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Super Mario World |OT| Did you ever see a dinosaur fly?
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Nocturnowl
Member
Valley of Bowser 2 ensures that it can never be the best World 8 and who thought that putting the secret exit towards the end was a good idea?
Valley of Bowser 3 is a nice redeemer though.
So who else just always takes the wire fence and thwomp/spike pillar rooms for Bowser's Castle? no one say the back door!
Easier than SMW? In what universe?
Shame NSMB castle themes weren't nearly as good. I mean they were all right, but not even close to this and how engaging it is.
As someone who has 100% completed both games recently, SMW is A LOT harder in my point of view, especially the secret levels.
Uh, SMB U is much more difficult for me.
Nocturnowl
Member
It doesn't help that the opening organ in the NSMB castles sounds plinky plonky like a child's toy instrument, those samples were not so hot, but the melody did at least sort of rip off the SMW castle theme.
secretanchitman
Member
this is my favorite mario game of all time. my best friend and i would 2P this all day and never get bored of it. 10/10 for me, this game is just an absolute masterpiece.
For me personally, I do like the NSMB dungeon themes (the DS one more than the others), but I always felt like they were trying to make 'good music' instead of what's good for the game I guess you could say.
Same. I think SMW is a breeze that can be finished in one sitting.
I love this rendition of the NSMB castle theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAMCgOkj7lQ&list=PLD5A603E967E1AE70&feature=player_detailpage#t=77s
Nocturnowl
Member
I think both Castle themes fit the New series but I guess there's a tone in them that reminds me more of the SM64 Bowser stages in particular.
Stepping into the difficulty debate for a second,I think NSMBU has tougher platforming on display than SMW but the extra hit allowed when powered up as well as the wall jump being able to bail you out of certain pits does help mitigate the overall difficulty quite a lot.
Now if they were using this rendition then it may not quite fit the aesthetics but i'd sure as hell prefer it.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
Tubular.
I'll never forget my first time. ^_^
SMW is one of my top ten games of the forever. I have to do a full playthrough at least once a year.
m.i.s.
Banned
If you have have no life, yes.
pBut seriously, depends more on what you define as "finished".
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Spare me the hyperbole, New Super Mario bros. U doesn't sound bad at all. Now Yoshi's Island DS on the other hand....
peaceiscloser
Member
I actually played SMW for the first time as Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World for the GBA.
Needless to say, it's probably one of my most treasured portable gaming experiences. (Also the only worthwhile GBA cart I still own lol)
If Nintendo re-releases SMW on 3DS, it should be the SMA version, IMO.
Needless to say, it's probably one of my most treasured portable gaming experiences. (Also the only worthwhile GBA cart I still own lol)
If Nintendo re-releases SMW on 3DS, it should be the SMA version, IMO.
I've completed the game in a little under an hour and a half.If you have have no life, yes.
But seriously, depends more on what you define as "finished".
I've played it so many times that it's not challenging anymore and I do it for nostalgic pleasure
Nocturnowl
Member
So much wrong with that theme, on one hand you had the way Yoshi's Island DS stuck rigidly to that one central theme which wasn't too great to begin with and it really doesn't mesh well with the castle setting.
Then it's lacking any sense of ominous feel to it like the original YI Castle theme had, maybe it was going more for of a Baby Bowser's Lullaby angle but it doesn't come close to that either. The lack of much backing leads the whole thing to come off even more drab and bare, the more I think about it the more it upsets me.
I should point out, I don't dislike the NSMBU soundtrack that much, I just find that the samples are kind of bleh, that and reusing certain themes for the third time was too much especially when the new overworld theme was pretty damn good.
Snkfanatic
Banned
What? One sitting? Maybe just the main path, not all the extras.
I believe I've done it once or twice. Extras included. It really doesn't take too long. Only 3-4 hours if you're good and do the 1up binge in Vanilla Secret 1.
I don't think they're that small, especially compared to 3. Those were some bite-sized levels.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Tubular. Never forget.
Muffdraul
Member
SMW is the reason I'm a gamer today. Grew up gaming in the 70s and early 80s. Dropped out when I hit puberty. After finishing college I ended up buying an SNES, which had just hit the market, as part of a scheme to establish credit. I bought a copy of F-Zero with it, because it looked pretty impressive in the commercials. ("Holy shit, games have come a long way since I stopped playing them, this looks so advanced...") And if that was the only new game I played, I probably would have put the SNES back in its box and shoved it in the closet, or sold it or given it to a friend or whatever. But it came with a copy of Super Mario World, and I figured I might as well play it for at least a few minutes before disconnecting the thing from the TV. And that was that. I've been a born again gamer ever since.
Gentleman Jack
Member
I love that level. LOVE IT. Valley of Bowser Fortress is also unreal if you don't have the cape.
That's the seventh world.
You have terrible opinions, sir. Terrible!
HA HA what the featherduster is that? Sounds like the first draft for music to be played in the Wind Waker's forest haven.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Flower Power!
Did getting 9 stars give more 1-ups than this?
Nocturnowl
Member
You always got one 1up for each row matched. So max you could get it was 8 1ups.
Anyone else ever pick up the purple blocks too fast so they fall right down the hole they accidentally created?
All the freaking time as a kid! I would panic at seeing the ghost and freak out and end up dieing do to falling to death. :lol
Lee Chaolan
Member
Thanks, I want to play this again~
famousmortimer
Banned
As far as difficulty goes I'd say SMBU and SMW are probably pretty close, those it's hard to judge since i"ve played SMW so many times. But both of them are much more difficult than NSMB1+2. I don't know why they dumbed them down for the (3)DS so much but those games are straight easy.
I love these message board posts from the past that show people still the same
yup
Gillian Seed
Banned
Super Mario Brothers 3 has tighter play control, better level design, and is more challenging. It is the better game. Imo
The star road and everything too. I have to say, I don't think I've ever sacrificed as many Yoshi lives as I have in that game. It was my first ever game so I played it to death. Probably why it's so easy for me to do that
Anticitizen One
Banned
Robin 64 knows whats up
DJ_Lae
Member
Anyone else ever pick up the purple blocks too fast so they fall right down the hole they accidentally created?
Yup.
I blame one of my controllers, which had a spotty Y button. If you didn't hold it down with a ton of force it would simply register once and then release, causing Mario to snatch up a bunch of blocks in a row and then plummet to his death.