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Super Mario 3D World |OT| Next-gen starts right meow!
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Not in the game. It's like they wised up to all my Mario 64 bs that I like to exploit. On the one hand, it makes the game harder than most of the 3d marios, but on the other hand I feel like I have less freedom to come up with novel ways of finishing a stage.
Overall, probably for the best. I'm near the end and have been 100%ing as I go along, minus maybe 2 stages and still having a blast.
Yeah, I can try when I get off work. I swear he's there, but I have no idea what for. Maybe I'm going crazy or something.
A friend just dropped by for a couple hours so I got to try co-op finally. So great. 
We plowed through the levels a lot faster than I usually do on my own, haha. Of course, missed a few things along the way, so I'll have to go back.
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We plowed through the levels a lot faster than I usually do on my own, haha. Of course, missed a few things along the way, so I'll have to go back.
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A friend just dropped by for a couple hours so I got to try co-op finally. So great.
We plowed through the levels a lot faster than I usually do on my own, haha. Of course, missed a few things along the way, so I'll have to go back.
I'm doing the whole game co-op with my wife. My plan is to go back solo and "clean up", because we frequently miss all the stars (we average around 2 per level, though), but we usually get the stamps.
The game is really fun both ways, honestly. I enjoy both a lot.
This is a bad argument because these games don't have eye-tracking. Wherever I look should not be blurry.
So Peach is basically easy mode on this game, huh?
I mean don't get me wrong, I'm having fun.. but I don't feel good about winning a few of these levels (like the second world rush level.. I think 4-Rush or whatever) nor any of my top of the flag poles.
It's like you don't have to be precise in jumping and you can shortcut your way through a lot of stuff.
Thinking about switching over to someone else.. any suggestions?
I mean don't get me wrong, I'm having fun.. but I don't feel good about winning a few of these levels (like the second world rush level.. I think 4-Rush or whatever) nor any of my top of the flag poles.
It's like you don't have to be precise in jumping and you can shortcut your way through a lot of stuff.
Thinking about switching over to someone else.. any suggestions?
InsaneZero
Member
Toad seems to be the one you're looking for.
I usually do Random until I really need princess for flag pole help (or I go to a level to get a cat suit). or if a stamp switch is for a certain character.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Just finished with 4 shiny stars. I have all the green stars but 5 stamps are missing. I assume you have to
to get them. What a great game though. For me, this represents a return to form for EAD Tokyo. Though good games, overall I was disappointed in Galaxy 2 and 3D Land. This game had some dull moments as well, but overall it was fantastic. Time will tell if it belongs in the same breath as SMB3, SMW, SM64, and SMG for me, but it is pretty close.
Did anyone else get absolutely DESTROYED by the
? The
wasn't that bad, but the other two absolutely killed me. Over, and over, and over again. I probably spent more time on those two levels than any other entire WORLD in the game. I was definitely humbled. But it was all oh so fun. I tip my cap to you EAD Tokyo.
reach the top of the flagpole with all characters
Did anyone else get absolutely DESTROYED by the
Crown/Special World
Toad level
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I haven't had much trouble at all getting gold flag poles with any characters. There was one fairly early in the game that was actually pretty tough, where you needed to climb the tree and them aim at the flag pole (then again if you have a cat character you could just climb it). Rest have been pretty simple though.
And naturally, I did just beat the game, and miss the jump to get the gold flag there. So I'll have to do that again.
Unlocked the
but haven't done anything with it yet. Does the game ever add anything to tell you which characters have beaten each course?
And naturally, I did just beat the game, and miss the jump to get the gold flag there. So I'll have to do that again.
Unlocked the
rocket ship
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Yup. Pretty much near the end.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I LOST SO MANY LIVES IN THAT PART
Mostly because I eventually realized there's just no way to get both the green star coins and go back and get Captain Toad, as far as I could tell. The timing for jumping back just didn't work.
uber late reply: Interesting. All of my friends say that Galaxy 2 is the leagues better than Galaxy 1. My main problem with Galaxy 1 is that once I reached 88 stars, I got really bored of the game. I have no idea why. I will try to play Galaxy 2 one day, and sunshine.
That's a fair point. But it seems to me that for most people, the gradiated depth of field blur is interpreted by their brains as representing depth. It's another depth input, in the absence of stereoscopic images. For me, and probably for many others, it's far less realistic for the entire picture to be in focus at all times.
It'd be nice to have, sure. I assume the reason they didn't include it was so they could focus all the rendering power and stage design in one direction, instead of having to make all the area around a stage polished and presentable as well. I could be wrong, maybe they got lazy, but considering how extremely polished the game is, I doubt that's the case, and we probably got something from the lack of first person that we otherwise wouldn't have had. Again, I could be wrong; I'm just speculating based off the level of polish the game exudes.
Aha! So there is
Captain Toad
him
That is really cool. Good to see the game is also consistent.
Once again, the music in this 3D Mario is downright incredible, adding another facet to this god-tier game.
The remix of the 3D Land winter theme
Double Cherry Pass
the beat block disco song
the bowser casino music
Its bringing a smile to my face just typing out that list haha.
The remix of the 3D Land winter theme
Double Cherry Pass
the beat block disco song
the bowser casino music
Its bringing a smile to my face just typing out that list haha.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I think you either need the cat suit or some other way to make tricky jumps. I need to go back and try.
I feel like I am missing a bit by only playing as Mario the first time through the game, but, well, that's how I do these things. Mario games should start with Mario runthroughs.
I know 3-1 Has a couple in it.
I'm in the same boat, man.
Its a god damn 3D Mario game, I'm not going up against Bowser in the final battle with anyone except Mario.
But I can't wait to play some of these levels later on with other characters. I'm going for some game-breaking shortcuts with cat peach.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I havent been able to do it. Its kind of weird.
You can do a long jump and a somersault jump??? they both are almost the same distance. Triple jump would have been good.
ShockingAlberto
Member
There's still two moves where I am trying to do them consistently/see the benefit.
One is rotating the analog stick 360 degrees and then jumping, letting you do a spin-jump. I think you jump a little higher, but I need to test it.
The other is, sometimes, after a ground pound, Mario will leap back in to the air higher than a regular jump immediately. I have yet to figure out how this works consistently.
One is rotating the analog stick 360 degrees and then jumping, letting you do a spin-jump. I think you jump a little higher, but I need to test it.
The other is, sometimes, after a ground pound, Mario will leap back in to the air higher than a regular jump immediately. I have yet to figure out how this works consistently.
InsaneZero
Member
Unless it's the Year of Luigi, in which case you start with Toad.
Clockwork5
Member
Go toad if you want a challenge he is the fastest. Mario is overall pretty average. Luigi is a high jumper so he is a little easier than the others. And peach + catsuit is basically god mode.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Playing 3 player on the level with the swimming dinosaur is a whole new level of hilarious. I played it on my own before playing with them so I wasn't sure how it would work with co op. It was easy on my own. When three of us have control? This ends up happening
Friend 1: Are we all controlling the speed?
Friend 2: I dunno
Me: I don't think so but try to help
No one does anything and as we approach that one hard turn near the stamp
Me: GUYS SLOW DOWN and TURN!
Friends: Suddenly pick up controllers "HUH?? Oh shit!"
We go flying off into the abyss.
All of us were laughing for a while. Oh man I can see this game having great times ahead with parties and small get togethers.
Friend 1: Are we all controlling the speed?
Friend 2: I dunno
Me: I don't think so but try to help
No one does anything and as we approach that one hard turn near the stamp
Me: GUYS SLOW DOWN and TURN!
Friends: Suddenly pick up controllers "HUH?? Oh shit!"
We go flying off into the abyss.
All of us were laughing for a while. Oh man I can see this game having great times ahead with parties and small get togethers.
EsotericManiac
Banned
Did you guys know about the spin jump? You can jump much higher
My 4 year old figured it out first, then I kind of took it a step forward
spin like crazy in place, then jump. If you do it off of another players head, you can get some ridiculous height
My 4 year old figured it out first, then I kind of took it a step forward
spin like crazy in place, then jump. If you do it off of another players head, you can get some ridiculous height
Just wait until you get to the first Double Cherry level. It's insanity in multiplayer.
Clockwork5
Member
Haha same thing here, but once we figured out that we all control the dino, somebody kept sabotaging us. There were 4 of us and we were all laughing our asses off every the culprit sent us jumping off the edge. They never confessed and it was actually some good couch (anti)co-op fun!
Spin jump is actually a higher jump - there's hidden blocks in a few levels that let you skip some segments if you pull it off on them.
The ground pound spring seems to just be a timing thing - after Mario slams the ground but before he rises naturally, you can hit the jump button to spring immediately. But I don't have it in front of me to confirm that one.
Don't they just spawn a block with one if you die enough times? Looked like the symbol, but I'm not sure since I've never taken it.
The Librarian
Banned
Dear lord. Don't think I'll be able to get to those other worlds cause the first stage of Mushroom is too hard for me to beat. :lol
The level you asked me about that I got angry on was in the last level of mushroom world.
@Dax: Forgot to ask in my previous comment, what makes Galaxy 1's pacing better than 2? I may go back to both games and try to finish them when dolphin decides to work well on my PC (I own both games).
EDIT regarding thread:I only finished
EDIT regarding thread:I only finished
The last stage in star world 1 and the mystery house in star world 2, I am sad
Yeah, I really like this move. The height gain is significant. It's great for whacking the really tall Pokeys in the head with a tanooki suit, or reaching hard-to-get places. My favorite application so far has been:
On the snake boss (Hisstocrat), the spin jump actually gets you high enough that you can go behind him and just jump off the ground and do a cat dive, and you'll hit him. I just beat him super fast by jumping straight off the ground the whole time (except when I had to grab the cat suit).
This seems to me to just be a quick-recovery move after the ground pound, if you time your jump right. The slight height gain is probably just to facilitate your escape from whatever you failed to kill with your pound.
Yeah, see above. It's a great move. Haven't tried it multiplayer yet, though. How do you get it to bounce off someone's head, since you have to be on the ground to start the spin? Do you just jump toward someone right next to you, and it will pop off their head immediately?
The Bankslammer
Member
Is the spin jump higher than the backflip or side flip? It seems like they've all been pretty comparable in height so I'm curious as to what advantages one has over the other aside from ease and speed of execution.
So it's something like:
Spin Jump: Most height but requires space and time to execute
Side flip: Near instantaneous but you have turn around for a second to perform it, losing your momentum. Same height as backflip.
Backflip: Easy to perform but requires time to charge. Same height as side flip.
Is that about right?
So it's something like:
Spin Jump: Most height but requires space and time to execute
Side flip: Near instantaneous but you have turn around for a second to perform it, losing your momentum. Same height as backflip.
Backflip: Easy to perform but requires time to charge. Same height as side flip.
Is that about right?
That Challenge House was pretty brutal for me. I still haven't beaten it fully. I just beat the one before it last night and was very pleased to have done so (the one where you
dash through a series of areas.[/spoilers])
Green Mamba
Member
The Spin Jump is absolutely the highest jump you have available in your moveset.
Yes, by a good margin.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I have no real love for the NEW series of 2D mario games but damn give me a 3D one and I wet my pants.
I love this game so much >_<
I love this game so much >_<
TrAcEr_x90
Member
Do people use analogue or d-pad? I just dont like using the stick for some reason.
Spiderduff
Member
For people that have beat this world. Are they all time trial based of levels you completed or are the rest new. Would love to know this as I just got here as well.