It's a Me! - Super Mario 3D World Reviewed

Post by Steve Farrelly @ 01:09pm 03/12/13 | 18 Comments

Adding to our list of platform-diverse reviews today, comes industry stalwart and Nintendo posterchild, Mario, in Super Mario 3D World for the Wii U. The gaming world might be abuzz about next-gen, but it's hard to ignore any Mario videogame formula, which is exactly what's on offer here.

We gave the review to birthday boy James "Jickle" O'Connor, who ran Mario and co. through their colourful, mushroom-powered paces and walked away satisfied, but slightly disappointed at the lack of true innovation in what should have been a real push for the Wii U's continued existence.

Click here for our Super Mario 3D World review.

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Raven
Posted 01:50pm 03/12/13

I think you need to find a reviewer who actually likes Mario games. This seems a pretty common trend with Ausgamers, finding huge fault and not exactly enjoying the game like almost every other media outlet does.

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Eorl
Posted 01:57pm 03/12/13

I'm enjoying it Raven :) Great addition to the 3D Mario's, playing it with my girlfriend and finding it hilariously awesome, beautiful and difficult at times which is great. Definitely a must for any Wii U owner.

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tspec
Posted 02:05pm 03/12/13

Picked it up a couple hours ago. Looking forward to giving it a whirl but might not be until the weekend.

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Zapo
Posted 02:23pm 03/12/13

This deserved higher than an 8.0 IMO. I played it with a friend on the weekend for about an hour and it was amazing. We were ultra competitive running around to collect all the coins and to see who would get the highest score because I wanted the freakin' crown damnit!

Then I played another game with my partner and it was totally different, we took our time to get all the stars and it was more cooperative then competitive. Both were really different ways to play what was essentially the same game.

It's not perfect, but for this style of game I think it's better than an 8.0. Multiplayer works soo much better than in the New Super Mario Bros games which were just a bit too frustrating.

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blahnana
Posted 02:26pm 03/12/13

Why do these games still have lives?

I want to poke you in the eye, sir!

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glynd
Posted 02:37pm 03/12/13

I don't think they could have taken Galaxy any further to be honest and I don't understand why one of the negatives is "It's not Galaxy 3". Different strokes, different folks I guess.

Big mention to the Miiverse implementation. It's brilliant. Stamps are going to give this game a lot of replayability. Also loving the toad mini-games with the 5 stars. One of the few sequels that out does the first game in EVERY way. I'm hoping the "extra worlds" are like 3D Land. I rage quit on those levels a few times haha.

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Raven
Posted 03:00pm 03/12/13

I'm hoping the "extra worlds" are like 3D Land.

There are, and they're amazing. Simultaneously incredibly fun and difficult.

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 03:15pm 03/12/13

For the record guys, Jickle was an avid reader/collector of Nintendo Gamer when I was editor of that, and he's a huge Super Mario fan. I agree with most of what he's said here though -- this is a res'd up expanded version of a handheld outing that is fun because it's Mario, but it's not doing anything new and just because it's Mario doesn't mean it should get a free pass to a high score.

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Ha
Posted 05:14pm 03/12/13

I think you need to find a reviewer who actually likes Mario games. This seems a pretty common trend with Ausgamers, finding huge fault and not exactly enjoying the game like almost every other media outlet does.

when you give a game an 8 and you still get comments like this it's probably time to realise your scoring system is retarded.

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Nathan
Posted 06:42pm 03/12/13

when you give a game an 8 and you still get comments like this it's probably time to realise your scoring system is retarded.

I have to agree, it feels like score compression - where the used rating range is 7 to 10 instead of 0 to 10 - is in full effect for AusGamers reviews recently

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Jickle
Posted 07:01pm 03/12/13

It got an 8 because it's a really good game! I just think that these flaws are worth noting and discussing, because they hold it back from being the masterpiece it seems on the verge of becoming at times. Like I said, even slightly disappointing Mario is still better than the majority of games out there.

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Ha
Posted 07:45pm 03/12/13

It got an 8 because it's a really good game!

yes but on this website a 7.9 means you can play it all the way through without some glaring issues that could be sorted out in alpha and 9.9 is call of duty

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Jickle
Posted 08:26pm 03/12/13

Then what does a 2.5 represent? :P http://www.ausgamers.com/games/beyond-two-souls/review/

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Tyoson
Posted 09:15pm 03/12/13

God, why do people think 8 is a bad review? It's a good damn score.

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Steve Farrelly
Posted 10:08pm 03/12/13

Also, Call of Duty: Ghosts got less than 7 on this site.

The point here is, you guys love the game enough to not be happy with our score, if you hated the game and it scored the same, we'd be in the same boat. Review scores are for those seeking them, but if you already have the game and don't need the score, it shouldn't be a personal issue. An 8, to me, is a game I should definitely play. I just scored Dead Rising 3 7.9 but couldn't stop talking about how great it is, because 7.9 is still playable. This isn't the IGN review score realm of 8-10. (And yes, I know you're all going to go through our reviews and cherrypick the games you think are too high or too low, but that will just solidify my point.)

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fpot
Posted 10:10pm 03/12/13

http://www.ausgamers.com/games/simcity/review/

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Tyoson
Posted 10:48pm 03/12/13

http://www.ausgamers.com/games/simcity/review/

HahahahahahahahaahhaahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahHAHAAHAHHAAHAHH AH AHA HH AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAAAAAA

*Wipes away tears*

Some people absolutely love a game, while others hate it. A review is from one persons view point. I like to read reviews to see pros and cons and try to ignore the score.

A lot of movies I've thoroughly enjoyed have been blasted by critics as bad. The same thing will happen with games. Use reviews as a guide, not as a "THIS GAME IS BAD FOR ME, SO IS BAD FOR EVERYONE" Type thing.

3/10

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eski
Posted 01:25am 04/12/13

Did you do reviews for Nintendo Power Steve?

When is the first time you remember people complaining about review scores?

Loving me some Mario 3D world, feels like the game NSMB WiiU shouldve been.

Good review too, nice to hear a different perspective.

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