>You are at world 4-1>Having trouble with Lakitu>Die 3 times and you have to do the whole game again instead of just spawning again at 4-1 to try again against LakituWhy? Defend this, you can change SMB and Lakitu with any other game that does this bullshit.
>>12016490The fuck did they do to Mario's neck?
I think the timer is a bigger bullshit, at least you can hold A and press Start to continue from the same world.
>>12016503That's the GBA version of the game.
>>12016509LOL I know, just wanted an excuse to point it out. By the way, Lakitu is supposed to be MUCH harder. (Falling spinies are intended to follow Mario while he's running.)
>>12016490Literally just keep running, this level is easy as fuck. He'll never hit you if you do that.>>12016503Looks like the GBA Classic NES Series port.
>>12016490Like a brain dead low IQ deer in headlights you froze up at the first sight of Lakitu. Just keep moving right like a boss and he can't touch you. I learned that when I was 6.
Game Over's exist to make you actually git gud at a game to achieve victory instead of just endlessly continuing until you can luck your way to the end. It's anti-quarter-feeding game design. Arcade ports to home consoles generally had the same design, not giving the player an 'insert coin' button but a specific amount of lives/continues/credits.
>>12016518>>12016553You are missing the point of the thread>>12016579How are you supposed to get good against Lakitu by repeatedly doing world 1, 2 and 3 where there are no Lakitus? Seems more like 3 lives no continues is a feature to make the game seem longer that it actually is.
>>12017206>repeatedly doing world 1, 2 and 3You take the left warp pipe in 1-2.
>>12017209OK, what do I gain by repeatedly playing world 1-1 and world 1-2? How does this matter in the context of evading Lakitu in world 4-1? Wouldn't it make more sense to restart at world 4-1 even upon a game over like Lost Levels?
>>12017213If you end up getting a game over in World 4, you could simply hold a + start at the title screen and start at the exact world you left off at.
>>12017218Fuck this is not about SMB, It's just an example. This is about games that do this shit and don't have the start + a trick
>>12016490The whole game again is just a few minutes now that you mastered it, it's no big deal. But it has to be a little boring for you to dread having to do it again, which is what makes you fear losing a life, adding tension and making it more fun.
>>12017206Are Lakitus really that complicated of an obstacle, man? 4-1 is the simplest instance of them on purpose. It's a long, flat level with nothing but pipes, some blocks, and Lakitus. It shouldn't take anyone that long to get used to them unless you're a complete retard. Worlds 1 to 3 don't take long to get through either.
>>12016490>Game Over>Title Screen>Hold B>Press StartYou're welcome.
>>12017341Ya, I thought everyone knew this.
A lot of militant retardation on /vr/ lately.
>>12016506Has anyone ever timed out in the history of playing Super Mario Bros?>>12016490Game Overs are a design decision intended to promote greater mastery of the earlier stages as well as a higher consistency of overall skill throughout a given playthrough. In a game like Super Mario Bros the individual stages are quite short, and can often be beaten more quickly or skipped entirely with shortcuts like warp pipes or warp zones. The game itself is fairly short, with even a "full" playthrough with no warps not likely to take longer than an hour or so. Yeah, more obvious continues would make the game easier, but that would result in nearly everyone breezing through it in a day or two of dedicated play.
>>12017438>Has anyone ever timed out in the history of playing Super Mario Bros?NTA, but I have plenty of times in the later stages.
>>12017226yeah limited continues are actually pretty annoying unless you can realistically get more of them like in sonic, should've mentioned a game with those instead.
>>12017206>How are you supposed to get good against Lakitu by repeatedly doing world 1, 2 and 3 where there are no Lakitus?You are supposed to have gotten good enough at worlds 1-3 that you should have a stockpile of lives for 4-1 so you have even more time to practice. If you only have 3 lives by the time you reach 4-1, then you didn't git gud. And if you did git gud to have a stockpile going into 4-1, then 1-1 to 3-4 served as a warm-up.
>>12016490runbacks are a perfectly acceptable way to design a videogame to be hardmakes the game one big obstacle and not a bunch of tiny ones
>>12017226On one hand, I'll agree that it was just a cheap way developers found back then to make titles longer, on the other hand I'll agree with the sentiment many here share about learning and it being rewarding. I find that if the overall runtime of a title isn't too long and/or the title's just so fun that replaying early levels feels fine, I don't mind... but in subpar titles, or those I find to be too long? I'm using save states of an infinite lives/continues cheat code and I don't care, either that or i'll drop it.
If only they had put a way to skip levels into the game to get around the problem of a lack of save files.
>>12016490Because it's a gauntlet, you have to perform well early on so you have lives to spare in the later levels. The game is super short with warps anyway, and not that long without. There are missions in GTA games that are longer.
>>12019582>GTA MOTHERFUCKER>10 POINTS
>>12019395Based
>>12017213you gain general skill at the game. learn to fucking react to shit rather than try to memorize what to do, it's not hard.
>>12016513They should have given Lakitu his increased accuracy on the second loop.
>>12019725>second loop.Honestly, that's a smart idea! It'd make the game feel like more than just a simple Goomba>Buzzy Beetle swap.
