simplecoffee
Game devs: this is such a queer and delightfully positive dating sim <3
Actual game: slutshames you on one path AND promotes a hetero 'family values~' ending on another
Actual game: slutshames you on one path AND promotes a hetero 'family values~' ending on another
2018
This is the only Mario Party that will let me main Bowser, so obviously it's the best one. I also prefer it to Superstars in terms of gameplay (with the caveat, of course, that I'm not a big console gamer in general, having grown up on MS-DOS and emulation, and struggle with the z-axis at the best of times). Using one Joy-Con is great and the vibration/tilt-control games are stupid fun. A thorough joy. And also - it bears repeating - I can main Bowser. What's not to love?
1992
Played on MS-DOS in the 90s and early 00s. Changed my brain chemistry in a fundamental way. The sound design, level design and sprite design are all a pure delight. Replayed via DOS emulator in late 2013; completed the full game during that playthrough. Have since logged multiple hours on the HD Steam rerelease.
Replaying the first game on my own on Android, while also watching girlfriend play it on Windows PC. This thing is SO GOOD. So fucking bizarre and so fucking good.
This compilation was my first experience of all these Mario games.
SMB1: delightful remaster, fixed a lot of the janky controls of the original, BUT it fucked up the underground theme by adding a backbeat.
SMB2: game of the year every year. First Mario game I remember beating - first with save states, then without. The remastered artwork is absolutely gorgeous, especially in World 4. This is my go-to game when I want to do some Stress Platforming™.
SMB3: absolutely fantastic in every way. I may have beaten this a few years before beating SMB2, but I only have vague memories of the later stages and Bowser fight so I can't say that for certain. I especially love the mazes. It took me until 2022 (when I finally beat SMB1 for the first time) to realize the mazes are a time-honoured Mario tradition.
SMW: fun and bright and always rewarding. Beat this for the first time in 2013, using a guide for some of the harder-to-find secrets.
Lost Levels: couldn't have beaten this without save states in a hundred years. MUCH easier as Luigi. Chad behaviour from Luigi to be honest
SMB1: delightful remaster, fixed a lot of the janky controls of the original, BUT it fucked up the underground theme by adding a backbeat.
SMB2: game of the year every year. First Mario game I remember beating - first with save states, then without. The remastered artwork is absolutely gorgeous, especially in World 4. This is my go-to game when I want to do some Stress Platforming™.
SMB3: absolutely fantastic in every way. I may have beaten this a few years before beating SMB2, but I only have vague memories of the later stages and Bowser fight so I can't say that for certain. I especially love the mazes. It took me until 2022 (when I finally beat SMB1 for the first time) to realize the mazes are a time-honoured Mario tradition.
SMW: fun and bright and always rewarding. Beat this for the first time in 2013, using a guide for some of the harder-to-find secrets.
Lost Levels: couldn't have beaten this without save states in a hundred years. MUCH easier as Luigi. Chad behaviour from Luigi to be honest
2000
Snake II babey
1990
Boy, when the card drop animation hits, it hits.