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Kirby and the Rainbow Curse |OT| players gonna clay clay clay clay clay
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You do realize the 3DS can play DS games right?
Judging from my avatar I'm a bit biased, but it is a really charming experience and forces you to think differently about how you control your character.
So YES!
MissileTrick
Member
My copy came in earlier than expected !
What do you even get out of the challenges? I did a few and nothing seems to be popping up.
What do you even get out of the challenges? I did a few and nothing seems to be popping up.
Played for a bit last night, got up to world 4. So far I'm really into it except for how the levels seem eager to prevent you from backtracking and would rather force a replay to collect something you miss... which wouldn't be too bad if the stages were the length they were in Canvas Curse, but they end up being pretty long here.
TheMoon
Member
How is this relevant, though? You want to make a case for RC being viable on 3DS so it would have to be a 3DS game. How does that have anything to do with DS games?
To try and look cool, obviously.
The Bankslammer
Member
Alright, 100%ed story mode (all treasures, gold medals, and diary pages). 11 hours, including veeeery copious amounts of time idling in the Music Room while I did other things. I really enjoyed it. It's a great weekend game.
Still have 1 more figure I need to get from doing challenges, but I'm gonna break for now.
Still have 1 more figure I need to get from doing challenges, but I'm gonna break for now.
Kind of a disappointment that you can't do anything fun with the unlockable remixes like changing the BGM on a level after you unlock it, but I'm sure glad that they exist.
Fun.
I think we should just agree to disagree, I just don't see any reason why the upper screen screen couldn't be your HUD and the lower screen have your gameplay just as in canvas curse.
it really does. this is probably the most perfectly realized art style that I've seen yet.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Played a couple stages last night and was continually floored by the claylike visuals. Really love the length of the stages.
Gonna have to dig in more to give full impressions but so far, it's pretty rad.
Gonna have to dig in more to give full impressions but so far, it's pretty rad.
SCReuter
Member
But Rainbow Curse makes use of the GamePad, and it makes use of local multiplayer, and it makes use of Wii U's audio and video capabilities. Just because Player 1 will likely spend more time staring at the GamePad than the television screen doesn't mean the title is on the wrong platform. As far as Nintendo systems go, Wii U is the best place for Rainbow Curse.
The music is beyond fucking good. So many unique tunes packed for different segments/moments of the stages (not that this isn't new to Kirby, but still appreciated). Great remixes/arrangements of old favorites, too. And yeah, the clay animation is one of the coolest art styles I've seen applied to Kirby yet (I may even like it more than Yarn...).
Its not bs at all.
Some people can adjust and some can't. Might you have to look down for a split second at times like Wonderful 101? Sure, but impossible? No.
TheSlySoul
Member
So after playing the first level...
+Great art
+Core gameplay is still there
+Good music
-The game is slower than CC. You cannot use the speed loops anymore
-TV play was impossible for me
-Long levels due to The slower pace
So I can see why people are mixed.
+Great art
+Core gameplay is still there
+Good music
-The game is slower than CC. You cannot use the speed loops anymore
-TV play was impossible for me
-Long levels due to The slower pace
So I can see why people are mixed.
TheMoon
Member
TheSlySoul
Member
Yeah, he goes faster in lines and tapping, but I mostly used speed loops during my time with Canvas Curse. Wonder why they got rid of them.
Edit: Add a skip tutorial door as a positive.
GayForMaster
Banned
You're joking right...? This has NOTHING to do with talent or possessing hand-eye coordination skills. This game is too fast and new roads must be drawn frequently. Kirby requires to be tapped but the amount of space he takes up on screen is fractional, and that requires frequent taps. I am absolutely certain Nintendo did not intend at all for the player (not talking about multiplayer) to use the TV at all. It wouldn't even be remotely fun and I think it's odd for anyone to defend against what I am saying. Think about how many times you're going to bob your head to alternate between both displays. You are a fucking masochist if you want to play with the TV.
I am talking in regards to single player, not multi-player. Multi-player does not concern me because that was a thing of the past. Single player is about the only way I can enjoy games now so I'm stuck enjoying this game on the tablet. I'm sure a lot of others can relate to my situation as well.
Simbabbad
Member
OK, again, I don't get this. The 3DS is in the same situation as the Wii U with this game, only much worse: you'll only be able to play on the small, 4:3, not 3D screen on 3DS, the other screen being literally useless. What's the benefit?! What's the point?
On Wii U:
- The graphics are better
- The TV can be used for multiplayer (which isn't possible on 3DS)
- The gamepad screen is bigger, 16:9 and more comfortable to hold
- You don't have to carry a big extra 3D 16:9 screen for nothing
- Your hand doesn't hide as much percentage of the screen while playing
The only thing the 3DS might have is portability, but even that is questionable: this is the sort of game you play at home, not on the run, so the portable screen might as well be the Wii U's.
TheSlySoul
Member
Is there any point in the medals? Gunning for all the chests and dairies.
The Bankslammer
Member
Pretty sure you need all the medals for the last figure. Otherwise no.
TheSlySoul
Member
All gold or will any do?
If so, then ehhh...
The Bankslammer
Member
Only gold counts for anything, I think. Also, they unlock challenges the more you get.
Well maybe my opinion will change the more time I spend with the game. I will admit I haven't had the chance to play it much after downloading last night, but just going off what i've seen others say and the small bit i've experienced for now.
TheSlySoul
Member
Oh ok I will leave those for replays then. Not liking the idea that pretty much Mario's coins are used as a ranking.
Enjoying the game though.
GayForMaster
Banned
A lot of your points don't really matter at all, and for some you are just extracting that kind of information from the deepest parts of your rear end.
The graphics are better? Oh you mean the 1080p visuals you can't enjoy 100% of the time unless you have 3 or 4 eyes? Isn't the gamepad's resolution 480p (or wide 480p I'm not sure)? That is what you're seeing most of the time which is a damn shame.
Multi-player? Gratz to you if you actually have family and friends that play your kind of games or play multi-player. Sometimes I wish I had my youth back just for those moments.
The gamepad is not more comfortable to hold by the way with one hand than a 3DS... Do you have ogre hands or something? Or maybe you're seriously jacked right? I bet you're really chiseled dude. The 3DS was designed to be easily held with one hand, and if it required stylus heavy games (phantom hourglass or kirby cc), your second hand could be appended to the 3ds while only 2 fingers obscure your view, which is nothing. You're saying there's more to see with the pad but you are completely wrong. You cannot simulate that perfect grip the 3DS was designed for. Your hand is required to fully be in front of the pad while your other hand holds the heavy fucker. Sure you can do the 3DS grip if you want but you need salad fingers. Also, 16:9 is a fair complaint but don't try to justify 3D with this game ever. It is an intense game and requires the 3ds to jerk a lot rendering the 3d visuals useless since it requires a consistent angle.
Funny by the way how you complain about the top screen of a ds being useless... At least you can look at it MUCH MUCH more frequently than the TV, and yet you call it useless. It's useless for this game to render on the tv screen if you're playing single player.
Outtrigger888
Member
Ya you pretty much have to look at the game pad. I don't find it being a problem. It's not like any other platformer so it's kinda hard to judge. I think it's worth the 40$ Especially if you have someone to play co-op with. Playing as waddle dee is so different from the core game and the person playing as kirby can draw platforms for you to grab secrets and such and you can soak in the visuals.
gunstarhero
Member
Been playing this's it's my 6 year old and it's really an amazing game. Obviously the visual and music are great - and by that I mean they are PHENOMINAL. But the thing that impresses me the most is the fact that it caters to both beginner and experienced gamers so well. My son is proficient enough and can manage on his own, and I'm able to play as technical as I want - and get rewarded for it.
It's nothing new for sure - but this game seems to do that balancing act exceptionally well.
It's nothing new for sure - but this game seems to do that balancing act exceptionally well.
MissileTrick
Member
How many worlds is this? I want to try to space it out a bit. lol
Seven worlds. The bosses first appear in worlds one through three, then they repeat in worlds 4 through 6, with the seventh world having the final boss.
Since the comparison was with the 3DS, 480p is better than the 240p of the 3DS.
Some players can watch it on the TV while drawing on the Gamepad. It's a matter of skill.
Simbabbad
Member
Er... what?
The Wii U having better graphics than the 3DS isn't a fact and doesn't matter?
Multiplayer being possible only on Wii U isn't a fact and doesn't matter?
The image being bigger and higher quality on the Wii U gamepad isn't a fact and doesn't matter?
The main, 16:9, 3D screen of the 3DS being unusable for such a game isn't a fact and doesn't matter?
Your hand covering less the image on the bigger Wii U screen isn't a fact and doesn't matter?
Despite all your contempt, you can't point to one single feature the 3DS could possibly have that'd make the game any better. There isn't one reason for this game to rather be on 3DS.
TheSlySoul
Member
If you can draw on a bamboo tablet, maybe.
The average gamer not so much.
Again as I said the Wiiu is more ideally suited and I'm not arguing that, I was just trying to point out that I don't think the game would be some unplayable disaster if it were on the 3DS.
Isn't that cool that they try to challange you though? It's a hard game and it doesn't add fluff just to make you feel better.
Just wanted to gush about the graphics a little. Some nice touches with the way the wall squish when you touch them, all the different ways that lower framerate is used, how some backgrounds are 3d, all the care in the figurines sections. And the music is just perfect for my taste. That first solemn forest song was when it all came together and this game became something special.
A small thing I liked that I noticed is how this dude gets bandages on him the more you hit him:
Oh that's a bummer as I've been looking the boss design.
The Bankslammer
Member
Hm, not really feeling Challenge Mode, especially the Survival Challenges. Kinda a pain. Probably won't end up doing all of them. That 99% on my file is gonna kill me, though...
Shame, wish we got Time and Line Trial back.
Shame, wish we got Time and Line Trial back.
Graphics Horse
Member
huhhhh
Graphics Tablets and uDraw can show you on screen where you're hovering before you draw though, something the wii u lacks.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I feel like the OST drops a bit in quality after world 1. It's still really good, but every single track in world 1 were amazingly catchy right off the bat!
TheMoon
Member
It's pointless to argue with him. The way he's denying obvious facts means there's no light at the end of that tunnel.
Sure you could do a massively scaled down version like back in the days of the Game Boy. But that would hardly resemble the game as we have it and be the dictionary definition of "forced." But of course it's "possible" in that way. Or they could just make a 100% DS-style sequel, ignoring any of the 3DS benefits aside from horsepower.
SuperCambot
Banned
If you have Gamer's Club Unlocked, this game is totally worth the $32.00.