Comments on: Super Mario Advance 2 http://roclar.net/archives/1048 Random links, thoughts, etc. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:17:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: roclar http://roclar.net/archives/1048#comment-434 roclar Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:44:15 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1048#comment-434 I think at least the original Yoshi's Island (I still haven't played the DS version yet) fit that bill to a degree. There is a lot of extra stuff available in the game, but you can get by just by collecting and firing eggs and unlocking doors all with no time limit. I failed to mention it in the review, but there were a couple of levels I finished with less then ten seconds left. Ahh...Contra. I was never any good at it, but it was still fun. You would totally destroy me, but it would be amusing. :) I think at least the original Yoshi’s Island (I still haven’t played the DS version yet) fit that bill to a degree. There is a lot of extra stuff available in the game, but you can get by just by collecting and firing eggs and unlocking doors all with no time limit. I failed to mention it in the review, but there were a couple of levels I finished with less then ten seconds left.

Ahh…Contra. I was never any good at it, but it was still fun. You would totally destroy me, but it would be amusing. :)

]]> By: DrFaulken http://roclar.net/archives/1048#comment-433 DrFaulken Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:46:34 +0000 http://roclar.net/archives/1048#comment-433 I think this was the point in my Super Mario career where I thought things got too complicated. Too many items, too many things to do. I guess it's an artifact of growing up on Atari/Intellivision and then doing the bulk of my console gaming on the NES and Sega Genesis: I want my games to be simple side-scrollers with clever environments. The New Super Mario Brothers for the NDS fit the bill -- I went through most of the game with only the fire flower. I think I used the blue shell just when I needed it to get coins. I'd love a new WiFi-capable Contra. :) I think this was the point in my Super Mario career where I thought things got too complicated. Too many items, too many things to do. I guess it’s an artifact of growing up on Atari/Intellivision and then doing the bulk of my console gaming on the NES and Sega Genesis: I want my games to be simple side-scrollers with clever environments. The New Super Mario Brothers for the NDS fit the bill — I went through most of the game with only the fire flower. I think I used the blue shell just when I needed it to get coins.

I’d love a new WiFi-capable Contra. :)

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