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willyp's Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
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| [January 19, 2007 11:18:08 AM]
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My second session of Super Mario 3 was pretty similar to the first. I decided to skip the rest of the 2nd world and move straight to some later ones. I ended up in one that had lots of water. The levels were pretty difficult, but, I was able to win a frog suit at one of the mini game type huts. The frog suit let mario jump higher and get out of water easier so it was lots of fun to use. I ended up losing it however, in a level where fish jump out of the water and attack you. It was actually fairly similar to the sun level that had frustrated me before in that the only main enemy were these projectiles coming from off the main path. I then decided to warp to the last levels and try those out. Before playing I had watched a video of a player beating mario 3 in 11 minutes. He ran nonstop through the first couple of levels and got the two warp whistles then he jumped straight to the end world. On the final levels he was able to jump from projectile to projectile without being touched all the while racking up life after life as well as tons of points. When I was playing things didn't go so smoothly. I got about halfway through the first level a couple of times, but that was the farthest I made it. I decided that I should have earned the right to play in the last world because my skills were not advanced enough
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| [January 19, 2007 11:04:07 AM]
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So, I finished playing my first mario session. I had not played that much regular Nintendo before so it was a little strange to get used to the old controller, but with only 8 buttons it was not too hard to get used to. This was not the first time I had played Mario 3. I used to have Mario All Stars which was a collection of alll the mario games so I had played them a fair amount. However, I spent a few lives getting back into the swing of things. My friends and I breezed through the first couple of levels. I even remembered a few secrets and was able to find the warp whistle. The first bit of trouble I had was on the boss level. I couldn't for the life of me beat the first boss on the ship. This was pretty frustrating for me because I know that the first boss is not particularly difficult. The second world proved to be even more frustrating. The first few levels were fairly easy, although I died more than I did in the first world. I ran into a brick wall when I got to a level where there are few enemies but the sun comes down from the sky and makes attacks you. I just couldn't seem to avoid him, every time he would somehow get me. The furthest I got was to the black that indicates the end of the level. I was about 5-6 inches away from the end of the level when the sun swooped down and killed me. I was very frustrated at this point so I decided to take a break. The moral of the story is that Nintendo wasn't messing around when they made this game. It is far more challenging than many games of today.
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