17th May 2005, 6:06 PM
Remember alternating 2player games? Not exactly the greatest concept, but it was SOMETHING. co-op is nice too.
Anyway, I just wanted to join in with ONE thing. If, in the future, they decide to release a Mario All-Stars compiliation of all the Mario Advance games :D, I suggest a special kind of alternating co-op. The kind that isn't alternating. That is, the world maps of the games (except Mario World, it's pretty close to what is needed there) should have a lot more branching paths to the levels. The idea I have is that only one person can be in a level at a time, but the other, on another DS, could jump into ANOTHER level at the same time and play it through. As they work together but seperatly, but more importantly, with no down time, they unlock more and more paths through the game. It's just like on the NES days, where you would beat one level, your friend would beat another, but this time you can both do your part at once. I'd turn it into a race. You all remember the whole game of chicken around that first mushroom house in SMB3 right? ONE of you had to beat a level to get to that mushroom, but the person that did couldn't actually get the item because the other one would RACE in and grab it the second their turn started. Well, this time I have something more fun. You just RACE straight to the end of the game. Who can beat levels faster, find quicker paths? That sort of thing. When bonus places are on the map, while one is playing the level, the other can actually mess around WITH the map. They can't get to it, no that level is occupied and in the way, but they CAN toss stuff over the level to the other side to mess you up :D. Imagine beating it to find you now have a big thwomp in your path. Screw this up, and you get flattened on the world map while your friend walks over you and grabs the shroom. I'd LOVE it! Classic mode being included would also be nice, because sometimes you want to watch your friends playing the level.
Anyway, I just wanted to join in with ONE thing. If, in the future, they decide to release a Mario All-Stars compiliation of all the Mario Advance games :D, I suggest a special kind of alternating co-op. The kind that isn't alternating. That is, the world maps of the games (except Mario World, it's pretty close to what is needed there) should have a lot more branching paths to the levels. The idea I have is that only one person can be in a level at a time, but the other, on another DS, could jump into ANOTHER level at the same time and play it through. As they work together but seperatly, but more importantly, with no down time, they unlock more and more paths through the game. It's just like on the NES days, where you would beat one level, your friend would beat another, but this time you can both do your part at once. I'd turn it into a race. You all remember the whole game of chicken around that first mushroom house in SMB3 right? ONE of you had to beat a level to get to that mushroom, but the person that did couldn't actually get the item because the other one would RACE in and grab it the second their turn started. Well, this time I have something more fun. You just RACE straight to the end of the game. Who can beat levels faster, find quicker paths? That sort of thing. When bonus places are on the map, while one is playing the level, the other can actually mess around WITH the map. They can't get to it, no that level is occupied and in the way, but they CAN toss stuff over the level to the other side to mess you up :D. Imagine beating it to find you now have a big thwomp in your path. Screw this up, and you get flattened on the world map while your friend walks over you and grabs the shroom. I'd LOVE it! Classic mode being included would also be nice, because sometimes you want to watch your friends playing the level.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)