Jan 10 2008Don't Know What To Think: Mario World Halo

Wow. This is... I don't know what this is.

this is retarded

This is super mario brothers 3.

@3 Willow - Not quite.

Yes, there are lots of SMB3 elements here; the map, character graphics, powerups (racoon tail, hammer bros. suit), but there's a lot else there, too.

Many of the platforms were actually SMB2, as were the various vegtables Mario was hoarking around.

Don't forget the "powerup falling from the toolbar" gimmick from SMW.

Trippy, trippy shit.

Ultimately, however, I'm not interested. What we end up with is a guy runnnig around shooting ubiquitous aliens. That's been done by a new game pretty much weekly since the dawn of video games.

Unless this game involves STEPPING ON PEOPLE'S HEADS UNTIL THEY DIE, I'm going to spend my time doing something else. Let me know when Mario's ready to stomp things into the ground again.

Pointless, but exhibits skill on the part of the creators. I would never play this, but think those guys show promise: good show!

I LOVE YOU MARIO

Funny. Mario vs. in the Halo world.

@ 4

I agree with everything that you said except for one thing:

The vegetables, and everything else Mario 2 related, IS NOT SUPER MARIO WORLD 2. The Mario makers created SMW2, but decided it was too much like the first game, so they plagiarized the Japanese knock-off OF Mario; creating one of the shittiest games of all time.

Thanks to "The Irate Gamer" Here is the complete story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdjYYFOGE3k

@8 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. We know the story.

....except that you screwed it up. You're talking about Super Mario Brothers. 2, not Super Mario World 2. There was only one SMW2, ever, and it had more to do with child abduction than hoarking vegtables.

From my POV, SMB2 was the only SMB2 we've ever gotten, so it's going to remain "SMB2," regardless of snarky comments from the peanut gallery that cannot even keep SMB2 and SMW2 straight.

@8

Oh, just for giggles, I checked out your link to the Irate Gamer's review to get his take on it, and the guy had his head entirely too far up his own ass.

1. He praises the Japanese SMB2 as a much better because it has all of the same elements as the original. Excuse me? Since when did Xeroxing a game make for a good sequel? Hell, a lot of games (Assassin's Creed, TMNT, Superman Returns, et. al.) have taken crap for a lack of variety of gameplay throughout a single game, and this guy's telling me the goal of game design should be repetative throught the entire series?

2. He then goes on to say that the Lost Levels (Japanese "SMB2") was a worth predecessor to the original SMB. Really? "Predecessor?" ENGLIGH, man! Do you speak it?

3. He complains about the difficulty of SMB2. I was, like, ten when this game came out, and I beat it in a week or two. It's not the cake-walk that something like, say, Barbie's Island Paradise is, but by means is it a hard game; especially when compared against the original which he didn't seem to have a problem with. If SMB2 is seriously too hard for him, we should consider taking him off of solid foods and putting those annoying foam covers on the corners of all his furniture.

4. He then goes on to praise the GBAdvance version of SMB2, and raves about the new variety of enemies. But here's the thing... It's the SAME DAMNED ENEMIES!!!

I could go on. I've got a list of 3-4 other issues, but I won't bother. The guy's either so desperate to have something to complain about that he's just making stuff up, or he's 100% batshit insane. Neither one are traits I value in a reviewer.

this is retarded

I'm getting one!