jpeeney
Bio
I mostly play Nintendo games, and I like to 100% complete them if I’m motivated enough.
I mostly play Nintendo games, and I like to 100% complete them if I’m motivated enough.
Favorite Games
077
Total Games Played
000
Played in 2024
010
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“What if we added a water jetpack with 4 unique settings, Yoshi, and a beautiful island setting? That would be cool. Yeah, let’s do nothing with those.”
With most of the levels’ shines being required in an order that makes no sense (which the game doesn’t tell you), this game has no pacing and the difficulty is all over the place. The bosses are cool, but Gooper Blooper is not good enough to fight 3 times with no changes. Platforming with FLUDD is fun when the game lets you - the sections without would be fine if they were optional. The blue coins are alright until you realize there’s no way to track how many there are in each level or which missions to look in. A couple shines are straight up not fun. The cool ideas and satisfying movement are just wasted.
If the game’s progress depended on shines being collected in any order to pass a few number thresholds like in 64, letting the player pick and choose which styles of play they prefer, the game would be a lot better. But it still wouldn’t be that good.
A padded mess (that somehow feels smaller than 64) with glimpses of wasted potential. Played in Super Mario 3D All Stars, 62/120 shines.
With most of the levels’ shines being required in an order that makes no sense (which the game doesn’t tell you), this game has no pacing and the difficulty is all over the place. The bosses are cool, but Gooper Blooper is not good enough to fight 3 times with no changes. Platforming with FLUDD is fun when the game lets you - the sections without would be fine if they were optional. The blue coins are alright until you realize there’s no way to track how many there are in each level or which missions to look in. A couple shines are straight up not fun. The cool ideas and satisfying movement are just wasted.
If the game’s progress depended on shines being collected in any order to pass a few number thresholds like in 64, letting the player pick and choose which styles of play they prefer, the game would be a lot better. But it still wouldn’t be that good.
A padded mess (that somehow feels smaller than 64) with glimpses of wasted potential. Played in Super Mario 3D All Stars, 62/120 shines.
Revolutionary for its time but flawed by today’s standards. Mario and the camera are fun to control in open spaces, but when it comes to tight/walled spaces or smaller platforms, it can get really frustrating. Hub world is awesome, levels range from good to Rainbow Ride. Big fan of some of the secrets/puzzles. Most of the stars are fun, some are tedious or repetitive.
Some secret stars allow you to continue through the level without being kicked back to the hub - I really wish most to all stars were like this. Sometimes I found a star or all 8 red coins on the way to my objective, and the game would flow much better and not feel so padded if I could keep going.
Would’ve loved checkpoints within the levels and no life system but I can’t exactly judge by modern standards.
Unfortunately don’t care to 100% complete it. 94/120 stars, played in Super Mario 3D All Stars.
Some secret stars allow you to continue through the level without being kicked back to the hub - I really wish most to all stars were like this. Sometimes I found a star or all 8 red coins on the way to my objective, and the game would flow much better and not feel so padded if I could keep going.
Would’ve loved checkpoints within the levels and no life system but I can’t exactly judge by modern standards.
Unfortunately don’t care to 100% complete it. 94/120 stars, played in Super Mario 3D All Stars.
Holy peak. First Metroid game and I loved it.
Only cons I can think of: Chozo soldier fights get a little repetitive, sometimes the game blocks you from exploring too much, and the controls for certain abilities take some getting used to.
Beat on Normal, Hard, and Dread difficulties all with 100% item completion.
Only cons I can think of: Chozo soldier fights get a little repetitive, sometimes the game blocks you from exploring too much, and the controls for certain abilities take some getting used to.
Beat on Normal, Hard, and Dread difficulties all with 100% item completion.