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Re: Game of the Month: May 2012 - Monster World IV

MetalMario

@KoiTenchi: It's kinda similar to Shantae in some ways, but there are some big differences.

I would say give it a shot, though. I loved every second of this game, and I was on the edge myself before I bought it.

Basically, if you like platformers at all, you'll enjoy this.

EDIT: In response to your question, you buy items with gold (like swords, shields, and armor) and they stay in your inventory forever until you buy a different piece of equipment (if you buy a new sword, you lose your old sword, but you can almost always buy your old one back for cheaper.).

This game is also very straightforward I thought. In actual dungeons there are many branching paths, but you go straight to the dungeon, finish it, and then straight to the next. There are also many points of no return in this game. Once you finish a dungeon, you can't go back.

Re: Talking Point: Is Nintendo Over-Reliant on Super Mario?

MetalMario

I love Mario games to death, but yeah, I can see it.

Just look at the Club Nintendo prizes, most of those are Mario too.

Honestly, I don't mind getting all these Mario games, but I also like Zelda, Star Fox, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Pokemon, StarTropics, Kid Icarus, Kirby, etc., etc. And I want some more of those.

By the end of this year, if you add Luigi's Mansion 2, Paper Mario, and Mario Tennis Open to my 3DS games, I'll have 5 games from the Mario franchise on it already, out of a total of 10 games.