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Super Mario 3D Land Review! (3DS)

Posted by The Gameanater on March 14, 2012
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At first, my review was simply going to say “BUY. THIS. GAME. NOW!” But I figured you’d want to know why you must have this game. Here we go.

What you need to know:

Guess what? princess Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser, and Mario has to rescue her. Yes, the story is that deep and thought-provoking.

ESRB Rating: E

Platformer, 1 Player

Review:

The 3D effects

The 3D effects in this game are truly outstanding. Well, it may not be as “IN-YOUR-FACE!” as Star Fox 64 3D, but it still has an excellent sense of depth. Just look at it. You’ll know what I mean.

The level design

Levels are very well designed, to. About 98% of my deaths have not been because of poorly designed levels (or because of glitches), they have been my own fault. There are some pretty cleverly designed levels, to, for example; in one level several platforms appear and disappear in time with the music. Though I’ve always hated the auto-scrolling levels and this game has some of them. Thankfully, those ones are few and far between.

What?! No multiplayer?

One of the most surprising things in this game is that there is no multiplayer of any type. Which is a huge step down from New Super Mario bros. Wii. There isn’t even a local competitive multiplayer mode! It would have been very enjoyable if you where able to play through the game with a friend.

Streetpass is used well, but could have been a little better

The Streetpass in this game is used pretty well, you can play through these little “Mystery Boxes” things and beat them to earn Star Coins (the form of currency in the game) ,shere them through Streetpass with others (and also share your best level clear times)… and that’s it. It’s not bad, it just leaves a little to be desired.

The Tanooki Suit returns!

Though the suit no longer provides the ability to fly, and it now only lets you flutter down to the ground and spin-attack enemies, I’m sure everyone’s happy to have it back. :)

Judgement

This is an outstanding game overall. My main problem was the complete lack of multiplayer, and that cannot be forgiven. And I do wish there was some more suits to use (as Nintendo Power once said, “The goofier Mario looks, the more deadly he becomes”), but still, except for the no-multiplayer thing, they’re all minor complaints. This game is why you must own a 3DS.

Rating: 5/5 stars -Fantastic

Super Mario 3D Land and Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword are out now!!

Posted by The Gameanater on November 21, 2011
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They were both released on Friday 18th, which marks the first time a Mario and Zelda title have released on the same day.

First up: Super Mario 3D Land. I love this game already. I’ve only played the demo version, but it was great. The few stages I played where excellent. And the 3D effects are the best I’ve seen on the 3DS so far. And the Tanooki suit returns from SMB3! :D

Next up is Skyward Sword. As Jesse said, “To say this game is much-anticipated would be an understatement.” It was first shown when the Wii launched (2006), was named in 2010, and has now arrived to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Legend of  Zelda. It comes with a sound track CD and golden Wiimote Plus( the Wiimote is only colored gold and does not contain any special metal). I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of fist fights over copies of this game some great sales for this game. :D

However, I probably won’t play the full versions of ether games until after christmas, so don’t expect a review of them until after.

Also, Nintendo Okie just did a Go-Round of Skyward Sword! Because there are so many long cut-scenes in the first part of the game, they decided to just play the game for an hour, then put the best parts into a 15 min video.