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Pyro as Bill on 24 October 2009
ioi said:
SaviorX said:
alfredofroylan said:
Here's the Super Mario Bros Wii score roundup:

+Level design is great. Stands shoulder-to-shoulder with SMW, SMB, and SMB 3.
+Multiplayer makes it even better. It's a classic experience that won't grow old soon.
+Koopa Kids-Music kinda sucks.
-Graphics and art style could have been a lot better. Not a factor
-No online. Doesn't need it
-No Mii support.Didn't expect it/not necessary
-Not a lot of voice acting.In a Mario game? What? Don't need it.
-No Motion plus support. Not much will be going on in a platformer where you need WM+
-Characters aren't unique from each other, other than how they appear. When were they ever unique?
-Story is really basic and not very good.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363710&page=50

Mii Support???? Edge complaining about lack of Mii support?? Really??? Anyway the motion plus is unecesary in this game, I understand the lack of online features but the others are quite standars for Mario games. (Yes Mario barely talks we know that), the stanandarization of the characters is designd to give every players the same chance to play, it isn't like Mario Bros 2 US with different types of characters but only 1 player option.

Those cons have no impact on whther I would buy the game or not, because I expected none of what Edge wanted to be included.

If the game has no cons, its almost perfect 9.9/10!

I have to agree, this is a fairly strange set of reasons to mark the game down. I don't think I expected any of those things to be any different to how they are.

 

Those pros and cons are fake. Forum poster winding people up. Prank.



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noname2200 on 24 October 2009
alfredofroylan said:
Here's the Super Mario Bros Wii score roundup:

+Level design is great. Stands shoulder-to-shoulder with SMW, SMB, and SMB 3.
+Multiplayer makes it even better. It's a classic experience that won't grow old soon.
+Koopa Kids-Music kinda sucks.
-Graphics and art style could have been a lot better.
-No online.
-No Mii support.
-Not a lot of voice acting.
-No Motion plus support.
-Characters aren't unique from each other, other than how they appear.
-Story is really basic and not very good.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363710&page=50

Mii Support???? Edge complaining about lack of Mii support?? Really??? Anyway the motion plus is unecesary in this game, I understand the lack of online features but the others are quite standars for Mario games. (Yes Mario barely talks we know that), the stanandarization of the characters is designd to give every players the same chance to play, it isn't like Mario Bros 2 US with different types of characters but only 1 player option.

No, not really. Look at who posted that...

 

Now this is (supposedly) an actual quote from the review:

Though his plumbing skills are rarely tested, Mario has often shown himself to be an expert architect. The games in both 2D and 3D are exemplars of pinpoint platforming, worlds constructed to lock perfectly with the parabola of each jump, the traction and momentum of Italian shoes. But there's something else, too - a rare joie de vivre - found in Mario's effusive yelps, in the irrepressible jollity of the world and, most of all, in the constant, enthusiastic invention. To put it more colloquially, Mario at his best has magic. And it's missing from NSMB Wii.

I think I prefer the fake version. Dear Lord...



cr00mz on 24 October 2009

i'm abit dissapointed with the graphics style on the NSMBW considering nintendo released the fantastic looking Wario Land Shake Dimension last year.



rastari on 24 October 2009

I wouldn't mind edge giving tougher scores but they have also given games 10 in the past as well, So there system is fairly inconsistent.



JaggedSac on 24 October 2009

Borderlands is pretty darn fun. I am a loot whore so maybe I am biased. Good score for Forza 3.



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alfredofroylan on 24 October 2009
Pyro as Bill said:

Those pros and cons are fake. Forum poster winding people up. Prank.

Thanks for clarifing that, I read the "Magic" paragraph (wich is supposed to be real), and man if this's real I'd really think twice about taking their reviews seriously.



CyberRazorCut on 24 October 2009

Though his plumbing skills are rarely tested, Mario has often shown himself to be an expert architect. The games in both 2D and 3D are exemplars of pinpoint platforming, worlds constructed to lock perfectly with the parabola of each jump, the traction and momentum of Italian shoes. But there's something else, too - a rare joie de vivre - found in Mario's effusive yelps, in the irrepressible jollity of the world and, most of all, in the constant, enthusiastic invention. To put it more colloquially, Mario at his best has magic. And it's missing from NSMB Wii.

 

I've been buying Edge since the 16-bit days, and to me this reads like a dig at their style rather than a genuine quote from the review.  I could be wrong, of course, but the 'joie de virve' line looks a little shoehorned in for Edge.  I'm a subscriber but haven't received my copy yet, so time will tell.

I think Edge has made some mis-steps in recent years by handing out more perfect scores than necessary, but I still trust their reviews more than any on the net.  They ran a feature on videogame reviews a couple of years back, which made some interesting points.  If I remember correctly, as part of the article they got multiple contributors to review a game (I can see it in my head but I forget which one....a GC game along the lines of PN03 I believe), and the scores ranged from 5 to 8.  It was quite honest (in the face of other publications that imply they've mined every last hidden item on their fifth playthrough before writing a 750 word review), and even dared to point out that the first thirty minutes of gaming is pivotal to the review.  I hope I'm not making this up, I'll have to check the back issues.



CyberRazorCut on 26 October 2009

I received the mag today, and that is indeed the opening paragraph of the review.  The game sounds like it's exactly what I want though, so I've ordered it.  The magic it may lack can be restored by beer and three freinds.



alfredofroylan on 26 October 2009
CyberRazorCut said:

I received the mag today, and that is indeed the opening paragraph of the review.  The game sounds like it's exactly what I want though, so I've ordered it.  The magic it may lack can be restored by beer and three freinds.

My faith in mankind is -1. I mean ... that paragraph is like a report from a college student trying too hard to look smart.



retroking1981 on 26 October 2009
CyberRazorCut said:

I received the mag today, and that is indeed the opening paragraph of the review.  The game sounds like it's exactly what I want though, so I've ordered it.  The magic it may lack can be restored by beer and three freinds.


are the pros and cons discussed in this thread in the review or are they fake?