The Nintendo Switch

hey look, the only really good Paper Mario game.
also surprised that the Another Code rumours were true, was convinced that was some internet prank. loved the DS one so much.

don't think i'd even heard of that one

DS/wii era is my nintendo blind spot theres so many smaller games like that that passed me by

it was a short chill adventure game, simple puzzles but v atmospheric.
iirc one of the puzzles was solved by closing the DS to "copy" something from one screen to the other, wonder how they'll deal with that in this remake.

https://i.imgur.com/SYVOL2s.png

i might do the Trace Memory pack, never did play that one

Anyone going to play Wonder? Getting great reviews. Downloaded but haven’t played yet.

I don't really touch the Switch, with the exception of Mario Kart with the fam, and I don't think I've bought a game since Luigi's Mansion 3, but the enthusiasm and sheer joy of these reviews makes me want to get this one.

not a priority game for me like a 3d mario would be but i'll get to it for sure

planning to use a voucher on this eventually. Watched a bit of Ryu's stream, and it looks like a good time.

just grabbed it and it's loads of fun so far. so each level has an "acid trip" flower? that's really neat - the one on the second level made my kids laugh the entire time it was going. I've really loved all the new 2D Mario games but this is the first one that really does feel like something new. kind of.

speaking of is the Mario voice actor different now? he sounds a little off. I know Charles Martinet had gotten "retired" but I thought he was still doing this one.

I’m very keen to grab this

xp this is the first game with the new replacement VA yeah

this is fun so far. love how tight the controls feel. also love that jumping produces a classic boing sound.

The piranha plants serenade killed me.

Meaning I died.

That serenade was great.

This game is beautiful, one of the freshest coats of polish you'll see in gaming this year

Will get it eventually, but I'm being tempted away to purchase Spider-Man 2 instead since they came out the same day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3yhU6hLVOY

Good deep dive technical review comparing the various elements of the game design to previous iterations. The attention to detail in Wonder is just immaculate.

What it reminds me of is being a kid and playing Super Mario World or Mario 64 for the first time l, where it doesn’t feel like a sequel or a facelift but rather as though everything is built from scratch. There are a lot of fun moments in how it lets you do things you couldn’t do in other Mario games. Plus nearly all the enemies are new. The Wonder Flower thing is incredible, just not knowing what’s going to happen because everything’s on the table. And yes it looks amazing, extremely colorful without looking like rainbow vomit. Reminds me of Yoshis Island actually

Hard to get used to the flowers talking though, feel like no real speech is kind of a rule in these games. Outside of “so long gay Bowser” of course

https://kotaku.com/super-mario-bros-wonder-talking-flowers-setting-turn-of-1850946435

Can’t get over how much I like Wonder. Haven’t liked a new Mario game this much in forever?

I love the Wonder mechanic. If only I could pry this away from Liz for more than a minute!

New Super Mario Bros was a great game, a 2006 remake of a classic. The problem was that new super mario bros u deluxe, released in 2019 was still a 2006 remake of a classic game (yes yes the original NSMBU was 2012 but point still stands). Here you have the same thing, but now with 2023 high development shine which did not exist to the same extent 17 years ago (good lord). Nice to see 2D mario enter the 2020’s with all the bells and whistles. Let’s see what the 2040’s bring

Let’s see what the 2040’s bring

lol probably a port of Super Mario Wonder.

"every level has a big wacky set piece" is basically the exact thing a 2d Mario needs to sell me these days. most of the ones in the first world were shown in trailers but im hoping to be properly surprised down the line

i liked dkc tropical freeze a lot for strongly answering the question of 'why a AAA nintendo sidescroller now that there's tons of good indie ones?' and this seems like it could too

whereas the previous nsmb games didn't properly answer that imo

New super Luigi (included with the deluxe re-release) tickled that indie itch of “geez this is hard, ain’t it?”

I mean that in the best way possible. That one made me feel like I’d never played a videogame before in my life and I loved every minute of it. Eventually had to give up on the idea of getting the star coins the first time through the levels as it was just driving me too crazy

lol probably a port of Super Mario Wonder.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 October 2023 12:58 AM (thirty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Sadly otm.

Got this yesterday. Just beat a level called “Jump! Jump! Jump!” in world 2 after like 20 tries. Celeste vibes. The difficulty ratings aren’t fucking around, wonder how high they go.

Oof, I think I suffered through that last night. Never going to go back and go for the purple coin.

Wall Climb Jump II in the ice world killed me with the revolving red platforms towards the end

those were fun and I’ve played another 15ish levels without finding one like that again! It seems like there’s a sky zone with hard levels like that, unlocked when you beat the world dungeon I think?

Literal nightmare aesthetic here lads
https://i.postimg.cc/cHF3BWB6/IMG-1115.jpg

Super excited to play this after reading this thread. I have some academic work due soon, so I'll buy it as a reward in a few weeks' time.

I had low expectations for the Switch Mario U port that came out a couple of years ago, but they had a copy at the place I was housesitting earlier this summer, and I thought it was pretty terrific - after Odyssey, I was glad to play a more bare bones Mario, and the level design was really good. Ultimately, I think good Mario games are like books, you can't have too many.

Got this yesterday. Just beat a level called “Jump! Jump! Jump!” in world 2 after like 20 tries. Celeste vibes. The difficulty ratings aren’t fucking around, wonder how high they go.

― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, October 22, 2023 1:01 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink

uhh yeah the bullrush level is pretty insane, reminds me of those Super Mario World bonus levels where you basically have to memorize the timing of everything.

btw one fun thing about the piranha plant serenade is if you use a fire flower to kill some of them they stop singing. can't think of many game devs who would actually go through with that level of detail

The Digital Foundry video shows that a lot of the enemies on screen react to what Mario does to their friends!

seems like the switch 2 is really "on the way" (next year) now https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-demoed-switch-2-to-developers-at-gamescom

7 years same as all the other consoles, not surprising

yea standard stuff

Just beat wonder, wish it was longer!

is it anything like Super Mario 3D world where there is like an absurd number of bonus levels after you think it's over?

putting the hard stuff after "the game is over" is an elegant solution to not making it too hard for some people

yeah it's what I loved about 3D World, it was sometimes challenging but mostly kinda light, even the final boss battle was kinda easy. but then there's like 3 extra worlds worth of the stuff you've really been waiting for

odyssey is like that too, tho theres some optional hard stuff just mixed in with the normal levels too

I got confused after beating odyssey and found it was too much hassle running around trying to look for extra content

I like my Mario linear or linearish, like odyssey