A Gaming Diary
Posts tagged mario
New Super Mario Bros
May 19th
Two levels played on the bus, then I ran back to a gate near the beginning of the world to spend some coins and save. I suppose I should trust the sleep feature, but I just don’t yet.
New Super Mario Bros
May 18th
I really don’t want to complain about such a lovely, lovely game… but the fact it only lets you save every few levels until you’ve completed it is really rather rubbish.
Super Mario World
May 17th
Excellent.
Through the Forest of Illusion and a couple of levels into Chocolate Island. I’m in an area where the coins I collect or the time I take changes which exit I get to. Well, er, thanks Nintendo. How am I meant to find the secret exit there without resorting to a FAQ, eh?
Super Mario World
May 16th
Hooray!
I found the secret exit I was missing in the Forest of Illusion.
A productive lunchtime, then.
Super Mario World
May 15th
I forgot to save last time I played so I spent my lunchtime getting a few exits that I’d previously done.
Oh well, it’s Super Mario World, so it’s not much of a chore, really.
Super Mario World
May 6th
Dug out the GBA version of this. I’d got to the Forest of Illusion. I’m still there now. I seem to have found the secret way out, but not the “normal” way out, which is a secret in itself. Being a forest full of illusions… or something. I know which level there’s another exit from, but I can’t find it… yet. I will do it! And without help, too. No GameFAQs for me.
Best Games Ever
Jan 13th
I just had to make a list of my top ten favourite games of all time. It looks like this -
10. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS)
Online and girlfriend loves it and we can play it together. Which makes it special. And I’ve played it every day since I got it.
9. Mr Driller: Drill Spirits (DS)
Best (English language) Mr Driller. Drill Land might take the spot if it was out in English.
8. Resident Evil 4 (GC)
Well, just because it’s ace. It’s as good as all the other RE games are bad. Put together. Which is very good indeed.
7. World of Warcraft (PC)
Because it’s given me some of my best gaming moments ever… And I just realised today how much I love the graphics.
6. ICO (PS2)
Haunting, atmospheric, etc. Colossus might challenge it, but I’ve not finished that yet. Maybe next year.
5. OutRun 2 (XBOX)
I hope this will be chucked out of the top ten soon when Coast to Coast is released. But for now, this is the best racing game in the world… by a fairly long way. (It was a very long way before PGR3 came out.)
4. Mario 64 (N64)
Loved it then. Love it still. But it’s losing a place a year (roughly) because it’s not aging very well.
3. GTA: San Andreas (PS2)
Best setting, best map, best features, best everything.
2. Elder Scrolls: Morrowind GOTY (PC)
Life eater.Played the Xbox version a lot, too, but the PC version is better. Could be another game to be replaced soon by a sequel. But Oblivion could be broken and shite, so maybe not.
1. Doom (PC)
Genius that hasn’t aged in anything but graphics. Gameplay, level design, feel… it’s still all there. BEST. GAME. EVER.
Right yes. Something like that… maybe. But I want Giga Wing in there, too. And Halo 2. And a Castlevania… And the GC 1080. And KOTOR… And…
Mario Kart DS
Nov 30th
It seems I’m still rubbish.
I did one online match against four opponents (after a huge wait to find anybody, oddly) and managed a lucky second finish after some finishing line squabbling on the final track, but I also managed to fall off the track three times on Delfino Square. (I came last on that one.)
Single player is where I’m really struggling. I can’t win that third 150cc cup. At all. Not even close. It’s distressing.
I just did some missions and they were easy enough… until I got to one on level two that I failed on, which led to me turning my DS off in distress.
Mario Kart DS
Nov 29th
What’s happened?
My skills have deserted me!
I’ve just played a couple of Worldwide matches and come last in them both. I just can’t seem to steer or use items properly or stay on the track.
And I need to unlock that bike Kong was riding in my last match. It seems a bit fast. But I found a new shortcut on Delfine Square by being behind it, so that’s good.
