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General Chat / Re: The ANGST thread: Complain here!

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:53:34 PM »

I went to this pawn shop today, which is a half an hour walk.  I've only been there twice, but they have some good old games there, and it was closed!  What store is closed on sundays in this day and age!

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:51:26 PM »

Wario Land 1 was Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, but then they just started calling them Wario Land II, Wario Land 3, 4, etc.  Even Virtual Boy had one

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Video Game Chat / Re: Scary Games

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:49:54 PM »

Call me crazy but I found Majora's Mask to be quite scary...just the moon getting closer and closer, and the music getting all creepy, kinda made me a little freaked

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Video Game Chat / Re: What's the worst videogame you've ever played?

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:46:08 PM »

Dragon's Lair for NES was the cream of the crap for me...like wow

Astronomically bad!  Unless you have a thing for piles of bones

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Video Game Chat / Re: Animal Abuse in video games

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:34:52 PM »

I guess the beginning of animal abuse came before rated games and what not.  Perhaps it seemed like at the time that killing animals was a lot less violent than killing other people.  Or you could go the EarthBound route and just say that they became tame.

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Video Game Chat / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (NEW ZELDA DS GAME)

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:33:20 PM »

Has anyone else seen the Angry Video Game Nerd's review of the Zelda games for Philips CD-I?

it was PAINFUL!

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:32:17 PM »

Yeah, they changed it to the Wario Land series.  Don't get me wrong, but the first Wario Land game was awesome and challenging, and one of the coolest platformers I own on Gameboy...yes I bought it just a few weeks ago.

However, I also got Wario Land II...now that was terrible.  I very much prefer games that have some risk factor to them, but not being able to die was just a turd sandwich.  And why does he have to fly so far back when he gets hit?  Is that neccessary?

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General Chat / Re: Interesting fact(s) about you

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:30:04 PM »

LOL Glorb

That sounds like a really fun time!

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Video Game Chat / Re: "30 Games You Must Play Before You Die"

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:20:10 PM »

Why don't we make our own?  Here's mine in no particular order:

1. EarthBound
2. Mother 3
3. Super Mario Bros.
4. Super Mario Bros. 2
5. Super Mario Bros. 3
6. Super Mario World
7. Chrono Trigger
8. Final Fantasy III/IV
9. Super Mario RPG
10. Super Metroid
11. Super Mario 64
12. Mario Kart 64
13. Robotrek
14. Mega Man X
15. Actraiser
16. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
17. Illusion of Gaia
18. NES Open Tournament Golf
19. Donkey Kong Country
20. Castlevania
21. Star Tropics
22. Tetris
23. Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3
24. Super Mario Land 2
25. Super Mario Land
26. Revenge of the Gator
27. Lemmings
28. Mega Man 2
29. Sim City
30. Maniac Mansion

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Mario Chat / Re: BEST AND WORST IN SERIES? Week 39: Secrets

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:10:24 PM »

BEST: Special World (Super Mario World)

WORST: Super Mario Advance extra game...one of the stupidest Yoshi Egg hunts I have ever had the agony to play

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:05:57 PM »

Back to the subject of New Super Mario Brothers, I wouldn't hold my breath for a sequel.

And how did I feel about this game?  It was ok.  I didn't LOVE it, I wouldn't call it a classic like the Super Mario Bros. series or Super Mario World, but it had its moments.  My main complaint about it, is what Nintendo seems to do with all of its latest, is make it too easy.  Getting 1-Ups is a sinch, and there's that trick to turn into huge Mario and just go ape through half the level...of course to enhance my experience, I didn't do that.  Second complaint: Bowser Jr.  But we all know how I feel about him already.

Not a bad game, but at least they finally did something new.

1992...Super Mario Land 2 comes out
2006...New Super Mario Bros. is released

Now that's surprising...first original handheld Mario platformer in 14 years!

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Mario Chat / Re: The Super Mario Bros Super Show

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:01:15 PM »

They had some pretty good tunes on that show too...Magic Carpet Ride!

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Mario Chat / Re: NCS Review

« on: April 05, 2009, 01:00:09 PM »

I don't have that one, but that's what I liked about NCS.  It branched off!  It wasn't about traditional Mario rescues Princess, it actually head neat side stories.  Pidgits clean the carpets at the castle, they turn into flying carpets, Mario's favourite magazine, etc.  I still can't get over how Wart was in there.  For a major character in a game, I have no idea why Nintendo has not brought him back.  You'd think he would be in Mario Kart or Mario Party or something, which would be awesome.  Think of Wart in Mario Party, as like a secondary Bowser.  They bring back characters like Birdo, why not Wart?

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Mario Chat / Re: Why is the Super Mario Bros. underground music used so much?

« on: April 05, 2009, 12:57:44 PM »

The Yoshi's Island underground music was different but pretty cool, kinda had that creepy sort of feel to it.

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Mario Chat / Re: super mario sunshine rant

« on: April 05, 2009, 12:56:28 PM »

I really doubt the exploration aspect was an innovative idea by Nintendo...collect these red coins, collect these blue coins, etc.  One could make the argument that yeah it's different and innovative, but it's not.  It's just lazy.

At this point in time I don't know what I'd rather see...Nintendo make new Mario platformers that are terrible, or just no longer try.  Galaxy was a good game, but it's getting to that point where Mario games are getting fewer and further between, and unfortunately the bad seems to be outweighing the good.

I guess we'll find out when Nintendo releases their next system.  That seems to be the pattern of Mario games nowadays, one per system.