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Don't make me choose! (media.piefed.world)

submitted 5 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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I think I'd have to go with SMW

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[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They're interesting but aren't used in novel ways. Leaf is great and Cape expands on it. Frog is entirely optional, Tanooki and Hammer are nice upgrades to Leaf and Fire Flower but don't meaningfully change how you approach the game, the Shoe exists for a single level gimmick, and the map items are all little shortcuts to play less of the game. SMB3 does not use its unique tools to build new kinds of puzzles or present alternate paths through a level they just make the challenges a little easier.

Cape, P-Balloon, and Yoshi are much better utilized.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

SMB3 does not use its unique tools to build new kinds of puzzles or present alternate paths through a level they just make the challenges a little easier.

This is extraordinarily wrong!

There are secrets that you need specific power ups to get to.

Raccoon/Tanuki are used to fly to secret areas or break blocks with the tail
Fire is used to melt blocks in the ice world
Frog can swim against strong currents
If you start some levels with an invincible star from the map, it will cause some blocks to drop a star instead of a coin, letting you chain invincibility through the whole level
Tanuki and Hammer aren’t necessary for anything in the main game, but they are for some e-reader levels where they can break blocks that can’t be broken normally

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

This is almost nothing, though. The secret areas are a handful of coins, or an extra power-up, or a magic whistle. Three sections of a water level or a wall of ice in one world is not a puzzle nor an "alternate path" in a meaningful way. E-reader? The niche peripheral adds a tiny bit of extra content for the GBA release of the NES game and that's among your best arguments?

SMB3 is very good for what it is and a technical achievement but ranking it above World is pure nostalgia.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 1 points 5 days ago

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