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Super Mario 64 (N64) Review

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Super Mario 64 Review (N64)

When it comes to Nintendo 64 games there is one that I believe everyone has played and that’s Super Mario 64. Super Mario 64 was the first 3d free roaming Mario game to ever be released this was a big step up from the old side scrolling Mario titles and it was also the first game which allowed us to hear what Mario voice sounded like. This game had quite a big impact on Mario fans so big in fact that there was a remake on the DS which included more playable characters and more in game levels the DS version was also very popular but I’m not here to review that game I’m here to review the original so lets a go and jump straight into this 64 bit masterpiece.

The Story

Mario receives a letter from Princess Peach telling him to go to the castle as the princess has baked a cake for him (don’t they have servants to do that) any way Mario’s a doofus and lets his hormones take over his common sense and so he leaves the dodgy letter and go’s to the castle anyway when he arrives and enters the castle he finds out the letter was fake and Bowser has kidnapped the princess and is hiding in the castle somewhere and it’s Mario’s job to go and rescue her.

The game itself

The controls in this game are perfect that’s because Mario has a lot of moves which all require a different button combination to pull off, luckily Mario 64’s controls are very easy to remember. The game play is really smooth and there is no lag when pressing the buttons, what I really love about the game play is the fact that Mario talks while you play whether it’s a yahoo or yippee it’s pretty awesome it may not be too impressive now but back when the game came out it was pretty mind blowing. The game play is not all perfect though as Mario 64 very slightly suffers from what most N64 games suffer from and that’s bad use of the in game camera,  it’s not as bad as in some games but at times the camera seems to have a mind of it s own and will hide Mario under platforms which can be annoying since at times its caused me to fall off cliffs and die.

 Graphics

The graphics in Mario 64 are beautiful and I’m not over exaggerating for a game that came out in 1996 the graphics are pretty damn impressive and with it being one of the first game to be released on the system it really showed the 3d capabilities that Nintendo are capable of producing. From beginning to end the smoothness of the graphics are really shown off with character movements, in game animations and amazing looking environments throughout. Super Mario 64 looked awesome back then and it still looks pretty awesome today.

Music

If you thought the music in Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario Land was good you haven’t heard shit until you’ve heard some of the music from Super Mario 64. Before this game came out Mario fans were used hearing catchy tunes in Mario Titles and catchy tunes is what we expected from Mario 64 but what we heard was like the sound of angels singing from the heavens it wasn’t just a catchy tunes we heard in Mario 64 instead the music was an orchestrated masterpiece today it’s not as good as the music from titles such as Mario Galaxy but back then it was just as good. My personal favourite track from the game is the final music when you’re on your way to final fight with Bowser.

 Bosses

The big guys

In every couple of paintings you will have to defeat what I like to call the big guys these are very large enemies who will usually challenge you to defeat them if you do you will earn a star they can all be defeated similarly and their not too difficult. The big guys I can remember fighting from when I was a kid are King Bob-omb, a giant Thwomp and Giant boo, King Bob-omb is my favourite because he talks about moustaches and moustaches are awesome.

Bowser

I hate this boss because every time I do it I end up with a blister this is caused by the player having to spin the joystick really fast and pressing the A button to hurl Bowser into bombs which are spread around battle area. This wouldn’t be so bad but the problem is you need to defeat Bowser four times in different locations of the castle until you finally beat the game. The whole idea to beating Bowser is to run behind him and grab his tail (This where the camera really starts play up) once you have his tail spin him around with the joystick and throw him into the bombs do this three times each time you fight Bowser to defeat him make sure you avoid his fire balls though because they take away a lot of health. Once you beat Bowser you see the final cut seen before the end credits to legendary game.

Final Verdict

I love this game and I going to give it an 8/10 because apart from the annoying camera angles and the game physically hurting me it’s a really awesome experience and it was the first 3d Mario game that Nintendo ever made it also really revolutionised the world of gaming so if you own a Nintendo 64 and you don’t have Mario 64 in your collection go out and buy it because it’s pretty bad ass and its great game to have your shelf.

I hope you enjoyed this review of Super Mario 64 this is my opinion of the game if you respect my opinion I will respect yours.

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Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) Review

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Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) Review

Super Mario Bros 3 if like me you enjoy playing old Nintendo games every time you say or hear that name you feel like a god why you may ask I will tell why you feel like a god because its Super Mario Bros 3. Considered to be the one of the greatest video games of all time Mario 3 really left an impact on our childhoods it was the game that made up for Super Mario Bros 2 and it showed what kind of game play, graphics and sound the NES was capable of producing, but enough of me having a nerdgasm lets get on with the review.

The Story

The story to this game is simple but awesome take a wild guess what happens I’m going to give you five seconds  5 4 3 2 1 still don’t know well Princess Peach gets kidnapped by Bowser and Mario has to save her geez what a shock. This may seem cliché but there is a small twist Bowser now has seven children known as the Koopa kids each of these kids have some sort magic staff which gave them the power to take over 7 kingdoms using the staffs to turn the kings of each land in to animals. This means that as well as defeating Bowser Mario needs to take out each of the Koopa kids as well other than that it’s a basic Mario story line.

The game itself

The game controls for Mario 3 are perfect there is no delay on the controls throughout the entire game. As you may have guessed there are many different ways to attack your foes in this game you can jump on enemies to defeat them shoot fireballs with the power flower, become invincible with the power star, Throw hammers with the hammer bros hammer and you can hit enemies with your tanookie suit tail. The tanookie suit is my favourite suit in the game because of one small thing it allows Mario to fly yes that’s right you can fucking fly in this game it may not be that special now in 2012 but trust me in 1991 this was the greatest thing ever and I’m so glad they brought back the tanookie suit Super Mario 3D land.

Graphics

As well as being an amazing experience Mario 3 looks amazing too it’s brightly coloured throughout the entire game, it has amazing character detail and overall its one of the happiest looking games I have ever played. I love this game so much I think it looks better than the Legend of Zelda and trust me a game needs to be pretty fucking impressive for me to say that.

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Music

The Music in this game is amazing now the NES had a lot of games which suffered from non enjoyable soundtracks but there are few NES games out there which have soundtracks which in my opinion are better than most video game soundtracks from modern games if you like the soundtrack to halo go play any of the Mega Man games and you’ll see what I mean and once you’ve played Mega Man go Play Mario 3 because it provides a soundtrack that you don’t wanna miss out on. Another aspect about the Music in Mario 3 I love is the amount of different tracks in the game just like Mc Kids there is almost a new track for every single level and there are 48 levels in this game and for the NES to be able to produce a new track for each of them levels is pretty god damn impressive.

Bosses

There are three different kinds of bosses in Mario 3

The Gatekeepers- OK there not really called the gatekeepers there called boom booms but they hold the keys to the gates in the first 7 worlds, opening these gates allows Mario to have a check point so that if you get game over you don’t have to start at the beginning of the world and instead you can start from half way through, any way to defeat these guys you got to jump on their heads three times and once defeated you can then earn the gatekeepers key.

The seven Koopa kids- Just like the gate keepers to defeat the seven Koopa kids you got to jump on their heads three times to defeat them but don’t think this is an easy talk to do the Koopa kids become really challenging towards the end of the game. The Koopa kids each look different and each have different skills which they use to the best of their abilities some are faster than others, some are stronger than others, some are big, and some are small and so on.

Bowser- I love this Final boss because Bowser pretty much kills himself which is hilarious instead of jumping on Bowser’s head you fight him on top of a load of bricks and Bowser tries to squish Mario with giant turtle ass all Mario’s got to do is avoid Bowser and eventually he will fall through the bricks the final battle isn’t as easy as it sounds though just like the Koopa kids Bowser provides a lot of challenge but he’s not too difficult.

Final Verdict

It’s probably no surprise that I’m going to give Super Mario Bros 3 a 10/10 because it’s one of the greatest video of all time and with good reasons, it never gets boring, it looks and sounds great and overall it’s an experience you should never live without and it will live in our hearts forever it isn’t just game is Super Mario Bros 3 man it feels good to say that. I hope you enjoyed this review of Super Mario Bros 3 this is my opinion of the game if you respect my opinion I will respect yours.

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Mc Kids NES Review

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Mc Kids (NES) Review

You know that great game on the NES super Mario Bros 3 yeah that games awesome right, with all the different worlds you can visit the creative level designs, fun boss fights , amazing music and overall a great experience which will live in our hearts forever.

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Now imagine if Mc Donald’s took that game and cooked up a rip-off so bad that it gives us the opposite effect boring level designs, only one pathetic boss fight at the end, music so annoying it can drive you insane and a story line so stupid a kindergartener could have come up with a better one, well I hate to say this but that did happen and what we got left with was a horrible abomination known as M.C Kids or Mc Donald’s Land if you live in Europe.

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 The story

The two game heroes Mick and Mac are reading a book in a tent about Ronald Mc Donald and his magic bag.  The next day Mick and Mac are approached by Ronald Mc Donald he wants their help because the Hamburgular has stolen his magic bag and Mick or Mac depending on which character you chose has to go through all the different Mc Donald’s worlds to find Hamburgular so they can retrieve the bag and return it to Ronald.

It always puzzled me why Ronald Mc Donald would ask two Children he has never met to help him,  don’t they have police in Mc Donald’s Land and why these two kids is it because they are reading a book about him and fate brought them together or maybe he’s just a paedophile yeah that’s probably it.

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I got to admit the game controls do feel quite smooth as there is not a delay when you are jumping or attacking.

You’re attack throughout the game is pretty stupid you have to throw blocks at enemies to kill them and this is the only way,  if you try to jump on an enemy like Mario you will lose part of your health.

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 You’re health is displayed as hearts sort of like a Zelda game the only difference is that Zelda games are actually fun to play unlike this piece of crap.

Apart from those terrible Zelda games on CDI their even worse.

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Just like Super Mario Bros 3 you walk across an overview map to select a stage and the idea of the game is to make your way through a number of themed Lands before you can confront the final boss. Mc kids does play its cards a little differently though as the game itself will not allow you to proceed to the following worlds without collecting a set number of character cards which are hidden throughout the different levels. The idea of having to collect items to proceed just didn’t feel right in this game as it made the whole experience really frustrating and with the game not being fun to play on its own this feature only makes the whole experience much worse.

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The six worlds include

1. Ronald’s Clubhouse

2. Birdies Tree-house

3. Grimace Highlands

4. Professors Workshop

5. Cosmc’s Retreat

6. Hamburgular’s Hideout

While adventuring across the six lands you will come across a lot of in game enemies which Mick and Mac should try and avoid at all costs, these enemies are pretty pathetic as they mostly consist of cute furry forest animals which never seem to be doing anything that could possibly be a threat to Mick and Mac, but touching the animals will still take Mick and Macs life away so your best bet will be to kill them providing you can actually find enough blocks to kill the animals with.

Graphics

The graphics in this game look bad even for NES standards there is hardly any detail on the characters, levels or enemies and Mick and Mac look like really creepy dolls in the beginning cut scene

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The game suffers from a really limited colour palette a lot of the enemies seem to just be one colour and overall the game just looks really depressing. Now I realise the NES is only capable of using a small amount of colours and that it runs on 8 bit graphics but take a look at a screen shot from Mc Kids and Super Mario Bros 3 side by side Super Mario Bros 3 looks much more cheerful and colourful than Mc Kids and Super Mario Bros 3 came out the year before Mc Kids got released.

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Music

The music in the game suits the levels really well as it really helps the game give off a nice relaxing feeling when you first begin and it gets more and more intense throughout the entire game. The problem with the music is that it gets boring and annoying fast as it always seems to be a small tune which is looped constantly especially the music in the Final world where the music is so annoying I usually do that part with the TV on mute. The Music in Mc Kids is really the marmite of the game you either love it or you hate it.

Bosses

There is only one boss though out the entire game and it’s not Hamburgular it’s the magic bag itself, it’s a pretty pathetic boss battle since all you have to do is throw rocks at the items the bag throws at you.

Eventually a rabbit in a hat pops out throw a few rocks at the rabbit and that’s it the game ends with a really shitty ending which I’m not going to explain just in case you guys actually want to play this game.

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Final Verdict

I’m going to give Mc Kids for the NES a 5/10 because it may not be a good game but it’s not a terrible game either because it does have some enjoyable aspects it just suffers from a lot of serious issues which really take away the experience the game is trying to give, Mc kids is a mixed opinions game so it deserves a fair rating of 5/10. I hope you enjoyed this review of Mc Kids this is my opinion of the game if you respect my opinion I will respect yours.

Next Week I will review the game Mc Kids wanted to be Super Mario Bros 3

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