Mario and Luigi are doing what they can

[vovat]

I started playing Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, and it's been pretty fun so far. You get to see Mario come out of the shower in his underwear, which is...well, pretty weird. So far, Mario and Luigi have teamed up with Bowser Koopa to try to get Princess Peach's voice back (the Mario Brothers because they want to help her, and Bowser because he can't kidnap her with her new destructive voice). It seems to be pretty much par for the course that Mario and Bowser make a reluctant alliance in the Mario RPGs. The original Super Mario RPG actually let you control the Koopa King, which was pretty cool. He's the main bad guy in Paper Mario, but I think he might help out in Paper Mario 2. I could be wrong, in which case it would just be the two non-Paper Mario RPGs that have Bowser as an ally. Anyway, I've made it to Hoohoo Mountain, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to reach the summit. In addition to the battles, which have been pretty easy so far, there have been some challenges, like jumping a rope and using a spin jump to gather Hoohoo Spirits between ledges. These are probably harder for me than they should be, but I eventually did both of them.

I'm thinking it's about time to get a new icon, but I'm not sure what to go with. I'm thinking maybe something else Mario-related. Something related to They Might Be Giants might be nice, but I'd want something that hadn't been done twenty thousand million times (See? It's a TMBG reference! {g}) before, so it doesn't just end up being a situation like, "OMG, im using teh THEY scul or teh snoman w/teh money!!!!11" I wonder if the picture from the flying carpet T-shirt has been used. It's kind of hard for me to come up with ideas, yet I also would kind of like to have MORE icons, so I didn't have to get rid of my old ones. I don't want that enough to actually pay money to livejournal, though.

For some reason, Hotmail has decided to reorganize my contacts in order by last name, rather than first. The thing is, some of my contacts didn't really have last names, so I just separated a description into two parts. This means that some of my contacts now show up as things like "Mailing List, They Might Be Giants" and "Reference Center, New Jersey Statewide."

COMING SOON (PROBABLY): A review of Bed, Bed, Bed (as if anyone really cares about it at this point).

Comments

That spin jump spirit collection part is tough!

[optissima.livejournal.com]

Mario PRG is my favorite game ever, and Paper Mario consumed all my free time for about 3 weeks, but I didn't like Superstar Saga AT ALL.

I absolutely could not figure out some parts without the help of a walkthrough, and that sucks because it's cheating. It kept getting more complicated and less fun, so about a third of the way through, I just said, "Screw it, I'll sell it on eBay!"

Did I have a point? I forget. Anyway, I hope you like Superstar Saga more than I did.

Re: That spin jump spirit collection part is tough!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I might have to look at a walkthrough already, and I've barely started. I'll take a look at my problem again before I resort to that, though. I don't know that looking at a walkthrough is THAT bad, but it takes away some of the challenge.

My copy of Super Mario RPG was used, and didn't come with the instruction book. I got stuck in Booster's tower because I didn't realize you could hold the B button to jump higher. I think that might be a situation where looking at a walkthrough is definitely warranted.

[onib.livejournal.com]

I use this icon sometimes for TMBG related stuff. One of my friends made it for me early on. I liked that it came from a shirt, rather than album art, so it was slightly less known than the other icons you see all the time.

I'd concider getting a paid account just to get more icons, so I didn't just use the one all the time. Of course, I probably still would...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I'd like to be able to use different icons for different topics. I mean, I do a little of that now, but it's obviously quite limited.

Isn't there a way to buy icons without having to pay for all the other stuff you get with a paid account (most of which I would probably never use anyway)?

[onib.livejournal.com]

According to the FAQ, free accounts can only have 3 pictures (unless they're an early adopter account). Paid accounts get 15 pictures. For an extra $10/year, paid accounts can upgrade to 50 pictures.

It seems a shame that you can't just get more pictures without having to pay the $25/year for a paid account.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. I doubt I'd buy more icons anyway, though, since I don't have much money. Even if I DID, though, I'm sure I'd find better places to spend it. {g}

I wish it retained your old icons on old posts after you changed your icons, but no such luck. They thought of EVERYTHING. {g}