It’s time for another “Hands-On” direct from Eurogamer. This time round, I managed to catch up with the man himself, Mario, and discuss the Nintendo offerings that were around at the Eurogamer Expo.
Nintendo had two main stands this year, one featuring The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D for the 3DS, and Skyward Sword for the Wii, and the other way a small area full of 3DS units with Mario Kart 7, Super Mario Land 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations and Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Mario very kindly took some time out of his busy schedule to give me his hands-on impressions of the upcoming Nintendo 1st party titles.
Mario and I got the chance to play through several levels, which incorporated the new level design and kart design features Nintendo have developed for Mario Kart 7.
We hit a burger stand for a milkshake and to trade tips for attracting women/defeating giant lizard kings, before moving back to the Nintendo 3DS stall for some more handheld gaming. This time, we decided to give Super Mario Land 3D a whirl, and I asked Mario to explain how the decision came about to try something different for this new title, while still managing to keep that old Mario charm in the game.
The game played like Mario Galaxy in the palm of your hand, and looked stunning, and with this coming out a week or two before Mario Kart 7, it looks like Nintendo are set to dominate the final week weeks of this year.
Erm, thanks Mario, for the insightful and challenging look into The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword… What I can say is that, while the game played well and showed off both the Wii MotionPlus capabilities of the game, as well as a whole host of new and interesting items for Link to play with (not something Nintendo always remember to do with a new Zelda title), I was somewhat disappointed with how the game looked. I know we’ve gone very much away from Twilight Princess’s darky and angsty tone, but this game looks like it could have appeared in the very early days of the Wii, or even the Gamecube. It isn’t ugly, but it certainly doesn’t look as polished as I was expecting from a game that is due out in a couple of months.
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Had a chance to play both of these games, and they were a blast. These two were possibly the games of the show for me- If these don’t shift a ton of 3DS units for Nintendo at Christmas, there’s something seriously wrong with the world.