That fucking thing in super mario 64

[Clownbaby]

Maybe me not having a childhood connection to this game is a factor, but I don't feel much either way about Mario 64. Just feels like a game that has aged very poorly, both visually and functionally. I'm a bit baffled by how much fascination there is with strange theories and that ''Mario 64 iceberg''. It's just never been a particularly evocative game to me. I'm not a big Mario fan in general though. The Mario look, characters, music, never grabs me. My favourite piece of Mario-related content is that shit CD-i thing  ''Hotel Mario'' because of how hilariously, unintentionally awkward it is

[madhair60]

I'll get shouted at for saying this true thing but Nintendo fans are the most touched in the head of all fans of basically anything. They spend 90% of their lives in fucking fairy fiction land where obviously shit games like Mario 64 are "amazing". It is - quite clearly, to anyone without brain worms - barely controllable, poorly designed rubbish. Facts. Soz.

Anyway, back to Sonic Adventure.

[Cold Meat Platter]

It's a shame we didn't get a 3D Alex Kidd game.

[bgmnts]

I will say I've replayed games from that mid to late 90s era - Mario 64, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil etc - and most of them hold up except for Goldeneye. That's very fucking hard to play for me now.

[Garam]

I'll get shouted at for saying this true thing but Nintendo fans are the most touched in the head of all fans of basically anything. They spend 90% of their lives in fucking fairy fiction land where obviously shit games like Mario 64 are "amazing". It is - quite clearly, to anyone without brain worms - barely controllable, poorly designed rubbish. Facts. Soz.

Anyway, back to Sonic Adventure.

Pathetic

[Jerzy Bondov]

Good N64 Games:

Buck Bumble





the end

[dissolute ocelot]

Wave Race 64 was shit.

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

I will say I've replayed games from that mid to late 90s era - Mario 64, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil etc - and most of them hold up except for Goldeneye. That's very fucking hard to play for me now.

breaks my heart how unplayable goldeneye is. _{oh wait i said this exact same thing a month ago}

[evilcommiedictator]

How many of you are now replaying Croc and Croc 2, and Gex: Enter the Gecko?

[willbo]

How many of you are now replaying Croc and Croc 2, and Gex: Enter the Gecko?

I used to sit there playing Croc in tears at how bland it was, I was desperate for a good Mario 64 alternative on PS1 but it just wasn't cutting it. My cousin and I played Gex a bit, I remember thinking it was amazing at first - finally the 3d platformer I'd been waiting for - but the level design got a bit stale. The best thing I did was just eventually get an n64.

[Chedney Honks]

For a sensible take on this, the first third of Super Mario 64 is mostly very good and undoubtedly iconic and because the levels are easier, the unforgiving controls are less of an issue. With so much space to run and jump, movement is still a lot of fun even if the weight of the character feels jarring at first these days. Beyond a certain point, though, mistakes in precision platforming are punished with a lot of wasted time which is extremely dated. The levels also become less atmospheric and have less personality. There's relatively little to connect them to the Mario universe. It becomes quite drab and repetitive albeit there are still some fun stars in there. Even the incredible music drops off.

On the other hand, it's still way better than Super Mario 3D World, the aaaahhhh the real best Mario game 😃😃😃 according to cunts.

[Kelvin]

On the other hand, it's still way better than Super Mario 3D World, the aaaahhhh the real best Mario game 😃😃😃 according to cunts.

Super Mario 3D World is the game you play while you wait for your doctor at the euthania clinic. Bowser's Fury is where you wake up if you were good.

[madhair60]

edit: actually I've decided not to do this anymore

[willbo]

2 kids in my family (age 7 and 9) love Mario 3d world. It's their favourite, and they have 64, sunshine, galaxy, odyssey, and the original NES game.

[Kelvin]

Yeah, its fine. I'm only goofin' about. I think its a bit boring, but its perfectly good fun, especially with friends.

[willbo]

Yeah, its fine. I'm only goofin' about. I think its a bit boring, but its perfectly good fun, especially with friends.

the younger kids in my family like simple games they can get through easily... though they are getting into more challenging stuff now...

[madhair60]

Yeah, its fine. I'm only goofin' about. I think its a bit boring, but its perfectly good fun, especially with friends.

I have very fond memories of it on Wii U, but despite my excitement for its Switch incarnation I've barely touched it, which is a bit telling.

[Kelvin]

I have very fond memories of it on Wii U, but despite my excitement for its Switch incarnation I've barely touched it, which is a bit telling.

Did you try Bowser's Fury? The Bowser stuff is a bit annoying, but the main stuff is amazing, so much fun; one big world of platforming. I really want the next major Mario game to go in that direction.

[madhair60]

30fps so I hacked my Switch and had the mode fully removed.

[Kelvin]

Then Bowser truly has won    :(

[Jerzy Bondov]

Super Mario 3D World is a masterpiece. The optional levels are way harder than anything in Mario Odyssey which you can pretty much sleepwalk through (though it's still a lovely game), but the main game is really accessible and varied. And you can be Rosalina. Peak Nintendo.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

edit: actually I've decided not to do this anymore

Finally. Now retract all that codswallop you were saying about Predator.

[madhair60]

Finally. Now retract all that codswallop you were saying about Predator.

No. I'm right. Why the fuck would anyone go so hard to bat for a movie as shit as Predator