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