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.
Amazing! This is actually only my third N64 purchase on the Wii Virtual Console. I have Mario 64, Mario Kart 64 and now this, which says something about the sort of N64 games I’m prepared to pay for again (I have them all already on the N64). Didn’t play it for all that long, but did complete the first level three times. And could have done it twenty times more. It’s a great game!
Four stars get! After spending some time finishing off the arcade cabinets for Vic Vector (and being disappointed that despite their varying themes, they all only played Plane vs Eye), and providing the sushi chef with a karaoke machine, I was awarded the fourth star. Hurrah! I could then “unlock” the padlocks on assorted doors, letting me explore some new areas, like the scrap car yard, the beach (where I spent ages fishing) and a few more caves. I managed …
Today’s play was a frenzy of building items for people. Lots of items. Lots and lots of items. Sadly, not enough items though, as I still haven’t reached a 4 star rating. It didn’t help that I had to go and find a billion octopuseseseseii, and they’re pretty rare, coming up out one time in ten when you’re fishing in the lake. Anyway, Ms Nicole is fully sorted, and I think (hope!) that Sushi Chef and Vic Vector are both …
I got loads done on this today, but my “score” didn’t alter at all. I think it only goes up when you’re created everything a specific resident has asked you for, that’s the only explanation. So I moved two more people in (the sushi chef and Vic Vector, the arcade guy who is ACE and says “Oh noes!”), built loads of items for Goth Boy, Ms. Nicole, the sushi chef and Vic, explored a bit more (finding chess piece trees!), …
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.
Hmm. I really should get round to scanning the box in for this. And adding it to my Museum. But anyway. Spent about an hour or so mainly just moving new people in. I put everyone (that is, Ms Nicole, Goth Boy and Matt) in the desert, mainly because I’m running out of space in the town. Planted a couple of trees in the desert too. I then set about pleasing my new residents. Everyone seemed to want beds, so …
Didn’t move anyone in today, and didn’t make much in the way of furniture either. I was far too distracted with growing trees and exploring with the use of my new pickaxe, which allowed me to access new areas, including a cave containing pumpkin, black apple, eyeball and ghost trees (yes, ghosts grow on trees now) as well as the whole desert area. I did, however, create a sink and a bath for Bee Girl (who does have a real …
I’ve spent almost 8 hours on this now, and today reached a Three Star town rating. Hurrah! Moved a few more people in, including Bee Woman (who has a real name, but she is a woman, dressed as a bee) who has an ice cream shop, and Gordon (who looks like Gordon Freeman from Half-Life. He likes books. Built each of them a few items of furniture, and found in the process of prospecting for Gingerbread Men (for Bee Woman) …
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.
Two Star Rating GET! Completed a few more tasks for Gino the Chef, and then moved in the bloke who runs the museum. A museum with very few exhibits, in fact, so I had to “create” some for him. Also built Poppy another flower stand. For reaching two stars, I was given a saw, so I could get into the forest area. This gave me access to a few new trees (like the Rose and Orange trees – yes, I …
With Super Paper Mario completed, I can move on to something else. Admittedly, this wasn’t going to be the next game I was going to tackle, as I was planning on starting Bioshock, but I wasn’t in the mood for shooty-watery-FPS-ness, and MySims was sat on the coffee table waiting for me… So today, I progressed as far as gaining a One Star rating for the town. This was achieved by creating a podium for the Mayor (out of apples), …
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 …