Super Mario 3D Land - Lots of New 3DS Footage, Screens

The more I see of this, the more I want it. Looks like a fantastic game to me, can't wait for November 18th. This and Skyward Sword... gonna be a very busy November and December.

( Edited 07.10.2011 05:58 by Mush123 )

Looks great! Like Galaxy but... Dare I say it... Better!

Visualy this all looks fantastic.
But I dont like talk of it being short, more simple levels.(to make it accessible).
Nor do I like (still) no hub or exploration in any mario games we get these days.

I really can't wait for this game. People may criticize the short levels but those are going to be perfect for playing it in short bursts on the go, especially since I'll be busy with Skyward Sword at home. I'm already looking forward to playing a couple of levels on the bus rides to school and back home or even just one or two during a 10 minute break at school.

Funny thing, today I had a site with the Super Mario 3D Land logo on it open and some of my classmates (even girls) saw it and got all excited and started talking about Mario and I was just totally confused because I just didn't see that coming (especially from non-gamers). I guess I'm going to constantly take my 3DS with me then and show it to as many friends as possible as some sort of propaganda. Maybe I even should start in advance with the 3D trailers.

Short levels are fine, because it's a handheld game. I usually play my 3DS in short bursts, and long drawn out levels would be a drag.
The wife will definitely be stealing my 3DS once this comes out.

Definitely shaping up, looks to have a lot more to it then the initial reveal! Will probably pick this up, but may wait a bit while I settle in with Skyward Sword. DO like the portable feel to it, definitely be good to play in shorter bursts as people say ^^^

You know, seeing more and more of this game actually got me thinking a bit. This actually looks like what a true 3D Mario game should have been, with Mario 64 and the other games being the 'spin-offs' in a sense. Things like the classic Power-Up system, actually kicking Koopa shells to kill other enemies, flagpoles and all those other elements that were prominent in the 2D games but never made it into the 3D ones.

I guess I found the game I'm focused on right now by watching every trailer I can find because, unlike Skyward Sword, the fun in Mario games (for me at least) comes from simply playing the levels, moving and jumping around, using the power-ups and whatever.

Ya, that's the good thing about Mario games over something like Zelda, there isn't too much you can spoil - apart from the odd power-up or character cameo perhaps!

Do agree in some ways that it does look and feel like what the original Mario games would be like in 3D, with that touch of what's made Galaxy, Sunshine and M64 great. I am worried about the lack of "health" and returning back to the more traditional mushroom-based system though, might make this one a tad bit tougher methinks!

jb said:
I am worried about the lack of "health" and returning back to the more traditional mushroom-based system though, might make this one a tad bit tougher methinks!

For all you Zelda fans out there, I heard about this a few days ago, but I completely forgot to post it. I told Ross (Marzy) about it on MSN, but I didn't remember to post it here... so here goes:

It doesn't show much... but it's very exciting for a Zelda fan such as myself.

If anyone already knew about this, I'm sorry. I only found out like a week ago though.

@Mush: Ahh, crap. XD I forgot that there were one or two pictures from Skyward Sword in that video from the E3 developer roundtable and saw them. But yeah, that was known since E3. Where have you been?

SirLink said:
@Mush: Ahh, crap. XD I forgot that there were one or two pictures from Skyward Sword in that video from the E3 developer roundtable and saw them. But yeah, that was known since E3. Where have you been?

Mush123 said:
I watched E3, but I never heard anything about this... you sure it wasn't revealed after E3? I mean, my laptop died shortly after E3 and I only got my new one like.. last week.

SirLink said:

Mush123 said:
I watched E3, but I never heard anything about this... you sure it wasn't revealed after E3? I mean, my laptop died shortly after E3 and I only got my new one like.. last week.

Those developer roundtables were during E3, or rather during the two or three days after Nintendo's conference. Were you still around there? The information got out there right away from journalists watching it and it didn't take long for videos like this one to pop up.