This is my least favorite video Yahtzee has done. To be honest, the whole thing was in bad form. Obvious bias against Nintendo and Mario and 3D is obvious, but he did have a point about the lack of original content. Some of the extra levels were just direct copies of some over world level with either cosmic bro or the timer thing added in, and while I loved both mechanics, that was just shameful. There also wasn't as much variety in the power ups this time. I mean, really... no ice flower? No mini mushroom? Those are Mario power up mainstays now! Also, what was the point of the Tanooki Leaf if the extra levels just give you a better version of the same thing? Having said that, the platforming itself was superb. I finally see why so many corners were cut, and Yahtzee should have seen this as well and offered sympathy: Nintendo needed to rush out this game ASAP so that the 3DS could get a great game for it by the holidays, because everything else on that system thus far has been either really bad or a remake of some N64 game. Had Yahtzee seen that, he would have been nicer to the game and perhaps suggested DLC for the game down the road, after Nintendo gets some time to relax, buckle down, and make the game complete.
Reviewing Super Mario 3D Land 3D Mario Super alongside Rayman Origins was unfair to both games, because Yahtzee was unable to really go in-depth to either game. I know he wanted to portray Mario in a bad light and all, but a game like Rayman Origins (which I got on the Wii and is AMAZING) deserves more attention. Especially since it apparently hasn't generated as much excitement as it's worth, Yahtzee could have done away with the biased rant entirely and just given Rayman the spotlight to itself. How good WAS this game? What flaws do you see? Does it belong retroactively in your Top 5 of 2011? Hold on, back up a second. Freaking CRITICIZE this game like you do everything else! Even your favorites (save Portal) haven't gotten away from you without some criticism, why does Rayman get off easy? Is Rayman Origins as good as Portal?! You missed a perfectly good review, Yahtee, and for what? So you could make some more cheap jabs at Nintendo, Mario, and the 3DS? You didn't review Sonic Colors with the iPhone games, so why the hell do this?
For the record, this is not meant to be hateful, but simply a criticism of that review of his. I don't hate Yahtzee, I still watch his stuff... but this is just unfair to both Mario and to Rayman.
