What on earth am i supposed to do with this gold coin thing that Game gave me?

EA used to get some really strong criticism for producing the same game year on year. I can only believe that Nintendo, on this occasion should fall foul of the same criticism.

Also, make a bloody F-Zero game, idiots.

how do i get the 2nd coin in the first castle? Its annoying me now

coin count is at 2.3k

It's quite samey as nsmb1 but a bit tougher and I get te feeling there will be more depth than the first later on and in coin rush.

I can understand the 7. It's no sml3d (so far). Also anyone else finding te wall kicks quite trigger happy?

Sml3d uses the 3d much better but then it's in many ways a 3d game over this which is 2.5d. It's a but like the street fighter 4 use of 3d.

Honest opinions as to whether you feel this is 30 quid's worth?

Um... I think I got it day one because of GAME's pre-order thing and because I had some loyalty points worth a few pounds that I wanted to use up. I don't know if it's worth £30. I've had some fun times with it but, while it'll last a good few hours, it's not the meatiest game in the world, and the 3D implementation is right shit. It's good, but playing it hasn't given me the feeling that it's a game that must be experienced urgently. Wait for a price-drop if you have doubts.

yeah thats the point. It wont get a price drop. Get it 2nd hand if you want to play it.

Again, this is all early bird conjecture but so far its pretty run of the mill - even compared to sml3d which i think is worth 30quid.

i'd say this is 25 tops.

also on a side note, if you downloaded nsmb2, do you get the stars points for the catalogue?

I'm struggling with a decision as to whether I'll buy a 3DS or not. It's games like this that'll sway it for me, and it appears it's not worth it as of this moment.

Speedhaak wrote:

I'm struggling with a decision as to whether I'll buy a 3DS or not. It's games like this that'll sway it for me, and it appears it's not worth it as of this moment.

Even though this isn't super-amazing, there are other great games for 3DS. Super Mario 3D Land is fantastic, it's one of my favouritist Mario games ever.

I already own OOT three times over on the 64 and 'Cube. Not really in the business of paying for software I already own for the 3D gimmick (and sorry, but I really do think it's a gimmick. Any time I've tried to 3D in store or on my mates 3DS my eyes becomes strained after mere seconds, even on lower settings) so I really would be looking for original stuff. Anyway, this is the wrong thread for this discussion. Was just curious. 

Nick wrote:

Honest opinions as to whether you feel this is 30 quid's worth?

Good god no.
I really don't get on with the 3ds, the games are just bog standard nintendo IP iterations and the whole e-store bit is hideous.
Much prefer the Vita, shame there are so few games.

Strange, the only game I really liked on the 3ds was shadow wars - other than that everything else feels like updated SNES games, solid but nothing spectacular.
I didn't own a PS2 so MGS, Raymans, Disgaea 3 and Everybodys Golf have all been hugely impressive on the Vita.

In other news, spent a good few hours today playing NSMB2. Thoroughly charming. Not quite as easy in the early stages as 3D Land, I've died a fair few times. I can see the true challenge coming in with the high scores in Coin Rush mode, though, rather than the main game proper.

You've seen most of it before, but it's left me grinning from ear to ear and wanting to go back to it as soon as I put it down.

I've dropped down a fair few holes and run into a load of enemies. I don't remember dying at all in 3D Land until quite late in the game. I've still got 50+ lives because the game includes the old trope of 1Up for 100 coins, and it shits out coins like nobody's business. (The entire point of the game, no less.)

Not that it's in anyway difficult, just not as much as a walk in the park as 3D Land was to start with.

Odds on getting all the big coins and finding all the short cuts and secret levels will take a fair old while.