| Non Sequor said: I think you're searching for things to complain about in TYD. Sorry but Bowser is most entertaining as a comically inept villain and Princess Peach's dialogue is always faulty. You're complaining that the characters were too like the ones in the N64 game even though they did a lot more to differentiate the characters in TYD. In the N64 version you had characters that could hit spiked enemies and characters that could hit flying enemies and other than that their attacks were mostly interchangeable. In TYD, they actually have different damage types which are useful against different types of enemies. TYD is one of the best looking games I've ever played. The character and environment designs were just so vivid. The paper effects for scene transitions and such were absolutely brilliant. And on top of that, the combat system was absolutely brilliant. |
Bowser is the ruler of his own kingdom. In the original Super Mario Bros. games, he had entire worlds under his control. In the various games, he typically runs the gamut of a complete idiot and a pretty smart villain that actually has plans. In the original Paper Mario, his biggest failings were arrogance and being surrounded by incompetent minions. In Super Mario RPG, it was the same way. He even saw value in working with his arch-nemesis Mario to save the world. In TYD, he's just an idiot. Bad dichotomy there.
As for attacks and what not, I wasn't talking about that at all. Anywhere. In reference to characters, I was talking about originality. Ms. Mowz was original. Goombella was not. Vivian was original. Koops was not.
The story also was weak by comparison. In the original you had to rescue the stars to gain the power to face Bowser. In TYD you had to collect star pieces to open a door for a purpose you didn't even know until the very end. You spend most of the game doing stuff for reasons very hard to justify.
TYD was a great game, but it fell short in certain areas when compared to the first one.
