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| Naoko | Jan 16 2008, 02:17 PM |
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Did you ever have someone else to play with? The duo-gaming thing was pretty cool. The second player could hold things back, even destroy things for you. At times, it was EXTREMELY helpful (ahem, Lava Spire Daredevil Run?). I just thought it should've been mentioned, because it was something new, and was actually pretty cool. As for the "same old stuff"... Yeah, the bosses are pretty much the same experience most of the time, but most of the stars you gather aren't from bosses in the first place. Besides that, I like the things it takes from SM64. The worlds go upside down and all that other good stuff. There are a lot of new ideas, as well as ideas from SM64. If it wasn't anything like SM64, it wouldn't be a Super Mario game, period. The idea is that you go around to different worlds, complete different obstacles, and gather stars. That's what I was looking for in the game - something similar to the layout of SM64, but new, changed, unfamiliar.
As for the story... Mario has NEVER had an in-depth story. Let's go back to SM64: Peach: "Mario, please come to the castle, I've baked a cake for you!" Toad: "WAAAH MARIO BOWSER TOOK PEACH... AGAIN" Mario: "Mama mia, OHSHI-" Bowser: "ZOMG Mario beat me again!" Pretty straight-foreward. This Mario has more story than any Mario I've ever seen before. (I never played Sunshine, though, so I don't know about that one.) So whether the story sucked or not, at least it had more than "zomg Mario, we has cake, come kick Bowser's arse, thank you very much." And despite that, it still wasn't a whole lot of story. So meh. Mario is a game for adventure, not story. You want story, you play Zelda, or an RPG, or something like that. I liked the story for this one, though. Anyway. Got to agree with Fullmetal. Honestly? This is the best video game on Wii so far, and the only upcoming thing I see to beat it is Brawl. If the best game on Wii has a C- grade, then we have a problem. (Zelda is on GCN, so it can't count as the best Wii game.) EDIT - I do think you made a lot of good points in your review, by the way. I just disagree with some of it - I really like the elements they took from SM64. I hate spring Mario with a passion, though. Dumbest idea ever. |
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