I still don't know how I feel about SM3DL

On 04/25/2014 at 10:49 AM by transmet2033

Here is the thing. When I first started SM3DL I commented on how I did not know how I felt about the game. I finished off Bowser this morning and still am not sure how I feel about the game.

Technically speaking, I am "halfway" through the game. I rescued Peach, but after that happens you have to go through all the levels again to rescue Luigi. I only played one of these levels, but it looks as though they remixed aspects to make them more challenging. It is a great way to lengthen the amount of time that somebody would spend with a game. The only problem is that I do not want to burn out on Mario just yet. So I am setting the game down and will probably come back to it in the following months.

I did enjoy the game, and I think that it is a really good game. I just don't think that it is a really good Mario game. There just seems to be something missing. I cannot explain it.

I got the games that I had ordered over the weekend yesterday. Daftman pointed out the "box lottery" that is GameStop's online store. Well, I think that I did pretty good. Of the eight Wii games that I had ordered, only one was missing the original coverwrap. As far as instruction booklets are concerned, I did not fair quite as well. I did get three or four of them. The two DS games that I had ordered came as expected, just the cart and nothing else.

The list of games that I ordered are as follows... No More Heroes, No More Heroes 2, Tatsunoko VS Capcom, Okami, Medal of Honor Heroes 2, Dead Space Extraction, Godfather: Blackhand Edition, Wario Land: Shake It, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and Thor: God of Thunder.

I tested out Thor this morning and think that it will be a pretty good action platformer. I am having an slight issue with how slowly Thor moves, but it makes sense with the character. The big reason that I grabbed Thor was because it was developed by WayForward. I have really enjoyed their work so far. Aliens: Infestation is one of my favourite DS games.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

04/25/2014 at 10:59 AM

that's kind of how I feel about the console Mario games since Mario 64. Galaxy and the new one is great, but they lack that exploration that I found so satisfying in 64.

mothman

04/25/2014 at 11:12 AM

I know what you mean. Jumping into Bob-omb Battlefield for the first time and being able to run all over the place is one of my top gaming memories. I liked Galaxy but being restricted to a tiny sphere just didn't do it for me.

04/25/2014 at 11:26 AM

yeah, me too, Peter. And I like how they had the hub world of the castle which you could explore to find levels. so cool.

transmet2033

04/25/2014 at 11:33 AM

I really want to jump back into SM64, but I think that they have perfected the controls with the Glaxy games. If they were to remake Super Mario 64 in the Galaxy engine... that would be awesome.

04/25/2014 at 11:37 AM

That would be really cool and I would buy it all over again

04/25/2014 at 11:40 AM

I would too... that is coming from somebody who already has the N64 version, the DS version and possibly the VC version.

04/25/2014 at 11:44 AM

Yep, me too.

04/25/2014 at 11:21 AM

Galaxy is one of my favourites. I think that they found a happy medium between the complete freedom of 64 and the linear nature of the most recent games.

Alex-C25

04/26/2014 at 05:30 PM

Agree with this. Galaxy had some linearity in the levels and some missions, but there's was much freedom to do whatever you wanted.

SanAndreas

04/25/2014 at 12:53 PM

This. A thousand times this. SM64 will probably always be my favorite Mario unless they decide to recreate its relatively open style - and improve on it - in a future release.

Super Step Contributing Writer

04/25/2014 at 11:35 AM

I really wish all my games had the original box, box art, and instruction booklets.

04/25/2014 at 11:38 AM

Well, the times are a changing. When I picked up MGS: Ground Zeroes and inFamous: Second Son I don't think that they has an actual instruction booklet. There were download codes and a seizure warning sheet in the game and that was it. The one cool thing is that they both have awesome reversible covers.

daftman

04/25/2014 at 11:24 PM

I do love reversible covers...

Casey Curran Staff Writer

04/25/2014 at 12:10 PM

I felt the same way. It was fun, but didn't have the magic of the Galaxy games.

04/25/2014 at 01:55 PM

I think that it has to do with the fact that they took the New SMB formula and put it in 3D courses. I think that 3D Mario's need a little bit more freedom than just running to the flag at the end.

leeradical42

04/25/2014 at 01:03 PM

After playing all the 16 bit Marios I never could get into the 3d ones even with Zelda it took Wind Walker to convert me over but what a great game that was ;)

04/25/2014 at 01:53 PM

I will always prefer the 16-bit games over the 3D ones. Super Mario World and A Link to the Past are my favourite games in their respective series. I can appreciate the 3D entries, but they just don't do it for me like the 16-bit ones.

KnightDriver

04/25/2014 at 03:53 PM

Thor: God of Thunder done by Wayforward? Cool. On my wishlist now. Thanks.

04/25/2014 at 04:20 PM

Which means that the game is gorgeous... if you are into pixel art. This is only the DS version of the game. The Wii, PS3, 360, and 3DS games are developed by some other company(s).

04/25/2014 at 04:39 PM

Oh, then I'll add the DS version.

jgusw

04/25/2014 at 05:58 PM

I only order new games from GameStop online because of the "box lottery". For any manuals or boxes you don't have, you could try going to the local GS and getting them from the store. GS doesn't care about the manuals. If you see them, just ask can you have'em. As for the boxes, they have to do work of replacing them with a fake box, so getting those are a tricky unless you know some one that works there and doesn't mind.

I've been having mixed feelings about Mario games for years. I think Nintendo is putting too many of them out too fast. Playing through the game again, sounds like something they'd do during the NES era to extend a game. I think Nintendo should hold off from the Mario games for a few years or so. Take their time and make an awesome game. At least give us a chance to miss Mario.

04/25/2014 at 07:10 PM

I have to look at the Mario games as two different series at this point. There is the "NEW" series that while fun doesn't hold a candle to the core Mario series that contains the 3D Land/World, Galaxy, 64, the NES and SNES games...

Cary Woodham

04/25/2014 at 06:53 PM

You don't have to go through all the second set of levels in Mario 3-D Land to rescue Luigi, just a few.

04/25/2014 at 07:11 PM

I will come back to it. I just need a short break for the time being.

04/25/2014 at 11:27 PM

Yeah, you get him at the end of World 1, I think. I still haven't finished my second run of the game. Somewhere in World 7 but I've been playing as Luigi ever since getting him.

04/25/2014 at 11:35 PM

I think 3D Land is tailored really well to its platform. The levels are short and the 3D is actually useful. It's different than the Marios that came before but it's supposed to be, hence the name not following an established Mario "series." I'm glad you enjoyed it at least. I wonder if you'd think 3D World is more Mario-y.

Looks like you made some good choices there. I was wondering why you got Thor but now it makes sense. WayForward does good work

04/26/2014 at 07:30 AM

If I know that 3D World is in the same "series" as 3D Land, then I go into it with proper expectations. I don't know when I will be able to play it though. By the time I might have an opportunity at the in-laws, Mario Kart 8 will most likely be out and we all will play that. And I know that I won't be able to convince my wife to get a Wii U anytime soon... eventhough she would have definitely said yes, had I not gone and gotten a PS4 without her permission.

I think that the average price per game that I paid was pretty darn good. Especially since the online store sold things at B3G2. Which, if my math is correct, is a better deal than B2G1.

04/26/2014 at 05:35 PM

I will eventually continue SM3DL and beat it, but I feel like you, even if i'm more slightly positive about the game. I respect and admire how they managed to put the NSMB level structure in 3D, but the linearity and easiness doesn't really suit me. I admit that the first Galaxy was easy in some parts, but not enough to make it feel like a walk in the park and even with the linearity, you still had some room for exploration and you could do the levels and missions in which ever order you wanted. That said, i'm still excited to play 3DW because maybe Nintendo improved on the 3DL formula.

Okami and Wario Land: Shake It are good buys.

C.S.3590SquadLeader

04/30/2014 at 05:46 PM

I haven't played 3D Land in a while, think I'm still stuck on the last bonus level that doesn't have any checkpoints. Need to get back to it eventually.

NSonic79

06/19/2014 at 01:34 PM

Dead Space Extraction: great on rails shooter I've enjoyed on the Wii. still debating about getting the PS3 version since I don't have PS move.

I'll still debating about getting that mario game. I did enjoy the demo I played at a store but not sure if I can get into the game if i have to have the 3D turned on the whole time.

PixlBit