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what's up? Everybody? He is the 411

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folks as the kids say, Like

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gonna go on the way. This week we

2:02

got busy and unfortunately we were unable to

2:04

record this week's remember The game. I'll take

2:07

the blame on that one. Ah, apologies to

2:09

still sometimes life as a thing where he

2:11

gets in the ways, trip in and and

2:13

what have you are so we'll be back

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next week with a member. The Game: Two

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Hundred and Eighty Five which will be are

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Super Mario Brothers Last Levels Revisited episodes. But

2:22

in the meantime I know some of you

2:24

just can't get through the week without my

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squeaky, very annoying semi pubescent prepubescent be this,

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mice my stupid voice. Ah so I

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decided to do is upload one of our pay

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expansion pass episodes. I know I most I give

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away kind of a a pager on episode every

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month to the listeners. Your other members again feed

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but not usually as modern is this one. Was

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this one actually only came out November second of

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last year it was expansion pass one hundred and

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eighty five and it's my Super Mario Brothers wonder

2:48

reviews. Have you been on the fence about this

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one? Hopefully this will sway you by the we're

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to pick it up as really really good. So

2:55

I hope you enjoyed this week's episode. Thank you

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so much for the support and.will be back to

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our regularly. Scheduled. Remember the game mediocrity.

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Next week here we go. From

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of everybody. Welcome to the Hundred and Eighty

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your patriotic box at a bad as the

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case from the bottom of my flowered heart.

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That. You have the support or us out of funnier

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my head that it. Sounded. Coming out

3:58

of my mouth? Whatever. This week is a

4:00

very fighting episode of Expansion Pass is I'm

4:02

sure. I. Can imagine that he will listen.

4:04

To this doesn't know. I am

4:06

a die hard lifelong Mario fanboy

4:08

and if I'm not mistaken, this

4:10

is my first ever. Modern.

4:13

Mario. Platform or review like we. We

4:15

reviewed most of his old games. I remember the

4:17

game. Ah, I didn't watch the show

4:20

until after Odyssey came out. I

4:22

mean we've done stuff like some sports games and

4:24

things, but I think this is my first. New.

4:27

Main Line Mario game that I'm reviewing

4:30

it almost five years of expensive has

4:32

that's crazy. I'm excited we're talking Super

4:34

Mario Brothers wonders Gonna be dope. It's

4:36

not everyday that you get a brand

4:38

new Mario game and that release an

4:40

exact same day. As Spiderman To:

4:43

is this fucking Insanity To. Me: I

4:45

have been playing both and I know some people

4:47

been asking. When. We get a

4:49

spider Me: it's review coming soon. probably

4:51

next week. I'm pretty close to ending

4:54

the story. I'm not convinced I'm gonna

4:56

go for all the collectibles own. Are

4:59

the. Kind of tedious. barrels see, I'd rather

5:01

how to play another game, but us. Definitely.

5:03

I'll be reviewing Spot Image you have not next

5:06

week. The week after pressure depends on when I

5:08

get it done. And what's wilde is that? Coming

5:10

into October twentieth. Ah, be honest, I

5:12

was more excited about Spiderman to I think

5:14

but I ended up playing Mario Wonder More

5:16

both because it was easier to play were

5:19

watching football, baseball because will cut scenes idealism,

5:21

zero or anything and also says it's awesome

5:23

it is. It's a really. Fun!

5:26

Charming game and I know people dunked on

5:28

the new Super Mario Brothers series with adults

5:30

only. Agree with by the way out of

5:33

games are fun Madison you see my rose

5:35

to that would select books are Bamaro Wonder

5:37

really did just try to revive the to

5:39

Demario genre. It is a lot like the

5:42

new Super Mario Brothers games but the I

5:44

think they did enough. they they policies up

5:46

enough they added it up and of spice

5:48

and of seasoning to make a difference. I'm

5:51

frankly I was a little worried that Nintendo

5:53

was going to stop making to d Mario.

5:55

Games after Mario Maker to took off. Thanks

5:57

Like That is not the case as. Obviously

6:00

I'm and get to see barbers wonder a little

6:02

that you know what I thought about it. Village

6:04

know where I'd slotted against the other Mario games

6:07

of my all time rankings lists. If you don't

6:09

know, expansion pass number one. If. You're

6:11

interested was my ranking all of the Mario

6:13

games the main platform in games. I'm not

6:15

too worried about spoilers here I am. I

6:18

am going to tell you what the new

6:20

power ups on. There's not

6:22

a ton of them. I am gonna cry and

6:24

get into what the boss fights are. I will

6:26

not ruin the final boss fight. It's. Spoilers.

6:29

The Hauser. but I will tell you what

6:31

happens there. I'm not going to tell you.

6:33

What to like? What happens when you get

6:35

a wonderful our? At this stage of this

6:38

stage I I'm just gonna get to the

6:40

sub general ideas of what the wonder flowers

6:42

do. I think

6:44

that's about it. I don't think is really too much

6:46

to ruin that. I'm gonna try to be careful about

6:48

it said of course I'm in a letter but you

6:50

geek saw sound off on the game as well. We

6:53

get all that dissimilar because as you know party major

6:55

briggs be best part as year so go to grab

6:57

the mushrooms in your ignore the talking plants and save

6:59

your purple coins. From. In

7:01

a rant about I'll say what's going on around

7:03

here or the last week or so. are you

7:06

not going to hear about for about a much

7:08

longer I promise. But my twenty four hour stream

7:10

is this weekend, Friday and Saturday. I I be

7:12

honest, like I know, most people say. That the

7:14

eight hour to a the eighty of the a pm

7:16

both. Days is cool. I am excited about

7:18

getting a couple hours. The. Deal.

7:21

Get up and walk around and have some dinner

7:23

and get some sleep. But I do kind of

7:25

feel like I'm cheating you into twelve does that

7:27

have a twenty four hour stream but I just

7:29

dude my back to his idea unless it easier

7:31

for twenty four hours mostly gets fucked up or

7:33

days. I. Love the kids! Well have a

7:35

mammoth so. Nairobi, Friday and

7:37

Saturday idioms a Pm. Most of the schedule is

7:39

locked down on my previous years, Recounted has made

7:41

his up as I went. I am going to

7:44

have a definitive schedule this year amid of wine

7:46

allies it. Today I'll have it posted so everybody

7:48

can see it's I have a couple of flights

7:50

were I'm planning single player games. I don't know

7:53

what I'm going. a place I think I at

7:55

least one of them. I'm going to fire up

7:57

Sonic Superstars. Now. That I'm done.

7:59

Marianna getting hosted on Spiderman I'd like to

8:01

see with Sonic Superstars was all about so

8:04

I think ominously got it on the stream

8:06

at some point. I'm. Looking

8:08

forward to it. Hopefully combine. Check out the

8:10

streams can be fun. My modern game schedule

8:13

is getting pretty clean. Don't like what Spiderman

8:15

to is done. We have Mario Rpg on

8:17

November seventeenth. Or I know that's a

8:19

short game. Sonic Superstars I want to play I

8:21

bars of Aware. that's pretty short game. Ah, and

8:23

then I might try Persona Five Sacks to go

8:26

to Drops. I haven't decided yet, but other than

8:28

that I think a many the next couple of

8:30

months the gotta catch up. When it comes the

8:32

modern game that a couple I miss, I think

8:34

Lethal Protocol is probably next on my list. now

8:36

it is obvious. Plus I really want to play

8:38

it. I'd like to go back to Fire Emblem

8:40

a gauge some point. I still want to play

8:43

Star Wars that I survivors. Well those are probably

8:45

the games the of the top of my modern

8:47

gaming list that I want. To get to. Ah,

8:49

I'm. So. You'll have a oh

8:51

maybe expect reviews or if anybody that wants

8:54

a review on something like Lisa Protocol or

8:56

Firebomb Engaged or or Star Wars that I

8:58

Survivor but I like review in the games

9:00

that I place or probably end up doing

9:02

reviews of them. You're on expansion pass I

9:05

will warn you all the might. Not.

9:07

Be a Remember The Game Next week, It's

9:09

up in the air. ominous if I can

9:11

make it work with the twenty four hour

9:13

stream. Usually I do the game recordings for

9:15

Remember The Game on the weekend and obviously

9:17

it's kind of fucked up this weekend with

9:20

the stream. so we wanted to do Burnout

9:22

Revenge for next week. but the recording schedule

9:24

just in a lineup so that Bernal Revenge

9:26

one billion per said is happening on November

9:28

fifteenth for Remember The Game. I

9:30

don't know. What? You'll get for

9:32

an episode on Nov eight ball because

9:34

I don't seventy that seven days. Me:

9:36

Problem: Not right now problem. And I

9:38

think that's. I

9:41

think Isis about it. The think. We're good. So

9:43

oh, and he gradually says a psycho knots.

9:46

For. Toppling Star Wars Battlefront

9:48

Two. In. The October Patriarch whole

9:50

people been asked me what I was hearing

9:52

for all that X box full. Ah be

9:54

honest with you I was hoping for either

9:56

Cycle Nights or Dead or Jade Empire. i

9:59

was good with any If it gets on the

10:01

pole, I'm good with playing it, but I

10:03

was hoping for Psychonauts or uh, Jedi- or

10:05

Jedi- Jade Empire. So I'm glad that Psychonauts

10:07

won, that's gonna be fun. November's Patreon poll

10:09

is gonna be fucking hot, because we're doing

10:11

Xbox 360 and PS3 games. Combined.

10:14

That's gonna be fucking anarchy.

10:16

So, uh, I will start that Discord thread in the

10:19

coming days, you can get over there and make your

10:21

suggestions. If you want, we'll run that poll at the

10:23

end of the month. And then obviously December's Patreon poll,

10:25

like normal, will be RPGs, that's gonna get spicy too.

10:27

Good shit. Uh, I think that's everything.

10:30

Let's talk Mario. That's the main event, that's why you're

10:32

here, right? I've killed enough time, I'll queue up

10:34

some music. And

10:36

when it stops, I will hit you with

10:38

my semi-spoiler-free Super Mario Bros.

10:41

Wonder review. I

11:09

know the music's not lasting as long as normal, but again,

11:12

Nintendo, they are not to be trifled with, and I

11:14

don't wanna fuck around, so we're gonna get out of

11:16

here before they shut me down and the Yakuza

11:18

kick in my door and... I

11:20

don't know. I don't know what they do to people, but I'm sure

11:22

it's nothing good. Uh, again,

11:25

far spoilers go if you're really worried. I'm

11:27

not gonna ruin too much, I'm gonna tell you about the story of

11:29

the first 90 seconds. I'm gonna tell you about the power-ups that are

11:31

in the game, because I kinda have to, because it's a Mario review.

11:34

Uh, I might reveal what it takes to 100%

11:36

the game, but I'm going all-in-of-here, so be warned.

11:38

If you wanna go completely clean slate into this

11:40

game, maybe skip this one. But

11:42

there's really nothing too major for

11:45

me to ruin or anything, so... Alright? Alright.

11:47

Sid Fish wrote in and said, I

11:49

honestly wasn't expecting any major 2D Mario

11:52

games after Mario Maker 2, because I

11:54

thought anything that could be done was

11:56

done within Maker. Boy, was I wrong.

11:58

Agreed! And agreed, agreed. Number

12:00

one, I've made this clear.

12:02

I'm not the world's biggest Mario maker fan I

12:04

was super pumped when that idea came out But

12:06

I think most people suck at making Mario levels

12:08

me included So I was a little bit nervous

12:10

that this was the death of my

12:13

beloved 2d Mario games because you're right

12:15

in theory Mario maker provides us with

12:18

endless games and that Mario maker could

12:20

do anything we needed it to do

12:22

But I really think Nintendo I

12:25

mean I don't know if it was Miyamoto

12:27

or whom it was that came up with

12:29

the whole concept of Mario wonder basically just

12:31

being a Mario acid trip, but

12:34

they're they're genius whoever it is

12:36

is a fucking genius It was so smart because it

12:38

really did take it basically took new Super Mario Brothers

12:40

Which again? I don't think it's as bad as some

12:42

people make them out to be and

12:44

just pumped it full of steroids and

12:46

To me like the the real secret

12:48

sauce of Super Mario Brothers wonder isn't

12:50

that it's just another classic 2d Mario

12:52

platformer? Because I'll be honest like the

12:54

platforming in this game is good, but

12:56

as far as just Basic

12:59

straight-up 2d Mario platforming. It's

13:01

been done better. I It's

13:04

been done better This

13:07

one relies on a gimmick and that gimmick is the wonder

13:09

flowers which we'll get more into Fortunately that

13:12

gimmick works really really well and every fucking

13:14

level I'm excited to play it because I

13:16

want to see what is that flower gonna

13:18

do here Is it you've all seen some

13:20

of the clips it just makes the whole

13:22

world go insane in every level and every

13:24

level it seems To do something different and it

13:26

was really creative and let them just go balls

13:28

to the wall With their with their

13:30

creative energy and their vision and just do whatever the

13:32

fuck they wanted with it And I

13:35

think that's what makes this game special Not

13:38

only is it creative as fuck, but it

13:40

looks gorgeous You know

13:42

like listen is it is it fucking is

13:45

it spider-man 2 is it whatever video game? You

13:47

think is the best-looking game out there right now

13:49

of course not it's on the Nintendo switch

13:51

Which is as we all know a Fisher price

13:53

toy according to one former

13:56

remember the game Ian

13:58

who left a battle gonorrhea unfortunately if

14:01

you know you know but the

14:03

switch is underpowered right especially in 2023

14:05

the switches is it's it

14:08

was like in behind the ps4 xbox one it

14:11

is it's gonna get lapped by the ps5 and

14:13

xbox series X soon but this

14:15

game looks stunning I was playing it on

14:17

streams and people were coming by and like

14:20

for a classic 2d Mario

14:22

game where there really isn't a lot to do

14:25

with the graphics people were like this

14:27

looks really really good I

14:29

would argue that this might be at least

14:31

as well it's not I don't

14:33

know if I'd put it up there against like Mario

14:35

Odyssey but as far as 2d Mario goes this

14:38

is as good-looking as Mario's ever been and

14:40

I would love to see the classic

14:42

Mario games remade in this fucking engine I think

14:45

that would be so so sick

14:47

so it looks awesome it's creative

14:49

as fuck there's this sense of

14:52

I mean wonder is such a

14:54

great name for this game because there

14:56

really is this this sense of wonder

14:58

as you're playing through because every level

15:00

is different and it's not just different

15:02

because there's different enemies or different backgrounds

15:04

or different obstacles but this flower just

15:06

goes off the fucking charts and it's

15:08

it just makes it so much fun

15:10

and it just it felt like being

15:12

a little kid playing a game

15:15

again and not knowing what's gonna pop up

15:17

I also think it was very well designed

15:19

in the sense that I think it's accessible

15:21

by people of all Mario skill levels I

15:25

would I would I

15:27

would hear an argument that maybe it's

15:29

a it's a it's a smidge too

15:32

easy if you're a die-hard

15:34

Mario player like I hundred percent of this

15:37

game in under 20 hours which

15:39

is fine I'm not complaining about that but there

15:41

is really only two or three levels that gave

15:43

me any serious problems and one is like obviously

15:45

there's again not to ruin anything

15:47

about it you can watch it on my twitch channel if

15:49

you want they played it there but it does have that

15:52

one final level just like all Mario games seem to these

15:54

days it's really tough but it's um

15:57

it's definitely not the hardest Mario but I like the

15:59

way They really toned down the difficulty they

16:01

they added players they added care We'll get into

16:04

all this but they added characters that are there

16:06

for you know the person that's never played Mario

16:08

before There's all these equivocal badges that give

16:10

you all these different abilities that can make levels easier if

16:12

you want them to and stuff like that And

16:15

I think it was just at

16:17

the end of the day this game

16:19

is Nintendo doing what they do best.

16:21

They're being creative They're being artistic It's

16:23

a fun Saturday morning cartoon of a

16:25

game that runs perfectly that anybody can play

16:27

and enjoy That you don't need

16:30

to memorize like that's the thing is

16:32

weird going from Super Mario Bros Wonder

16:34

where there's like five buttons to learn

16:36

to spider-man where there's like four dodge

16:38

and counter buttons Not to

16:40

mention all the attacks and everything It's like

16:42

they kept it simple dumbass right kissed and

16:45

and I think it was I just I

16:47

think this is Nintendo at their best This

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18:27

since Super Mario World. I definitely agree with that. I

18:29

100% it is. Where

18:31

does this game rank all time for me? I'll

18:34

tell you at the end. Be patient. I need a

18:36

little foreplay. I'll tell you at the

18:38

end where this ranks in my all time Mario levels.

18:40

Er, games, excuse me. So let's

18:42

go. Let's start it off with a story. Again,

18:44

I'm sorry that I'm spoiling it but you find all this out in

18:46

the first 90 seconds of the game.

18:49

Mario and the whole squad, Mario, Luigi,

18:51

Peach, Daisy, the Toads. Where

18:54

the fuck is Red Spot Toad? Drives

18:57

me god damned ass. Why is it

18:59

blue and yellow Toad? I fucking hate blue and

19:01

yellow Toad. Where in the fuck is my Red

19:03

Spotted Toad? God, it just

19:06

burns me. Mario, Luigi, Peach,

19:08

Daisy, Blue and Yellow Toads and

19:10

Toadette along with Yoshi and Nabbit,

19:12

that little freak. They

19:15

go to the Flower Kingdom. I

19:17

will say I really enjoyed that and

19:19

I'm a shocked that it took so

19:22

long for them to introduce a Flower Kingdom

19:24

after we spent so much time in the Mushroom

19:26

Kingdom. I really like, as soon as

19:28

I saw that I was just like that is so, what

19:31

a clever, where the fuck has that been? Why

19:33

have we not had a Flower Kingdom before? So

19:35

you go to the Flower Kingdom and

19:38

Bowser shows up being the jack off that he is

19:40

and he steals the Kingdom's Wonder Flower

19:42

which is the flower that makes everything go

19:44

crazy and he uses it to merge with

19:46

the main castle there and he floats away

19:48

and lives in the castle and surrounds himself

19:50

with ghosts and you set

19:52

off with Prince Florian who's a caterpillar.

19:54

It looks like a little green wiggler

19:57

from the Flower Kingdom to collect six

19:59

royal seeds. that you can use to

20:01

break through Bowser's spell and get into... I

20:04

mean, I would say to get into the castle, but it

20:06

is Bowser's, so you basically need these six... You need to

20:09

collect your seeds to get in Bowser.

20:14

Eugh. I know, but that is what it

20:16

is. And it's... and save the day.

20:19

It's fine. At least it's not just Princess Peach's

20:21

kidnapped again. Which I'm actually in favor of.

20:23

I like that it's just something... Like at the end of

20:25

the day, it's just a reason to go through platforming levels

20:27

and then eventually go fight Bowser. But I like that it's

20:29

not just to save Princess Peach. Again, like

20:31

I said, speaking of Peach, you can pick from

20:33

that entire cast of characters every level. You don't

20:35

have to pick one at the beginning of the

20:38

game or anything like that. Every level, you can

20:40

just pick a new character and play it to

20:42

whoever you want. Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Blue Toad,

20:44

Yellow Toad, Toadette, Yoshi, or Nabbit. Which

20:47

is cool. I like it when you can

20:49

play as multiple characters. But, A, where the

20:51

fuck is Red Spot Toad? And

20:54

B, it's a little

20:56

bit... Wah-wah, that all the characters play

20:58

the same. A little bit. There are no... Peach

21:01

doesn't ever float or anything like that. Scott Jackson

21:03

wrote in and said, Yo Adam, this game was

21:05

so refreshing and I had such a great time

21:07

playing through it. My only criticism, if you can

21:09

call it that, is that I wish you could

21:11

turn off easy mode for Yoshi and Nabbit. It'd

21:13

be fun to play as both of them a

21:15

little more. Uh, yeah, that's what I was

21:17

talking about. Is I don't disagree with you, Scott. Uh,

21:20

at least for Yoshi. Nabbit, nobody likes

21:22

Nabbit. Nobody likes Nabbit. But Yoshi, people

21:24

love Yoshi. Yeah, that little shit. Uh,

21:27

everybody plays the same. And

21:29

so, Yoshi and Nabbit don't take... They're the

21:31

two differences. They play the same, they control

21:33

the same. They don't have any different abilities

21:35

or anything. But they don't take damage. Uh,

21:38

when you're running through the game... But, when you

21:40

pick up a power-up, they don't transform into like

21:42

the elephant and stuff. So they... they just... they

21:44

don't take damage. They do fall. If you fall

21:46

through a hole, you still die. But the hits

21:48

from enemies don't kill them. Which I like, in

21:51

the sense of... Making it

21:53

accessible to kids or to lesser players.

21:55

Or, you know, lesser skilled. We're

21:57

all equals. But lesser skilled players, whatever.

22:00

I personally would have preferred

22:02

it if you could just turn that option on for

22:04

any character because I did see

22:06

people online be like fuck I want to play

22:08

Yoshi and I don't want to

22:10

play it on baby mode or other people are

22:12

like I want to play baby mode But I

22:14

want to play as as peach or Mario so

22:17

minor criticism I think it's a great idea by

22:19

Nintendo to put that in there But it would

22:21

have been nice if you could toggle the not

22:23

taking damage just on or off For

22:25

whichever character you want just you could play as

22:27

whoever you wanted to and play the game However,

22:30

you wanted minor thing, but I wish they'd included

22:32

that like I said I

22:34

also wish they'd included abilities to make everyone play different

22:36

I think it would have added a lot more replay

22:39

the young King Ken Wrote and said the challenge

22:41

is great and the art direction Nintendo went for

22:43

in this game is refreshing I do wish however

22:45

that they'd included the time limit in the game

22:47

or the characters to have their usual abilities like

22:50

peaches floating Or Luigi's higher jumps. Otherwise, this game

22:52

is gonna be a classic for generations to come

22:55

I will say I disagree on the timer I'm

22:57

glad there's not a timer especially because some

22:59

levels do require some exploration to find hidden

23:01

exits and stuff I fucking

23:03

hate timers. So I'm glad the timer was gone

23:06

But it would have been nice if the characters

23:08

at all have their abilities like Luigi's jump like

23:11

princesses float They all play exactly

23:13

the same other than Yoshi and nabbit not taking

23:15

damage now The one the one thing in this

23:17

game that you can kind of use to counter

23:20

that I guess if you were Is

23:22

you you pick up badges? Throughout the

23:24

game and you can equip one badge Per

23:27

level and the badges and when you die

23:29

or whatever you could switch badges if you're like that was

23:31

no good I need to try a different one and the

23:33

badges give you powers and like one of the badges lets

23:35

you float as you're landing Like you take off your hat

23:38

and use it like a parachute one of them gives you

23:40

the Luigi jumps one of them The one I use the

23:42

most Instead of just when you

23:44

hit a wall instead of wall jumping and going back the other

23:46

direction of 45 degrees You'll jump

23:48

straight up in the air, then you can jump back

23:50

45 degrees There's there's one

23:53

where you start every level with a mushroom power

23:55

up. So you're always big To start

23:57

the level There's one that turns you invisible if you want

23:59

to make it. The game. Har it's fucking tired

24:01

or there's a lot of bad to throw

24:03

the game and you can mix and match

24:05

them however you want and well I do

24:07

wish. That. Each character had

24:09

their own abilities and played a little bit

24:11

different. I will meet Nintendo in the middle

24:14

and say that I think the bad systems

24:16

was a reasonable compromise. Because.

24:18

You could get play basically as as whoever

24:20

you want with whichever bad you are what

24:22

you find them and switch the between lives.

24:24

You go to a level if you find

24:26

out. like buses is really tough I could

24:28

really use a higher jump. That. Would

24:30

you guys go back and equip the bags to

24:33

give you a higher jump like that kind of

24:35

stuff says. he didn't hang. I'll beat them in

24:37

thy it's fine. I'm not going to knock points

24:39

off of it or anything like that I'd for

24:41

his. There's no obligation to be the game and

24:44

every character like we played, Mario Three, the world.

24:47

I think the hundreds of that game needed to be

24:49

the game with every character like hundred was you rather

24:51

do that in this it as you keep track of

24:53

which care to be the game with the the levels

24:55

with. maybe it does if you beat a level with

24:57

Yoshi and Abbott i'd ever tried them. Maybe.

24:59

It does mark that use the the lack

25:02

of better terms the baby characters but by

25:04

a large doesn't care like to be like

25:06

I played most. The game is Mario. I

25:08

did switch Luigi, Peach, Daisy and toad at

25:11

read of times just to teach it up

25:13

for fun and dub It doesn't keep track

25:15

of which care to be level with or

25:18

anything so. Nothing. Like that. it's one.

25:21

A gun in his drink water in my throat

25:23

as both parched. All.

25:26

The Candy a last night as know we are no

25:28

fucking trick or treaters again. Kids. Hate

25:31

me I'm Vegas at the. The difficulty

25:33

in the game varies quite a bit

25:35

by a large I deeply think it's

25:37

all the easier side of the Mario

25:39

A spectrum. The scale as a worse

25:41

but the even suggest throughout the game

25:43

the difficulty of levels varies quite a

25:45

bit. Every level you go up to

25:47

on the over world it shows you

25:49

how difficult it is. I don't have

25:51

as a scale of one to five

25:53

or one six. I

25:56

don't remember but either way it'll It'll either say like

25:58

a one star level which like the early. The game

26:00

or like these are easy a year. You'll. Beat these

26:02

but then it gets up the like, the fiber,

26:04

the six and like and there's only a few

26:06

of them at the highest level and some of

26:09

those really high difficulty of rank levels. They live

26:11

up to the name Biggest Biter Them. Some of

26:13

them are pretty tough. But.

26:16

Again, I think that been able to pick

26:18

yoshi or nab it to negate damage or

26:20

to be able to quip whatever bad you

26:22

want. You can really all said some of

26:24

the the the the difficulties of these levels.

26:26

with the right badge and stuff like that

26:28

I've you're not going for a hundred percent

26:30

run. I think this game is

26:32

pretty be double like I think just

26:34

about. I genuinely feel like. Like most people

26:36

could be this game if they were gone for

26:39

the hundred percent run. Did like the like the

26:41

so generous with the lives. There's. Really

26:43

only because it's one of those if like most Mario

26:45

games that were, when you go, it's like a new

26:47

world. Like when you go to World One. Say. There's.

26:50

Us is I'll get more under would you have

26:53

to do laundry said the level that a second

26:55

but each level you get seeds out of them.

26:58

And you need to get like. I.

27:00

Don't see any like a dozen seeds to

27:02

unlock the the of the castle at the

27:04

end of world one. There's actually liked what

27:06

he sees throughout worldwide. You only need it

27:08

doesn't solve your really just play through to

27:10

be the game and I go for hundred

27:12

percent. The really don't even have to play

27:15

the more difficult levels by a large of

27:17

you know what you skiing get off season

27:19

easier levels and then added Yoshi nab it

27:21

added the badges is it's pretty easy and

27:23

I did. Hundred percent it. The only

27:25

thing I have done is I've. There's.

27:28

These the these cardboard cutouts. They're.

27:30

Like collectible throughout the game. There that gotcha mechanic was

27:32

a fucking hate and I don't have all of them

27:35

yet and I'm out of the coins. I need to

27:37

buy more of them. So the only way I'm an

27:39

appeal to get a hundred percent of those is the

27:41

go back. A plate is a game again to get

27:43

enough coins the but which I'll explain all this later

27:45

out I might do but other that of hundred percent

27:47

of the whole games took me under twenty hours. not

27:49

that bad. So starter present a level. whenever.

27:51

You go to a level up. Most levels there's

27:53

exceptions, but one hundred percent a standard level, which

27:55

is most the levels in the game you need.

27:57

to collect three big flower

28:00

coins there which are sometimes hidden

28:02

sometimes they're wider than the open right right out

28:04

in the open but it's classic Mario there's three

28:06

big coins you need to collect you also need

28:08

to get all the wonder seeds in the level

28:10

which are those the seeds are what you use

28:12

to unlock future levels like you use the stars

28:14

and Super Mario 64 as you pick

28:16

up these seeds you get enough to unlock castles to move

28:18

on with the game so 100% of level you need to

28:20

find the three bitcoins you need to find all the seeds

28:23

and you need to hit the top of the flag pull

28:25

at the end of the level you need to get the

28:27

flag nothing else will do you need to get the flag

28:29

and slide it down most levels only have two wonder

28:31

seeds to collect one of them is

28:33

just for beating the level if you get to the

28:36

end and touch the flag pull at any height you'll

28:38

get a wonder seed and the other one is usually

28:40

at the end of the wonder flower section of the

28:42

level which I'll explain in just a minute there's

28:45

a few levels in the game that have three

28:47

seeds in them because they have a second exit

28:49

they have a secret hidden exit somewhere in the

28:51

game so and those ones you

28:53

need to collect the three big coins you need to get the

28:56

secret exit because then you get a seed from the guy at

28:58

the end of that level and you have to get the regular

29:00

exit because you'll get a seed from the guy waiting at that

29:02

exit of the level and then you need to

29:04

get the flag as well so whenever you've 100% of the

29:06

level it'll put a green checkmark on the level whenever you

29:08

look at it on the map so you'll know all right

29:10

I've done everything there is here because sometimes you'll go into

29:13

a level you'll get all three of the big purple coins

29:15

you'll get both the seeds and you'll get the flag and

29:17

then you'll look at it and you still don't have your

29:19

green check mark that's its way of telling you there's a

29:21

secret exit in there there's a third seed that you still

29:23

have to go find so it's pretty easy

29:25

I like that when you bring up the map you

29:28

don't just look at it's not like the Super Mario

29:30

World map where you can just like float around and

29:32

look at it when you bring

29:34

up the the map in this game you can click

29:36

an independent world like world one two three four five

29:38

six whatever and then once you zoom in on that

29:41

world there's a white dot for every level in the

29:43

in the in that world and any level that you've

29:45

gotten to on the map you can pick and go

29:47

play whatever you want fast travel there very

29:49

nice very simple easy to go I don't think the

29:52

map is anything to write home about but it's fine

29:55

the three big coins that you have to

29:57

collect in every level are purple coins Which.

30:00

You bring up you are the gave You pick

30:02

up these little you can actually pick up like

30:04

point one purple coins to that is like little

30:06

flower pieces and every ten of those you get

30:08

you get another coin. So yikes when you see

30:10

that the top of the screams they still have

30:12

the gold coins were really clicked one hundred get

30:15

extra life but there's also these purple flower coins

30:17

at Max's Out and nine Hundred Ninety Nine. but

30:19

you would have like eight hundred and Forty seven

30:21

Point Four as your for those fractions of those

30:23

three purple coins you have to find any sub

30:25

large as more of those and then you use

30:28

those to buy supplies. in the over world that

30:30

stores. There's there's stores that sell additional badges

30:32

that you can equip, The stores that sell

30:34

extra lives. Their stores that can sell. Ah,

30:37

The Sandy's which again I put in

30:39

a second. Circuit. He disputed. steady.

30:41

So if you if you hadn't played ah yes,

30:44

these these Danny's or the collectibles in the games,

30:46

the cardboard cutouts. There's like ten for every player

30:48

character or something. and in most stores in the

30:50

game it cost you ten flower coins to buy

30:52

one. Random sandy like go to have any like

30:55

a gotcha game. Return to handle It gives you

30:57

the ran a bubble and you might get a

30:59

duplicate. What you already have are you might get

31:01

when you're missing. There's one hundred and forty four

31:03

totals. Countless people have told me there is a

31:05

shop near the end of the game that was

31:08

still you. Specifically, a Steady that you don't already

31:10

have. Years. My gripe though, they

31:12

charged. Thirty coins. Per.

31:14

Steady and you can only carry nine.

31:16

Hundred and Ninety Nine coins. I spent half the game

31:19

with my coins maxed out a nine Hundred and Ninety

31:21

Nine. They had nothing to buy that I finish the

31:23

game and found on. The only thing either to do

31:25

to get a one on present files is go get

31:27

all the city's so that I go to this guy

31:30

because I've got about one hundred of the my silly

31:32

forty four and I I can pay ten. Going to

31:34

take my chances in probably poor double or I could

31:36

be thirty coins and go get one that I automatically.

31:39

Needs or you don't they the thirty coins. You've

31:41

only got enough the by thirty cities and then you're

31:43

out of coins and there's no level to get

31:45

a whole bunch of coins and on you to go

31:47

back out there. and it's replay the funding levels. the

31:49

get enough purple points to go buy more fucked

31:51

insanity to get the whole collection and of I

31:53

just know what I needed them throughout the game. I

31:56

would have buying them throughout the games. This is

31:58

my god is my. Biggest shopping mall. Wonder

32:00

if you want me to get to the city

32:02

to receive the game? Let me carry more. The. Nine

32:04

hundred, Ninety Nine point the amount of time

32:06

throughout this game. Or I had nine hundred

32:08

and Ninety nine cent of still just playing

32:11

and picking up more purple coins and it's

32:13

like levy carrier with fuck let me carry

32:15

three thousand. I. Probably would have three thousand

32:17

coins at the end of games and then I would. It

32:19

is bottom I stand. Isn't be done but now instead

32:21

I have to go through a display. Levels were

32:23

most levels of your like you have. Five or

32:25

six purple coins and it costs me. Tend to

32:28

get a random one or thirty to get one

32:30

that I need. and I still need forty. Some

32:32

of them. Which. Is twelve hundred coins

32:34

if I do with the thirty Point way. So.

32:38

This is my what has answers. They're just

32:40

add replay ability or it's there to introduce

32:42

kids to the first new box out of

32:44

what the know. It's really not. The

32:46

end of the world does doesn't impact the dame at

32:48

all as his the somebody that was one hundred percent

32:50

it unlike. A. Probably just going

32:52

to play through the fucking game again. Honestly, I'm I just

32:54

to a second run through the game. And

32:57

just collect all the purple coins them going and every

32:59

time I have three or four hundred I'll go up

33:01

to the special world by a bunch more than I

33:03

need to. I finish the collection so. Anyway,

33:05

that's what the point is with these purple coins you

33:07

pick up in the levels. Use them to buy badges,

33:09

use of the by lives use, and buy seeds. and

33:11

then if you want honor percent the game. It's a

33:13

piece of advice for me every time you've got a

33:15

max nine hundred and ninety nine with you will have

33:18

a lot and his games. Go buy a bunch of

33:20

studies because otherwise at the end of the game you

33:22

going to have to go back and grind again just

33:24

to pick a more perfect points to buy more studies.

33:27

Or. I dislike him by image go and in hope we'll

33:29

have more so by the end of the game. Ah,

33:32

Let's start with a wonderful our that is the

33:34

secret sauce of this game is one in every

33:36

level, at least every regular I think it every

33:38

level I know, doubling every regular level. There's.

33:40

a couple a special levels will get into and

33:42

i think some of them maybe they don't have

33:44

the wonderful hours but most levels of the games

33:46

he would sometimes the flowers right out of the

33:48

open can't mrs as sometimes it's completely hidden and

33:50

you really need to go searching for to get

33:52

it's but once you get it that's when as

33:54

you've probably seen in the game trailers the stuff

33:56

mario based go the like an acid trip and

33:58

a whole level just goes crazy And

34:00

it is just it is absolutely the highlight

34:02

of this game never knowing what's gonna happen.

34:05

It's absolutely It's the coolest fucking shit. Yeah,

34:07

I'm not gonna spoil any specifics on what

34:09

levels it happens but there are levels where

34:11

it turns into an auto scroll

34:14

level once you pick up the flower and All

34:16

the enemies just start singing like in

34:18

unison and it's fucking hilarious There

34:21

are levels that that turn the whole world upside

34:23

down There are levels that make it

34:25

into top-down games where all of a sudden Mario

34:27

gets lifted up And he's walking on the background

34:30

But the game is still a 2d side scroller and

34:32

you're looking at Mario from the top down trying to

34:34

dodge enemies and walking around There's games

34:37

that there's levels that make pipes crawl along

34:39

the ground like snakes and you have to

34:41

ride them There's so many that's just like

34:43

a hint of all the crazy shit that

34:45

can happen When you

34:47

pick up these Wonder flowers, it is

34:50

just like the coolest is absolutely the coolest part of

34:52

the game And like I said when

34:54

you beat the Wonder flowers section of a level

34:56

Usually you get rewarded with a with a seed

34:58

which is one of the seeds that you're looking

35:00

for So I just I cannot stress enough when

35:02

you're playing this game Go out of your way

35:04

to look for the Wonder flowers in every level

35:06

and do your absolute best to not look up

35:09

what they Do I tried to keep it

35:11

as vague as I could there because I really don't want to

35:13

like Absolutely, the highlight of the game

35:15

is going into a level not knowing what the fuck

35:17

is gonna happen when you pick up that

35:19

flower So just enjoy the ride. I

35:21

genuinely don't know if I can think of a level

35:23

where I was disappointed in what the Wonder

35:25

flower did There's a few that repeat a little bit

35:27

But I don't think I ever ran into an area

35:30

where I was like upset by what

35:32

the Wonder flower did It was always fucking awesome.

35:34

So look it up. It's just it's the

35:36

coolest fuck me It's so what a great

35:38

fucking system man. Oh my god It's a

35:40

way for them to introduce like like all

35:43

these crazy new ideas and make them make

35:45

sense It's just brilliant.

35:47

I love it. Wonder seeds are Wonder flowers are

35:49

the fucking best Brandon

35:51

Dezeba Wrote in instead

35:53

of the new power-ups introduced, which is your favorite?

35:55

Yeah I I know some people don't

35:57

want to spoil for them, but like you get the

35:59

most fairly early and it's really hard to review

36:02

a Mario game and not talk about the new

36:04

power-ups because that's always one of The highlights of a

36:06

Mario game in addition to

36:08

your standard mushroom fire flower and star

36:10

in this game You've got

36:12

the elephant. I don't think it's I don't know if it's

36:14

a mushroom. It looks like a balloon I don't know what

36:16

the fuck it is, but I think everybody's seen the elephant

36:18

They've been using that to market it since day one when

36:21

you pick up the elephant balloon thing you

36:23

turn into an elephant version of yourself

36:26

And I will say it's worth playing it is

36:28

all the other characters at least once Just to

36:31

see what they all look like as elephants because

36:33

it's pretty entertaining You

36:35

get really big like they're big fucking characters

36:37

whether the elephants But you have a couple

36:39

of new abilities you can swing your trunk

36:41

to either attack enemies in front of you

36:43

or to break through Bricks and stuff like

36:45

that and there's a lot of water

36:47

in the game sometimes you'll find like a water

36:49

fountain or a pipe spitting up water or you'll

36:51

find just little pots clay pots with water in

36:53

them and when you

36:55

whatever you touch them as the elephant your trunk

36:57

gets full of water and then you can

36:59

squirt water three or four times Before you

37:01

have to go and refill it and you

37:03

can use that to water plants that will

37:05

then do things behind you You can use

37:07

it to put out enemies when they're fire

37:09

enemies you can do use it for all

37:11

kinds of fun It's really interactive fun little

37:13

game. So that's that's basically all the elephant

37:15

does other than that. I gotta say Sure,

37:18

the elephants funny-looking elephants not my favorite power-up.

37:21

I I found him to be he's really

37:23

big and it just made it easier for

37:25

enemies to hit me and Once

37:28

the novelty of seeing your favorite Mario character

37:30

as an elephant wears off. You're just

37:32

kind of like a big stupid elephant So

37:35

I'm an overrated animal the elephant.

37:37

I'm sorry overrated animal. That's the

37:39

elephant The other abilities in

37:41

this game that are new are at

37:43

least I mean, I think there's

37:45

a drill in like Mario galaxy or something But you

37:47

can get a drill mushroom in this one Which gives

37:49

Mario a drill on top of his head. When enemies

37:51

hit you on top of the head, they get hurt.

37:54

You Can jump up to them from underground and hurt

37:56

them and you can either drill into the ground or

37:58

if you can reach The ceiling of a level. You

38:00

can jump up a drill into the ceiling

38:02

and then you're just like the Bugs Bunny

38:04

mount of dirt in the ground. and until

38:06

you hit alleged that you can go over

38:09

just basically burrow, log and enemies can't hurt

38:11

you. As somebody that to get into secret

38:13

areas and stuff like that, it's it's It's

38:15

pretty cool. I like the drill mushrooms either.

38:17

There's a bubble flower. Beds.

38:19

It looks like a fire flower but different color schemes.

38:22

When you pick it up like you you look like

38:24

you have a fire flower by your typical or schemes.

38:26

Edits That a spitting fireballs is be bubbles and the

38:28

bubbles can either capture an enemy inside of them in

38:30

that they pop until the enemies or you can just

38:33

pull them out of front of you and that actually

38:35

bounce off with them. One. Time So

38:37

to answer your question, Brandon, I

38:39

think the bubble flowers probably my

38:41

favorite. Ah, The of the

38:43

elephant the drill in the bubble I will

38:45

say by a large assay preferred the fire

38:48

flower. Like not my favorite batch of new

38:50

power ups. Gimme. The Cat Suit

38:52

from Three, The World or The Be Mushroom.

38:54

Or. The ice flower from the galaxy.

38:56

Games over these. But.

38:58

It would There it was. it is. It's they're

39:01

They're good. They're fine. It's they're They're fine. But

39:03

the worst bad bubble is the best one. Know.

39:05

Ah, I mentioned earlier I had a here

39:07

my notes. there's no timer. In. Most levels

39:10

which I shield is a timer. Any levels. Other

39:12

than the auto strolling levels of course, but no timer

39:14

is fucking awesome for that. Lets you just explores what

39:17

is what and I'll tell you some of the secret

39:19

exits. There's a secret exit of one of the first

39:21

levels of the games as a break leave bar by

39:23

money would have a hard to see Greg to the

39:25

game divide. But. I

39:27

like the there's no timers, you can take your time, look

39:29

around and by the that's that's a big plus. Ah,

39:32

Like I said, various kinds of levels. Most

39:34

are the standard left to right scrolling her

39:36

up down whatever platform years that we've all

39:38

played a billion times. Some of them are

39:41

bad salads levels which I really liked. They're

39:43

usually sort ones and these was don't count

39:45

against your lives when you die you to

39:47

lose a likely to start over. And.

39:50

in these ones are you either gain access

39:52

to a new badge or it makes you

39:54

equip a badges you already have and

39:56

then it's a challenge is based around whatever

39:59

skill that that Badge is giving you

40:01

I really I really like those levels

40:03

some of them are tough some of them are easy They were

40:05

pretty good there's some enemy gauntlet

40:07

levels where you'll come into an area where

40:10

You because you can store an item in this

40:12

game like you can in most Mario games So

40:14

you'll come into an area where it's basically giving

40:17

you unlimited elephant fire Bubble

40:19

and drill power-ups and you can take one

40:21

as your your stored item and take one

40:23

as your active item And then

40:25

you have to go through three or four levels of enemies

40:27

and just kill them as fast as you can and get

40:29

to The end and the

40:31

three purple coins are there and they're assigned to

40:34

like a basically a bronze silver and gold time

40:36

So maybe you've got 90 if you beat it in 90 seconds

40:39

You get one coin if you beat it in 80 seconds you

40:41

get two coins and if you beat it 70 seconds you get

40:43

three coins I like those levels. They

40:45

were pretty good really the only levels in the game

40:47

that kind of irritated me a little bit Is

40:50

there were there was a four or five of them

40:52

where you just have to look for these hidden badges.

40:54

They're just tiny levels they're not big there's usually no

40:56

enemies or not a lot of enemies and you

40:59

need to find five like flower

41:02

badge coin things that are

41:04

hidden and you and You

41:08

need to figure or they're not hidden But like you

41:10

need to figure out how to get to them or

41:12

they might be in some levels They are just invisible

41:14

some levels you can see them But other shins the

41:16

levels invisible and it's basically just solving the puzzle of

41:18

figuring out how to get them I think those levels

41:20

range from like okay to kind of crappy. Those

41:22

are my least favorite, but by and large I like that

41:24

it changes it up You weren't just

41:26

playing the same levels over and over again And then like

41:28

I said add in what the Wonder flower does to levels

41:30

and it's just a lot of variety Like

41:32

you know I one of my favorite things about this

41:35

game Would be beating a level and

41:37

then going back to the overworld and progressing to the

41:39

next level and having no idea what the fuck It

41:41

was gonna be is it gonna be a platformer am

41:43

I gonna be looking for these badges? It's gonna be an enemy gauntlet

41:45

is gonna be a badge challenge What's happening

41:47

here, and I really liked the variety

41:49

of levels that was good shit There

41:52

are airships not a ton of them But I do

41:54

think that the airships are some of the coolest levels

41:56

in the game you go up on the classic Bowser

41:59

airships And it's awesome Scrolling and you fight

42:01

your way through it made me those were the

42:03

levels The airship levels

42:05

were the ones that made

42:07

me think I'd love to see some classic Mario

42:09

games like Mario 3 or Mario World Redone

42:12

in these graphics. I think they'd be fucking sick because

42:14

of the the the ships of this game are fucking

42:16

dope They're really really cool.

42:18

Yeah. Wow as always I'm

42:20

gonna try to be vague about this and not ruin it

42:23

But there is a special world full of

42:25

funky levels that you gain act

42:27

Basically, there's six entrances to it from the six main

42:29

worlds in the game And then you get to play

42:31

some harder levels up there in the sky if you

42:33

can complete all those and there's a couple even Harder

42:35

levels hidden behind that those are like the the hardest

42:37

levels in the game Like I

42:39

said the the final level in the game Goes

42:42

on for quite a long time and it

42:44

took me about an hour and probably about

42:46

50 lives to beat you can Right

42:48

now you can see the replay of that of me beating

42:51

that level on Twitch It took me about an hour if

42:53

you're interested But I will say I wish

42:55

there was a few more of those types of levels

42:57

not that the game is too easy But

42:59

I love those really difficult challenge

43:02

levels at the end and like if you're

43:04

scared off by that I will say I

43:07

Don't remember who's called The

43:10

the bonus level in 3d world I think it was

43:13

champions road That one was harder than

43:15

the final level in this and some

43:17

of the darker side of the moon's levels in Odyssey

43:19

are Harder than the final level

43:21

in this game is not that it's not

43:23

that it's easy But it's not it's

43:25

not as hard as some of like the really

43:27

hard hidden levels in other games Like

43:30

I said, I 100% did it aside from getting aside from

43:32

getting all the standees and it says I don't know exactly

43:34

how long I took but my switch says I've played for

43:36

15 hours or more So it took me some time between

43:38

15 and 20 hours to 100% it minus Having

43:43

to get all the standees which I'm just gonna go

43:45

back and replay through the game to get enough purple

43:47

coins to buy All of them if you're going for

43:50

a hundred percent running you're playing it right now I

43:52

highly recommend every time you've got extra purple

43:54

coins Go buy some standees

43:57

like start collecting them now because once you hit that

43:59

nine hundred ninety cap you're just wasting the

44:01

purple coins you're picking up because you can't use them

44:04

and that is Frustrating to me because I literally

44:06

need those to finish off the last challenge of

44:08

the game now So but at the

44:10

same time like if my biggest problem with the game is that

44:12

I have to play it again It's

44:14

a pretty dope game. That's not the end of the world the

44:17

bosses I Won't

44:20

spoil the final I mean, I don't think it's spoiling

44:22

to say the final fight is against Bowser I think

44:24

everybody expects that I will I will not even

44:27

hint at what happens in

44:29

that final fight But we just did

44:31

that best boss fights episode And

44:33

I don't know if this fight against Bowser would have made

44:35

my list for that best boss fights Episode

44:37

of expansion pass, but it would have been a contender Definitely

44:41

one of the better boss Bowser fights in

44:43

all of Mario But other than that when

44:45

you're going through the the six like minor worlds or

44:48

whatever you want to call them the six other worlds

44:50

It's just Bowser jr. You fight him in a variety of ways

44:52

and some of the fights are a little bit creative But

44:55

I was not as strong as

44:57

you where the fuck are the Koopa kids

44:59

I want the Koopa links back so bad

45:01

Bowser jr. Is a hemorrhoid on Nintendo's ass

45:04

and We need to prep H

45:06

that shit. I fucking hate that kid, but

45:08

you fight him a few times and he's okay Bowser

45:11

fight is awesome. Yes, and I will say to you

45:13

There's a couple of worlds that don't have a final

45:15

boss fight Which I was a little bit shocked by

45:17

didn't really ruin anything for me because I was like

45:19

how many times I need to fight Bowser jr But

45:21

there are a couple where there aren't boss fights to wrap up

45:24

the world Lotus wrote

45:26

in and said it was great I

45:28

love playing through it the end boss was actually

45:30

really fun to beat and I'm sure I will

45:32

play through it more time in The future. Yeah,

45:34

I agree that the the final boss fight against

45:36

Bowser is dope. I did beat him first try

45:38

I didn't find it particularly hard, but it's a

45:40

really really stylish really stylish creative

45:42

It fits the tone of this game when

45:44

you get there and fight them you'll find

45:46

out it definitely is a Mario wonder final

45:49

boss fight It didn't let me down. I

45:51

did not try the multiplayer. I want to play with

45:53

Shaley We just haven't had a chance to sit down

45:57

my Assumption is that it's

45:59

basically new super where

46:01

the screen is kind of gonna like watch all of you

46:03

but it kind of can't and you can get pulled off

46:05

the screen and stuff like that. I

46:08

have seen some people say it's fun to play with

46:10

their kids and stuff like that but

46:13

I gotta say I did not try it. The

46:15

other thing you can do is play online and

46:17

you can't play online with your friends and play

46:19

a standard multiplayer game. You can

46:21

turn on the online and then other players characters

46:23

show up and you can see their

46:25

runs and they might help you find hidden

46:27

items and stuff. Some liked it, I did

46:29

not. Dr Flapjacks wrote it and said, first

46:31

time I realized the other players showing up

46:33

were live players and not just ghosts of

46:35

past runs, my mind was blown to pieces.

46:37

I've been helping some and I've been helped

46:39

by many. The other players are awesome. I

46:41

will say I did turn it on for

46:43

one level, found it incredibly distracting and turned

46:46

it off. But as everybody knows, I

46:48

hate people. I

46:50

like to play my games alone so you can experiment

46:52

with the online if you want to but I would

46:54

say if you're sitting there wondering, hey should I just

46:57

buy this game to play online? I would say absolutely

46:59

not. You can't just play

47:01

with your friends, four players, split screen

47:03

or anything. It's got the local multiplayer.

47:05

Otherwise you're just getting online ghosts and stuff

47:07

and that is what it is. If

47:11

you're an athlete, you know the greatest motivator

47:13

of all is the fear of letting your

47:15

teammates down. After all, a team

47:17

is only as good as its weakest link. So

47:20

you owe it to those wearing the same jersey

47:22

as you to be your best every time you

47:24

step on the field. That's why there's no vape

47:26

in team. When you

47:28

vape, you can expose your lungs to

47:30

toxic chemicals that can damage your lungs.

47:33

If you're a step behind, the team's a

47:35

step behind. Brought to

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you by The Real Cost and the FDA.

47:43

Graphics, I'm just wrapping up here with a few other notes that I have

47:45

written down. Graphics are great, I think

47:47

it's some of the best in the series, looks really fucking good.

47:50

One of the great things this game does, and it's not

47:52

the first game to do it of course, but

47:54

one thing it does really really well is you

47:57

can go from the main platform

47:59

where you're playing. Into the background and then you

48:01

see them way off in the distance or you can

48:03

come right up to the foreground sometimes and you're right

48:05

Up against the screen. I thought that was very very

48:07

cool and well done The

48:09

enemies look great. The game was silky smooth

48:12

I'm really I've never really felt

48:14

a hankering to see Super

48:16

Mario World or Super Mario Brothers 3 remade

48:19

in the new Super Mario Brothers graphics engine

48:21

I would love to see them remade in

48:23

this engine. I would love to

48:25

see that. It's a really good-looking game Not

48:28

everybody liked it Lord finish wrote in and

48:30

said I could never ever play this game I've

48:32

watched some streams and what the fuck is up

48:34

with those constant annoying sound effects. How do you

48:36

put up with that? It's like a modern-day version

48:38

of a participation trophy. Good job. You managed to

48:41

move Mario an inch Here's your reward some ears

48:43

shattering bells and whistles and some fucking confetti and

48:45

fireworks Fair enough. I mean

48:47

I disagree. I first of all it you don't

48:49

get the fireworks and shit in every level Um,

48:52

I mean maybe do it you beat the level But

48:54

I think there's a level very early on in the

48:56

game if you've played the game at all You probably

48:58

know which level I'm talking about there's a level very

49:01

early on in the game that turns into like a

49:03

three minute song and dance and It's charming

49:05

the first time you watch it. It gets annoying by the

49:07

eighth time I did see

49:09

some people complain about the voice acting because

49:11

it's not Charles Martin. It's this new guy

49:13

I honestly I didn't really notice I did

49:15

find the jump sound effect off just a

49:17

little bit It sounded just a little higher and weird,

49:20

but that was okay My my thing

49:22

with the sound in this game was

49:24

I didn't think the music was that great But

49:27

it wasn't that it was bad, but like

49:29

so many Mario games of such iconic Memorable

49:32

burned into your brain. You'll never forget it

49:34

music and I I didn't find that with

49:36

this game I thought the music was like it did the job.

49:38

It was okay, but If

49:41

there's no songs in this style, you're gonna be humming forever.

49:43

At least I'm not anyway So I thought

49:45

that was a little bit man I will

49:47

say though there's these flowers in the

49:49

background of the game and you run by

49:51

them throughout the game they don't do anything they

49:53

just talk and Some of them

49:55

are actually really funny. Some of them are just like go

49:57

get them. Good luck. Nice try you can do

50:00

But then some of them are just like don't leave me here.

50:02

What's going on? What is this? I

50:05

like it's so hot in here when you're like a

50:07

fire level some of those plants can actually be pretty

50:09

entertaining They pop up in the back

50:11

I guess when the game first came out people were hacking

50:13

it and making the plants say horrible things Nintendo's

50:15

cracked out on that but those talking plants

50:18

are actually pretty funny, so I Fair

50:20

enough. I didn't find it to be I mean it's a

50:23

Mario game I there's gonna be it's gonna be full of

50:25

obnoxious sound effects I don't know I played

50:27

Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island once you've played

50:29

that and listen to Mario scream and cry I

50:32

feel like you're bulletproof when it comes

50:34

to a noise and sound annoying sound effects I

50:38

guess as I get ready to wrap it up, and we

50:40

start heading into some final comments, and I slap a score

50:42

Let me just say Very

50:45

polished You know and I'm not

50:47

trying to suck the Nintendo dick I just lit them up on

50:49

game patch for the way that they won't let people

50:51

have tournaments with their games and stuff I'm not saying everything Nintendo

50:53

does is great But like I've said it

50:56

billion times and I'll continue to say it

50:58

Nintendo developed games the Pokemon is not Nintendo

51:00

develop people always bring that argument up to

51:02

me Nintendo published it Nintendo went apart in

51:04

it, but Nintendo did not make Pokemon scarlet

51:06

and violet or whatever ones of the broken

51:09

Nintendo games just aren't broken You

51:12

didn't need a day one patch no bugs Especially

51:15

when you again, I like spider-man 2 where you compare to

51:17

spider-man 2 and all the complaints about bugs and stuff Super

51:20

Mario Bros. Wonder just ran great. It's

51:22

just a classic Nintendo game They don't release

51:24

them broken and they don't release them till

51:26

they're finished and this game is just smooth

51:28

as ice I And just tip

51:30

of my cap to them in an era where more and more

51:32

games need patches They want and there's bugs

51:35

and crashes and shit all the time this

51:37

one ran like a dream so well done

51:40

I liked it. I liked it a lot. I you know what I hope

51:43

I hope that Super Mario Brothers wonder ends up

51:45

I hope there's some kid out there today Playing

51:48

Super Mario Brothers wonder and in 20

51:50

years. They're like that was their

51:53

Super Mario world You know like everybody knows

51:55

how much I adore Super Mario world. I know I'm not

51:57

the only one I know a ton of you do and

51:59

it doesn't Doesn't matter if it's Super

52:01

Mario World, the original Super Mario Bros,

52:04

Super Mario Bros 3, Mario 64, whatever

52:06

that Mario game is that just made you fall

52:08

in love with the franchise, this will be

52:10

that for a bunch of kids. And

52:13

I'm really excited by that. I can't wait to

52:15

see what those kids are saying

52:17

and doing if some of them are game developers and stuff in 20

52:19

years. This is a special game.

52:21

If I played this as a little kid, this game

52:23

would have blown my fucking mind. So, I really

52:26

liked that. Jetfuel

52:29

wrote in and said, I love this game. I got

52:31

sick with strep throat right after it came out.

52:33

So, I stayed home from work and 100% did

52:35

it within the first week. I grew up on

52:37

the 64, so I've only recently played all the

52:39

classic 2D Mario games to completion. Except Yoshi's Island,

52:41

fuck that game. Mostly due to this podcast. I

52:44

just want to cut into your comment. Yoshi's Island is awesome.

52:46

I like that game. I think that's the hardest

52:48

one to 100% of maybe any Mario game ever.

52:51

But, I like that game. Anyway, back to

52:53

Jetfuel's comment. Jetfuel said, I haven't decided if

52:55

this beats out Super Mario World for me

52:57

yet. The Wonder Flower is a wonderful addition,

52:59

but I wish more levels had secret exits

53:01

and I wish they were clearly marked rather

53:03

than having 100% of stages to see if

53:05

you got a check or not. And fuck

53:07

those fucking horse shit Mario Maker ass search

53:09

levels. Everything else is perfect and I love

53:11

the difficulty in the bonus worlds. Yeah,

53:14

those search levels are a little bit annoying. I will

53:16

say I agree with that. When you beat a level

53:18

you feel like you 100%ed it because you got both

53:20

Wonder Seeds, all three purple coins and then got the

53:22

flag. But then you still need to pause it every

53:24

time and go into the map and look at your

53:27

level list to see if you got the green check

53:29

mark. Because if you didn't, that means there was a

53:31

secret exit in there. And it can be frustrating if

53:33

you didn't notice that. Minor thing, but I

53:35

do agree with that Jetfuel. Like

53:39

I said, I guess if I have my

53:41

minor complaint is that the characters all play

53:43

the same. My major complaint, if you want

53:45

to call it that, is I do feel

53:47

it was a little short.

53:50

I'm not a fan of equating how

53:53

long a game is to its value. I don't know why

53:55

people do that when so many gamers complain about open world

53:57

games being so bloated, but that if a game is so

53:59

short, it's not. 15 hours you get people being

54:01

like that's a ripoff it was too short but I

54:03

I'm not saying it was a ripoff I think the

54:06

levels have so much variety I will

54:08

end up playing this game over and over again I

54:10

really hope we get DLC but I could have lived

54:12

with one more world or a few more of

54:14

the really tough levels at the end that's

54:16

all I was looking for was that one more world of

54:18

game of levels or like instead

54:21

of two really tough levels at the end give me

54:23

like a world full of them like just

54:25

when you compare it to like Mario 3d

54:27

world for example it just felt a little

54:29

bit on the short side but

54:32

not a huge deal great fucking

54:34

game and give me quality over

54:36

quantity every fucking every fucking time

54:38

give me a six out steak

54:40

that's like top cheddar top cut

54:43

over like 40 ounces of fucking bologna

54:45

with earmarks on it I

54:47

do like bologna though a couple

54:49

of comments from all of you before I slap a

54:51

score on this and let you know where it ranks

54:54

in my Mario games Dan Harrington said

54:56

I say this game makes a shortlist for game

54:58

of the year but definitely hands down with the

55:00

most fun and enjoyable game

55:02

of the year I would hear an argument is the most fun game

55:04

of the year I will say I don't

55:08

see a way this isn't on my personal shortlist

55:10

for game of the year when

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I say shortlist I mean probably five finalists I

55:16

genuinely can't decide if I think it's gonna

55:18

win it or not I'm really off to turn into

55:21

the blankies in January to find out I really don't

55:23

know but I I will I frankly

55:25

I think it's a testament to how good

55:27

and creative this game is that

55:29

a 2d Mario

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game in 2023 and

55:34

one of the most stacked years of video games

55:36

we've ever had will be

55:38

on a nomination list for game of

55:40

the year up against when you

55:42

look at some of the other games that

55:44

came out this year like your Baldur's Gate

55:46

your Tears of the Kingdoms your your Diablo

55:48

4s your Resident Evil 4s your star fields

55:51

your spider-man 2s your I know the list

55:53

goes on and on and on that a

55:55

classic 2d platforming Mario game could be in

55:57

that conversation should say a a

56:00

lot about how good of game this is. Of

56:02

the angry New Yorker said I'm enjoying this game

56:04

so far when it's not frustrating the fuck out

56:06

of me. I'll probably finish it by the weekend.

56:09

It's definitely a great game, and it has that

56:11

Nintendo polish. It is. It's polished to like a

56:13

fucking shine. And Super

56:15

Sweet Joakim, Joakim? So

56:18

Super Sweet Joakim? I don't know how to say that.

56:20

I'm probably saying that wrong. Said playing this game takes

56:22

you back to when you were young and you got

56:25

up early to play Super Mario before your older brother

56:27

woke up. I can't remember when I played a game

56:29

with a smile on my face the whole way through.

56:31

I dare even say that wonder has dethroned Mario

56:34

World as my favorite 2D Mario.

56:37

It's a bold take, Super Sweet. That's

56:41

the question I'd be getting from people. Is

56:43

it your new favorite 2D Mario? As

56:47

of now, no. As of

56:50

now, I think it's still Super Mario World for me.

56:53

But keep in mind that Super Mario World

56:55

and I have been best friends for going

56:57

on 30 some years. And I

56:59

have probably played through Super Mario World a hundred times.

57:01

I have played Super Mario Wonder

57:03

once and we go back three weeks. So

57:07

two weeks, whatever. I'm gonna

57:09

play through it a few more times. I'm gonna let it simmer. Nostalgia

57:13

is a powerful drug. I don't know if I can see

57:15

it conquer into Super Mario World to get my number one

57:17

spot. I also don't think I can

57:20

slot it in ahead of Super Mario Odyssey at

57:22

my number two, but I do... I

57:28

think it probably sneaks it as my new number

57:30

three. I think and I don't

57:32

think that's just because I just played it. Frankly,

57:35

I think it hurts the game that I haven't played it more

57:37

or that I don't have any nostalgia for it. I

57:40

think I think my top three Mario games would

57:42

now be Super Mario World, Super Mario Odyssey, Super

57:45

Mario Brothers Wonder. I think that'd probably be from

57:47

one to three how I'd rank my three favorite

57:49

Mario games now. It is easily the best 2D

57:52

Mario since Super Mario World. It's a return to

57:54

form for the franchise that I don't know if

57:56

I ever lost outside of new Super Mario Brothers

57:58

2. That fucking game sucks. It's

58:00

a great fucking game if I'm giving it a score out

58:02

of 10. It's an easy nine And

58:05

if it had more if it had more

58:07

runway if I had a few more levels Maybe

58:09

a couple more difficult levels at the end I

58:12

think it might if it had if it had like

58:14

you know in Super Mario world you go to star

58:16

world And then once you beat those five levels Then

58:18

you get the path up to those eight tough levels

58:20

to wrap the game up if they had those eight

58:22

tough levels instead of what? It has I think

58:25

it might have gotten close to that perfect 10 But

58:27

that was my one complaint was I finished it and it left

58:29

me wanting more which is a good thing But I

58:31

want fucking more so I hope we get DLC or

58:33

something Easy nine top three

58:36

all-time Mario game for me really good

58:38

fucking game cannot recommend playing it enough

58:40

and Just enjoy the ride man.

58:42

Don't look up with the Wonder flowers do in advance I

58:45

tried to I purposely tried to keep that as

58:47

vague as I could just enjoy the ride It's

58:49

such a great fucking game. I love Mario ah

58:53

Anyway, that's it for expansion pass 185

58:56

my new super or my super Mario Brothers wonder

58:59

review Thank you so much for listening everybody game

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patch tomorrow 24-hour stream Friday and Saturday Hope you

59:03

can come by next week's expansion pass if I

59:05

if I beat spider-man 2 in time Will be

59:08

spider-man 2 review that one might be a spoiler

59:10

cast I rarely do that, but I feel like

59:12

it's similar to God of War Ragnarok I don't

59:14

know how much I can say about it without

59:16

getting into the story so that one might be

59:19

a spoiler cast I'll let you know if I'm

59:21

not ready to review at the time then next

59:23

week will probably be a look at the games

59:25

on My backlog I'm gonna dive into as soon

59:27

as my current backlog from hell is Empty cuz

59:30

we're getting close and that's something we've been talking

59:32

about for a little while now. All right. Thanks

59:34

for listening everybody I appreciate appreciate you appreciate the

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support go play some Mario wonder and What

59:39

a year from games fuck me. I'll talk to y'all the

59:41

next one. Cheers everybody. Thank you so much

59:44

for listening everybody I appreciate it again Apologies to

59:46

the lack of a regular remember the game episode

59:48

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