I think SSBB's Mario should have won. SMB3's sprite doesn't really have anything going for it. I think you guys are being optimistic because it was a great game. "defined facial features"? There's nothing defined about them. He also looks nothing like a "cartoon". On the other hand, Brawl's Mario is defined, with lighting and...and... well, LOOK AT THOSE OVERALLS!!!
do you guys remember that annoying people in home article? remember the one about starting a flame war with as few words as possible? That just happened. lol... btw what's with all the hypocritical angry comments?
I went to the midnight release of this (I don't know what compelled me to when i could have gotten it after work today) and played it for just one hour when I got home. It's excellent
I just got through the first assassination and I have to say that I'm loving the slightly sped up combat, the more fluid climbing, the hidden blades in combat...
My only gripe is that the faces sometimes look a bit PS2ish, specifically Lucy. What did they do to her? For a collection of pixels in a game, she was relatively hot in the first. Now not so much. But that's just a little thing. the actual gameplay is visually beautiful.
15-20 hours for the sequel of a game that you could easily beat in 6 hours is really very enticing and pretty impressive.
all in all, my first impression i that this review was right on the florins.
It's a toss up between Mario Kart 64 and Star Fox 64. I played the piss out of Star Fox. beat it at least twice a week. Plugged it in the other day and i still love it.
Mario Kart 64. my sister and i still play it and we get really competitive. It looks like crap and it's gotten kind of buggy with age, but it's still way more fun than just about any current gen racing game, including Mario Kart Wii.
You used the word "were". Did they pass away, or am I just over analyzing?