Yamaneko
12-04-2005, 07:29 PM
Has anyone picked this one up yet? I just got it yesterday and I must say I am loving it. I was a big fan of the first one for the GBA. The battle system has been tweaked slightly, for the better I think. Now instead of remembering a bunch of button combos for Mario and Luigi like in the first game, the battle system now depends more on precise timing. There are still combos that can be performed between the baby versions and their older brothers, but it's much more simplified this time around. The quirky and self-referential humor is prevelent still and the baby versions of Mario and Luigi are cute, but not too cute.
The DS's dual screens are used pretty well too. There's the standard dungeon/overworld map when you're not in battle. In battle you'll sometimes face enemies that take both screens, so looking at the top screen for attack cues is important.
My only gripes so far (I'm about two hours into it out of supposedly 20+ hours of gameplay) is that it's been too linear thus far. There's way too much hand-holding going on as if the game was intended for six year olds. Hopefully this will be a non-issue later on, but right now it interrupts gameplay.
Despite this, what I've played of the game is awesome and if you played the first one you should pick this up too, and even if you haven't played the first one you should pick it up.
The DS's dual screens are used pretty well too. There's the standard dungeon/overworld map when you're not in battle. In battle you'll sometimes face enemies that take both screens, so looking at the top screen for attack cues is important.
My only gripes so far (I'm about two hours into it out of supposedly 20+ hours of gameplay) is that it's been too linear thus far. There's way too much hand-holding going on as if the game was intended for six year olds. Hopefully this will be a non-issue later on, but right now it interrupts gameplay.
Despite this, what I've played of the game is awesome and if you played the first one you should pick this up too, and even if you haven't played the first one you should pick it up.