I don’t want to have to kill you - Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Let me tell you about the New Super Mario Bros. Wii: do not play it with other people. This is not because multiplayer is flawed. It is not anywhere close to being flawed. The multiplayer is so very excellent. The reason not to play with people is because you will want to kill the people you play with. You will want to kill them dead with a brick. Do you love your significant other? You won’t after you play this game. It’s a surefire way to end a relationship. I think the reason this game creates such bloodlust can be attributed to two facts.
Fact 1: It’s really easy to screw over your teammates. You can throw them into enemies and other things that will take their life. You can take all the shrooms that pop out of a box for yourself. Sometimes, normal shrooms and a special shroom (e.g., the penguin suit) pop out of a box. Guess what that means? It’s a fight to get that special shroom. You don’t even have to try and be a jerk. You might accidentally pick up someone instead of the ice block they’re near, and subsequently chuck them into the nearest goomba as if they were an ice block. Someone can accidentally move into your jumping path, causing you to bounce off their head and probably down a hole. All this will want you take a Wiimote to someone’s neck.
Fact 2: There isn’t a compelling enough reason to work together. In Team Fortress 2, you can’t achieve victory by yourself. Sure, you can be credit to team, but you really can’t get the V without your teammates. In Left 4 Dead, while you can shoot your teammates, it’s a horrible idea. Dead teammates = dead you. In many games, the difficulty scales up since you’re doing co-op. This is not true in NSMB Wii. I didn’t notice additional goombas roaming about. Platforms didn’t get smaller. In fact, I was in a situation where I was the only person left alive. I finished the level like a boss. It was 10 times easier to get the job done without people than it was with people. Sure, it’s convenient to have multiple people on occasion (not everyone needs the mini-shroom), but occasional convenience isn’t good enough.
I’m not saying it’s a bad game, because it isn’t. I’m just saying it will cause you to choke someone out with the remote strap. Choke them dead.
André//12:12 AM//Someone felt like leaving a commentA Comment!
I have bruises to confirm that violence. I mean… I walked into a door…
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