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 A couple of years ago Nintendo put out the Wii U and with it came New Super Mario Brothers U. The world was clamoring for yet another NSMB game with upgraded graphics and two new power ups. For some reason despite the demand many players were not satisfied. They said the game was boring, uninspired, or even downright bad. I don't think this was the majority opinion, but clearly people were burned out on NSMB, especially after two releases in one year. I don't think this game requires a rousing defense, but I really like it. It's one of my favorite 2D Mario platformers, and it's my favorite 2D platformer on the system. The Wii U has some excellent 2D platformers too, namely Rayman Legends and DKCR: Tropical Freeze. So after playing way too much of a really bad game: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3656903 I'm going to relax and play a really good one. So let's unwind, play some Mario, talk about the good and bad and enjoy some same ol', same ol'. I'll be unlocking every level and exit and getting every star coin, although not in the main video. Any coins I miss will be picked up in bonus videos. It's a solo run so there won't be creative backstabbing and zany hijinks. It's just me playing the game. Videos: Part 1 (Acorn Plains): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk2qYGBycfI Part 2 (Layer Cake Desert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjvoeM4ITA Part 3 (Frosted Glacier): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfKKyz-KY8 Part 4 (Sparkling Waters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOPd84YQE98 Part 5 (Soda Jungle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTzthSvhhpg Part 6 (More Soda Jungle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbzHN8zPsI Part 7 (Rock Candy Mines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X97xGlFVzKs Part 8 (Meringue Clouds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHVgqMx_1A Part 9 (Peach's Castle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj0IdOhmJCM Part 10 (Superstar Road 1/2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQvfbipnT0 Bonus: Worlds 1 and 2 Star Coins and Secret Levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQDOyUJ2WA Worlds 2 and 3 Star Coins and Secret Levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzKT-wtVL0s MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Nov 4, 2014 |
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Sep 7, 2014 00:47
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 New Super Luigi U is the add on DLC for NSMBU. 2013 was the Year of Luigi after all. Instead of just releasing a bunch of new levels as DLC the base game is re-imagined for Luigi and his jump and lack of traction. There's no Mario in this game, if you play four player co-op one player uses Nabbit instead. The levels have a 100 second timer and are much shorter than NSMBU levels. They have trickier enemy placements, fewer power ups, and get much harder than the base game as you progress. You get the same number of levels as the base game and all for $20 ($30 if you buy the standalone disc.) Each level has a retro Luigi hidden in it, it's not a collectible, just a little touch the developers added. It's really well done DLC and even some who didn't like the base game thought Luigi U was great. Videos: Part 1 (Acorn Plains): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjOfMxuhVI8 Part 2 (Layer Cake Desert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilG-QBQTWtI Part 3 (Sparkling Waters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0VDZda9Jg Part 4 (Frosted Glacier): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiyhjrtbAmo Part 5 (Soda Jungle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMl151Hh9Ao Part 6 (Rock Candy Mines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCRkLPEHbbA Part 7 (Meringue Clouds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIn8pfRrtc Bonus: Worlds 1 and 2 Star Coins and Secret Levels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDzL2Hdprg MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Nov 4, 2014 |
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Sep 7, 2014 00:47
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CatsPajamas posted:
I've played and loved it, so there will definitely be comparisons, as well as with the other NSMB games. Yagyumi posted:Having a childhood mainly consisting of Sega consoles (excluding the Game Boy, I'd never even SEEN an actual Nintendo console until 1998 as a 10 year old) I don't hold much affiliation with most early Mario games, though I acknowledge they're very good, to say the least. So - having played the DS New Super Mario Bros and not having much of an opinion on it - this game (being a continuation on the 'New' series) didn't entice me to buy a Wii U. I like the original NSMB, it's rough but there's a solid fun game there. The sequels definitely improve on it though. I wish they'd bring back the Koopa shell powerup. It was really fun to use even if it wasn't that useful.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:15
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The game starts to pick up in World 2 and we are forced to make a heart wrenching decision. Part 2 (Layer-Cake Desert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjvoeM4ITA
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Sep 10, 2014 23:55
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Pidmon posted:I vote icy too. This game looks fun - am I right in thinking there was a secret in the castle if you run to the left from the boss door, on top of the moving upside down pyramid? I don't believe there is.
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Sep 13, 2014 03:00
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Luigi's Layer Cake Desert is where you get the sense this game is going to be really different than Mario's game. The challenge picks up faster and they play around with the gimmicks in ways you wish the main game would. The levels always leave you wanting more too. Part 2 (Layer Cake Desert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilG-QBQTWtI
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Sep 16, 2014 23:44
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CatsPajamas posted:Baby Yoshi is the best powerup. My dad tried to play games until Goldeneye, his all time favorite game. He was very very bad at it but loved it and still sometimes asks to play when I'm around. When Perfect Dark came out he couldn't figure it out at all. Try and figure that one out.
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Sep 17, 2014 04:27
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The votes are in and Mario went to the Frosted Glacier! I actually really like Mario ice levels and some of these have some cool new ideas in them. I'm a big fan of Mario sliding on his rear end so that may explain why I'm a fan of snow. Part 3 (Frosted Glacier): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CfKKyz-KY8
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Sep 21, 2014 01:47
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CatsPajamas posted:Yeah, like you said for the Ghost House at first you were pressing up against the scrolling screen edge, not the hidden wall. The bosses normally aren't important to me but there was something about this boss. I took the slower method of killing them and they still barely were able to deploy their secondary attack and that was just sad.
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Sep 23, 2014 00:57
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Water levels! Everyone loves 'em, so let's play a world full of them. They are pretty fun. I die sometimes and suck at bonus games, join the fun! Part 3 (Sparkling Waters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs0VDZda9Jg
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Sep 23, 2014 23:02
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CatsPajamas posted:Did you mistake Cheep Cheeps for Bloopers in this episode? Do I have to shake my head and waggle my finger disappointingly at you? Squids are the ones that bloop! I'm actually kind of ashamed I got that wrong. I spent so much time as a kid watching the SMW enemy credits, and there was a Cheep Cheep Beach in a Kart game. My life is basically a lie.
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Sep 24, 2014 01:04
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More water levels! With Luigi we had to speed through, now we can see some of the ideas fleshed out. The geysers are more fun, the dragoneel is more challenging, everything about this world is better. Part 4 (Sparkling Waters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOPd84YQE98
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Sep 27, 2014 22:37
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Stallion Cabana posted:You sound completely different from how I imagine you sounding on the Pagoda. I sound completely different than I imagine I sound. My voice is a bit lower in real life than it is in any recording and when I record these laying in bed at 3 AM it seems like my voice changes even more. I appreciate all of the remarks about how chill this is because I guess that explains what happens to my voice.
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Sep 28, 2014 09:51
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Luigi's Frosted Glacier is great. Some of the ideas are silly, a couple are simple, but mostly it is fast paced and fun. Really, really fun. Part 4 (Frosted Glacier): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiyhjrtbAmo Yagyumi posted:Now that I've seen both the ice and water stages for Mario, I have to take back what I said about water-themed worlds being uninteresting; overall the water stages seem to be more imaginative than the ice stages! You may want to re-think this once again!
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Sep 30, 2014 00:51
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Torokasi posted:Was amused you didn't comment on how time trouble almost killed you in the water Ghost House level as Luigi - you were two seconds away from death when you slipped and fell in! I didn't even notice that. I guess screwing up that star coin has consequences.
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Sep 30, 2014 21:22
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Soda Lake is a really cool world full of secret exits and cool gimmicks. We won't get to all of the cool gimmicks in this video because this world takes awhile! So this is part 1, tomorrow we'll get to part 2. Part 5 (Soda Lake): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTzthSvhhpg
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Oct 2, 2014 19:39
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Here's part two of what is either the Soda Lake or Soda Jungle depending on how awake I am when I post things! This video is home to probably the coolest looking level of the game. Part 6 Soda Lake/Jungle/Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UbzHN8zPsI Admiral H. Curtiss posted:Did you change something about your microphone or audio editing recently? It sounds a bit off to me, I can't quite describe it. I think you might be compressing too harshly? I tried boosting the quiet and reducing the peaks after a couple people said it was hard to hear some parts over the game audio, but yeah I thought it sounded a bit funny too. So I am just going back to what I was doing before because I thought that sounded A-OK. It's a good thing I didn't use the aggressive option!
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Oct 3, 2014 09:00
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Bruceski posted:I assumed you were saving all the extra stages for later. Do you want to know the ones you missed or do you already know them and are just running this in a come-what-may casual manner? I was saving them for later but kind of forgot which exit led where and unlocked it. Seemed like a good idea to just do it now. I know where the rest are luckily.
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Oct 4, 2014 05:31
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Bruceski posted:Okay. I figured you would have done the "make sure you can 100% a game before you do a 100% LP" preparation, but just thought I'd check. I came within a few exits and coins of 100%ing it last year, part of the reason I'm doing this is I want to give me a reason to do that. If I end up not being able to 100% it that will be pretty embarrassing because I can't imagine not being able to beat the one level I never bothered unlocking. Perhaps my hubris will lead to further edutainment.
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Oct 4, 2014 22:12
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We won't need two parts to get through this world with Luigi, but it still is a bit longer than normal. It's also rather difficult as having a deadly carbonated beverage under your feet makes things tougher when you have all this inertia. Part 5 (Sparkling Waters): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMl151Hh9Ao SteelWav posted:So you were wondering about the "Idle No More" slogan. I think it might have to do with the protests from the native people in Canada. I saw someone mention that in the youtube comments too. Didn't expect to see political messages on Miiverse of all places.
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Oct 7, 2014 00:00
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Two fortresses. Two of em. How can anyone survive this? Hopefully I do not misidentify any enemies in this video! Part 7 (Rock Candy Mines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X97xGlFVzKs
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Oct 9, 2014 19:04
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Carbon dioxide posted:So, did that hidden exit lead to a train level you haven't shown yet? It prefers to be called a spine coaster. Due to that fact they cannot be compared but nothing is as tubular as a Radical Train.
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Oct 9, 2014 23:35
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I finally got the star coins in World 1 and 2! Check those out, plus the secret levels for these worlds. World 1 and 2 Bonus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlQDOyUJ2WA
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Oct 11, 2014 03:27
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Luigi's Rock Candy Mines are awesome, great, fun, super. You should play this world. If you would prefer I do, watch this video: Part 6 (Rock Candy Mines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCRkLPEHbbA A Sometimes Food posted:I never knew I wanted to watch an LP narrated by a Bob Ross impersonator. Thank you for enlightening me on this. My AP Studio Art teacher would be horrified.
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Oct 16, 2014 23:40
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One world remains before we save the Princess, the Meringue Clouds! Once again the game is increasing the difficulty, especially in the castles and fortresses, and giving us a lot of variety too. Part 8 (Rock Candy Mines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHHVgqMx_1A Glazius posted:Man, no matter how many times you get shocked I always see the shock animation playing out and go, oh he's just getting stunned, not hit. And then you take damage. You'll love this update then!
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Oct 20, 2014 22:22
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gnarledfingers posted:I really love this LP, but I really have to ask, do you mean it when you say, "It's okay"? Are you trying to dress for the job you want, as it were, or are you really a Polly Anna with video games? Please tell me, I must know. Deep down inside I'm an optimist. An optimist that doesn't remember enemy or world names.
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Oct 22, 2014 08:33
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It's time to beat the game! Just so there isn't a big block of coin collection updates I'm going to hold off on Luigi for a little bit, but that means you get to see the epic conclusion of Mario's quest. I really love the Bowser fight in this game, so do check it out! Part 9 (Peach's Castle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj0IdOhmJCM
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Oct 22, 2014 23:41
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Stallion Cabana posted:I thought this game was the one with the Mega Gold Mushroom that turned all your enemies into coins but I guess it wasn't. New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS was the coin obsessed game. The regular game is fine, but the coin rush DLC is incredibly fun. Torokasi posted:That was a really fun quick kill on Bowser, yeah. For the most part it's still pretty limited to a few star coins.
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Oct 28, 2014 21:28
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We're getting close to the end! The difficulty curve feels a bit flatter in this world, which to be fair the game has gotten pretty difficult to this point. That doesn't mean the levels won't be creative though! There are a few in this world that really bring joy to my cold, dead heart. Part 7 (Meringue Clouds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIn8pfRrtc MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Oct 28, 2014 |
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Oct 28, 2014 22:20
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Akratic Method posted:That links to the last Sonic episode. Sorry about that, the link is fixed and thanks to Stallion for posting the right one.
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Oct 28, 2014 23:48
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More star coins and secret levels! This time we'll tackle Frosted Glacier and Sparkling Waters. Warning, I had to re-record this so unfortunately the coins have lost their luster. Worlds 3 and 4 Star Coins and Secrets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzKT-wtVL0s
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Oct 31, 2014 09:07
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Can't leave Luigi in the dust when it comes to star coins and secrets, so Acorn Plains and Layer Cake Desert here we come! Bonus (Worlds 1 and 2 Star Coins and Secrets): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDzL2Hdprg
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Nov 3, 2014 09:13
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Superstar Road! The first four levels done live with some minor frustration, cursing and victory. Also a minor video glitch that meant I had to edit out 3 seconds of video. Part 10 (Superstar Road 1/2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUQvfbipnT0
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Nov 4, 2014 23:07
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Swillkitsch posted:Still really enjoying this LP, especially since I've started watching the Sonic one too and the clear disparity in the moods these games put you in is hilarious. Though I wonder if I'd be in a minority if I said that the Superstar Road levels seem more tedious than really challenging, and kind of lacking in visual stimulation too? I don't know, maybe I'm just personally worn out on the New Super Mario Bros. aesthetic. Part of it is basing the level graphics off of their respective worlds instead of doing something new. Superstar Road could be very cool if it were space themed, even just for the backgrounds.
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Nov 7, 2014 23:50
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Luigi has to rescue the Princess eventually, so we should do that right about now I guess. Peach's Castle isn't too different from Mario's, at least compared to the differences in some of the previous worlds. It is still fun though and really challenging at times! Part 8 (Peach's Castle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5frw3ab0qBc
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Nov 9, 2014 09:28
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Time to get more star coins and secret levels so we can play some Superstar Road! Bonus (Worlds 3 and 4 Star Coins and Secrets): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERwcbqygq0Q
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Nov 15, 2014 05:04
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Major_JF posted:What do those red M(ario?) blocks do? They convert the level to Mario physics. I was going to talk about that during Superstar Road and didn't think about the fact they'd be in this video.
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Nov 15, 2014 08:03
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Superstar Road time! Time to tackle the ones we've unlocked. These aren't as frustrating to beat as Mario's due to the length but there are still some really evil spots! Part 9 (Superstar Road 1/2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzOk6O_h5ic
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Nov 16, 2014 22:13
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Time to get the coins and secret level in Worlds 5 and 6, plus we'll stress Nabbit out pretty badly. Sorry dude. Bonus (Worlds 5 and 6 Star Coins and Secrets): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8nGWD49qw
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Nov 23, 2014 09:58
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Time to unlock the final levels of Superstar Road! Next time we'll do the road and then finish off Luigi. Bonus (Worlds 7 and 8 Star Coins and Secrets): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChYN955LJ4w Senerio posted:I thought 33 seconds was a Red Mushroom, or is it different in New Super Luigi U? I honestly don't know how the fireworks work.
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Dec 2, 2014 03:40
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