46 stars! And so many things that I found ace! I can’t even begin to begin… and I don’t want to spoil things for people as they come across stuff for the first time, because everything is so special. But I will say that finding Luigi was amazing. The giant toy robot? Amazing. The Bowser boss battles with the Mario 64 boss style levels (and music!) – amazing. Look, the WHOLE BLOODY GAME is amazing. If you disagree (and only …
I am now 23 stars in, and, so far, I haven’t had a single thing I didn’t like. I did worry that the whole gravity-on-small-planets thing might detract from the game in some way, but it really doesn’t – it just feels like a natural progression from Mario 64. An extra dimension, if you will. And it’s all just so… fantastic!
AMAZING. Perhaps you’d like a bit more in the way of detail? You don’t need any – that covers it. I have 7 stars, have played for a few hours, and love it. Although I love Mario Sunshine, it never really felt like a proper follow-up to Mario 64. Too much of it was removed from the former game – the location, the Piantas, the shines-not-stars, the FLUDD, and so on. It was a great game, and I’ll have none …
These 20×20 puzzles really make my eyes bleed. Managed five of them before giving up, in case my eyeballs exploded or something.
It would appear that Level 7 isn’t the final level at all. Far from it. I managed to complete the remaining five puzzles on Level 6, then all the Level 7 puzzles, and Mario unlocked Levels 8, 9 and 10 for me. More! Not just more either – these are 20×20 puzzles (Levels 4, 5, 6 and 7 are 15×15). The first one was clever too – the was a picross of a picross puzzle!
Completed Level 5 at last! Also completed four Level 6 puzzles without any problems. Still no Nintendo themed pictures, although I did have a monkey.
Six more puzzles today, and my first failure. I failed because I made three mistakes, all accidental due to either pressing the wrong button or being unable to count to seven. Still no Nintendo themed puzzles though.
I’ve played a lot of games. And, in recent years, I’ve completed loads too – more than 150 in less than three years, in fact. That’s all well and good, but plot twists and end boss “surprises” are becoming less and less, well, surprising. It’s no real spoiler to say that the end boss, isn’t actually the end boss as there’s another boss afterwards. This is now The Done Thing with games these days, it seems. Not that there’s anything …
Chapter 7 DONE! One of the bits was slightly annoying as you had to re-do a section a couple of times, but it was short and easy so I didn’t feel frustrated. I’ve got all the heroes together now too, and I’ve found the 8th Pure Heart, so I’m close to the end of the game now. I’m almost 17 hours in, so I’m betting I’ll be done by 20. That’s a lot of hours for what is, basically, a …
Chapter 6 went all strange! And then I ended up in the Underwhere (no, not Underwear), where game characters go when they run out of lives. Amazing! Anyway, I’ve managed to do all that, and now I’m onto 7-2, and am about 13 hours in. I think people have been saying 16 hours is about how long it takes to complete, so there’s not a lot of game left now, sadly. And I still don’t understand those people who say …
Hmm. I’m a little worried about spoilers now. I realise my last post on this did contain some minor spoilers (mainly only spoiling dialogue rather than plot), so I’ll keep this brief. I’ve made it all the way up to Chapter 6-2 now. Chapter 4 was set in space (and had a bit of a false start – play it and you’ll understand) and had some side scrolling shooting sections. It was a bit of a dip after the genius …
Just three more puzzles on Level 5 today, and then my eyes went wonky and I couldn’t do any more. Pff.
OH. MY. LORD. Chapter 3-4 is amazing, and one of the funniest sections of any game I’ve played ever. Francis the Nerd Chameleon is great, and his Nerd Castle is full of RoboCat maids and guards who give a, uh, frightening insight into Francis’ personality. And the castle security system is a robot cat, who won’t allow you in to see Francis unless you’re a “hot babe” (that’ll be Peach then), and even then you have you agree with some …
So, off into Chapter 3 (again having faffed around in town for ages, doing some cooking, exploring, talking to people, shopping, etc.) and again, it is ace. I mean, what’s not to like about a chameleon version of Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons who eats your Pixl-friend Tippi the moment you meet him? Amazing! And the graphics on this level – everything is giant pixels! And! There’s a bit where a Koopa Trooper collects a star to make himself …
Sat and completed all of Chapter 2 today. Well, that and the half hour of wandering around the town of Flipside trying to find the next heart pillar, anyway. It really is rather good, isn’t it? I know Nintendo manage to take the rise out the Mario titles in just about every other Mario title they now make, but somehow, they always seem to do it just right. Super Paper Mario is no exception – the in-jokes are still funny, …