TheKingsCrown
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You mean Xbox fanboy site? Like MSNBC giving the game a 7.5 / 10.0? I'd love to see them try to post that review on any of the aggregate sites. The war will be angrily fought.thefro said:
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 |OT| with >NEW< hat!
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goldenenergy
Member
Woah, you're right! It's such a subtle difference I didn't notice until I really looked for it.ShockingAlberto said:
Does anyone know if there's a penalty for activating the Cosmic Guide, even if you don't use it, like there was with the Super Guide in NSMBWii?
Cygnus X-1
Member
Willy105 said:
I second that change.
AceBandage
Banned
chris0701 said:
Fluffy Bluff, Hurry! and Melty Monster are all awesome.
Played through the first 2 worlds, and yeah it's fun... but I can't seem to shake off the "more of the same" feeling. Maybe it's just because I prefer 2D Mario or something...
But the new additions, with the exception of the Cloud Mario, don't really work for me. I hate controlling Yoshi when he has the Speed Pepper (reminds me of playing a 3D Sonic with the erraticness of it), and was disappointed to find out that some waggle minigames were back in. I'm gonna keep playing, get all the stars, of course... but with all the praise on the game, I expected a bit more.
But the new additions, with the exception of the Cloud Mario, don't really work for me. I hate controlling Yoshi when he has the Speed Pepper (reminds me of playing a 3D Sonic with the erraticness of it), and was disappointed to find out that some waggle minigames were back in. I'm gonna keep playing, get all the stars, of course... but with all the praise on the game, I expected a bit more.
FunkyMunkey
Banned
djtiesto said:
You haven't even touched the rest of the iceberg. There's a reason why most of the reviews say it's not more of the same, that being the rest of the game is fantastic. The first couple worlds are almost like an intro.
It'd be like playing SM64 up to the third level and calling it too easy, without ever having seen Tick Tock Clock or anything. Premature.
cornontheCoD
Neo Member
I don't know about the rest of you, but I loved the intro to Galaxy 2. The transition from 2D to 3D was awesome, and would have blown some minds if they had done that with Mario 64.
I also feel that Nintendo has reached Valve level in terms of teaching the player how to play the game. There are a million different mechanics in this game, each unique to only a few levels, so I am surprised at how well they are able to teach the mechanics without it feeling like a tutorial every time.
I also feel that Nintendo has reached Valve level in terms of teaching the player how to play the game. There are a million different mechanics in this game, each unique to only a few levels, so I am surprised at how well they are able to teach the mechanics without it feeling like a tutorial every time.
Christopher
Member
cornontheCoD said:
Really?? I felt it was very sloppy and lazy.
AceBandage
Banned
Christopher said:
It's the perfect way to transition new players into controlling the game.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
cornontheCoD said:
can you even imagine some kind of valve/nintendo roundtable at gdc on this topic? i would murder someone to hear that.
Glass Soldier
Banned
beelzebozo said:
Add Treasure to the mix and I'd listen to it every evening before going to bed.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
cornontheCoD said:
Eh... no.
I feel they still rely too much on text prompts. They had the right idea during the NES and SNES eras.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Regulus Tera said:
i would argue it's a wee bit more of a challenge to convey the mechanics of SMG2 than it is to convey the mechanics of SMB.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Regulus Tera said:
SMW and YI both had text prompts. Considering the stuff the Galaxy games are doing I fail to see why Nintendo should cut back on them.
And what beezleboro said.
pakkit said:
Follow the trail of Star Bits first time you go outside.
More specifically:
It's Galaxy, travel on the underside 
Now, (post-120)
the second Green Star is almost patently unfair.
located behind the left falling column in the final room... you'll have to hang back and wait for the thing to fall. Drove me nuts finding that one.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
the r is so far from the z. that has to be intentional.
i'm noting a deduction in my cool points chart.
i'm noting a deduction in my cool points chart.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
othersteve said:That's what she gets for marrying a nerd.
As soon as I got the Zora Tunic I never went back.
Silly macro is silly.
othersteve
Member
True, hell, I just liked the new color. It was stylin'.Regulus Tera said:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
beelzebozo said:
I would argue they haven't tried hard enough!
Or at the very least stop reminding me every five seconds that I can do a spin with a shake of the Wiimote. The first time was enough.
PepsimanVsJoe said:
The only text prompts I remember in SMW that intended to teach you how to play were completely optional, in the form of those speaker boxes. Even Yoshi's "THANK YOU FOR RESCUING ME MARIO" in Yoshi's Island 2 was absolutely superficial.
Also I haven't played Yoshi's Island.
I'm not saying they are not doing the right thing; just that they haven't gone far enough yet.
beelzebozo
Jealous Bastard
Regulus Tera said:
yeah, i jibe with that. it's a tough balance though, and nobody's really nailed it 100% without any text or voice explanations, apart from valve i think (half-life 2 may have even had some "press R to fire" stuff up front, but i can't remember 100%; may be mixing it with something else). regardless, we're moving in the right direction.
Nose Master
Member
Man, I suck at finding
. After the obvious one in the first galaxy, I couldn't find the other two :lol. Is it ever disadvantageous to select the
on the menu if that's the one you're looking for? Say, if you needed the cloud suit to get it or something.
green stars
green star
Nose Master said:
Well, the way it works is this.
Green Stars are scattered throughout the original levels. You know this, of course.
Thing is, they are not all necessarily in the same original star within a galaxy. Different stars mix things up a bit.
So if Green 1 and 2 are in the first star in a galaxy, and 3 in the second, you can get either of 1 or 2 by picking Green 1 or 2, but can only get 3 by picking Green 3.
Other than that, no, it doesn't matter which you pick. Provided they're in the area you're in, you can grab any of them, you'll start in exactly the same place each time you start one.
Thing is, they are not all necessarily in the same original star within a galaxy. Different stars mix things up a bit.
So if Green 1 and 2 are in the first star in a galaxy, and 3 in the second, you can get either of 1 or 2 by picking Green 1 or 2, but can only get 3 by picking Green 3.
Other than that, no, it doesn't matter which you pick. Provided they're in the area you're in, you can grab any of them, you'll start in exactly the same place each time you start one.
Did that make sense?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
It came today! 10 stars in!
I love the screw power up.
10 stars in!I love the screw power up.
radioheadrule83
Banned
Regulus Tera said:
I know this is horribly off topic but I kinda want to see a return of the two tone tunics like the Red and Blue Mail from A Link to the Past:
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Sagitario said:
Blame Nintendo's magnificent Virtual Console releases, not me.
Scythesurge
Member
No excuses!Sagitario said:
It's a drill -.-Fantastical said:It came today!
I love the screw power up.
So I just got to World 4 with 48 stars and this game is definitely starting to get difficult. The Bowser Jr boss fight in World 3 was pretty awesome though I gotta admit, and I'm usually not a Bowser Jr fan.
First galaxy I did in World 4 was Sweet Mystery (think that's what it's called), and it was definitely a message saying to me, World 4 is gonna be a big step up in difficulty. We'll see how the rest are.
Masked Man
I said wow
JRW said:
O____O
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
That's not fair Ocarina only has 28 reviews.