Current Events > Finally beat New Super Luigi, got all star coins, all stars on my save file

(+) Yeah! (+)

Damn that was fun, feels good to enjoy a great platformer again

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/9/2/AADAKwAADp-4.jpg

That looks delicious but unfortunately can't eat it.

I'm just excited to have this feeling of accomplishment over having gotten all the star coins especially the harder levels, where even cheating with the super squirrel suit wasn't possible.

In new super luigi he has a higher jump and is a lot more slippery than in the default game, which I was shocked to find out is an actual design feature, I forget what it's called but basically weaker traction when running

I made sure to beat the game first after knowing that beating the game lets you save any time which is definitely needed.

There was this one level, called fire bar sprint in the bonus levels that was damn near impossible to beat, let alone get all star coins for. Basically you have to run the entire level without getting hit by those rotating fire bars, and it's the worst kind of level in platformers, because there's no room for mistakes, you have to run at exactly the right time and speed without breaking stride for the entire level. I don't play those difficult platformers for this exact reason, it demands perfection and is just not fun.

I was tempted to use nabbit (who has invincibility) to at least nab the star coins when I finally beat the level, but resisted and forced myself to try to do it with Luigi. Almost didn't think it was possible, no level in the game was that difficult.

I finally decided to try to cheese it as best as I could by loading myself up with star and flying powerups and grabbing a baby Yoshi to use as a sacrifice against the fire, which still took forever to nab that final star coin and win the stage. The level of relief I felt was enormous, no other level bothered me after that (there was only 1 or 2 more anyway)

OK gonna move on to super Mario 3d world now

cuh posted...

That game gives me so much anxiety so I stopped playing it the 99 time limit and music kills me lol

That is to say, good job!!

The first few times I tried the game I was like "screw you game I'm going home" because it was even more difficult than regular nsmb switch, and I didn't think I was that rusty at 2d platformers.

But then I just eased into it and decided "don't go for all the star coins, just get to the exit" and since the levels are shorter than the main game, if you just aim for the exit it gets easier.

Also I was lucky in that I found a secret exit by chance that led me to right before the final world, which helped because my goal was to beat the game and unlock the save mechanic. Once you can save anytime you want, you can save scum as much as you want. The powerups help too, I pretty much always save scum if I'm going to use a super duper flying squirrel to cheese through an entire level.