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Game Blog / Thank you so much for playing my game!

« on: November 15, 2007, 04:55:55 PM »

Whoo hoo... Mario saved the Princess.

Now to aim for 120 stars.

How is Galaxy going for the rest of you?

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Game Blog / 56 Stars into Super Mario Galaxy...

« on: November 15, 2007, 03:36:57 AM »

...imagine Super Mario Bros. 3 was the last Mario title released.  If the SMB3 team were to have launched straight into a 3D sequel to SMB3, that would explain where Super Mario Galaxy came from.

Yeah, Super Mario Galaxy  is the sequel to Super Mario Bros. 3.

More to come later.  Buy this game now, even if you don't have a Wii.

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Game Blog / Mario... in Berkeley

« on: November 14, 2007, 02:36:49 AM »

An interesting half time show for your perusal.

Whether this is actually in Berkeley or not, I leave for MegaByte to decide.

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Game Blog / Falling Into the Murky Blackness Behind the Stairs

« on: November 13, 2007, 01:23:01 PM »

So I'm flitting between work and school and more, but I thought I'd post this...

Last night I was dashing about the Good Egg Galaxy, and I thought I'd explore the innards of the house in the first clearing.  Once in the cellar, I proceeded to  approach a small ramp which normally lets one walk up the wall, but somehow found myself falling through the back of the wall and into the "murky swirling blackness in the background" effect instead.  I appear to have managed to sneak between polygons and get myself stuck.  Interestingly, Mario didn't die, he just sort of vanished into the black, swirling stuff.

I haven't been able to repeat this yet, so I'm not sure if it's pure happenstance or a particular entry angle.

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Game Blog / 28 Stars into Super Mario Galaxy...

« on: November 13, 2007, 02:43:58 AM »

So I got the game at about 2:30 on Monday, and I've been busy with both real life and the adventures of a portly plumber since that point.  So far, the game is good, although I felt surprisingly underwhelmed when I began playing today.  Things have been picking up as the game has progressed, though.

Real life returns soon, then a small batch of the Galaxy.  Let's see how long it takes to reach the "ending" this time.

Whenever you get your hands on the game, enjoy yourself.

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Latest News / Re: Super Mario Galaxy released in the US

« on: November 13, 2007, 02:40:42 AM »

So I'm up to 28 stars and I really should go to bed.

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Mario Chat / Re: The Super Mario Bros. 1-3 Anthology

« on: November 10, 2007, 10:46:20 PM »

CDs can actually usually hold more than 80 minutes. That's just the maximum time defined by the standard.

As far as looping, the standard for game music is two complete loops of the music and then a fade. People making home rips frequently disregard this.

The "Standard" is two loops... the problem is that some folks doing game soundtrack rips hold to that religiously regardless of the music's composition, structure, style, or length.

No, I'm not perturbed.

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Game Help / Re: Serious Super Smash bros. Melee homerun help. (Secret character spoilers)

« on: November 10, 2007, 10:40:54 PM »

I used Yoshi and his flutter kick.

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Game Help / Re: ROMS: The new dumb problem.

« on: November 10, 2007, 10:39:57 PM »

Now you know...

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Latest News / Super Mario Bros. 3 Released on Virtual Console

« on: November 05, 2007, 03:16:49 PM »

Yes, what many of us consider the greatest Mario game ever is now on the Virtual Console for your buying convenience.  Grab mushrooms, turn into stone statues, fling hammers, and hop around in a giant shoe; truly, what more are you looking for?

Super Mario Bros. 3 is available for the criminally low, low price of 500 Wii Points (or $5.00 in USA cash). Buy one, two, or even three copies today!

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Game Blog / Re: The Great TMK Sticker Hunt! (David has prizes)

« on: November 04, 2007, 07:17:30 PM »

When does this contest end? What are the PRIZES?!?

HEY! WE HAVE ENTRIES!

(Excitement plus!)

Prize package being assembled.  The deadline? Erm... update coming soon. I might give them another week or two.  I'll get a nice photo of the PRIZE PACKAGE!

(Yay. Etc.)

Sifting through the E for All goodies.

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Game Blog / Re: The Great TMK Sticker Hunt! (David has prizes)

« on: October 26, 2007, 08:29:01 PM »

I can't seem to post in this board, or at least that's what the error page is telling me.

EDIT:  Okay, that was just a test, and it seems I can't post if there are attachments.  I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but I tried attaching a couple pictures, and it won't let me.

Link to them!  Just give the URL if you can't post them.

Come on folks -- PRIZES!  Trinkets! Things!

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Game Blog / Re: The Great TMK Sticker Hunt! (David has prizes)

« on: October 26, 2007, 10:30:37 AM »

Would it count if we found more pictures in that particular person's (mouririan) "photostream?"

The goal is to find the MOST photos. So far, I see a grand total of NO photos posted.  Just start posting 'em!

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Game Blog / Re: E for All Photo Spread - Day 4

« on: October 25, 2007, 05:23:35 PM »

So how many stickers were printed in total?

Roughly 492 were printed, and about 144 are left.  In theory, 348 were used... striking 4 of those for my personal use and another few for loss, we can still safely claim more than 300 distributed.

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Game Blog / The Great TMK Sticker Hunt! (David has prizes)

« on: October 25, 2007, 05:16:22 PM »

Okay fungi and fungals, here we go!

Over three hundred TMK stickers were distributed at E for All -- your job is to find photos with TMK stickers in them -- like this one of Destructoid.  Find them and post them here in this blog thread... how many can you find?

Feel free to post any links to e3 2006 or Wii Launch Party (Universal City Walk) pictures you find, as well.

I have some E for All Trinkets and I'm going to give a special prize pack (value undetermined) to whoever can find the most TMK sticker photos on the internet.

Will it be you?