Yup, feep really likes to be critical to aspects of games I generally put very little value in.
For instance, to mention online in a 2D platformer as an expectation despite zero 2D platformers having online is ridiculous, in my opinion. Second, stating that the early levels are easy is something that I expect 100% out of all 2D mario games ever, minus the lost levels and is not something I would ever speak of as a demerit.
It's an alright review, but gawddamn feep... some of these comments seem arbitrarily put in simply to justify the score rather than a detailed analysis of the game as a whole as a 3.5/5.
This rhetoric is just awful (i'm sorry, I have to):
G4 said:
"New Super Mario Bros U is the first ever first-party Nintendo game produced in high definition, and I’m very unsurprised to say it matters very little."
you are very unsurprised to say that HD matters very little for Nintendo. Really? Just say it doesn't add a lot to the experience.
G4 said:
"The graphical style (save for a few relatively inspired levels in the Soda Jungle) is cribbed from previous entries in the NSMB series, which was never much worth your attention."
- Do you mean it was never worth much of my attention? Because I'd agree... it's a mario title about platforming.
G4 said:
"you’d be hard pressed to differentiate NSMBU from its console predecessor without counting pixels."
- No, I wouldn't be hard pressed at all. Here is a comparison of Wii U vs. Wii.
"The few changes include the replacement of the propeller suit with the “acorn suit”, functionally similar but offering less vertical lift for the ability to “stick” on walls for a short period of time, new “Nabbit” sequences, in which you chase a thief across a previously traversed level, and a few remixed 1-Up and item challenges…but there simply isn’t enough, at least in this mode." - Did you completely forget about the new world map? Did you forget to mention all those new baby Yoshi's and their abilities? Or how about the ability to play as Miis? Or the Mii-verse integration? Or baby bowser running around randomly? There is nothing else you could think of to put in this section?
G4 said:
"As primarily social features, though, we don’t expect much in terms of differentiating gameplay."
- How about differentiating the experience as a whole?
G4 said:
"These are levels you’ve played before…in high definition, I guess."
- You guess? All the other reviews I've seen have claimed a great mixing of old and new ideas. You saw zero new ideas, you guess? >_>
I'm sorry Feep, but I will never agree with your methodology for writing reviews. They are not thorough, and overly critical of aspects I will never see as fundamental to the experience.
I don't understand why the direction of NSMB is so bland, but that's the impression I get hearing it. same with (most) of the visuals, unfortunately. really hope nintendo takes a creative jump with the next core mario.
