bugsonglass said:

Just play Dead Space if you haven't done so already.  Perfect game with RE4 like gameplay.

I haven't played that one yet. I'll give it a try soon.

Ravenprose said:

Been playing RE5 today, and I haven't been this frustrated with a game in a long time. Controls suck, camera sucks, and  AI partner really sucks. I never had any issues with RE4, but this game feels awful. Does it play any better with Move?

Archangel3371 said:

Isn't Nyco releasing a battery for the Wii U pad that lasts like 10 hours? If so then I think Nintendo should have had one for their own system that lasts longer then 3 hours.

Considering the battery compartment is twice as big as the battery that they put in there, it almost seems like they planned on a bigger battery then at the last minute decided against it. Probably something to do with cost, knowing Nintendo.

I'm surprisingly impressed by NSMB Wii U. Seems like the HD graphics really gave the development team a kick in the ass for some inspiration. At the core it's Mario, but there's a few levels where they're doing things that have never been done in Mario games before. For example, on the Beach/Water land there's a level where Mario is chasing by a giant eel. It's actually chasing him though, as opposed to being on an established route. So if Mario swims high to avoid it, the eel will double back in his direction and have another go at him. Really changes up how you normally progress through a water level. The boss levels against the Koopa kids are great too. They're very unique levels, whereas in previous games there was always a feeling that they were all kind of familiar and just the difficulty was increasing. The "Big Island" levels that you come across were excellent too. Far better than how they were originally done in SMB3. There's even a very light story element in the game that's never been there. Nothing award winning or normally even mentionable, but it's kind of cool to see things progress instead of just seeing the Bowser kidnap the Princess at the start and then never see any mention of it again until the end of the game.

At any rate I'm a little over halfway through the game, though I've not really gone out of my way to play each level as it seems nearly half the game is optional. I haven't gone out of my way looking for many of the secrets exits and such either yet. Definitely lots of replay value to this one. So while it's probably premature I'll go ahead and say it, it's better than SMB3.

I agree with --BOTH-- of you. SMB3 is a hard one to top, but if you're starting to think so, Robio, the very idea makes me VERY happy. From the very start the game exudes something I did not feel with any other "New" Super before and that's a very, very good thing!

I still like SMB3 more than World.

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phantom_leo said:

I still like SMB3 more than World.

This. SMB3 is better than World. Can you ride a shoe in World, no.

Ravenprose said:

Cape >>> Shoe. Super Mario World, FTW!

The cape is the worst Mario powerup ever. It controls like ass and if you do so happen to master it you can use it to basically break the game. Its a terrible item thankfully never brought back. Raccoon suit so much better.