This game is really fun, especially for people who like extreme challenges. I completed the Main Game yesterday and unlocked a Bonus Mode in the process. I’m guessing that’s where the other half of the levels comes from. Anyway, I decided to take on the Gold challenge. By this I mean going stage by stage in Trial mode to collect Gold Medals. You earn a medal by collecting all 10 feathers in the stage and completing the stage under a certain time. It is possible to not earn a medal, despite having collected and cleared the stage. As one would assume, getting a gold means you completed the stage with “master level” speed!
So far, I’ve only worked on 1-1. And I am STILL working on 1-1 because it is very difficult for me to get the gold.
I would say this challenge is right up there with stuff like unlocking the Master levels in a Super MOnkey Ball game, or S++ing Chapters in Ikaruga. It’s the kind of challenge I’d feel proud of myself for completing. Somehow I doubt I’ll do it.
Here are my stats for 1-1 so far.
Stage 1-1
Score: 11,960
Time: 0:38:66
Medal: Silver
That’s a tremendous improvement over my first Bronze run, but still… no gold!
I want to talk a little bit about the technique I discovered that has helped me improve my times. By drawing a vine to the neck of ivy, you can move her along much faster. However, this is very difficult to keep steady. It’s easy to accidentally move the cursor in front of or just below ivy, which would decelerate her. The deceleration, of course, is worse if you change her direction by drawing a bit of vine in front of her. So if you’re going to screw this up, it’s “better” to do it in drawing a vine under her.
I can imagine this being an easier game for the DS, not that I’d want that. I’m HOPING the required time for Gold on this stage is 0:35:?? because I don’t know how much better I’ll be able to do compared to my best run posted above.
There are two things I wish they’d done with this game. (1) Each world should have had its own piece of music. For the main game, that would mean 10 different songs. I didn’t like that they reused music. The music is delightful, but not very lengthy. Reuse just makes it feel cheap. (2)The ability to record replays. Being able to upload them would be even cooler. I kind of hope all games are headed in that direction.
This isn’t really a third wish, but I guess it kind of is. lol. You know, I’m kind of disappointed that folks aren’t buying this game by any means available. The only other message board I post at is Ign’s. I’m over at the Wii Lobby basically talking to myself about this game. I know GAF has a small thread about it too, and again… very little interest. So I was just thinking, what if EVERY game had a built in Message Board? Maybe that would ensure that people who are playing these games would have the fullest group of people to discuss it with.
Game is great. It is different. The mechanics rock. It kind of reminds me of Kirby:CC. It can be VERY challenging if you opt to take on the challenges outside of just completing the level.
