Author Topic: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Read 23467 times)

couchmonkey · « **on:** November 29, 2005, 07:25:12 AM »

Oh yes! I will be buying this game post-haste. Anyone else? I know Bill's looking forward to it, shouldn't you be too?

Umm, anyway, I normally try to liven up the Reviews section, but I'll post my impressions here this time. I hope I can find the game tonight, but for some reason it seems like Canadian stores are often late in putting out the new games.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2005, 09:23:50 AM »

I got it today, the UPS guy ran up the hill to meet me (literally since he had the big truck and the hill was wet.) I've put like maybe 30 minutes into it and like it better than the first one. Definitily worth the price of admission. Humor is right on, battle system seems to be refined and better. Babies are cute, especially Baby Peach!!!

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2005, 09:27:36 AM »

Must get game, and because of a certain awesome contest my budget has now been opened up! My prediction is that Reggie will be mentioned or alluded to somewhere in this game, or at the very least the next Mario RPG. If the game's localization team is cool enough to include 1337 speak in the game, I think they're cool enough to include Reggie.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2005, 09:40:09 AM »

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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Oh yes! I will be buying this game post-haste. Anyone else? I know Bill's looking forward to it, shouldn't you be too?

It'll be a party in my pants! But not for another week because bloody finals are next week...Gah, the fates are against me! ;_;

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2005, 11:26:52 AM »

I'm so getting this game. Best GBA game gets DS sequel? I'm all over it.

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2005, 12:21:26 PM »

This is seriously my #1 most anticipated game for DS. More than Super Mario Brothers, Mario Kart, Metroid Hunters, all of that.
I'm getting it for Christmas, since I have no money

pudu · « **Reply #6 on:** November 29, 2005, 12:41:07 PM »

The GBA game had this certain charm to it and I simply LOVED it. It had this certain Nintendo charm that was so refreshing. I could care less that they aren't using the touch screen or mic, the fact that they are using both screens to enhance the gameplay looks absolutely awsome. I will also be waiting until christmas when I finally get my DS for this game due to...me being poor as heck. Its been getting high ratings and I'm only hearing good things about it so I'm super excited about this.

Terranigma Freak · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2005, 05:43:50 AM »

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Animeforever04/untitled6sk.jpg

Check it out, this is the number 1 reason why I'm buying this game.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2005, 12:51:31 PM »

I got the game.

Just so you know why I'm not posting for the next week or so.

MrAustin · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2005, 06:37:52 PM »

It's on my christmas list fo' shizzle.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2005, 05:15:47 AM »

I grabbed the game last night and I've played through the opening story sequence. All I have to say is:

Baby Bowser and Bowser Jr. ARE NOT THE SAME CHARACTER. Arrrgh! I was hoping this game would clear that up: one of them is Bowser as a child and the other is Bowser's son. Unless Bowser became his own father in some freakish time-warping accident. Unfortunately, this game is blurring the line between the two characters even further, so I'll have to give in and call them one in the same.

I hope this game at least offers a reasonable explanation for that whole story, but I'm not betting on it.

Ummm....anyway, I know expecting continuity in a Mario game is stupid, but this is one of my pet peeves about the Mario plot. Having said that, the game is awesome! The story seems set for craziness, I hope they'll take advantage and poke a little fun at the Mario babies. I liked the intro story - not as crazy and Mario & Luigi, but just as funny. The controls are still great, maybe even a little better, and the graphics and sound are shaping up nicely. I find Mario's running animation a little goofy, that's my only complaint about the game so far - besides the whole Baby Bowser / Bowser Jr. thing.

PaLaDiN · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2005, 09:00:21 PM »

I love this game. Buy it people, why haven't you bought it yet?

couchmonkey, don't recall them mentioning Bowser Jr. anywhere... it's all been Baby Bowser as far as I know. Besides, even if they did call Baby Bowser Bowser Jr. back in the day, that wouldn't stop Bowser calling his son Bowser Jr. as well.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2005, 06:46:06 AM »

I know, but Baby Bowser looks exactly like Bowser Jr. in this game. They gave him the kerchief around the neck and also gave him the same voice as Junior has in Super Mario Sunshine and Mario Kart: DD. Not a huge deal, I'm just being anal.

I love Stuffwell, he makes learning fun. "Place the magnification dingus on the purple dealie!" The battle system seems nicely streamlined, I snuck in enough playtime to get through the first "level" and it seems a little tighter than the first. The game's use of both screens is also great. Not just for switching from babies to adults, but also for cutscenes. Even the map feature is pretty handy...this is the type of game that actually needs a map.

I also like how the babies are weaker than the adults. Not really a big deal, but it's the kind of detail that satisfies my silly craving for some sort of logic in the Mario universe.

BACK TO ADVENTURE!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2005, 07:19:01 AM »

Well there hasn't been any evidence of where Bowser Jr. even came from...Maybe he IS a younger version of Bowser and OH GAWD TIME WARP MAYHEM...I don't think anyone really cares...

(I personally think Bowser Jr. is a clone of Bowser)

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #14 on:** December 02, 2005, 07:42:41 AM »

There is no real contiuance with the mario games, I mean the story for the original was something like Mario and Luigi magically end up in the Mushroom Kingdom after going into a pipe or something and now there is baby mario & luigi who knew baby peach and all that.

For those that think that the Legend of Zelda timeline is all screwed up, try and piece together the Mario series. Everything was (more or less) fine until Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. If Mario and the gang don't meet Yoshi until Super Mario World, then how can baby Mario (and Luigi?) meet Yoshi, and I don't remember there being any real explanation other than here is a game play it, enjoy it (which I must assure you I DID NOT)

I guess you could say that it happened in the past and they don't remember, but I don't buy that!

couchmonkey · « **Reply #15 on:** December 02, 2005, 08:27:57 AM »

I know the timeline is screwed up, and it doesn't bother me that much, I just have a personal bone to pick with enemy discontinuities because I run a website about them. Here are some other stupid questions that have plagued me over the years:

Is Birdo a cross-dressing guy or a girl? (Nintendo has settled on girl which is good enough for me).
Are they Podobos or Lava Bubbles?
Why did Koopas suddenly start walking upright?
Why did Cheep-cheeps become Blurps in Super Mario World? Why did they introduce a new enemy called Cheep-Cheep that wears goggles and is green?
Why are Goombas impossible to stomp in Super Mario World? (That game screwed up a lot of enemies)
Why do all the Koopas in Super Mario RPG wear armour? Why are they called Terrapins?
Are they Beezos or Shy Aways? (Super Mario RPG also screwed up a lot of enemies)

Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Land really screwed things up too, but that's enough pointless complaining for today.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #16 on:** December 02, 2005, 08:27:59 AM »

You don't like Yoshi's Island?! Nitsu, you have failed in my eyes.

Also, they didn't first meet yoshi in smw, it's just that they didn't remember him from Yoshi's Island because they were babies

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #17 on:** December 02, 2005, 09:04:27 AM »

Are they Podobos or Lava Bubbles?

I thought they were Podoboo...

Why did Koopas suddenly start walking upright?

Because Bowser started offering health insurance after the disaster that was Super Mario Brothers and all the koopas found a good chiropractor...

Why did Cheep-cheeps become Blurps in Super Mario World? Why did they introduce a new enemy called Cheep-Cheep that wears goggles and is green?

All those fish look the same, so Ninty probably didn't consider it...

Why are Goombas impossible to stomp in Super Mario World? (That game screwed up a lot of enemies)

Um, cause, uh...HEY LOOK OVER THERE!

Why do all the Koopas in Super Mario RPG wear armour? Why are they called Terrapins?

Well a terrapin is a species of turtle...I'm sure Square wanted to be different and give unique names to the classic enemies, and I thought it was a great idea...

Are they Beezos or Shy Aways? (Super Mario RPG also screwed up a lot of enemies)

Ditto

Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Land really screwed things up too, but that's enough pointless complaining for today.

Good!

Also, they didn't first meet yoshi in smw, it's just that they didn't remember him from Yoshi's Island because they were babies

Exactly...

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:20:59 AM »

Nintendo needs to stop altering the time warp of the Mario Series.

What I really want to know is where the Koopa Kids came from.

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You don't like Yoshi's Island?! Nitsu, you have failed in my eyes.

Nope, not really. I just didn't find the game to be fun to play. Through I did beat the game, I just never played it again.

stevey · « **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:38:10 AM »

LOL this game keep making me laughing"AREA RESTRICTED. ALL N00B INTRUDER 2 B HAXORED BY US L33T HAMM3R BROZ. !""WE R TEH SHROOB ALLIES. WE ROXOR U AND THEN ROFL. THEN U AM CRY.

"For those that think that the Legend of Zelda timeline is all screwed up, try and piece together the Mario series. Everything was (more or less) fine until Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. If Mario and the gang don't meet Yoshi until Super Mario World, then how can baby Mario (and Luigi?) meet Yoshi, and I don't remember there being any real explanation "

well in the new game the old hag ask have I try to kidnap you onces.

Arbok · « **Reply #20 on:** December 02, 2005, 10:45:47 AM »

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
Well there hasn't been any evidence of where Bowser Jr. even came from...

They probably did it to further bastardize the old Koopa Kids, who I still love

(and was thrilled beyond belief when they showed up in the first Mario and Luigi)

vudu · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:10:50 AM »

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What I really want to know is where the Koopa Kids came from.

Well you see, when a daddy Bowser and a mommy Bowser love each other very much they want to be as close together at possible. This happens when the daddy Bowser puts his ... well, you get the idea.

stevey · « **Reply #22 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:34:00 AM »

But who/were/what is mommy Bowser... peach?

Avinash_Tyagi · « **Reply #23 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:54:18 AM »

No Bowser is asexual, just like Godzilla was in that movie.

Partners in time is the Mustard of PSP's doom sandwich.

hudsonhawk · « **Reply #24 on:** December 02, 2005, 11:56:42 AM »

Hmm, it does look like there's exactly one Koopa Kid for each time she was "abducted".

Maybe that's why no one talks about the Koopa Kids, maybe it's just an open secret that she and Bowser have a thing on the side.

Maybe Mario's really a cuckold.

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Author Topic: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Read 23467 times)