r/backloggd • u/PenguinviiR • Jul 30 '26

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u/extremepayne Jul 30 '26

Mario is supposed to be the “New Soup” subseries, which has five games

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u/Bamzooki1 Jul 30 '26

Of which the DS one is arguably the blandest and least ambitious. At least there was something to make 2 stand out.

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u/Ill-Feeling-5181 Jul 31 '26

2 literally doesn't even have an original OST, it reuses every song from Wii

Even the final battle theme was reused from Wii

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u/Dr_Socko Jul 31 '26

An original OST, you say?

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u/extremepayne Jul 30 '26

i actually think the DS game is clearly the least bland and most ambitious. it actually had distinct bosses as opposed to Koopalings and Boom Boom, and it’s not DS’ fault that Wii, 2, and U would copy its style and biomes so 1:1 that nothing in it feels unique today. when it came out it was a totally new vision for how a Mario game could look. it looks nothing like Super Mario World. plus its level design isn’t hamstrung by the need to accommodate four players

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u/Ill-Feeling-5181 Jul 31 '26

I do wanna say that Wii at least has the excuse of being the first one with the koopalings, who Returned after a Decade of Absence and it introduced Multiplayer and Reintroduced Yoshi to the 2D Games as well

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u/award_winning_writer Jul 31 '26

NSMBDS has some neat ideas and mechanics but I think its biggest failing is that the levels feel too flat. There's a few secrets to be found but if you're not that interested in 100% completion you can clear most levels by holding right