Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)

So I walked in with my Steph and Lily, and went straight to it. A Nintendo rep was on hand to sell me on the features of the Wii U. I already have one, but let him do his job since it looks like nobody else had been there all day. We started a fresh save and went right to it. I played 3 levels, one as Luigi, Peach and Toad. They play exactly how you'd think they would if you had played Super Mario Bros. 2.

I found a few of the green stars, and one stamp without really trying. I let my daughter (2 and a half years old) play as Cat Mario and she went right for a cliff and fell off. It played a remade Mario 2 death jingle which was neat.

All in all, it played like you'd expect Mario 2 in 3D play. Didn't get to see any other powerups other than Cat, Fire, Mega Mushroom and regular old Super Mario.

The guy told me that the grand prize out of the 21 stores is the Wii U Deluxe set with 4 Wiimotes, NSMBU+LU and SM3DW. Each store was giving away at least one copy of SM3DW, and asked permission for Nintendo to publish any pictures of us playing the game and we would be compensated for it. Lily is freaking adorable so I said sure, since she's a shoe in to get picked.

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Originally Posted by Chux

All in all, it played like you'd expect Mario 2 in 3D play.

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Something... something i-is bubbling out of ... out of my Demand.

i hope you win...

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Originally Posted by Finch

i hope you win...

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Thank you Fonch!

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Originally Posted by Chux

I already have one, but let him do his job since it looks like nobody else had been there all day.

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Sounds about right.

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Originally Posted by Chux

All in all, it played like you'd expect Mario 2 in 3D play. Didn't get to see any other powerups other than Cat, Fire, Mega Mushroom and regular old Super Mario

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I guess I am buying a Wii U.

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Originally Posted by Chux

All in all, it played like you'd expect Mario 2 in 3D play.

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Sold. Damn you, Nintendo, adding another game that I want to get on the day Xbox One launches.

Clever girl.

I have to at least have something new to play with the woman while I'm engrossed in my new tiny character shoot em ups. Anything else would be uncivilized.

I had to google pbteen. But there is one around here, hmm.

http://rk.ptimgs.com/ptimgs/rk/image.../wiiu/hero.jpg

I can neither confirm nor deny that I will be at The Streets at Southpoint today.

Uh huh.

If I should find myself there, my official story is that it was for an Auntie Anne's pretzel dog.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

I can neither confirm nor deny that I will be at The Streets at Southpoint today.

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Goombadkitty

If I wasn't stuck at work I'd go with you.

lol work. It's a holiday bro.

Only for bank and government employees

I used a vacation day, since my daughter had off.

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Originally Posted by Chux

lol work. It's a holiday bro.

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Only for government employees and those in the banking industry you sonovabitch.

~ Rosalina! ~

nintendo's like "HAY YOU WANT US TO RUIN SOMETHING YOU'D DUNK YOURSELF OVER IF YOU DISCOVERED IT YOURSELF"

<3 Rosalina <3

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POOFY PANTS

Right? So adorable.

Steph thinks she's wearing a night gown, and loves it.

Furry household confirmed

But can Chux commit to the Donald voice during sex?

Not the raccoon suit, the turquoise dress.

What you wear to bed is your business.

ITT a Republican doesn't worry about someone else's bedroom.

Iwata Asks: Super Mario 3D World

Very interesting and revealing, definitely check it out when you have the time.

Reviews incoming:

Edge: 9/10
Eurogamer: 10/10

I'm sure sites that no one should trust have reviewed it too, but I found this part of the Edge review especially interesting, given the discussions in other threads:

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Originally Posted by Edge

This is Mario like you’ve never seen him before, and unlike so many of his next-gen rivals, he nips along at an effortless 60fps. If the true measure of new hardware’s worth is how stark the difference is between it and what came before, then this is the most next-gen game that 2013 has yet produced.

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I keep saying I'd rather have stylized graphics and 60 fps over textured bullshit running at 30 fps. I can't believe only Nintendo has figured this out.

Amazon has some beef with Nintendo that keeps them from having their hardware but also apparently keeps them from shipping until release date, so my pre-order wasn't coming until next Wednesday, fuck that. I cancelled the shit out of that, I'll get it at Frys on Friday.

The preorder thing is because Nintendo always releases games on Sunday. I don't think anyone ships Nintendo games ahead of those dates.

The hardware rift appears to be almost over, since Amazon has 3DS systems again.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

The preorder thing is because Nintendo always releases games on Sunday. I don't think anyone ships Nintendo games ahead of those dates.

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Not the case any more. Nintendo now releases their games on Fridays. Has been that way I THINK since at least the Wii U launched and maybe a little before that.

Escapist took it down a notch because "Bowser still antagonist". Seriously? If that's the only thing you have against it, you're doing alright.

Super Mario 3D World: 5/10 because the story was terrible and the characters weren't believable. Let's face it, it's no Bioshock Infinite.

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Escapist took it down a notch because "Bowser still antagonist". Seriously? If that's the only thing you have against it, you're doing alright.

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Yeah that's bullshit. Any Mario game WITH the intent of having a story (read: Paper Mario, Mario and Luigi) doesn't use Bowser as an antagonist. And they're still made with frequency.

I have to download a prebeaten game to play as rosalina apparently.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

The preorder thing is because Nintendo always releases games on Sunday. I don't think anyone ships Nintendo games ahead of those dates.

The hardware rift appears to be almost over, since Amazon has 3DS systems again.

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Nah this game comes out on a Friday, but Amazon is shipping it that day, for everything else they have it your door on the day of release.

I will be buying this on Friday then

because Sunday releases are stupid, that is NFL

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

Super Mario 3D World: 5/10 because the story was terrible and the characters weren't believable. Let's face it, it's no Bioshock Infinite.

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Sad thing is, that's the way some reviewers and new-hardcore gamers think.

I heard it's not as good as Galaxy. Disappointment imminent

probably actually "Not as good as I remember Galaxy being when I played it in 2007".

If I compared every game to Galaxy I'd have to quit gaming altogether.

I heard this game is out in the wild. Well, pictures would lead me to believe that at least.

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Originally Posted by Hero

new-hardcore gamers

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Oh hell no.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Oh hell no.

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What, it's true!

Call of Duty is the new measure of hardcore. How many hours you spend in Skyrim is. How much story is in a game and how Serious Business it is. Since we all know, games have to be Serious Business to be legitimate. That's all the new measure of hardcore to the audience that the market treats as hardcore.

Not how good you are in a shmup or platformer. Not in how fast you can finish a game (which used to mean getting so good at it you could clear one in 20 minutes). Not in any of things we grew up valuing. It's more likely that a new, good, well designed platformer will be castrated as being casual than taken seriously. Unless it's a masochist platformer like Super Meat Boy. In which case, it's not seen as hardcore, but a niche title that the core plays for a week, say they like it because the press does, then moves on.

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Originally Posted by Hero

What, it's true!

Call of Duty is the new measure of hardcore. How many hours you spend in Skyrim is. How much story is in a game and how Serious Business it is. Since we all know, games have to be Serious Business to be legitimate. That's all the new measure of hardcore to the audience that the market treats as hardcore.

Not how good you are in a shmup or platformer. Not in how fast you can finish a game (which used to mean getting so good at it you could clear one in 20 minutes). Not in any of things we grew up valuing. It's more likely that a new, good, well designed platformer will be castrated as being casual than taken seriously. Unless it's a masochist platformer like Super Meat Boy. In which case, it's not seen as hardcore, but a niche title that the core plays for a week, say they like it because the press does, then moves on.

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Mario 3D World has speed run levels , your argument is invalidated.

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Originally Posted by Chux

Mario 3D World has speed run levels , your argument is invalidated.

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True, but like I said, to this new audience, Mario isn't a real game to pay attention to anyway. It doesn't count because it's

• a platformer
• 'the same exact thing every time' even when its not
• 3D World is just 3D Land 2, it should be on 3DS where it belongs
• it's not Galaxy
• the characters are 'gay' Nintendo needs to grow up
• there's no story (they even cite Galaxy as 'Nintendo knows how to make a story, why aren't they trying')

So it's not like speed running levels helps their opinion in this matter. You'll like it, I'll like it, but the new-hardcore (new market, new core audience, new core demographic, take your pick) doesn't give a shit.

Let's murder them.

lol

I'm just glad that games are still made that feel like the kind of games that got me into this stuff to begin with. It's disappointing that the market caters to a new crowd, and that critics normally seem to value all the wrong things about the medium. But it is what it is. As long as someone somewhere keeps making these kinds of games, I'm good.

You know what would be cool, I could play this with Chux and Hero from across the country when I get it on Friday. God damn't Nintendo!

Yeah, that's kinda shitty.

At least I'm gonna invite people over this weekend and force 'em to play, so there's that!

ITT: Hero tilts at nonexistent windmills.

Is beating up on strawmen really that fun, that you enjoy devoting multiple posts to it?

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Originally Posted by Hero

At least I'm gonna invite people over this weekend and force 'em to play, so there's that!

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Basically this. And it's shitty that in 2013 we have to do this. I do think this game will be a blast with people in the same room, to the same degree that other Nintendo games are, but at least give people the option to play online.

I've never played this game but I already know anyone that doesn't like it isn't my friend and I wish they weren't alive.

Fuck the people Hero is posting about.

Ugh, and Opaque! WHY CAN'T I PLAY ONLINE WITH HIM TOO!?! ::angry::

Hero isn't posting about people that actually exist.

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Originally Posted by bVork

ITT: Hero tilts at nonexistent windmills.

Is beating up on strawmen really that fun, that you enjoy devoting multiple posts to it?

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Nope, I just spend enough time all over dumb gaming sites and their comments/forums to know that yes, this attitude is A Thing.

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Originally Posted by Brand X

but at least give people the option to play online.

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Yeah - I prefer to play with people in the same room, but more options are better. I wonder how latency in a platformer would work. I've never played a platformer online (if there are any), nor can think of any that would require a level of coordination/timing that the best multi-player platformers use.

There are no good MP platformers.

My favorite one was N+, but that's because it is single screen.

In other news, I am most excited for this game over the majority of the next gen games because it doesn't run like dog shit. Seriously, I got NFS Rivals and it made me so mad because it runs crap. People are smoking something fierce if they think that is acceptable.

Co-op 'Splosion Man was really fun, but you absolutely have to play with someone in the same room, without input lag, who doesn't suck.

I played through all NSMB Wii 2 players and it was a lot of fun. I'm hoping to co-op NSMBU and 3D World with Geen =D

My only gaming IRL bud isn't big on platformers. Perhaps I should force him. "Forget Assassin's Creed IV, COME PLAY MARIOS WITH MEEEEE!!!!"

The kids are getting together on Saturday night, the wives are supervising. That means it's gonna be WSUP DADS CLUB MARIO BROS.

My only IRL gaming buddy in San Francisco is my girlfriend, the rest of my friends couldn't give a flying fuck about games. And while it's nice to have a girlfriend willing to play games with me, it's also the worst because she's horrible at games and has the attention span of a 6 year old. But at least she's excited to play the Marios!

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Originally Posted by Brand X

My only IRL gaming buddy in San Francisco is my girlfriend, the rest of my friends couldn't give a flying fuck about games. And while it's nice to have a girlfriend willing to play games with me, it's also the worst because she's horrible at games and has the attention span of a 6 year old. But at least she's excited to play the Marios!

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Sounds kinda like my ex...except she would yell at get f'real pissed if I accidentally bumped her or got too far ahead...but then would say it's my fault for being slow when she was doing the same exact things to me.

This game sold me on Wii U

Sonic 2 was great as a MP platformer, especially in non-splitscreen mode.
Player two can be terrible and still play because Tails never runs out of lives, so it was perfect to play with my nephew when he was little.

cute!

Little Big Planet was a recent mp online platformer, but I don't think it can be mentioned without getting laughed at.

I couldn't tell if it was game lag, tv lag, or internet lag that contributed most to the inability to platform well. likely all 3 combining powers.

Stolen from GAF:
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I made it to 1-4 before hitting the hay last night.

That's a great picture, although people who actually throw out system boxes make me angry.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

That's a great picture, although people who actually throw out system boxes make me angry.

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I have to migrate my closet boxes to the attic, probably today. It's getting crowded in there with the Wii U and PS4 boxes.

I love throwing out system boxes, right alongside DVD cases.

Hopefully the DVDs are still in the cases.

Anything less would be uncivilized.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

That's a great picture, although people who actually throw out system boxes make me angry.

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O nice so we'll add system box throwers to your hate list which is comprised of Nintendo fans, people who prefer the new Resident Evil control scheme, people who don't recognize Super Castlevania IV as the lasting achievement of the past century, GameFan journalists, especially Dave Halverson, Valve skeptics, your family, Star Wars apologists, Vita owners dumb enough not to buy PS+, Tyler_Durden, anyone who has the audacity to pop baby mario off your back when you are traversing Dinoland, etc

Shots fired out of nowhere.

Dis gun' be guud

OH SNAP.

Today's the anniversary of JFK getting shot out of nowhere BTW, just sayin'

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Originally Posted by Tyler_Durden

people who don't recognize Super Castlevania IV as the lasting achievement of the past century

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This is the most glaring example of how off your list is.

This game is fantastic.

It's like if 3D land was just much better in every single way.

I do not understand how that is possible. Must play.

Meaningless complaint time: the green stars should have been gold instead.

Almost done updating

then its-a-me mario

Omg riding plessy with that music, Omg.

Ghost House music reminds me of Final Fantasy VI, and I can't find it anywhere :(

Just buy the soundtrack. It has an adorable cover.

The adorable cover, maybe.

So far, I like this but it's 3D so it's automatically #4 or worse on the Mario totem pole

I've only played this in a 4-player clusterfuck while inebriated thus far, so it seemed kind of easy at first, but man this game is good.

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

Just buy the soundtrack. It has an adorable cover.

The adorable cover, maybe.

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Is there a place for us to buy it? I only saw the JP club Nintendo stuff.

Buying soundtracks is so 1996

It is just JP Club Nintendo dammit fuck

I have the first two worlds 100% complete, all the stars and all the stamps.

I'm not moving on to new worlds until the current one is complete.

Are you getting all the flagpoles?

I started to do that, but decided I want to see ERRTHING. That being said, I haven't missed a stamp and most worlds are 3/3 stars with a few 2/3 stars.

I am just breezing through it.

I will decide to go back at a later time. Up to World 5 now.

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Originally Posted by Joust Williams

Are you getting all the flagpoles?

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If you mean hitting the very top for the gold flag yes, if there are hidden exits like in New Mario, no.