Hello. I'm registered recently, because I have to tell somewhere that I was highly impressed by the 2010 TasoFro game "New Super Marisa Land".
What baffles me is that I don't see much discussions about this game anywhere, it seems it's an obscure game outside the Touhou bubble.
It basically gave me what I'm sorely missing from modern Mario games:
- oldschool, SNES style 2D art with no voices, just "chiptunes"
- expansive design with unique bossfights, powerups (I've yet to see a Mario game where you can catch podobo/firebar and use it as a laser shooter), varied levels, tons of secrets
- something that is not really a hack, has it's all world building, characters, art style, music
I tried the predecessor "Super Marisa Land", and while the music is even better there (I mean, really), the controls are wonky and the levels are punishing. The sequel, the weird pastel coloured "Marisa Land Legacy" is worth playing, but it's a nerfed NSML with Mario 1 left to right gameplay.
NSML is not perfect though. The controls are better than in SML, but it still painful with punishing collision detection and jump commitments. It's not difficult, but can be annoying at times, especially if I go for all the optional red stars (which unlock more unique, often harder stages).
I have two questions: 1) Did anybody else play this game here?
2) Can anybody recommend another Mario hack like this one?
(I mean a game with semi-commercial quality, not too difficult, with it's own world, style, not hacks from old games, and clearly Mario, especially SMW/SMB3 in style?)
Greetings,
DJonas
PS: The only other game with similar vibes was Giana Sisters DS on the NDS. It was a beautiful game with great art and music, very good controls (better controls than Marisa), but the level design is too conservative and doesn't move forward fast enough. It took me until world 6 to see really strong levels, and until world 7 to have proper difficulty.
What baffles me is that I don't see much discussions about this game anywhere, it seems it's an obscure game outside the Touhou bubble.
It basically gave me what I'm sorely missing from modern Mario games:
- oldschool, SNES style 2D art with no voices, just "chiptunes"
- expansive design with unique bossfights, powerups (I've yet to see a Mario game where you can catch podobo/firebar and use it as a laser shooter), varied levels, tons of secrets
- something that is not really a hack, has it's all world building, characters, art style, music
I tried the predecessor "Super Marisa Land", and while the music is even better there (I mean, really), the controls are wonky and the levels are punishing. The sequel, the weird pastel coloured "Marisa Land Legacy" is worth playing, but it's a nerfed NSML with Mario 1 left to right gameplay.
NSML is not perfect though. The controls are better than in SML, but it still painful with punishing collision detection and jump commitments. It's not difficult, but can be annoying at times, especially if I go for all the optional red stars (which unlock more unique, often harder stages).
I have two questions: 1) Did anybody else play this game here?
2) Can anybody recommend another Mario hack like this one?
(I mean a game with semi-commercial quality, not too difficult, with it's own world, style, not hacks from old games, and clearly Mario, especially SMW/SMB3 in style?)
Greetings,
DJonas
PS: The only other game with similar vibes was Giana Sisters DS on the NDS. It was a beautiful game with great art and music, very good controls (better controls than Marisa), but the level design is too conservative and doesn't move forward fast enough. It took me until world 6 to see really strong levels, and until world 7 to have proper difficulty.