Motivating Monday Week 42

Happy Earth Day!!!

-Travis

Motivating Monday Week 32

Nintendo unleashed their brand new system on the states yesterday.

Who went out and picked up this new console?

I personally am going to wait on this one...it does seem like it has a lot of potential, but there just isn't enough out for it yet to make me crave it.

I was lucky enough to attend the Wii U Experience over the summer, and if you would like to check out what I had to say about my experience with the games and system then, just jump back a few post.

Till next time...

-Travis

New Super Mario Bros U WiiU Impressions.

Ready for more 2D platforming?

New Super Mario Bros U was one of the games I got to play but was not able to get gameplay footage of.

The fun things about NSMBU is the fact that a small speed run tournament was hosted at the WiiU experience....and well...My partner and I took home first place! =)

Now when I say I played with a teammate you are probably thinking one of us was Mario and the other was Luigi or some generic Toad...not exactly....

That's right folks. We BEAT Mario and Luigi.

During the tournament I took control of Mario with the classic sideways Wii-mote controller scheme. Mario controlled the same as always...I did not notice any differences in controls. While I was sprinting through the course as fast as possible my teammate assistance me in my run with the WiiU game pad. He could add stepping blocks, stun enemies, and help me gather useful items. In one scenery I was running through the stage without enough time to jump on a Koopa shell... luckily my partner came to the last minute rescue by tapping the Koopa as it appears real time on his game pad. Doing this popped the Koopa shell into Mario's hands allowing me to take out some Goombas off in the distance.

The demo at the WiiU Experience featured 3 playable levels. For a Super Mario veteran like myself I found these stages very simple, but fun non the less.  The stages looked very colorful and vibrant in its widescreen HD showing.

The full game can also be played on the gamepad at any time without the need of the television which is another great addition. Want to check the weather or how a sports team is doing? Just switch to the gamepad mode and keep playing while you check up on your favorite team.

New Super Mario Bros U is nothing groundbreaking, but it is more of the same fun you would come to expect from the New series. New levels, new power-ups, new graphics, and new features, and the ability to bring your Mii into the platforming action.

-Travis

Get Your Portals Out of my Game!!!

Hey hey hey!

So It has been around two weeks since my previous post, so I was thinking it was about time for an update.

Many things have been going on in my life.

Instead of filling up my post with a bunch of jibber jabber about my life, I decided it may be more interesting to post a few awesome finds of mine these past two week.

Lets get started....


What would happen if Valve created a Mario game?

Mari0

I found this link on Kotaku.
After countless spoofs of Portal guns being introduced into other game franchises. A group of creators are finally making a mash up of Mario and Portal a reality.

I am pretty excited for this!

In related news, a hack for the game Minecraft is in the works, that will include a twist of Pocket Monsters.

PokeCraft (Link for the Kotaku article.)

I also have some great links if you are looking for some inspiration. 

GreyScaleGorilla  does these 5 second projects. Basically He sets a theme for contestants to follow, and the only rule is that it must be 5 seconds long. This time the theme was "Behind the Scenes."

Like always there were some great videos to be seen. Here is just an example of one.

5 Second Project


If you would rather read something for inspiration instead, you should definitely check out this article. 


Tutorial Culture

This is all for today.

Till next time...


-Travis