Comments on: The Anatomy of Super Mario: XII. Further lessons from World 1-1 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/08/09/the-anatomy-of-super-mario-xii-further-lessons-from-world-1-1/ Defunct, amateurish, game design analysis by Jeremy Parish Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.7 By: jparish http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/08/09/the-anatomy-of-super-mario-xii-further-lessons-from-world-1-1/#comment-1922 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:50:32 +0000 http://telebunny.net/toastyblog/?p=8488#comment-1922 Ooh, nice observation. I hadn’t thought about that, but yeah, the upper Fire Flower requires unprecedented aerial maneuvering.

]]> By: Danko http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/08/09/the-anatomy-of-super-mario-xii-further-lessons-from-world-1-1/#comment-1921 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 15:20:21 +0000 http://telebunny.net/toastyblog/?p=8488#comment-1921 What’s also notable about the pyramid following the Star block is that it’s the first case that actively encourages you to experiment with how Mario can change direction in mid-jump. If you’re at least Big Mario at this point, the top block contains a Fire Flower, but the only way to get it is to do a standing jump on the center block of the first row and then pushing left or right near the apex of your jump to get Mario to “drift” into the flower. It’s another example of how well the tutorial content is integrated into this game in such a dense — but endlessly entertaining — way.

Incidentally, I just want to echo how superb the Anatomy of a Game series is. I’ve been reading this site in its various permutations for — could it really be almost fifteen years!? — and thoughtful, perceptive content has always been why. But Anatomy of a Game is on a whole another level.

]]> By: Aelfric http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2013/08/09/the-anatomy-of-super-mario-xii-further-lessons-from-world-1-1/#comment-1920 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:36:24 +0000 http://telebunny.net/toastyblog/?p=8488#comment-1920 Loving the anatomy series as usual, and hey, Pop Fiction is awesome! I was not aware before this comment–you never know what you’ll find around here. It’s just too bad I was never much of a Mortal Kombat fan, as it seems to have the coolest myths.

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