Current Events > I will never ever understand how people can prefer SMW over SMB3

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Super Mario Bros 3 just has the most refined well paced level design in any platformer ever while the levels in SMW tend to feel full of fluff in comparison. Also while having an interconnected map sounds cool the actual world itself feels bland in comparison to the areas you visit in SMB3.

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I prefer World because you can save and the game doesnt fuck you over if you run out of lives.
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I prefer 3 cause SMWs Yoshi+cape is OP af.

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i hate to say it but i prefer 3. world is a fine game and all but anymore when i start a new game i just try to hurry to the first save opportunity and quit.

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Duncanwii posted...

I prefer World because you can save and the game doesnt fuck you over if you run out of lives.

Imagine running out of lives lololol.

Lairen posted...

I prefer 3 cause SMWs Yoshi+cape is OP af.

I misread at first lol. I agree.

DarthDemented posted...

i hate to say it but i prefer 3. world is a fine game and all but anymore when i start a new game i just try to hurry to the first save opportunity and quit.

I just feel bored when playing SMW. Any time I start SMB3 I have to stop myself from playing or just beat it again lol.

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Dat Yoshi tho

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Sportsaholic posted...

Dat Yoshi tho

True but if I want Yoshi I have Yoshis Island.

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Conflict posted...

SMW easily has better physics, powerups and worlds

Everything about this is a lie especially that last part.

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SMB3 would be better if you could go back and play old beaten stages.

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IndustrialTrudg posted...

I just feel bored when playing SMW. Any time I start SMB3 I have to stop myself from playing or just beat it again lol.

right? when i was a kid i did several playthroughs til i got 100% exits. kinda annoyed they didn't toss in at least enough levels to or exits to make it a round 100. but after that i just didn't have the same excitement to play it. same thing with super metroid. hell i still have a play through of that one on my wii i have yet to finish.

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3 was the one with the flying ship maps right?

that game was TRASH

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3 is too long for a game without saves or passwords

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Ive never liked SMW. By the time I get to the 3rd or 4th level Im just done with it.

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SMW > NES SMB3 > SNES SMB3

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I honestly cant see how the majority opinion is always the other way around. Everyone is always circle jerking to how they think that SMB3 is so much better than World. Its all I ever see when the games are compared.

World is just so much more fun to play IMO. Id take it over 3 any time, anywhere

yoshi and that world map, oh and the cape

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DarthDemented posted...

right? when i was a kid i did several playthroughs til i got 100% exits. kinda annoyed they didn't toss in at least enough levels to or exits to make it a round 100. but after that i just didn't have the same excitement to play it. same thing with super metroid. hell i still have a play through of that one on my wii i have yet to finish.

Literally the two games I feel most disapointed in not liking that much. I mean not being I hipster I want to love both of these games especially Super Metroid. I love the atmosphere in that game but Its just not fun to me when you get so OP you dont have to fear death.

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I like cheating in hammer suits cause normally you get like 2 the whole game.

I like the gba levels that have stages that use the boot.

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The inventory system was kinda cool but also kinda lame. Kid me never used any cool power ups because I didnt want to lose them. Frog suit was boss. Hammerhead suit was legend

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SMW is very good and does a lot of nifty exploration stuff that SMB3 lacks. SMW feels duller because the levels in each world are more same-y and less mental. Because the exploration aspect now doesn't hit as hard as it did in 1991, that same-y-ness stands out. SMB3, meanwhile, packs a punch with its crazy levels and their short size means you never get bored with them.

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Level 1-2, sliding on your ass for the first time...
Getting chased by the sun
The boot suit

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PoopPotato posted...

The inventory system was kinda cool but also kinda lame. Kid me never used any cool power ups because I didnt want to lose them. Frog suit was boss. Hammerhead suit was legend

I hate the inventory system so much for this reason basically. Made me super anxious to use a power-up because I was afraid I would waste it, so I would never end up using the big fun ones. Just made the overall experience of the game a lot less enjoyable and not fun.

World solves this problem by just taking that inventory system away and just letting you get the power ups in the levels themselves. Much more fun and worry-free experience

Conflict posted...

There's a reason why SMW is the significantly more popular game for romhacks

That has nothing to do with anything.

furb posted...

3 is too long for a game without saves or passwords

Naw it's just right :)

BlockAddition posted...

SMW > NES SMB3 > SNES SMB3

SMB3 > SMB2 > SMB1 > SMW

Guerrilla Soldier posted...

yoshi and that world map, oh and the cape

The world map is way less interesting. And no clue why people like the Cape so much.

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SMW needs crazy extra levels to have any challenge and even then only a few were kind of hard.

The crazy colors were awesome but let me turn that shit on at the start after unlocking it....

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IndustrialTrudg posted...

Super Mario Bros 3 just has the most refined well paced level design in any platformer ever

Have you played Rayman Legends?
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DavidZ2844 posted...

I hate the inventory system so much for this reason basically. Made me super anxious to use a power-up and because I was afraid I would waste it, so I would never end up using the big fun ones. Just made the overall experience of the game a lot less enjoyable and not fun.

World solves this problem by just taking that inventory system away and just letting you get the power ups in the levels themselves. Much more fun and worry-free experience

Just save any decent power up for world 8. The rest is generally easy enough to not use them....

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AndreLeGeant posted...

SMW is very good and does a lot of nifty exploration stuff that SMB3 lacks. SMW feels duller because the levels in each world are more same-y and less mental. Because the exploration aspect now doesn't hit as hard as it did in 1991, that same-y-ness stands out. SMB3, meanwhile, packs a punch with its crazy levels and their short size means you never get bored with them.

I think this may be the main thing for me. I played SMW as a kid but I never owned it or beat it. It definitely felt more grand back then than it does to me now.

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Conflict posted...

It has everything to do with anything actually. SMW is universally loved for its physics and SMB3... isn't.

Okay now you're just being super edgy lol

The physics feel stiff in SMW. The more slippery nes physics and momentum are more fun.

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World 7 was always really hard for me. World 8's levels weren't too bad, but being in the dark on the overall map frustrated me as a kid. Dunno why. Could you go through multiple paths and hit more levels than necessary?

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IndustrialTrudg posted...

Super Mario Bros 3 just has the most refined well paced level design in any platformer ever

DKC Tropical Freeze

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furb posted...

3 is too long for a game without saves or passwords

This.

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wickerman posted...

IMO SMB3 was the last remnant of that idea where a game is supposed to be beaten in 1 sitting. Back then the thought of being able to save your game and playing it again later from where you left off was unheard of, except for a few exceptions such as zelda.

As such, the levels were designed to be challenging, the powerups were not that varied and the worlds were more straightforward.

Because SMW was designed with saving in mind, you could get creative with the power ups, save some on that square on top of the screen, and level designs were a bit slower and less hectic but more about aesthetics, wow factor, branching paths and exploration.

Wait how was SMW more creative with powerups? It actually cut down on them.

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Lairen posted...

Just save any decent power up for world 8. The rest is generally easy enough to not use them....

Yeah but then if you die you lose the power up and cant really get it back anymore (especially in that case since its the last world). And if you do it earlier in the game, you might get it back later or you might not, its not certain.

Its very limiting, makes the game more stressful, and limits your options which makes the gameplay less varied if youre not too good at the game and die often.

Inb4 any edgy get good and the game will be more fun and varied comments it shouldnt be that way which makes the system flawed and just not fun IMO

Garioshi posted...

DKC Tropical Freeze

I may disagree but I wont argue because that game is also a masterpiece as is DKC2.

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DavidZ2844 posted...

Yeah but then if you die you lose the power up and cant really get it back anymore (especially in that case since its the last world). And if you do it earlier in the game, you might get it back later or you might not, its not certain.

Its very limiting, makes the game more stressful, and limits your options which makes the gameplay less varied if youre not too good at the game and die often.

Inb4 any edgy get good and the game will be more fun and varied comments it shouldnt be that way since the system is flawed IMO

The system isnt flawed. It's called a risk and reward system.

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PoopPotato posted...

World 7 was always really hard for me. World 8's levels weren't too bad, but being in the dark on the overall map frustrated me as a kid. Dunno why. Could you go through multiple paths and hit more levels than necessary?

Nope. The dark section was linear. I think that was done more for atmosphere.

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DavidZ2844 posted...

Yeah but then if you die you lose the power up and cant really get it back anymore (especially in that case since its the last world). And if you do it earlier in the game, you might get it back later or you might not, its not certain.

Its very limiting, makes the game more stressful, and limits your options which makes the gameplay less varied if youre not too good at the game and die often.

Inb4 any edgy get good and the game will be more fun and varied comments it shouldnt be that way which makes the system flawed and just not fun IMO

I just save things like leafs in case i bomb world 8. I use lots of other things. But the worse i do the more i use so it should balance out.

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IndustrialTrudg posted...

The system isnt flawed. It's called a risk and reward system.

Ok maybe not flawed. But I think that makes it not a fun system at all, and one of the reasons why I dont think the game holds a candle to World. Im trying to enjoy the game and not stress out over it.

But some people like that I guess

Honestly there is no perfect Mario game.

If you combined Mario 3 and SMW you could achieve that.

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first mario was perfect. its all downhill from there.

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I just do. *shrug* Both are awesome. There's just something about World that's more appealing to me. This is one of those things where there is no wrong answer, but people got to make an issue over preferring one to the other.

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I prefer 3 because doing boring levels 2+ times to find secret exits is not as fun on repeated playthroughs.

It's a fun mechanic the first time, and only the first time.

3 also feels smoother and faster. The cape is too powerful, as well as the back-up power-up.

The SMB3 inventory is better.

I could go on.

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If you ask my opinion on 2d mario:

SMB>SMW>SMB3>SMB2(USA)

Lost levels is just a glorified romhack with Nintendo's stamp of approval. My opinion on SMB3 goes back and forth, but I think right now, I prefer World.

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