OrangeGrayBlue
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Sadist said:
Pitch perfect.
SUPER MARIOOOO GALAXYYYYYY!
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 |OT| with >NEW< hat!
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Pitch perfect.
SUPER MARIOOOO GALAXYYYYYY!
civilstrife
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drool
MisterHero
Super Member
To be honest I'm sure SMG and Wave Race Blue Storm are better on a tecnical level, but the interactivity of the water in Wave Race 64 feels more real to me.bridegur said:
But racing on water in any of those games is awesome.
Amir0x said:oh man I just thought maybe I could play my copy of Super Mario Sunshine on the Dolphin Emulator and get it in awesome glory
*rushes to see how this is done*
When I run my copy of Mario Galaxy on Dolphin, it runs pretty slowly in the festival at the start, but from the bunny catching bit onwards, its pretty decent in terms of speed.
Only problem is, Mario has no eyes. :lol
edit - goddamn, you're on about mario sunshine. :lol In that case, I get constant full speed in forced widescreen 720p on my system
Sunshine becomes more fun the more Isle Delfino becomes brighter. I have no idea if that was intentional or not. It's definitely a wonky game at times, but thematically it's a nice refreshing pace. Besides, if Sunshine hadn't "disappointed" then Nintendo may never have been so ambitious with Galaxy.
GregLombardi
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Hey Ami, any chance you could check your PMs soon? Not sure if you saw but I sent a message.Amir0x said:oh man I just thought maybe I could play my copy of Super Mario Sunshine on the Dolphin Emulator and get it in awesome glory
*rushes to see how this is done*
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Ok, let's talk Sunshine, then.
Sunshine was, overall, a good game. And, to date, I have yet to see better water effects in a video game. But it was frustrating in certain aspects.
I wouldn't call the game hard. In design, it wasn't. However, there were certain aspects of gameplay (mostly gimmicks) that were programmed in a way that really, really worked against the player for seemingly no reason.
A good example is riding the Octopus around, trying to collect 8 red coins. The challenge there should be trying to maneuver your "vehicle" around in order to snag them. But instead, you were totally focused on not touching ANYTHING, because if you did, you'd fall off, lose a life, exit the stage, and have to start all over. Not to mention, you're fighting the camera every step of the way, on certain levels. I specifically remember, after numerous tries, finally getting the eighth star, gliding up to the shore, and just BARELY missing the Shine because I jumped too high. I landed on a bridge of logs, and instead of gliding over them, Mario got caught on some sort of invisible edge, and fell off, onto the land. And even though he landed on the freaking ground, it took away a life, and I had to start all over.
That's not challenging. That's not difficult. That's just awful.
Sunshine was, overall, a good game. And, to date, I have yet to see better water effects in a video game. But it was frustrating in certain aspects.
I wouldn't call the game hard. In design, it wasn't. However, there were certain aspects of gameplay (mostly gimmicks) that were programmed in a way that really, really worked against the player for seemingly no reason.
A good example is riding the Octopus around, trying to collect 8 red coins. The challenge there should be trying to maneuver your "vehicle" around in order to snag them. But instead, you were totally focused on not touching ANYTHING, because if you did, you'd fall off, lose a life, exit the stage, and have to start all over. Not to mention, you're fighting the camera every step of the way, on certain levels. I specifically remember, after numerous tries, finally getting the eighth star, gliding up to the shore, and just BARELY missing the Shine because I jumped too high. I landed on a bridge of logs, and instead of gliding over them, Mario got caught on some sort of invisible edge, and fell off, onto the land. And even though he landed on the freaking ground, it took away a life, and I had to start all over.
That's not challenging. That's not difficult. That's just awful.
MvmntInGrn
Member
Just played it recently and I remember that :lol I looked up a guide when I tried to grab it and missed thinking "this can't be right, I'm missing something..."
Still I think the core platforming mechanics and larger levels were great. FLUDD allowed you to pull of some awesome moves and allowed for non-linear platforming. Many times you could get to a platform a multitude of ways.
Still I think the core platforming mechanics and larger levels were great. FLUDD allowed you to pull of some awesome moves and allowed for non-linear platforming. Many times you could get to a platform a multitude of ways.
Yea don't get me wrong even though I find myself getting frustrated as hell at times during Sunshine it is an incredible experience and easily tops any other platformer of last gen. I would love to see Sunshine get the "new play control Wii" treatment as long as they don't make the game less enjoyable like they did with Pikmin.
So sorry if this has already been asked, but is there ANYWHERE that is doing a midnight launch of this game? I haven't pre-ordered it yet because I wanted to make sure to pre-order at a place that is doing a midnight launch. But I still don't know what places are doing that, if any.
Does anyone know anything related to this? Google hasn't helped, either. It's coming out in five days so I need to, you know, pre-order it asap. I just hope SOMEPLACE is doing it at midnight.
Also, I would try Wal-Mart since it is open 24 hours, but EVERY TIME I go there at midnight hoping it will be available at midnight, the employee usually has no idea what I'm talking about and says to come back in the morning or something. How can I avoid this because I KNOW they'll have that game sitting in the back room Saturday night at 11:59pm.....
Does anyone know anything related to this? Google hasn't helped, either. It's coming out in five days so I need to, you know, pre-order it asap. I just hope SOMEPLACE is doing it at midnight.
Also, I would try Wal-Mart since it is open 24 hours, but EVERY TIME I go there at midnight hoping it will be available at midnight, the employee usually has no idea what I'm talking about and says to come back in the morning or something. How can I avoid this because I KNOW they'll have that game sitting in the back room Saturday night at 11:59pm.....
I enjoy Sunshine, it still has some pretty awesome levels and challenges. And one of my favorite Mario boss battles with the rollercoaster fight.
My issue was really the variety. For the most part there was like 7 huge stages, which were all for the most part water themed. Then there was repeated Shines like the red coins, blue coins, race against that dude, and catching Bowser Jr.
It just kind of got old after a while. And sometimes the camera angles were.
My issue was really the variety. For the most part there was like 7 huge stages, which were all for the most part water themed. Then there was repeated Shines like the red coins, blue coins, race against that dude, and catching Bowser Jr.
It just kind of got old after a while. And sometimes the camera angles were.
DeathbyVolcano
Banned
Sunshine has by far the best hub world honestly, whenever I boot into Sunshine anymore, it's just to jump around the buildings of Defino. Sunshine has the best acrobatics of a Mario game, for sure.
Pyrokai said:
This is hardly confirmation of anything, but when I preordered I asked the dude at Gamestop if it would be available first thing Sunday when they opened (11:00). He told me yes, and then went on to say that if they had enough preorders they would be having a midnight launch. I really don't know if he was speaking generally about having enough preorders for any title, or specifically about Galaxy 2.
At any rate, I'll be there about noonish on Sunday. Don't care for midnight launches.
V
Vilix
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civilstrife said:
Purty.
Pyrokai said:
Right now, no stores outside of New York have announced a midnight launch. Regarding Walmart, do this (if you don't feel bad about lying):
Tell them that you called and that they said they would have it available by midnight. It should work regardless of what happened before. You're right in thinking that they would have it at midnight because they do.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Sunshine still is a great game after all these years.
It looks good, plays REALLY good and just has that charm.
Would I want another one similar in "limited" theme???
No.
But I think it makes it stand out from the others in the series and not in a Super Mario Brothers 2 sort of way(though I know the origins of that game and liked it).
Sunshine is still easily a 9 game like it always was.
It looks good, plays REALLY good and just has that charm.
Would I want another one similar in "limited" theme???
No.
But I think it makes it stand out from the others in the series and not in a Super Mario Brothers 2 sort of way(though I know the origins of that game and liked it).
Sunshine is still easily a 9 game like it always was.
Crash Station
Member
Probably already been asked but does this require a system update?
Aaron Strife
Banned
I always wondered why they never did Metroid Morphball Bowling.farnham said:
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
farnham said:
If it's 90% Mario Galaxy iceskating levels, then yes!!!
BertramCooper
Banned
Okay, I'm officially preordering from Best Buy.
Amazon's $20 offer is tempting, but I NEED this game on Sunday. I can't possibly wait until Thursday.
Before I make my preorder, are there any brick and mortars with any special SMG2 offers?
Damn you Nintendo and your Sunday releases. :lol
Amazon's $20 offer is tempting, but I NEED this game on Sunday. I can't possibly wait until Thursday.
Before I make my preorder, are there any brick and mortars with any special SMG2 offers?
Damn you Nintendo and your Sunday releases. :lol
OrangeGrayBlue
Member
Platy said:
I was actually thinking about
that little floating island in the first level of the game that you have to launch up to in a cannon. It would be great to jump off that island and orbit around it, with Mario's head nearly scraping the ground beneath him as he orbits.
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I'd like the snow level with the penguin races to be remade just for my own indulgence. It's probably the one I remember most fondly from SM64.
More Sunshine talk. Huh.
In terms of lasting legacy in my mind I think Sunshine still stands up just fine and is one of my top Gamecube games, but I always admit that parts of it feel rushed. I think the summer deadline caught up with the development staff sooner than they'd hoped.
And now I'm out because I can't take reading all these spoiler reactions anymore. I'm pretty sure I know what everyone is referring to just from context, but I'm still not going to watch the video. This is something I want to experience for the first time with the game itself, not a Youtube clip.
Agreed. The large environments were top notch to play around in, and I'm one of the weird people that actually liked the unified setting, although they certainly could have used a few more courses. It's not what Mario is known for but I appreciated how cohesive that world felt. Blue coins were okay, it was a nice incentive for exploring, but 240 just seemed like too many, so in some cases they wound up in weird places that I probably never would have found without using a guide.DeathbyVolcano said:
In terms of lasting legacy in my mind I think Sunshine still stands up just fine and is one of my top Gamecube games, but I always admit that parts of it feel rushed. I think the summer deadline caught up with the development staff sooner than they'd hoped.
And now I'm out because I can't take reading all these spoiler reactions anymore. I'm pretty sure I know what everyone is referring to just from context, but I'm still not going to watch the video. This is something I want to experience for the first time with the game itself, not a Youtube clip.
Mr. B Natural
Member
civilstrife said:
drool
That's an aesthetic mess of a dvd art :-/
The nintendo seal...the fact that "Wii" is the only thing that grabs your attention for 2 seconds. The game's name crammed in the corner.
Would have worked really well if it was just the Mario "planet" and nothing more.
The boxart is great though. Eye grabbing and aesthetically pleasing and leads the eye really well.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Are we seriously at the point where we're remarking on disc art designMr. B Natural said:
Mr. B Natural
Member
klier said:
Then the design should take into account the logos (and the giant hole that the dvd covers have that also doesn't work with the aesthetics of it). That's what designing means and that's what designers do.
^ you post a picture of something, I comment on it as an artist. People comment on box art all the time. What is the problem? If I said "wow, this dvd art is amazing?" Would you have a problem with that too? Sorry for disrupting the masturbation. I'll close the door. Please continue.
IGN does and editor roundtable about galaxy 2
http://wii.ign.com/articles/109/1090527p1.html
http://wii.ign.com/articles/109/1090527p1.html
Mr. Wonderful
Member
The Dolby logo is such a tease.
The Main Event
Member
Just realized it comes out this upcoming week-end. Shieeeeeeeeetttt