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I was so hyped for a Luigi adventure...

>> No.6078046

>>6078014
never played it, but my friend thought it was another mario game. was pissed to find out it was a "reading game"

>> No.6078071

>>6078046
>clearly labeled as an educational game
>pissed because it’s an educational game
your friend deserved and needed what he got

>> No.6078078

>>6078071
Basado

>> No.6078097

>>6078071
If you rent something you usually don't see anything but the label on the cartridge.

>> No.6078253
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>>6078097
Your friend has low IQ.

>> No.6078356

>>6078097
He judged a game by the label on the cartridge? Get that weak shit outta here.

>> No.6078434
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>>6078097
>>6078253
>>6078356

I think it is actually pretty clear from the label on the cartridge alone. It says "LICENSED BY NINTENDO" on the left and has the Software Toolworks logo on the right. Obviously, Nintendo develops all of the Mario games, and clearly from the other studio logo and on the game merely being LICENSED by Nintendo (see the cartridge labels for Super Mario World or any game developed by Nintendo which simply have the Nintendo logo on its own) you can tell it's not made by Nintendo and thus naturally is an educational licensed game.

>> No.6078454

>>6078014
Bowser looks like hes going to rape Mario, lmao

>> No.6078505
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>>6078454
Mario's looking forward to it.

>> No.6078513

>>6078434
>This paragraph-long explaination
>It's easy to tell!

>> No.6078528

Well, it kinda exists now.
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4032/

>> No.6078576

>>6078505
God I wish that was me

>> No.6078691
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6078691

This piece of fucking shit

>> No.6078848

>>6078434
what are you? someone who was already 20 in 1993? if you simply forgot what it's like to have the mind of a child, well nothing i need to say to you because you have a wretched life

>> No.6078850

>>6078848
This but unironically

>> No.6078856

I played this when it was new. You could actually purchase the PC version of this through the Scholastic book club in elementary school.

I remember my librarian and home room teacher giving me such a dirty look when I used the precious book club program to buy a video game. Felt absolutely beautiful.

The game itself is fine. As a kid, it was a novelty to play a game like Carmen Sandiego so Carmen Sandiego with Mario characters is quality entertainment.

>> No.6078860
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6078860

>not sure what "Strategy Game" is, but rent because Samurai
>wtf is this

>> No.6078863

>>6078691
Dream course is kino

>> No.6078872

>>6078691
I like this game :( it's golf, but with Kirby. No one likes it, but me I feel like

>> No.6078878

>>6078434
Yeah, I was 8 in 1994 and no one knew what that shit meant. You sound like you grew up with a 100MB internet connection coming out of your ass.

>> No.6078903

>>6078434
I'm so glad I'm not you.

>> No.6078906

>>6078691
S A M E

>> No.6078907

>>6078014
It's not as bad as people generally say it is but that cover art honestly indicates to me something like what Luigi's Mansion ended up being.

>> No.6078915

>>6078097
As I recall the back basically looked like a game where you played as luigi instead of mario and had absolutely dope backgrounds. Which was how it was really misleading in a way. It still had all the appearance of a traditional platformer while still being educational which theoretically it could have been if it wasn't made by people who I'm pretty sure made PC point and clicks.

>> No.6079519

>>6078860
Pleb

>> No.6079523
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>>6078691
FUCK YOU

>> No.6079535
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6079535

Stormlord. Nice cover, must be a great action game... nope, it's a very shitty and ugly puzzle-platformer.

>> No.6079538

>>6078878
damn some posters are old here
i was born in 2000

>> No.6079550

>almost 30 posts in
>nobody has mentioned weegee yet
underwhelming thread

>> No.6079561

>>6078253
>>6078434
I rented this expecting a true Mario game and was confused when there was some ringing telephone shit and walking around some boring city. Call me stupid, because yeah, I was probably 7 years old or something and was lured in by it being a Mario game, just as the developers intended. At least Mario Teaches Typing was clear about it in the title. Had they named it Luigi's Geography Lesson or whatever, then yeah, I probably would've figure it out.

>> No.6079576

>>6079550
2007 was almost 13 years ago, anon. It's time to let go.

>> No.6079595

I didn't like this game. Sad thing however is that i actually completed it. Fucking childhood and lack of games.

>> No.6079736

>>6079595

Did you learn anything about geography that really stuck? Or forget everything immediately after?

>> No.6079757

Was always pretty easy for me to sniff out edutainment traps even as a kid. The cover art just reeks of it. It's something you can't really put into words.

>> No.6079779

>>6078860
Brainlet Supreme

>> No.6079809

>>6079757
>A GEOGRAPHY LEARNING ADVENTURE THAT'S WAY COOL!

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>>6079576
>2007 was almost 13 years ago

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>>6078014
I remember renting this piece of shit from the video store. I was 10 at the time. It started out with this awesome cutscene and I thought it was going to be cool. But no, it was Risk with sprites. Couldn't get past the first stage.

>> No.6079824 [DELETED] 

>all of these literal dweebs who *snort* “read the informative box art m’lady”
I hope your parents hit you.

>> No.6079827 [DELETED] 

>>6079824
Based

>> No.6079839
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>>6078014
Loved stragegy games but couldn't get on with this drek

>> No.6079869
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6079869

This is burned into my memory as the worst game I've ever rented.

>> No.6079880
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Got bored by it pretty quickly.

>> No.6080294

>>6079519
>>6079779
Whatever, squares
The last thing an 8 year old wants was benign maps and numbers.

>> No.6080298

>>6078434
>you can tell it's not made by Nintendo and thus naturally is an educational licensed game
No kid back then would deduce that by just looking at the third party logo.

>> No.6080305

>>6078691
Except Kirby's Dreamcourse is fucking good, you casual.

>> No.6080312

>>6078872
Lots of people like it, it's just a pleb filter.

>>6079869
I wonder how many kids were burned by that as a rental back then?

>> No.6080338

>>6080298
Yeah, I mean sure I was used to educational PC games, but an educational SNES game, not to mention one with Mario branding, wasn't something I was particularly expecting. I guess that was the whole point, to lure kids in with Mario and Luigi, because without them, I'm sure the games would be entirely forgotten. Or hell, maybe they're fun, I've never played more than a few minutes of Mario is Missing.

Also why the fuck does the verification reset faster now? Fuck this shit.

>> No.6080354

>>6078097
No you look at the boxes and when you decide what game you want you bring the box to the register then they give you a generic plastic case with the cart inside.

>actually putting the carts on the shelf
Retard

>> No.6080491

>>6080338

I played all the way through Mario Is Missing. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't good. It had memorable music, but I don't remember much about the mechanics. I think it was super easy and had awkward controls? I don't recall learning much of anything from it. Even to a child, it was very obviously inferior to a normal Nintendo product. So yeah it would be mostly forgotten if not for the Mario license.

>> No.6080502
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6080502

No, this isn't a bad game. But I had a sort of bitter memory of renting this game, based solely on the cart label (it was a Famiclone cart, it just said "Yoshi", no mention of puzzle or anything like on the official box art).
I had played a bit of SMW on a friend's SNES and was anxious to own one. Since I was still stuck with a Famiclone, I fell for a few bootleg tricks. First was buying a copy of "Super Bros. 6", a Tiny Toon Adventure hack. Joke was on them because TTA is actually a great title, even though I was a bit disappointed it wasn't SMW.
Then I saw this game, and thought it might be a Yoshi spinoff game, I guess I was thinking of an 8-bit Yoshi's Island, when YI still didn't exist.
It was disappointing to find out it was a puzzle game. I remember playing it for a bit, but not much.
I played it much later again (Game Boy version) and it's very fun, the egg mechanic is fun. But yeah, not what I was expecting at the time.

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>>6080502
Similar experience with "Wario’s Woods" on SNES, sans the bootleg stuff.

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6080585

>this game was supposed to be a streets of rage sequel but sega declined the pitch
Sega dodged a bullet. This game is flaming garbage.

>> No.6080610

>>6078014
>rentals you got burned on
Does the male escort who gave me gonorrhea count?

>> No.6081118

>>6078691
Get the fuck outta here, Dream Course is fucking great

>> No.6081123

>>6080294
I knew exactly what it was at age 8 and loved it

though I did play Shingen the Ruler before it which was a somewhat simpler gateway to the genre

>> No.6081905

>>6080529
Not a bad game, though from the title I was expecting a Wario platformer like Warioland, a game I loved (still love).

>> No.6082827

>>6078691
I don't like it either but youre plain wring about it being shit

>> No.6082839

>>6080502
This was my first Game Boy game. Like you said, I was expecting a platformer, since it's a spinoff of Super Mario World. I could have gotten Mario Land 2, but no, I wanted Yoshi, because he's a cool character.

I actually like the game to this day, play it fairly often, but was mad that it wasn't what I expected. When Yoshi's Island came out I specifically skipped it, thinking it would be another bait and switch.

>> No.6082969

>>6081905
>Puzzle action game

>> No.6082984

>>6078014
>rentals you got burned on
Saturday Night Slam Masters
Fuck this game was overrated at the time

>> No.6084096

>>6082969
I just grabbed it off a rom site in like 2002, there wasn't any cover art there.
I did enjoy it.