I played Super Mario Advance 2, but never got that far - which is surprising. I played the Wii VC version of the game for a bit, but stopped for some reason after passing Donut Plains. Now I've upgraded that to the Wii U VC version, I'm going to try to complete a game which many hail as the best of all time, but I've only scratched the surface of.
Yes, I know. I'm still halfway through NSMBW and NSMBU. Shh.
Initial impressions aren't great. The text is really hard to read - had Nintendo never heard of kerning? - and the controls feel a bit imprecise. This may be because of the travel on the buttons on the Wii gamepad, and the use of the analogue stick. In any case, after a while the controls weren't an issue.
In this screen, you can see Mario rescuing Yoshi. Two things to note here: Mario seems to be able to float in mid air, and Yoshi is singularly useless, getting captured around 100 metres from his home. It hardly seems worth the effort.
I completed the first set of levels pretty quickly, and then got stuck on the first level where you can collect the feather that turns into a cape. That cost me three lives, because I kept expecting Yoshi to be able to swallow the baseballs lobbed at him.
I finished at the second level in Donut Plains, annoyed with the red dot indicating that there's a secret exit on the first level. I know how to get to it - you need the green switch palace - but I hate leaving it blinking there.
Yes, I know. I'm still halfway through NSMBW and NSMBU. Shh.
Initial impressions aren't great. The text is really hard to read - had Nintendo never heard of kerning? - and the controls feel a bit imprecise. This may be because of the travel on the buttons on the Wii gamepad, and the use of the analogue stick. In any case, after a while the controls weren't an issue.
In this screen, you can see Mario rescuing Yoshi. Two things to note here: Mario seems to be able to float in mid air, and Yoshi is singularly useless, getting captured around 100 metres from his home. It hardly seems worth the effort.
I completed the first set of levels pretty quickly, and then got stuck on the first level where you can collect the feather that turns into a cape. That cost me three lives, because I kept expecting Yoshi to be able to swallow the baseballs lobbed at him.
I finished at the second level in Donut Plains, annoyed with the red dot indicating that there's a secret exit on the first level. I know how to get to it - you need the green switch palace - but I hate leaving it blinking there.
