Never in our lifetimes did we expect Mario and friends to ever utter the sounds of our purring feline friends and yet here on November 22nd, we all will get that chance. Luckily from what many reports say, Super Mario 3D World is an incredible platforming experience that not only looks great in HD but it plays great with the gamepad.
This game is a first in another way as well, with it being the first 3D Mario title to feature simultaneous multiplayer. Now you and your family or friends can run and stomp and pounce together while fighting all sorts of enemies, new and old. Many power-ups make a return but plenty of new ones are featured as well.
There is no doubt about it; the music and graphics look great and this holiday season it's going to be a system-moving release.
Who out there is buying? How many spoilers have you allowed? (I accidentally saw some big ones just researching images for this thread!) What are you most excited for? Soon enough, share your thoughts and tips and tricks!
Please be conscientious to big spoilers once the game releases. Discuss the game openly but spoiler tag any unlockables or be sure to denote when you're talking about late-game content with perhaps a World 7-5 type bold note ahead of a level-based discussion.
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I thought Peach was the toughest to use due to her slowness. I first beat it with Toad because he's nice and zippy.
@r_hjort I wouldn't say there's anything "wrong" with the swimming, it's just a lot less precise than other Mario games. This game basically ignores 30 years of swimming control evolution and goes back to SMB1 swimming in 3D, which I think is just plain stupid.
The next game will probably have Donkey Kong physics where Mario can't fall five feet without dying.
The float doesn't last that long, hee hee. For me, platformers are all about rhythm. Peach is too slow to have rhythm, she falls so slowly and her float is a variable that makes each of her jumps different. It really throws off my timing when it takes her so dang long to reach the ground. Toad's snappy jump is a lot easier to get into a rhythm and time the jumps.
Well, different strokes. I mean, I'm actually glad to hear this, because sometimes I think "what is the point of so many characters if Peach is obviously the best one?" but I guess it's not so obvious. Depends on the person's play style.
There were a few of those uber short collectathon stages that I preferred Toad for because they gave you such little time, but mostly I found Peach to be superior. I didn't always use her (usually used random) because I don't necessarily LIKE taking away challenge by floating over it, but for that last stage... she was my go to.
Has there ever been a game with so many false endings? I keep thinking I must be just about through the game and then another world opens up. I started this game months ago and I've been playing a level every night for the past couple of weeks (I make sure to get every star, stamp and gold flag on every level before moving on). Even with everything I've read about the game, I thought this was it when I was playing through the Star Levels that open up after going back to the game post-credits. Nope. Apparently not.
Ok, so I've finally unlocked the final world. Champion's Road is delightfully difficult. I've lost over 100 lives to this thing. I've gotten as far as the area where you can't stop running at top speed with all the shockwaves coming at you and you have to collect the five question marks. I'm assuming that it is near the end because I have all three stars at that point, but I haven't beaten it yet. Sunk over 2 hours into this one level so far. Love it.
They have nothing to lose. They can guarantee quality and fans can guarantee sales.
Down for world, character, skins, anything. Nintendo should take the MK8 DLC reactions to heart. It's money to be made when great content is put out there (and great price!). Surely they see this.
That's the easiest section of Champion's Road to me, and yes, you clear it, you're pretty much in the clear. I have a hard time getting up the wall-jumping section. Once I can clear that with any character, I'm golden. Good luck!
@ludist210 Well I sunk another half hour into Champions Road again tonight. Made it to that last section 3 or 4 times. Never got more than two of the question mark things though.
I think your own individual playing style affects which one of the characters that help you the most on that stage. Normally I'm a fan of Peach, but when it came to that particular level I did much better with Rosalina. The whole quasi double jump thing she does with her spin allows me to compensate for any minor mistake, and jump far with ease. If you can get to the final section with Peach you should be able to beat it though, 'cause her floating should help you avoid the beams and all that.
@nacthenud You play really well up until, well, you die. Not sure if this helps at all, but what I do is go for the key thingamabobs in the middle first, proceed towards where the exit will be, then hang a right and try to grab those closer to the camera so I can finish with the ones you started with. That way it feels like I get a sense of the beam circle patterns and let the initial ones die out before I need to run out to the edges. Maybe you're like Zero though, and would do better with Peach? If you lose track of where you are with her you can always compensate by floating back towards ground.
This might sound a bit masochistic, but watching that vid I kind of miss the days when I sat and tried to get through that level with all the characters.
I might try that next time. I usually go for that side first because I want to get the herder part out of the way and not get my hopes up if I'm going to botch it, but maybe getting a rhythm down will be beneficial.
I always play as Mario and move down the ladder but surprisingly, as much as I love 3D World, I haven't gotten past the flipping switch blocks part (not even sure what the actual strategy is, and I kinda refuse to use Peach first) in Champion's Road. In fact I haven't beaten any of the last world levels. I love the game so much I've been meaning to leave this stuff for me to come back to later.
Same with last 2 levels in TF. That shit is insanely hard.
Not sure if this helps at all, but what I do is go for the key thingamabobs in the middle first, proceed towards where the exit will be, then hang a right and try to grab those closer to the camera so I can finish with the ones you started with. That way it feels like I get a sense of the beam circle patterns and let the initial ones die out before I need to run out to the edges. Maybe you're like Zero though, and would do better with Peach? If you lose track of where you are with her you can always compensate by floating back towards ground.
