ZEUZIO'S PROFILE

@Pizza: Whoa, shots fired! I had some infrequent issues with Skyward Sword's motion controls, but overall I think they work okay. Even in my recent play-through, they were just as I remembered them. Still, I won't miss them in Zelda Wii U at all. Also, I understand that even though they worked for me, they won't necessarily work for everyone. :P


Mario 64 is pretty fresh on my memory since I finally went and got all 120 stars recently. I'll can partially agree with what your saying.

Alright, this game is still definitely a classic. My complaint is that people praise it far too much and seem to overlook a lot of the obvious flaws that only serve to frustrate the player. It's not still such a shining example of a good platforming game, and people need to stop acting like it hasn't been trumped by nearly every Mario game that's come out in it's wake.

Pretty much. Although no Mario game has been so exploration focused since either. Exploring all the levels is still really fun.

The camera is bad. Not awful, but still bad. The player doesn't have as much control over it as they really need, and some of the levels seemed designed specifically around the fact that you can't turn the camera certain helpful ways. Example: Wet-Dry World. There's one section near the top of the level where a thin bridge is positioned in such a way that you can't turn the camera towards it, making crossing it unnecessarily difficult.

haha I distinctly remember that part in Wet-Dry World and being like, "What the fuck"? Yeah, the camera is not great, but there wasn't really a standard for cameras in 3D enviornments back then? Nintendo, hurry and make Mario 64 HD with a fixed camera system!

As you progress in the game, it seems like the level designers end up running out of ideas and just throwing gimmicks in your face. The main floor levels are great, as are the basement levels, but the top floor levels start to introduce weird design choices like the fucking ice bridge in Snowman's Land or the awkward downward long jump in Tall Tall Mountain (and the subsequent cannon-shot of faith).

I'm not sure...what? I remember there being an ice bridge, but it wasn't anything out of the ordinary? What do you mean by "downward long jump"? Are you talking about that ledge underneath the section with the giant mushrooms that leads to a cannon? If so, I think the intended way to get down there is a hidden warp on the tiny mushroom. But yeah, that star is pretty weird and the cannon shot to the star is...yeeahh.

The hat-losing mechanic makes no fucking sense at all in terms of gameplay (being that it isn't gamemplay), and they stick it on levels that are otherwise already pretty frustrating, like the aforementioned fucking ice bridge in Snowman's Land or the log rolling, monkey dodging, shyguy sniping cliff face in Tall Tall Mountain.

The hat losing thing is really annoying, yes. I remember spending hours as a kid just looking for Mario's hat in the different levels. I guess it's...hard mode? Since Mario takes more damage without his hat on? I dunno. It's lame.

Once you reach the final three stages they've transformed into gigantic gimmicks. I don't know how any reasonable person is supposed to enjoy Tick Tock Clock or Rainbow Ride, and Tiny-Huge Island is nothing but a stupid gimmick disguised as a platforming level.

Tick Tock Clock is fine. Rainbow Ride can go to hell.

Also, the Wing Cap is bullshit. Fuck it.

I actually gained more appreciation for it after getting all the stars. It's still awkward as hell to control, but mastering it for that final red coin romp was really satisfying!



Anyway, I raise you all:



All of my friends at the time really enjoyed this game(we only played the GC version, though), but I never really found it all that fun. The camera is wonky, the treasure hunt levels were a huge pain in the ass...oh god, that Rouge one with the 5 minute time limit...

Sure, I beat it eventually, along with those super frustrating space levels at the end, and the final story...and the final boss...ugh.

And the Chao Garden: Even more of a time invenstment than Pokemon breeding with no substantial payoff besides bragging rights? Yay!?

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Well, I'm talking about in competitive battles should they be a thing. In the main game, I don't even think you'd get a choice band until late game, and to successfully EV train is nigh impossible if you want to get through the game in any sort of reasonable time.

It's usually a battle frontier/post game item, so yeah, it wouldn't matter in-game, and I'm not going to make players rely on EV training to beat the game.

That would be the worst, haha. Also, sorry I can't really do anything to help out more. ;w;

I wish I could join the fun, but I wouldn't be able to work on anything for the last few days of this event. Those days are usually kind of really important!