Topic: Super Mario!

Whether it's a challenge or not, you're always "missing things up there in the sky," while it's rare that you're missing anything on the ground. The level design is almost entirely on the ground.

The feather didn't take much skill. There is a part of a level early on that explains how to use it, and once you get the hang of it you can fly infinitely, which makes it even more of a level skip than the leaf.

watch this video http://www.youtube.com/user/NintendoWorldReport#p/a/u/0/g57xR... and skip to 5:43 to watch mario turn to stone skip to 1:54 for a little bit of brotherly love but you can disscuss that here https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/3ds/luigi_in_super_mario_3...

I don't see the point in the Tanooki with the statue ability being a seperate power up but at least that ability is in the game.

I think Nintendo was afraid that if the statue ability were more common someone might mistakenly think there was some point to it.

There is, avoiding enimies.

I was at least half joking, but it is extremely rarely useful to want to avoid enemies using the statue when you could just walk around or jump. I doubt that aspect ever came into play for me except on flying ship levels with all the projectiles in the air, and even then mostly if I was feeling lazy.

I use it a lot to drop fast on enemies, but even that isn't terribly useful. The statue ability always seemed to me something playful, not something useful. That's why I liked it so much.

Anyone read the Iwata Asks? They said that later on in the game, the game seems more like traditional 3D Mario, with the Star Coins acting as Stars. Now all you complainers about linearity can shut up.

It's because they added the statue ability later in development.

Just beat Super Mario 64 DS again today, and it really has me hyped for the next 3D Mario on the go. While I expect Super Mario 3D Land to play like a third installment of the New Super Mario Brothers series just across 3D environments, I am hoping that there will be some cool techniques available to expand the game experiences, particularly in finding alternate routes and in completing levels faster. If it's true that the game will feature more traditional 3D Mario elements later on, I do hope there will be seven to eight Star Coins to find in these levels instead of the three for each level shown so far. There's no sense in bringing in more exploration elements to later levels if there's no more coins to discover than in the earlier, linear levels. This being the next major handheld Mario platformer makes me curious if we'll see any new mini-games section, as there were in both Super Mario 64 DS and New Super Mario Brothers.

@Adam

Hey now, you're forgetting the coolest ability of the statue: killing those circling lights that otherwise are invincible.

By the way, there's a new Iwata Asks on SM3DL, with all kinds of interesting information. They make it sound like the total length of the game is far greater that previously expected, mainly due to all the special levels that go well beyond beating the game normally. They also discuss the 3D depth option at length.

(Oops, I see now that RYBlast already outed the Iwata Asks. Oh well, now you have the convenient link. You're all welcome.)

SPOILER ALERT!!!

lol dey sez Mario Galaxy 2, the sequel to 2007's was released May 2005. Typo iz funneh

@KomicZ

Ha, I noticed that. It's good to see I'm not the only one who reads the footnotes.

I'm just happy that the Tanooki Statue made it into the game period!

No.

Blargh, why Sunday?!

Actually, it's coming out the sunday after next sunday (next sunday is Nov. 6; the game comes out Nov. 13), at least in North America.

I find it hard to believe this game is coming out this Sunday.

I didn't even know it was coming out this Sunday.

Edit: Next Sunday apparently