so the game open with a storybook and you get to play it 2D style,bowser shows up,pick the princess and then teleport away... no giant airship,no cake... just... that,then you get a mario shaped planet to chase him up
but anyway,the first level is pretty much standard fare,they recycle galaxy first boss petey piranha (weird that no review mention that... stay classy gaming journalism
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in the second level you get yoshi,he has his trademark flutter jump and if you point at something and press B,he'll eat it with it's tongue (which he can also use to grapple on special platform) it's okay... the second star include a boss,a lakitu with a crown that you have to kill by throwing spikey shell back at him using yoshi,not too hard
in the third level you get a drill power up,when you drill you end up on the other side of the planet,it's clever but doesn't involve more tought than "i have to go to the other side to drill so i can reach that elevated platform" this stage has a boss too,it's the giant robo spider but he's fought differently from the original so we'll give it a pass,tough the fight itself is very similiar to the penguin boss from yoshi island
then i got to a secret level where platform switched everytime you spinned,it was actualy somewhat challenging (i even died once
) so it gets a thumb up
the fifth level introduced the cloud suit,when you waggle you make a platform below you but by using the long jump (you know when you dash,press Z and then jump) you barely have to make any use of the power,again it's okay...
the sixth level use the arrow-gravity switching gimmick from the original galaxy,there is not a lot to say here
the last level has a pretty short segment and then a fight against a giant dragon,the giant dragon is nice but he dies really quickly and dodging him is really easy which is somewhat disappointing
that concludes world one
the first level of world two is made out of wood and there are seesaw that cut out part of the level so you have to be quick,decent enough,this one is a hit
the second level has boulder mario,you waggle,he rams,pretty stupid power up the boss is similiar to the first level boss (altough this time it's an armadillo) only that you have to ram it's behind while being boulder mario instead of just attacking him,lame level
the third level has yoshi again and a remix of super mario world music,this time there is chili pepper,if yoshi eats it he become red and starts to dash like crazy,this was a pretty cool level made even more worthwhile thanks to the mario world music but alas it's over in a blink of the eyes
after clearing the third level you get challenged an issue from a monkey in a previous level,the challenge is to stomp multiple enemy with a single jump,it actualy takes a little effort so it's good stuff,while i'm here i also do the secret part of the level and... BEHOLD! ANOTHER RECYCLED BOSS! this time it's the giant buzzard who flies around a giant tree,in the original you fight him as bee mario but here you do it as cloud mario,doesn't end up making much of a difference
the fourth level is a racing minigame,albeit one that is much less annoying than the manta race
the fifth level is a underwater level,kinda boring
the sixth (secret) level is a bee mario level,but it's all in 2D prospective... meh! (are they going to hide all the rehashes in secrets?
did i mention another secret bit has you chasing a rabbit?
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this time bowser level is much better than the last one,the fight with bowser is different from galaxy but not really worth a mention,it still has that inappropriate choir music (i mean it's good... but... it's bowser!)
and that's the second world
the first level of world three as you navigating a giant trunk,you do so by having yoshi eating blue fruit that let him fly,the weird thing is that the level is circular so techinicaly you can fall infinitely,it's a neat level... the second star of the level copies the slide from mario 64 world 3... when i say copy i mean that they even use the same music,but ehy at least it's fun! i even end up dying 3 times!
the second level uses the cloud suit yet again,there is now wind that blow up your cloud but is more or less like the previous cloud level
after finishing the cloud level,comet starts to appear,some of these were dumb and short but some were challenging and fun (specialy the one on the level where platform switch everytime you spin) definitely better than most of the normal level i played,but anyway
the third level is boo themed,there is even the ghost house music from super mario world,first star require yoshi
to eat a yellow fruit so he can shed light on a invisible ghost house,the second is more classic but the jumps are tight and you are chased by boo,it's good stuff
the fourth level is a ice one,you make some jumps,pick a fire flower and then destroy a giant snow sculpture of bowser... boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooring
the last level i played was a ball rolling galaxy... now i really want to be pissed at yet another bit recycled from galaxy but that music is so hypnotic i can't resist...
and that's where i stopped playing but beside a secret level unlocked by feeding a luma that was the entirity of world 3
