difficulty you can just go on youtube or ask someone online or in miiverse. I think the idea of bigger worlds with multiple missions made the games feel meatier.
Like I said though 3D World is fun and it does a lot of things better than the galaxy games (having crisp HD graphics, being able to use an actual controller, actual worlds instead of just moving from sphere to sphere of random themes, etc.) I'm definitely going to continue playing it.
http://www.twitch.tv/skillzilla81
Messing around with stream quality with Mario.
Come troll for a bit.
Messing around with stream quality with Mario.
Come troll for a bit.
Toad, you are the best.
Don't click this one unless you've already found a new power-up in the post-game levels: http://i4.minus.com/ibpW9IfWF8uaKS.jpg
Don't click this one unless you've already found a new power-up in the post-game levels: http://i4.minus.com/ibpW9IfWF8uaKS.jpg