Zing
08-04-2008, 03:25 PM
I just finished collecting every star coin. I had beat the final level about 2 weeks ago using two warp pipes. I have spent the last week going back and clearing out every level and getting all the stars. I hadn't even touched worlds 3, 4, 6, or 7, so there was a lot for me to finish. The most annoying part was how many of the hidden stars require you to be mini-mario, so I had to save the item houses for those.
All of the bosses were rather easy since I would usually be fire mario when I got to them.
Overall, the game was a little easy, probably as easy as the NES Super Mario Bros was back in those days. I always preferred the arcade Super Mario Bros, since it was more difficult. It was equal to the difficulty of the NES version after you completed it. This has the usual "here, have a hojillion 1ups" of all modern Mario games. I died a lot while trying to get some of the stars and I still had 70+ 1ups at the end of the game.
I also don't understand why the game awards points. Since you can play through any level as many times as you want, awarding points is meaningless. Yay, I have 57882710 points! Yes, that is actually how many I have. I could have got that running through level 1-1 1000 times for all you know. Points made sense back when you went through the game once and it was over, or when you could actually play until "game over", but with unlimited 1ups and unlimited levels, points are worthless.
I have a strict no-FAQ policy, so I am not sure if I missed anything. I have two stars next to my name and have found every level, every hidden exit except a few leading to pipes, and spent all stars.
On to the next game!
All of the bosses were rather easy since I would usually be fire mario when I got to them.
Overall, the game was a little easy, probably as easy as the NES Super Mario Bros was back in those days. I always preferred the arcade Super Mario Bros, since it was more difficult. It was equal to the difficulty of the NES version after you completed it. This has the usual "here, have a hojillion 1ups" of all modern Mario games. I died a lot while trying to get some of the stars and I still had 70+ 1ups at the end of the game.
I also don't understand why the game awards points. Since you can play through any level as many times as you want, awarding points is meaningless. Yay, I have 57882710 points! Yes, that is actually how many I have. I could have got that running through level 1-1 1000 times for all you know. Points made sense back when you went through the game once and it was over, or when you could actually play until "game over", but with unlimited 1ups and unlimited levels, points are worthless.
I have a strict no-FAQ policy, so I am not sure if I missed anything. I have two stars next to my name and have found every level, every hidden exit except a few leading to pipes, and spent all stars.
On to the next game!