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mat's Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
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| [January 19, 2007 07:34:51 PM]
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This time, for my second hour, I just barely got to the end of the third world (having started at the beginning of it). All of a sudden, with the introduction of water levels and other such insane things (moving platforms, falling blocks, harder enemies, a scarcity of powerups, powerups that fall off of cliffs with you chasing after them, etc.), the game got much harder. I was on the first castle level for about ten minutes, and all I had to do was choose the correct door. I guess I just got unlucky, but a little hint about which of the ten or so doors would have been nice. Since I was dying so much, I was perpetually the little Mario who dies in one hit, and since I am used to SMB2, I forgot about the powerups I had won in the minigames along the way. I wish I had remembered, they would have been extremely helpful. Again, another reason to go back and play the game again. SMB3 gives just the right additions of character customization and level diversity to the simple sidescroller to make it a very entertaining game with a high level of replayability.
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| [January 19, 2007 07:24:14 PM]
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I had never played Super Mario Bros. 3 before this, even though I have played the first two, so I was familiar with the controls and interface, but not with all the items and various other new and innovative aspects of the game. Being able to move around in the world screen makes for a much more interesting game. The bonus games and extra mini-bosses change up the gameplay so you are not always just running through a level. Even though some levels are optional, I chose to beat all of them because they were fun. The various different kinds of Mario and diversity of monsters make each level a new challenge. Even the levels are made unique by their setting and whether or not the screen is automatically scrolling. The minigames and minibosses that give prizes are a great break from a long string of difficult levels. The bosses of the castles themselves, though, are far too easy given the difficulty of each level.
I got through the first two worlds in my first hour and was thoroughly enjoying myself. The secrets make the game much more fun, even if they only give you rings. Rings eventually lead to extra lives, which are always helpful, but just the satisfaction of finding a secret is enough to be worth getting it. Unfortunately, I only found a few, but I know that if I really spent time on each level, I would be eternally entertained, or at least until I found all of them, but at least I would be able to move on to the next level and do the same thing again, or even go back and play the game again.
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mat's Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
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Current Status: Finished playing
GameLog started on: Friday 19 January, 2007
GameLog closed on: Tuesday 30 January, 2007 |
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