-> It's defently NOT different, as I said, the only thing that is
-> different, it it's 3d. Take the other Marios.. You can't say I'm
-> wrong when I say that the stories are basically the same -> Bowser
-> kidnaps the Princes, you need to save
-> the pricess... all the other Marios (except Mario #2) have the same
-> story. You
-> agree? Meaning a HUGE resemblence.
i agree completely.  But mario never needed a change in story.  As for
crash, I thoroughly explained about the story, heavily borrowed from
the sonic series and about a billion games.  And sorry about the whole
thing with not playing the game, you just didn't seem to explain
yourself well enough in your last reply to prove in my mind you played
it.
-> As for the bad guys, same thing, take level1, those balls falling
-> down the cliff, ain't that a bit like the "bullets" flying at you in
-> the 2D Marios? (Yes).  And all the other bad guys are taken from the
-> old marios. NO ORIGINALITY.
->
-> And again.. that thing about : It's not just about bashing.  Ok, you
-> are right,
-> maybe 99.99999% of the time the game is just bashing, there's 2
-> times where you
-> have to race a Koopa, BUT, if you want to get to the koopa, what
-> must you do? Bash bad guys, right?  During the WHOLE game, you need
-> to bash bad guys. You cnnot say you never had 1 level where you
-> didn't jump on 1 guy...
I never said there was a lack of bad-guy bashing.  I was just
explaining that there was a lot more puzzle-solving/item collecting
than in previous mario games.
-> As for the Stars to unlock a new area.. If I remember well, in Crash
-> Bandicoot
-> 2,  you need to collect 5 purple crystals to gain access to the
-> higher level, then 5 more, then 5 more, then 5 more.  Am I right?
absolutely.  But i think mario 64 designed the whole idea better.
Anyway, i'd like to end this quickly (parents are screaming) by saying
Crash and crash 2 are great games, it's just i like mario better.  I'm
just trying to prove that mario has enough originality, that it doesn't
need to be rubbed into the ground.
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