Tuesday 30 January, 2007

The second time playing I connected the second controller and played in two player mode. This is an interesting idea for a multiplayer setup and since both players are not playing at the same time I used the two player mode to give me more lives and therefore chances to experience the game. I spent more time exploring the first level and found some interesting tricks that can be triggered to achieve better results. For example, if you jump on a certain type of enemy his shell remains in the playing field and Mario is able to bounce it against blocks allowing access to new boxes that can be popped to reveal flowers or mushrooms. The strategy that I picked up on was to keep amassing flowers until Mario became some sort of animal like character with ears and a tail. This allowed me to remove enemies by pressing the “b” button which swung Mario’s tail. After exploring and defeating a couple more levels I advanced to a bonus level that had me trying to line up pictures that were segmented in order to restore them to a complete picture. I found this very difficult because once the button was pressed on the controller; the picture on the screen was not immediately stopped. I also went into some kind of room that allowed me to open one of three treasure chests. I found this game to be very entertaining despite the simple outdated graphics. The game has an easy to understand story, Mario and Luigi are the perfect non discriminating heroes and the enemies are not that threatening. The game is not violent and involves more strategy than fighting. When I watched my friend play he was able to trigger boxes to be destroyed and enter secret rooms that are almost like separate levels upon themselves. It was clever for the game designers to include this into the game because it allows the experienced player new possibilities in game play.

This is ok, but try to go into more detail on the game design in the future. Also please write in correct English.