I've been playing Super Mario Galaxy this week, and for all the praise the game gets (and admittably seems to mostly deserve) for being super innovative for it's time and whatnot, the game has some god-awful camera controls that I was not prepared for. Try to center your camera, for example, when you're on the backside of a small planet facing left and your guess of what will happen, if anything, is as good as anyone else's. Also, precision platforming from sometimes-kind-of-from-the-side-but-not-really camera angle is about as easy and enjoyable as you'd expect. But I digress, I'm not writing an LTTP here.
Yesterday I got to Beach Bowl Galaxy (first underwater level) and was once again reminded of the eldritch horrors that are underwater monsters in Mario games.
So let's take a look at few:
Fair enough, let's start with something tolerable. Cheep Cheeps usually exist to swim to the left, and that's about it. However, there exist bigger and more agressive breeds that have no problem making time in their busy schedule to also swim up or down toward you, not to mention actually turning around and chasing you. These beast want Mario in their bellies, Dopefish-style, and you cannot afford not being careful when you're sharing the screen with one.
Thanks Nintendo
Remember Dopefish? He's dope. Commander Keen's on 75% sale right now on Steam, people.
Anyway, moving on.
Those white squids? They're Bloopers. Don't confuse them with those cool kids that hang out in Neo-Shibuya and party overnight while fighting over whether Hamburgers or Carrots are better: NO, these Swindlers Of Progress will attack you with their unpredictable swimming patterns and if you cannot out-maneuver them you will soon bare Resentment towards their kind.
Bloopers are usually pretty small with the look of emotionless murderer in their eyes, but once again bigger and more... unnerving individuals exist in the dark depths of Mushroom Kingdom's oceans.
Look at this beast!!
ANYWAY that's enough of the jobber-class, let's talk about eels.
Super Mario 64 is a videogame for kids of 3 years and older.
Unagis are deep-sea eel monsters that live in caves and survive by eating any Marios that dare wander too close to their homes. Fortunately the mere sight of these eels usually causes Marios to instantly die of heart attack, rendering the consumption painless for them.
As if that wasn't enough, adult Unagis are practically invincible. You could drive over them with a car and they wouldn't flinch.
Then there's Eely-mouth.
And finally, let's bring it all back to Super Mario Galaxy and Gringills
WHY!?
And that's my argument.
Feel free to sidetrack this thread by listing other games' horrible deep-sea monstrosities. Ecco the Dolphin and Emerald Weapon from FFVII are my personal (anti-)favourites.
Yesterday I got to Beach Bowl Galaxy (first underwater level) and was once again reminded of the eldritch horrors that are underwater monsters in Mario games.
So let's take a look at few:
Fair enough, let's start with something tolerable. Cheep Cheeps usually exist to swim to the left, and that's about it. However, there exist bigger and more agressive breeds that have no problem making time in their busy schedule to also swim up or down toward you, not to mention actually turning around and chasing you. These beast want Mario in their bellies, Dopefish-style, and you cannot afford not being careful when you're sharing the screen with one.
Thanks Nintendo
Remember Dopefish? He's dope. Commander Keen's on 75% sale right now on Steam, people.
Anyway, moving on.
Those white squids? They're Bloopers. Don't confuse them with those cool kids that hang out in Neo-Shibuya and party overnight while fighting over whether Hamburgers or Carrots are better: NO, these Swindlers Of Progress will attack you with their unpredictable swimming patterns and if you cannot out-maneuver them you will soon bare Resentment towards their kind.
Bloopers are usually pretty small with the look of emotionless murderer in their eyes, but once again bigger and more... unnerving individuals exist in the dark depths of Mushroom Kingdom's oceans.
Look at this beast!!
ANYWAY that's enough of the jobber-class, let's talk about eels.
Super Mario 64 is a videogame for kids of 3 years and older.
Unagis are deep-sea eel monsters that live in caves and survive by eating any Marios that dare wander too close to their homes. Fortunately the mere sight of these eels usually causes Marios to instantly die of heart attack, rendering the consumption painless for them.
As if that wasn't enough, adult Unagis are practically invincible. You could drive over them with a car and they wouldn't flinch.
You can bet you're number 2 when against one of these monsters.
Then there's Eely-mouth.
And finally, let's bring it all back to Super Mario Galaxy and Gringills
WHY!?
And that's my argument.
Feel free to sidetrack this thread by listing other games' horrible deep-sea monstrosities. Ecco the Dolphin and Emerald Weapon from FFVII are my personal (anti-)favourites.
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