Green Lantern

Green Lantern

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    Played MP6 now. I like it a little bit but rn I still much prefer MP9. I don't have time to fully write out the reasons now but all in all it generally feels quite outdated.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    I'm very curious to why you don't like Mario Party 6 compared to 9, since I hold the opposite opinion.
    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    I guess I don't like the fact that it boils down to how many stars you can get but each star on its own is pretty hard to get, so it's an all-or-nothing situation: you can put a lot of work into getting one star and then someone else gets it, by which time another star comes up somewhere completely different and you have to trek all the way there, by which time yet someone else has got it too! Minigames are also kind of all or nothing since I get so far that only the winner gets coins? And I find coins don't mean all that much as I almost always find myself with more coins than I need and just needing an opportunity to spend them on stars.

    The overall nonlinear feel compared to MP9 feels kind of failed as I barely get to choose where I'm moving so it just feels kind of circular and not much point to it.

    Graphics are obviously a major downgrade from MP9 due to the older system.

    Music of MP6 is decent but I loved MP9's ost and I'm not getting anything of the same quality so far.

    Minigames are decent but MP9 had so much more freedom with the Wii remote and it's motion controls. The Wii and the Wii U feel perfectly equipped for a party game as their controllers are designed for casual family fun rather than hardcore precision. Sure not all minigames from MP9 used it, but it generally allowed a lot more freedom. Wii party benefits from this too but that's as much as I've played thus far.

    Admittedly nostalgia is one major reason why I like MP9 so much which I obviously don't get from a game I first played 2 days ago.

    I said earlier but MP9 generally feels more modern and polished.

    I can't say for sure yet as I've only played MP6 for about two hours in total so far but these are the main reasons why I'm not a huge fan of MP6 yet by comparison to 9.
    Green Lantern
    The memory space on my Wii U is dissappearing quickly. Would it really be that bad to use a USB flash drive to save money?
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    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    I can imagine you'd lose your save data if you out that on a flash drive, since that gets overwritten frequently enough to eventually wear it out. If I just moved data which I never use and/or is rarely overwritten, I should be safe for a good while.

    I know homebrew exists but I'm still super paranoid rn, the Wii U is like my most favouritest thing in the world and I could never live with myself if I broke it (I'm being melodramatic, I know, but still.)
    YoshiFlutterJump
    YoshiFlutterJump
    That's good. I understand completely if you don't want to use homebrew but do know that it's always there if you ever think you need it.
    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    @Ribbon I think maybe, if and when Wii U and 3DS eShop go down, I might think about it to preserve my ability to play those games. A stable and large hard drive with Cemu and Citra will keep me playing these games for as long as I want.

    In the meantime I'll probably just grab a 32 GB or so USB stick. They aren't that expensive.
    Green Lantern
    Hmmm.... Should I get DKCR 3D in digital or physical?
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    Vivian
    Vivian
    So make sure you remember your NNID information if you take the digital download route
    Noct
    Noct
    Digital games won't necessarily go down with it either. They're linked to your NNID, and a call to Nintendo is enough to put all your games on a new system if the first one breaks.
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    Yeah, but what if your 3DS breaks a decade or so down the road from now once the servers shut down and Nintendo stops supporting it all together like the Wii?
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    YoshiFlutterJump
    YoshiFlutterJump
    I mean there is always modding and backups. Physical games can break too.
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    To update the TV situation, the TV repair people haven't found our power cable so I think we're going to try to find a replacement online. ☹
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    Can someone help me with 7-4 in SMB1? I get it's a level where you have to take the right path, but how do I know what that is? I've got as far as the part with the fire bar above lava but whatever I try and do it always sends me back.
    zel
    zel
    mario wiki says
    In order to move through the first puzzle, the player has to take the bottom path, followed by the middle path, and then the top path; taking any other path will bring the player back to the start of this puzzle. For the second puzzle, the player must take the top path with the Fire-Bar, followed by remaining in the middle path while jumping over the gaps, and then taking the top path once more; taking any other path will bring the player back to the start of this puzzle.
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    but theres a visual map too
    SMB_NES_World_7-4_Map.png
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    😩😭😟 My dad can't find the power supply for our repaired TV.

    I still can't use my GameCube....
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    Shyghoul
    Shyghoul
    power supply?
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    Green Lantern
    Yeah, our TV needs a power supply to run and our TV wouldn't turn on when we used it so my dad sent it off to get repaired but we don't have the power cables with us so I can't use it (and consequently, I can't use my GC) until we manage to get them back.
    Sven Svennson.
    Sven Svennson.
    Somewhere, Chibi-Robo is crying and he does not know why...
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    Nyorori
    Remember Red Star from the 2000's Titans cartoon? Well, in the comics, he had the name Starfire first, but he had no realtion to the current Starfire, comics are confusing
    Green Lantern
    So I got 3D Land and I have to say that it lived up to more than my expectations were given it was almost unanimously agreed to be the worst 3D Super Mario.

    I definitely like it less than 3D World as its graphics are far inferior, you can only play as Mario
    And I think eventually Luigi?
    And its levels feel less interesting, but overall I like it a lot. 3D Land is the 3DS game for me rn.
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    Fawfulthegreat64
    Fawfulthegreat64
    A lot of its bad reputation I think comes from how the previous 3D Mario was Galaxy 2, and from the beginning you could tell the engine was the same so a lot of people, including myself, was expecting an adventure on the scale of Galaxy when getting it. It's a decent game on its own.
    YoshiFlutterJump
    YoshiFlutterJump
    Honestly, I did like 3D Land. It doesn't have a negative reputation; it's simply regarded as the least good. It's my least favorite because the levels felt bland and the game was pretty short, not to mention I played 3D World first which is better in every way.

    But even with that, 3D Land is an easy 8/10 for me. It's just that every other 3D Mario is higher than that.
    Green Lantern
    Well I tried SMB1 (Wii U VC port of NES version) and I have to say it's a lot more challenging than I expected.
    I'm trying to use Warp Pipe to get to 3-1 and use the infinite lives trick to win more easily but even that is proving quite the challenge.
    Perhaps I'll just use save states to avoid having to restart every three deaths and then beat it legit some other time because I also want to try the rest of the pre-N64 Mario platformers.
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    YoshiFlutterJump
    YoshiFlutterJump
    Don't forget that you can hold A while starting again after a game over to start from the beginning of the world you died on.
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    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    The game's extremely archaic, just use save states, which Nintendo implemented for a reason, and don't be ashamed in using them. Play the game however you want.
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    Green Lantern
    @Ribbon thanks for the tip idk that
    Green Lantern
    So, I liked 3D World and I wanted to get 3D Land on Nintendo eShop. I log on to Nintendo eShop and get to 3D Land. But instead of "Proceed to Purchase" it says "Redownload." What shall I do?

    I know there was a hack that can make a 3DS get any game from the eShop for free but I swear I've never done that and every other game on the eShop I can find doesn't do this. I did buy my 3DS second hand but it seemed to be reset to factory conditions.
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    Mcmadness
    Mcmadness
    Just re-download it, the previous owner clearly bought it already
    Alex95
    Alex95
    If you really want to pay for something, just redownload this already-paid game and then buy a different one.
    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    Nah I'll just re-download it
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    Green Lantern
    Well the PS4 conttoller came, and I'm pretty satisfied. I managed to hook it up to DS4 and I could move in Minecraft by tilting! I wanted to configure it to be able to fly the elytra with motion but that didn't turn out too well as DS4 ended up just having my cursor jump everywhere, so I had to close it. Anyway, playing Minecraft with it was awesome, and I look forward to everything I'm going to play with it.
    Green Lantern
    This has been on my mind for quite a while so I decided to write this document:
    docs.google.com

    Should you download a ROM?

    Should you download a ROM? By MiracleDinner Disclaimers Is downloading a ROM ever legal? Will I face any action for downloading a ROM? Does legality matter? Why download a ROM? Advantages of emulation over console Disadvantages of emulation compared to console Advantages of downloading ROMs o...
    docs.google.com docs.google.com
    Enjoy!
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    LeftyGreenMario
    LeftyGreenMario
    You should touch upon people in other countries such as in Brazil where they can't afford electronics, or in Russia where there's barely any means of legally buying the goods.
    Ray Trace
    Ray Trace
    Personally, I don't have any qualms for downloading a ROM. People think it's stealing, but it's not stealing, piracy is still illegal yeah, and it has its own set of legal ramifications, but it's different than say burglarizing a store. The main reason I use ROMs however is for wiki purposes (which I don't even do all that much anymore to be frank) and modding games at ease. I wouldn't beat around the bush and say that what I'm doing is legal however, even if I twist it around and say that I'm archiving or that it's not available or whatever. It's not. But I do completely understand why some people in some countries pirate. One of the biggest places where people pirate is Russia and Latin American countries, as for a great deal of time, there simply was no market for them and price of ROMs were ridiculous (I think people in some Latin American countries pay well over 100 for a game).

    Also, piracy in general, not just ROMs, can apply here. I pirate my music all the time. I refuse to purchase any music from any service that imposes DRM. If they won't let me actually own and keep my music files, I am not interested in purchasing products. What also doesn't help is that the music industry is slimy and you don't actually benefit the musicians when you buy their album; musicians make most of their money through tours and merchandise. To put things into perspective, out of all music industry profits, only 10% of the share are earned by artists, and most of those earnings aren't from album sales.

    I never pirate indie games by the way. I think that's crossing the line, and indie games typically run very cheap anyway. If I had no plans of buying them, I wouldn't play those.
    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    @Jolly DönerMax yeah I should but I'm mainly considering people in the developed, Occidental world. To be honest I was never at all knowledgeable about what it's like to live in other parts of the world. The writeup is kinda long already and it's mainly aimed at people in a similar position to mine - they can pay to buy the games but they're not so rich it's nothing.
    Green Lantern
    Thank goodness, the site finally worked!
    Here's my new remixes:

    Top Ten Lists at TheTopTens.com

    View and add your input to thousands of top ten lists or create a new top ten list. Check out top ten lists for music, sports, movies, and more.
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    Top Ten Lists at TheTopTens.com

    View and add your input to thousands of top ten lists or create a new top ten list. Check out top ten lists for music, sports, movies, and more.
    www.thetoptens.com www.thetoptens.com
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    I'm trying to change my TheTopTens list for my most anticipated video games, but the site doesn't seem want to co-operate with me.

    Anyway, here it is:
    1. Dream Team
    2. Odyssey
    3. Super Mario RPG
    4. Mario Maker 2
    5. Mario Maker 1
    6. 3D World
    7. Mario Advance 2
    8. Mario Advance 4
    9. Tropical Freeze
    10. Partners in Time
    11. Bowser's Inside Story Remake
    12. Superstar Saga Remake
    13. Mario Party 6
    14. Mario Party DS
    15. 3D Land
    16. Super Mario Party
    17. Mario Party 2
    18. Mario Party 3
    19. Mario Party 1
    20. Super Mario Bros. 1
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    Vivian
    Vivian
    hehe, look like we both on a mario quest ~ nwn

    :D I share anticipation for Dream Team, Odyssey, Maker 1&2, 3D World, and Bowser Junior's games !!
    Green Lantern
    Well I was late but after seeing this opportunity I couldn't resist the name change. Can't go back till after the 12 days of xmas are over, but better late than never!
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    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    I am going to play both SMB3 and SMW but I'm asking a) should I get the original SMW or SMA2, which you said you recommend SMA2, and b) should I get the original SMB3 or SMA4?
    Vivian
    Vivian
    tbh I haven't played any of the gba remakes, but I hear they have improved graphics, added vocals, and better saving options.
    Green Lantern
    Green Lantern
    From my thread I get the impression that the remakes are generally recommended.
    I might get the original SMB1 though just because.. it's the original and I want that 1985 experience!
    (Well it's not actually the first Mario game but it's the oldest one which I'm interested in playing myself.)
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