AWKWARD ZOMBIE

The final battle of SM3DL blew me away. Definitely one of my favorite Mario moments in the series, since it wasn't a typical boss fight that you'd expect from modern Mario games.

Plus the music.

Oh god yes the Mario RPG's have the best final boss tracks

This. So much this.

I loved the almost cinematic mad dash for the button. Full of win and actually what I find to be the hardest part of the fight.

The final battle of Bowser's Inside Story was one the best there was.
The music, the atmosphere, the SUPER ULTRA STAR PUNCH TO DARK BOWSER
Simply amazing.

I always felt that the Dark Bowser battle was trying to be epic though, it didnt really feel genuinely epic :/

Then again I DID get to Punch Fawful int he face. Alot, so that kinda make sup for it. I remember getting alot of crits on him.

Oh god Fawful was the best character in SSS, PiT, and BIS. And he barely did shit in PiT.

I was at the Supermarket today with my mum, and there was Bowser's Inside Story in the Videogame section. Unfortunatly, it was still 27/28 pounds (Mario games are so good the price never drops) and I want Luigi's Mansion 2 when itr comes out, so I'm leaving it for now.

Still, assuming I can get both, is BIS good? :3 (I've never played any of the M&L series sob sob)

And what's the first Luigi's mansion like? (Never had a gamecube, either ||D; Or seen that game in shops)

BIS is really good. All the Mario RPG style games are.

I don't know what Mansion was like but according to what I've read Mansion 2 is supposed to be better and longer. And if I had a Gamecube I definitely would have bought Mansion, so I'm going to get Mansion 2.

Luigi's mansion was a good game, but really the big problem with it was that it was fairly short. Basically, there were 4 chapters to the game, each on essentially unlocking 1 floor of the mansion (though you later get to go to secret rooms in previous floors, some with needed items to continue going through the game). Eventually though the game tries to lengthen itself by resorting to sending you off on a fetch quest for the 50 boos hidden in the mansion (all in rooms you've previously been in, or are about to go to, pretty much every room will have a boo, and if you don't catch them, they migrate around). You only need 40 of the bastards to beat the game, but completionists, of course, will get all 50 (not sure if you get treasure for doing so). However, the game was fun, it didn't drag out forever (you could probably beat it in 8 hours easily the first time, provided you didn't get stuck, which is possible), there's a lot of charming homages to Mario games, and the final boss was really great.

Plus, there's lots of treasure to collect, and the more you collect, the better your new mansion will be, since the old one will disappear after the night is over.

Also, oddly enough, when you beat the game, it unlocks a mode that makes it easier to catch ghosts, and encourages you to play the game again with that to improve your score. I kinda think they should have had a harder mode for a new game plus, but maybe they felt like there were people frustrated by not getting all of the best picture frames for the NPC ghosts or that couldn't get all of the treasure ghosts.

So I take it that Luigi's Mansion 2 would be a recommended purchase?

I never played the first game either.

Reading from what Kamak said, and from what I've heard that you go to several mansions in LM2, the problem with the too short is solved without it dragging along.
So, yes. I'll get it too.

I just wish we knew more about Paper Mario. At least all the other upcoming games have finalized titals.

>Paper Mario

WELP LOOKS LIKE I'M GETTING A 3DS

Yeah, I loved the classical references they made to the older games, with the fire coming towards you, barrel throwing and such. It would be even cooler if there was a section in which he would throw hammers at you.

That's one of the main reasons I want to get one too.
The Paper Mario 3DS looks awesome so far, even though we have been running a little "short" on updates (videos, trailers, screenshots) from the game.