Not that much progress, owing to the fact sitting down is extremely uncomfortable (I’ve got sciatica in my left leg), but I’ve just defeated a spider like creature in Tsuta ruins. True to the Zelda template it required using moves I’d only just learnt (in this case hooking objects from floating flowers).
I really do love this game, but at times using the celestial brush is extremely frustrating - I know the action required, but can’t quite get the precision.
My new main game, but from what I’ve experienced so far I’m probably going to have to leave it until those days when I can give it my full attention. So far there has been a lot of exposition and I’ve only just got out of the village. The village start has given it a Zelda feel - much as I love Zelda I hope that feeling passes.
The celestial brush is fun with the remote, although I did find it frustrating repairing a water wheel since it appears it wanted me to be standing in just the right spot for it to work correctly. The artwork is, as promised, great.
I want to have a rant about the Wii’s internal memory, but I think I’ll hold off until another day. My brother invited me to install the demo of Dr Mario, but I knew I’d like it and thought the kids might too. So I’ve been playing the odd game, unfortunately there seem to be very few people playing WFC. Anyway it looks good and is fine for a quick game - I think germbuster is probably better on “More Brain Training” on the DS.
I like Mario Kart Wii, but have found it a bit of a disappointment - not because I find it easier than previous versions, I don’t (maybe because I only use the wheel for control?), but because there is no mission mode.
I really enjoyed chasing the triple stars in mission mode on the DS and until today I didn’t think there was an equivalent, but the second online tournament is straight out of mission mode (“Clear the gates in order in GBA Battle Course 3. Look at the map carefully and clear the gates quickly”) and I’m pretty good at it (not in the top 10, but definitely the right end of the the bell curve.
Unfortunately I was slap bang in the middle of the curve for the first online tournament.
The second frustrating game of last night. I had a go at the purple coins in freeze flame galaxy, I got to 98 coins easily enough (now that I know how to get the summit), but unfortunately I think the last two coins can only be reached by a well timed long jump and I’m absolutely useless at them.
I completed Sea Slide Galaxy by getting the Purple coin star. Getting this star was a bit tedious really; lots of flying in a bee suit from purple coin to purple coin, none of which were hidden away.
Hidden star in freeze flame, turns out this requires me to go exactly the same path I’ve been struggling with on the purple meteor. The only real difficulty is getting ice mario to jump high enough fairly near the start.
3 more stars: speed run (simple although my arm was left aching from all the spin attacks) and the hidden star (although “hidden” is overstretching) in dreadnought, and a purple coin star in melty molten galaxy (fairly straightforward). The hardest star was definitely the hidden star, just because the time limit was fairly tight (30 seconds) - if I’d been given 5 seconds more I’d have completed it fifteen minutes earlier.
Over in the corner sits another Mario game feeling all unloved (Super Paper Mario since you asked), since Super Mario Galaxy has taken over my gaming life. In one sense I’ve completed the game, Mario has rescued Princess Peach, but in another more real sense I’m not yet there. So far I have 106 stars, all that is left is a handful of hidden stars (two of which I’m completely unsure of) and several meteor stars (including the purple coin star in a toy galaxy and I swear it is impossible). So far I’ve avoided the lure of gamefaqs and I’m hoping that’s the way things will remain.
I’ve completed Paper Mario (just ahead of one of the kids), defeating Bowser wasn’t so much hard as time consuming. Despite being very linear I enjoyed myself (obviously! if I hadn’t I’d have given up a long time ago). The end of game credits seemed to go on forever.
Edit: somehow this post is being hacked, I guess I’d better keep an eye on things