Super Mario Sunshine Comments by Tom Bramwell
Review - Mario goes on holiday, and Tom hitches a ride
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BradlayLaw
04/10/02 @ 11:36
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I picked this up last night and had lots of fun with it though. A few small points though :
Weren't you disturbed when a certain someone keeps calling Peach mama. When you get there, think about it. And why are the residents of delpino, despite complaining that the shines have disappeared seem to be all too happy to sell or challenge you for their hidden stash. Sneakey bastards. Keep an eye on them. But seriously. I am not disapointed at all and can't wait to get home from work so that I can play again! |
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but you’d be a fool not to buy it
I'm so far from being a fool that I'm buying it twice, one from game today that I will play at the weekend, then the one from play.com that I'll return to game as soon as it arrives. I never meant to get two, but I forgot to cancel my play pre-order so I could use my game loyalty vouchers. |
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I'm hoping Copenhagen airport has a big pile of these going cheap.
Am I the only one to hate the sound of this?: "obscenely difficult old-school 3D platform levels. These gradually get harder and harder, with moving platforms, spinning blocks to climb and hugely tricky, pixel-perfect jumps to perform, and after a while they go completely mad, taking place in a Pachinko table, on the back of a flying sand-block bird and worse. You’ll run through lives like confetti as you battle to beat them" |
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"How many other games can you name that offer 20-30 hours of gameplay. Most are 10-15 if your lucky."
Many although then it will only become a pointless arguement over which platform is best since I don't own a console ;) Most are 10-15 but that is somewhere in the region of £2 an hour. - I am not exactly sure what my point is, don't worry about anything I have said...it is a slow week of work and it's Friday so the thought processes are receeding a little :)
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Killerbee, maybe you should just buy yourself one! They're only £160 with Mario + Memory Card.
I've thought about it, believe me! Problem is, the Missus would have a fit if I tell her I want to put another console around the TV. And £160 is a lot for one game - even if it is Mario! Mind you, Pikmin looks good too... |
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How many other games can you name that offer 20-30 hours of gameplay. Most are 10-15 if your lucky.
Final Fantasy VIII took me 48 hours to finish!!! I worry about myself when I think that two days of my life were spent playing just one game. Also I've just started to watch the whole series of 24 (DVD box set *borrowed* from my sister - bless her!) which will mean another whole day of my life spent in front of the TV. Although I do feel a bit cheated because the advert breaks from the TV were obviously included in the hour per episode quota! |
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Incidentally is the bigger memory card out now too?
Yup, it is! I picked up a Memory Card 251 a few days ago so I could finally save some SSX Tricky replays. I think it was about €6 more expensive than the 59 block one. Not too bad for four times the storage. edit: d'oh! I type too slowly.
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Aye Killerbee 24 runs in at 18hrs. Apparently Keifer Sutherland has suggested they film the new series without the adverts since he saw the British version and said it was a lot better without ads.
"I've got an excellent 3D platformer to play for the weekend. It's called a visit to Ikea followed by some l33t Billy assemblage. :p" LOL! Are you going to get some cheats out of the Yellow Pages or are you being a purist for his one, maybe a mate will come around and help you on the tough bits?
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Otto, you could build a housefull of Ikea Billy furniture in a weekend. All the stuff in my front room only took 2 hours.
And no you are not the only one who hates the sound of it. I hate precise platformers because they are not worth the frustration - or the cost of the replacement controllers. Put the wavebirds away for a few weeks. |
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Are you going to get some cheats out of the Yellow Pages
I'll probably use the walkthrough though I've done it so many times I could probably complete it with my eyes closed. Got a sub-game to play too, putting up shelves, but the AI always cheats on that - trying to drill through my walls is a bit like trying to hit the loo bowl at 4am in the dark when you're pissed. |
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you could build a housefull of Ikea Billy furniture in a weekend
Yes you could, but could you also transfer the entire contents of your computer room/study from your existing shelves to the new ones while filing away four years' worth of crap? If yes, then you're an abler man than I. Oh & I have to go off on a business trip Sunday, worse luck. So it's only half a weekend. ;) Anyway, Mario. /resolves to stop hijacking important threads/ |
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Some of these games are quite linear but without proper guidlines you can end up having to call in the expert to help you out of the problem, then how does one feel? :(
I actually successfully constructed a whole walk in cupboard type thing...I felt like such a man that day. It's even still standing. Sometimes i wonder why one bothers with sub-games, yes their fun but they do detract from the main plot quite a lot. |
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"I've got an excellent 3D platformer to play for the weekend. It's called a visit to Ikea followed by some l33t Billy assemblage"
And what a timeless gem it is! Surely 20 or 30 years old, but still up-to-date visual appearance. And it'll last you for years! So, why shed a tear over not being able to play Mario? |
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Billy furniture. Never was there such a wicked set of shelf combos devised by man.
(and they are easy to put together too). I used to dislike platform stuff until I played and finished Jak and Daxter. Since then, my opinion has changed, and I'm really looking forward to playing this one. Otto. De-clutter my man, it's the only way to go. |
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BartonFink
04/10/02 @ 12:55
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Looks wonderful, have to say this is the first game on the GC to make me want to go and buy one. Oh well have to wait till crimbo, damn the missus and her budgets...
/litte voice in head Must resist urge to go and buy one... must resist must must |
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I was going to buy another Billy bookcase last weekend to surprise my wife on her return, but on getting there decided it wouldn't fit in the car.....
My in-laws are up from England tonight....SMS should (fingers crossed) arrive tomorrow....how am I going to break it to them that I will be spending the weekend in my "console suite"?! |
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BartonFink
04/10/02 @ 13:40
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So are all of Nintendo's other release dates. :-) LOL, they never were the best at giving a release date were they
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BartonFink
04/10/02 @ 13:41
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ARGGHHHHH! Mario's Out! //Runs to GAME to pick up GC with SM:S//
Thank GOD for Student Loans :) Stop yer killing me ... why is Christmas so far away
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Shite, I didn't think of that. Yeah, it probably is a Mad Catz one. Ugh. Heh, speaking of RGB cables, my £2 one off Ebay turned up... clearly, the components (took the scart plug apart) are of a lesser quality as the picture is slightly poorer than the PS2's output, but its a fanny side better than composite, that's for damn sure.
Out of interest, Biohazard (JPN) shipped with official 59 memory cards... did the PAL copy ship with one? |
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