To each his own I guess...I find treasure hunts to be BORING and just a cheap gimmick to improve a games length. If you are into it that is fine, it's just not for me. If you are playing this game for 50 to a 100 hours I think it is time for you to get a job man!
6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
Okay, maybe I exagerated when I said "100 Hours." But 50 hours is realistic though. And I am too young to get a job anyways so I'll just ignore that last line. I'm the type of person that just loves exploring. And I thought the level design in that game was suberb. There are quite a few stages I loved enough that made me want to go back.
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6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
I did read your review and find it hard to believe that you would find the Mario game difficult. If you really did you are about the only one that I know of that didn't find the game too easy. I find this laughable that someone with your experience couldn't breeze through this game in a few hours. So my point is that this part of your review is misleading. It doesn't take away from the fact that the game is good (I really think it is a B+ game at best BUT that isn't important) I just think your reveiw is misleading. Anyway, it doesn't matter. I promise not to blow your cover that you truly are a Nintendo cronie.
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I didn't find it to be easy either, or too short for that matter.
I don't think a review can really be "misleading". It's the opinion of a reviewer, and in this case, one that comes as close to objective as possible.
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6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
I was under the impression Miyamoto was more a of a figure head now than anything. Does he still have a big hand in actually developming the games?
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Yes, he is still involved. He doesn't do grunt development work, but remains the chief designer for most of the games.
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6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
[QUOTE=Conn]Personally I think NSMB isn't A+ worthy (though definetly A- or A), but to each his own. Of course, I had been playing Mario World and Yoshi's Island before New Super Mario Bros., so that might have affected my judgement (since really, NSMB didn't have Luigi, flying power-ups, Kuribo's Shoe and the like).[/QUOTE]
NSMB does have Luigi. To play as Luigi, you have to hold the left and right triggers down, and select either a new game or an existing saved game with the 'A' button rather than the stylus. Your game will play as Luigi.
No, NSMB didn't have flying power-ups, but it did have the Mega Mario power-up and the Micro Mario power-up... both of which are fun, and the former of which is downright hilarious.
6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
I've been playing Yoshi's Island DS, and it makes me want to knock NSMB down to a C. The levels are much bigger, better designed, and it has unique boss battles...not the same one recycled over and over.
Of course, I perfered the original (for SNES) over Super Mario World...but this version just shows more effort than NSMB.
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6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
Since the original japanese SMB2, actually. However, Luigi was a Mario clone in every game after that, all the way up to Super Mario Advance 2 (SMA doesn't count, since that was a remake of a game were he already had those powers).
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6/10/2006: Nintendo DS: New Super Mario Bros., Super Princess Peach, Wario Ware Touched
I've been playing Yoshi's Island DS, and it makes me want to knock NSMB down to a C. The levels are much bigger, better designed, and it has unique boss battles...not the same one recycled over and over.
Of course, I perfered the original (for SNES) over Super Mario World...but this version just shows more effort than NSMB.
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That's odd. I'd give the new Yoshi's Island a C...because it wasn't fun.