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nknichol's Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
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| [September 8, 2009 09:05:12 PM]
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GAMEPLAY
During this session I went back and played the first castle for the first time. The gameplay in the final castles differs slightly from the rest of the levels because you are on a ship that moves in two dimensions, and there are stationary cannons that shoot at you. After advancing past the first world I invoked the two flutes that I had collected and made it to the final world. The levels in this world are much harder, and there are different enemies added: bombs that follow you and timed jets that you have to dodge.
DESIGN
The levels in this game vary quite a bit, and each variations have different enemies or obstacles that you have to face. The first world consists mainly of just generic obstacles and enemies. This changes when you come up against the final level where you are fighting on a floating ship. The theme of the second world is the desert. This world introduses a sun that follows you as well as quick sand that you sink into. In other levels you are required to swim most of the time, and the final world includes a string of tanks that you have to navigate through.
The cutscenes are quite lacking in this game. The only time you are informed of the story line is upon the completion of a world. Once you beat a world you are presented with a paragraph of dialog that notifies you of your success and tells you what happens next. The dialog can be skipped and I was perfectly content with not knowing what was happening. The game was still fun even though the story was weak enough where it didn't matter if you knew what was happening or not.
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| [September 7, 2009 04:12:46 PM]
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SUMMARY
In Super Mario Bros. 3, you play a character named Mario who is trying to end the chaos caused by Bowser in all of the different worlds. It's a plat-former, and you have to navigate through each level collecting power-ups and points to win the game. In each world there are Fortresses (Bosses) and castles that you have to defeat to get to the next world.
GAMEPLAY
This game can be very frustrating, but hard to put down. I almost completely quit after being stuck on one level for about 30 minutes, but finally got past it and I ended up advancing much farther. While the gameplay is pretty repetitive, the power-ups do help to mix stuff up and make it interesting again. For example, getting the "feather" power-up can completely change how you play a certain level. Aside from the power-ups, the way the worlds were built also adds to the game. The levels in some worlds will have you swimming the entire time, in other levels you are placed in a bottomless area while you jump from platform to platform, and in another world everything is four times its natural size. These different worlds significantly change the gameplay.
Throughout the game there are secret rooms, special items, and bonus areas. In one of the first levels if you hit a block right you are shot into the air and land in a bonus stage. Also, in the first world there are two secret areas that contain a flute. Using the flutes, I was able to get to the seventh world in no time. The existance of these special areas keeps you playing over and over again in an attempt to uncover more of the game.
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nknichol's Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Monday 7 September, 2009
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