Sunday, June 20, 2010

Whomp's Fortress remade



My favorite part of Super Mario Galaxy 2 was the remake of the second course from Super Mario 64, Whomp's Fortress. I have such found memories of Mario 64 that being able to return to one of those classic levels was amazing. That game excited me like few others have, I remember going down to the toy store all the time to play it on their demo-kiosk before I got my own N64, and after I did I put countless number of hours in to that game. Of all the games I have played it might be the one I have the fondest memories of. As my first real 3D game it amazed me to no end, it was like they had created a whole new universe and stuck it on to a cartridge.

When I played through the DS port years later I was surprised how well Mario 64 held up. It was just as enjoyable as any modern platformer, even with the DS's crippled control scheme. Now revisiting Whomp's Fortress again in Galaxy 2 I can't help wishing they would remake the whole game in the Galaxy engine.

They were able to retain the same feel of the original level even while making subtle improvements to the level design. And with gorgeous Galaxy graphics and the much improved camera it was better than ever. If they had remade the Bob-omb Battlefield I might have actually cried.

Please Nintendo, you have shown us how well a Mario 64 remake would work on the Wii so just give it to me. I would pay you lots of money, you could even have my first born as payment.

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