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Kat & Ana - WarioWare Gold

Split Screen is one of the most simple but effective WarioWare modes theyve ever devised. Having one microgame start one one screen whilst one is wrapping up on the other, leaving no break between them, creates this great division of attention on your peripheral vision thats honestly a preferable alternative to a lot of WarioWares marathon modes. So many of those devolve into repetition and well I suck at this one so Ill lose a hit when it comes up, otherwise this is free. By never letting your attention waver, you never reach that state, always engaged in the process of back-and-forth gaming. And using the duo as the hosts for the mode just makes sense, glad they got the call instead of Dribble & Spitz or the volt family.

Little Mac - Mike Tysons Punch-Out!!

So the only reason I have something resembling a poorly performing part-time job on Youtube is because of Mike Tysons Punch-Out. I may be a little biased, but Im rather fond of the game! Theres something so simple yet so addictive turning whats essentially a reaction-test puzzle game into a sporting event, learning basic patterns that are often very repeatable, but constant tests of attention and reflexes to execute. Its a very difficult game not to get; when you lose to Piston Honda (and you very likely will lose to Piston Honda on the first go-round), youll know if the game is for you or not, and if it is, damn its fantastic. While I love the Wii remake and do think its a richer well to draw from, I think there are two major elements that make the NES classic a better showing for Little Mac, specifically. The first is his size - Punch-Out Wii puts him at a much more manageable height so that his model could reasonably reach the boxers hes supposed to be punching. NES Mac is PITIFULLY small, dwarfed by every progressively bigger body you come up against, making foes like Bald Bull and Soda Popinski look like impossible to slay giants the first time you lay eyes on them. Sells the David Vs Goliath story in that kind of awe-inspiring Shadow of the Colossus sort of way, just with more machismo and better controls. The second is the presence of Mike Tyson himself. There is a huge difference between fighting Mr. Sandman or Mr. Dream, scary cartoon boxer who youre told is the best and is a really tough video game character, and Mike Tyson, legitimate unbeatable super-athlete with his real-world reputation tossed directly into the video game. Tyson acts just like his real-life counterpart, going for a lightning fast first-round KO where every single one of his dynamite punches lead to an instant knockdown. Tyson is able to build up an aura of intimidation that cant be captured by just video games alone, taking his real-life prestige and weaponizing it as the difficulty is cranked up as high as can be and he sends players tumbling back to the mat. You COULDNT beat Mike Tyson; after all your training, he sent you packing in 10 seconds flat on your first attempt. But Mac gives you the tools you need to find that one in a million chance, to study him, and to finally win. And that sort of triumph is something that may have been lost to time as Tysons reputation has yknow, changed a lot. But Mac captured lightning in a bottle there, and as quickly as it faded, damn did those sparks burn bright.

Best Smash Appearance: Smash 4 - Man the For Glory era was something else. Little Mac is outright a character that I think does not work in Smash Bros - just platforming around him prevents the character from playing the game. All of his mechanics are done better by either Kazuya or Terry, he outright is missing half of his moveset, and he fundamentally misunderstands what it means to be Little Mac. Throwing out big, meaty hitboxes that power through poorly-timed attack attempts - those are the bosses of Punch-Out, not its protagonist. Little Mac encourages his opponents to weave defensively, dodge his punch then counter-punch, and thats yknow, really backwards! Macs gameplay identity leans a lot more into his Super Punch-Out design, based around maintaining his momentum without getting hit in order to unleash a super-charged star punch, which I SUPPOSE is fair - the NES Punch-Out only worked as it did because the technically-limited Famicom couldnt emulate the arcade games, so itd be possible to see it as a weird prototype for the REAL arcade Punch-Out experience - but is also backwards in celebrating why people love Little Mac and the Punch-Out series. I dont think Mac is unfun to play as, but I do think that there are better characters who outclass him at every single gimmick he wants to bring forward, and as DLC has been released, his place in the roster has simply become invalidated. I want him back, I love Punch-Out and wanted so badly to main him before the release of Smash 4, but I want him completely redone. Also making Doc randomly show up as a taunt? Criminal, that man has more charisma than most of the Smash cast combined, he does not deserve to be restrained. F