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The Super Princess Peach Thread (USA)

M

Matlock

Banned

"sup bitches"

It comes out this week! New Nintendo 2D platforming action!

Screw the haters, let all the love flow into this thread and make it awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-oiDmZqNf0
commercial

features:

*you're a princess
*with a mo'fuckin' parasol that's used for hitting and floating
*and 4 mood swings that allow you to fuck shit up
*eight worlds of stuffs
*awesome graphics

discuss
 
O

Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
Wait, it didn't come out yet?

I'm definitely willing to try it out, but it's a dang shame that it's said to be too easy.
 
M

Matlock

Banned
US ship date is today.

And ignore the "it's too easy" crowd. Take it on and make that judgement for yourself.
 
J

jj984jj

He's a pretty swell guy in my books anyway.
Tose needs to learn how to make different difficulty settings for their platformers. But I will get it eventually for my sister and take a play through it my-self.
 
O

Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
Matlock said:
US ship date is today.

And ignore the "it's too easy" crowd. Take it on and make that judgement for yourself.
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Hmm. Is it common for Nintendo to show commercials of games before they've come out? Cause I've been seeing them for several days, and I thought (at least Nintendo) only did that after they are released.
 
T

TurtleSnatcher

Member
Oblivion said:
Hmm. Is it common for Nintendo to show commercials of games before they've come out? Cause I've been seeing them for several days, and I thought (at least Nintendo) only did that after they are released.
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Haha your joking right?

Nintendo is king of showing commercials before games come out..

Hell they showed Metroid Prime Hunter commercials LAST SUMMER, and they showed need for speed underground on DS 3 months before it came out. Not to mention Metroid Prime 2 commercials like a freaking month and a half before the game come out.

Nintendo is king of pre-game release hype.
 
O

Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
Actually, I wasn't. Guess it doesn't help that I hardly ever watch T.V. :(
 
F

Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
I'm interested, but not for the $40 CAD that amazon.ca wants, never mind the $50 CAD Future Shop and Best Buy wants.
 
D

drohne

hyperbolically metafictive
hm. with game releases as dense as they've been recently, i think i'll heed the "too easy" complaints. lovely 2d graphics, though -- alphadream are among the few remaining masters of that increasingly lost art (look at new smb for christ's sake). i'll play peach eventually.
 
I

I <3 Katamari

Banned
Nothing wrong with easy once and a while. GameSpot says it's too easy, but still 6-7 hours. Sounds good for a portable for me.

And the gameplay just looks so fucking good, I can't pass this up.
 
M

Magicpaint

Member
I don't mind it being easy as longas it's fun. I was one of the few who had no problems with WW's difficulty (or lack thereof).

I just want a new 2D platformer, and this will hold me till New Super Marios Bros.
 
H

Hyoushi

Member
Well yeah, as long as you are prepared for a weaksauce game this is good entertainment. Great art, lots of stuff to collect and some cute (and some less good) minigames. But yah, weaksauce it is. Infinite lives and no timer on the levels. Which only get challenging on world 8. Heh.
 
K

kiryogi

Banned
Magicpaint said:
I don't mind it being easy as longas it's fun. I was one of the few who had no problems with WW's difficulty (or lack thereof).

I just want a new 2D platformer, and this will hold me till New Super Marios Bros.
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The problem here is that its not even fun. Extremely dull, you all might say screw the easy crowd but guess what? We played it first a few months back and that's really how it is. Whoever said that its a game for nongamers was pretty much on the money.
 
U

UltraMagnanimous

Member
I think I'll get this, been a while since I played a proper 2D platformer. Most likely I'll be selling it on afterwards so It's only gonna cost me a tenner really.
 
H

hahahax

Banned
Unless anyone's fond memories of the NES/SNES Mario games come from the JP versions,
I can't see people condone the name change of Princess Toadstool to Peach.
Well, I never accepted the renaming at least.
I'm trying to find some reasons not to have this game being tied into the Mario canon!
The game is a 2d platformer supposedly set in the same universe which would indicate just that. That being the Mario canon part and this being the sound of me taking a cold shower..
 
F

Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
hahahax said:
Unless anyone's fond memories of the NES/SNES Mario games come from the JP versions,
I can't see people condone the name change of Princess Toadstool to Peach.
Well, I never accepted the renaming at least.
I'm trying to find some reasons not to have this game being tied into the Mario canon!
The game is a 2d platformer supposedly set in the same universe which would indicate just that. That being the Mario canon part and this being the sound of me taking a cold shower..
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Nope, still not funny. Maybe your funny is in another castle.
 
I

I <3 Katamari

Banned
hahahax said:
Unless anyone's fond memories of the NES/SNES Mario games come from the JP versions,
I can't see people condone the name change of Princess Toadstool to Peach.
Well, I never accepted the renaming at least.
I'm trying to find some reasons not to have this game being tied into the Mario canon!
The game is a 2d platformer supposedly set in the same universe which would indicate just that. That being the Mario canon part and this being the sound of me taking a cold shower..
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a) Where's the lol at?

b) Her name is Princess Peach Toadstool. :p
 
D

DDayton

(more a nerd than a geek)
hahahax said:
Unless anyone's fond memories of the NES/SNES Mario games come from the JP versions,
I can't see people condone the name change of Princess Toadstool to Peach.
Well, I never accepted the renaming at least.
I'm trying to find some reasons not to have this game being tied into the Mario canon!
The game is a 2d platformer supposedly set in the same universe which would indicate just that. That being the Mario canon part and this being the sound of me taking a cold shower..
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If it makes you feel better, you can always use Super Mario 64 to claim it's really "Princess Peach Toadstool."

Is there any particular reason you don't want this "tied into the Mario canon"? From what I've played of the game, it's a tad easy, but it isn't bad... and the concept of playing as the princess to rescue the Mario brothers is rather amusing. Is the entire issue, for you, the naming of the princess? I can think of dozens of problems in the "Mario canon" much more pressing than her name...
 
M

MrDaravon

Member
hahahax said:
Unless anyone's fond memories of the NES/SNES Mario games come from the JP versions,
I can't see people condone the name change of Princess Toadstool to Peach.
Well, I never accepted the renaming at least.
I'm trying to find some reasons not to have this game being tied into the Mario canon!
The game is a 2d platformer supposedly set in the same universe which would indicate just that. That being the Mario canon part and this being the sound of me taking a cold shower..
Click to expand...

Why do you consistently, consistently post in threads about how some new game has ruined the series/memories of it?
 
C

Cheebs

Member
Wait wait wait, there is Mario canon now? :lol I don't think it is possible for someone to make a coherent Mario timeline. It just is impossible.
 
R

Ranger X

Member
Amir0x said:
This game is for girls. I'm not a girl. New Super Mario Bros. is for tough boys like me.
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Your testosterone is impressive my friend. You can buy Princess Peach without a sweat.
 
R

Rorschach

Member
Too bad I can't go into the store with a ski mask on.

"FREEZE!!!"
"No, I can explain...I'm just here for Princ...er nm...yeah, arrest me!"

I'm gonna stand outside and wait for a little girl to walk by and ask her to purchase it for me like how teenagers get booze.

J/K looks like a bargain bin buy if at all...
 
T

Tiger

Banned
Wow. I kind of forgot this game came out this week. :)

This week is the beginning of the game buying orgasm for me, that will continue for the next month.
 
A

Amir0x

Banned
Cheebs said:
Wait wait wait, there is Mario canon now? :lol I don't think it is possible for someone to make a coherent Mario timeline. It just is impossible.
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0028 MK

- Baby Mario is born
- Baby Luigi is born
- Baby Koopa is born
- While being transported to their destination home, stork drops baby Mario
- Yoshi's Island begins

0010 MK

- Mario departs home, leaving Luigi to tend to things.
- Mario takes job jumping over barrels thrown by Donkey Kong
- Mario and Luigi have first run in with King Koopa in "Super Mario Bros."
- After Koopa is defeated, he vows revenge.

0009 MK

- Exhausted from the journey to defeat Koopa, Mario falls asleep.
- Mario has a crazy dream in which sprites from the Mario world are pasted into the Doki Doki Panic world.
- Events of "Super Mario Bros. 2"
- When Mario wakes up, he is kidnapped.

0008 MK

- Luigi goes searching for Mario
- "Mario is Missing" begins
- Luigi locates Mario, but to his surprise it was all a trap to send them to an alternate dimension.
- Mario and Luigi are paper thin in this dimension. Alternate dimension Koopa is pretty pissed with this revelation, determined to stop them from ruining this world like they did in the original dimension.
- Events of "Paper Mario" take place

0007 MK

- Events of "Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door" take place.
- Find wishing star again, wish themselves back to original dimension.

0006 MK

- Right away, Koopa kidnaps the princess again and Mario goes to save her. But a huge fucking sword slams through the roof of Koopa castle.
- Events of "Super Mario RPG"

0005 MK

- Mario takes a break and tries to give up the hero business. Tries his hand at teaching math, typing, doctor, construction work and even dancing. Events of "Mario Teaches Typing", "Mario Teaches Math", "Dr Mario" and "DDR Mario" take place. Somehow, Koopa found a way to fuck with all of it. So Mario goes back.
- Koopa has a new plan, so he orders 7 kids from the stork.
- Ludwig, Roy, Morton, Wendy, Iggy, Lemmy and Larry enter the world.

0001 MK

- After Mario re-enters the hero business, Bowser creates a fleet of airships.
- Mario is like 'oh shit', and goes to destroy them. Defeats Koopa kids one by one.
- Events of "Super Mario Bros. 3."

0003 BK

- Events of "Super Mario World"
- As a favour to Yoshi for helping out, they treat Yoshi to a Safari and also to cookies. "Yoshi's Cookies" and "Yoshi Safari" occur
- Mario calls up Nintendo and gets Yoshi a contract for "Yoshi's Story".
- Koopa tries to go legit, creating family friendly hotels all around the land

0005 BK

- After getting into a drunken argument with Luigi, Mario swears Koopa is doing evil again and goes to shut down his hotels.
- Events of "Hotel Mario"
- Koopa swears off doing good, and vows revenge on the Mario Bros. once again.

0006 BK

- After using a 3D ray on all the world which turns everything into 3D, Bowser takes over Peach's Castle.
- Mario is invited to a party, but it's just a trap. Events of "Mario 64"
- After the party is saved (and turned into a neverending game series, "Mario Party"), Princess Peach sets up a series of sports tournaments around the mushroom kingdom.

0007 BK

- "Mario Golf" tournaments occurs
- "Mario 3 on 3 Basketball" tournaments occurs
- "Mario Kart" tournaments occurs
- "Mario Tennis" tournament occurs
- "Mario Baseball" tournament occurs

0008 BK

- Luigi is jealous that every sports tournament is named after his brother, so after he hears he has won a free mansion he goes off to live alone.
- But the mansion is filled with ghosts, and he has to suck that shit away.
- Events of "Luigi's Mansion"
- Luigi is still pissed.
- Mario is starting to get pretty egotistical, and makes some offhanded comment about how platforming is a mans job. Not fit for girls. Peach storms off, starring in "Super Princess Peach"

0009 BK

- When Peach comes back, and Luigi comes back... they're still angry. Mario is angry everyone left him without anything to do. Some Nintendo characters are furious that Nintendo went carts for N64. Koopa is pissed at everything.
- "Super Smash Bros." occurs. Everyone agrees the fighting calms some nerves. They should do it again sometime.

0010 BK

- And so they do it again, the following year. "Smash Bros. Melee" occurs.

0012 BK

- Mario agrees that it's time to take a vacation. They fly to a beautiful island, except Bowser is back again. No break. Events of "Super Mario Sunshine"

0014 BK

- Mario learns of a time machine, which he thinks he could use to stop Koopa from ever coming to be. He uses it, but unfortunately he and Luigi are sent reeling throughout time.
- Events of "Mario in Time"
- At the end, Koopa damages their time machine and Mario and Luigi awake in Brooklyn, 1992.

0015 BK

- They become actual plumbers, and fight bowser and save peach again. "Mario Bros. The Movie" occurs
 
A

AdmiralViscen

Banned
I'm thinking about picking this up, just because DS is so lacking in platformers. WTF is up with that? Is there a good side-scrolling platformer besides Sonic Rush?

Amir0x said:
0028 MK

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:lol :lol Awesome.
 
J

jarrod

Banned
drohne said:
hm. with game releases as dense as they've been recently, i think i'll heed the "too easy" complaints. lovely 2d graphics, though -- alphadream are among the few remaining masters of that increasingly lost art (look at new smb for christ's sake). i'll play peach eventually.
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I agree that Alpha Dream are some of the last remaining development houses capable of amazing sprite work, but this game was made by TOSE Software. They're not too bad in the sprite department though either (Starfi, Slime Morimori, DQ Monsters, etc).
 
X

Xellotah

Member
It takes a real tough guy to purchase Princess peach from the counter ... I tend to hide behind my 8 year old neice when it comes to these purchases.
 
Alcibiades

Alcibiades

Member
hahahax said:
Unless anyone's fond memories of the NES/SNES Mario games come from the JP versions,
I can't see people condone the name change of Princess Toadstool to Peach.
Well, I never accepted the renaming at least.
I'm trying to find some reasons not to have this game being tied into the Mario canon!
The game is a 2d platformer supposedly set in the same universe which would indicate just that. That being the Mario canon part and this being the sound of me taking a cold shower..
Click to expand...
I agree it's infuriating... I really wouldn't mind so much if it was the occasional reference as a nickname, but Nintendo is pretending that the name "Princes Toadstool" never existed and there is a whole generation of young gamers growing up that may not know that that is her real name.

I'd still support the game and don't mind it as part of the universe. I'm note 100% in agreement about the execution (her mood powers) and would prefer a more traditional basis for the game (mushrooms and such), but I LOVE the concept.

The Princess going to save Mario is just awesome. Yeah too bad I can't get over Nintendo's stubborness with the name change, when I don't see any adverse effect to having kept it "Princess Toadstool". I wonder who or what committee made this decision and what was going on in their minds. It makes absolutely no sense.
 
G

GDJustin

stuck my tongue deep inside Atlus' cookies
But the thing is... the game is too easy. Its not just enemies/bosses... its puzzles as well. I went though the entire game on autopilot, not really thinking.
 
B

bobbyconover

Member
GDJustin said:
But the thing is... the game is too easy. Its not just enemies/bosses... its puzzles as well. I went though the entire game on autopilot, not really thinking.
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It's so true. I played about 80% of the way through the game and I don't think there was a single time that I didn't 100% a level (collect all items, etc) on my first try.

The so-called haters are just people who really, really wanted this game to rock, but ended up having to face the truth that it's just "pretty good." Still worth buying in my opinion, but not awesome.
 
J

Jasoco

Banned
Matlock said:
*with a mo'fuckin' parasol that's used for hitting and floating
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She never needed an umbrella to float in Super Mario Bros. 2. Or maybe that was just because Mario was dreaming? Still, I'm surprised her magical floating ability didn't carry over onto this game. Nintendo slipping?

Isn't this like the first game you play as Peach since SMB2? (Not counting all the sports and Smash games. Regular platformers.) BTW, refresh my memory. Did Peach have a float ability in Smash Bros. 1 or 2?
 
M

Matlock

Banned
Slight difference--Peach's dress has been used to hover for short distances while the parasol (introduced in SSB) is used to slow descent.

Dunno if she's still got the dress float tho.
 
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