Kirby's Epic Yarn - more yarn than you can shake a wiimote at

Warlock82

Oh, and this game is awesome. I'm enjoying that a lot of the levels are pretty varied and have some distinct themes to them. Makes everything really fresh. And they keep finding new ways to do interesting stuff with the thread/sewing angle which is amazing.

Also, Carrie can go to hell. I freaking hate "carry shit to the exit" missions... *sigh* Thank god this game isn't that hard or these would be annoying the hell out of me way more than they already are (the only "friend" missions I've actually lost due to running out of time...). But god dammit, I must have all the fabric everywhere!

It's also a shame that Kirby walks on top of stuff in the foreground in your apartment. He should really walk behind it

UncleSporky

I got it!

Chen

Gibbs wrote: »

Warlock82 wrote: »

So this game is a lot of fun so far. Reviews were right that it's pretty easy, but it's fun enough that that's ok.

I'm not sure what to think about the story. The presentation is almost insultingly juvenile. I suppose maybe that's what they were going for. Not that the story in a Kirby game has ever mattered, but it feels weird when I suddenly feel like I'm playing "Little Bear: the Game" or something during these story bits

I think Stephen Fry should've been the narrator. You can almost hear it.

This is the only correct answer.

Also

Orochi_Rockman

Co-Op Dune Buggy is awesome.

I cannot wait to get home and play this. Sorry Gabriel Belmont, you're getting shelved for awhile, turn that whip of yours into yarn and then we'll talk.

Gibbs

The motion controls during

Spoiler:

the robot

are actually satisfying to use, especially Prince Fluff's.

Walt

Orochi_Rockman wrote: »

Co-Op Dune Buggy is awesome.

I cannot wait to get home and play this. Sorry Gabriel Belmont, you're getting shelved for awhile, turn that whip of yours into yarn and then we'll talk.

Fortunately I finished Gabriel's quest literally moments before going to the store to get Epic Yarn.

Spoiler:

During the dinosaur stage where you have to ride the blue dinosaurs through the various obstacles, either me and my fiance would fall off one of the dinosaurs and there was too much giggling to remember to press A. Every time we fell it got more hilarious until it we had to stop for a second to catch our breath because we had screwed it up so many times.

Even when you lose in this game, you win. I'm loving it.

Orochi_Rockman

Walt wrote: »

Orochi_Rockman wrote: »

Co-Op Dune Buggy is awesome.

I cannot wait to get home and play this. Sorry Gabriel Belmont, you're getting shelved for awhile, turn that whip of yours into yarn and then we'll talk.

Fortunately I finished Gabriel's quest literally moments before going to the store to get Epic Yarn.

Spoiler:

During the dinosaur stage where you have to ride the blue dinosaurs through the various obstacles, either me and my fiance would fall off one of the dinosaurs and there was too much giggling to remember to press A. Every time we fell it got more hilarious until it we had to stop for a second to catch our breath because we had screwed it up so many times.

Even when you lose in this game, you win. I'm loving it.

Spoiler:

Same thing happened to us. We'd get almost all the way to the end and a bee would knock my boyfriend off and then once we almost made it he jumped off into the water intentionally so we could to it again.

GMaster7

Cannot wait to pick this up tonight. My only concern is that because I'm such a huge fan of co-op and because the co-op in this game has been talked about so much, I feel like I'll be doing myself a disservice if I play it alone. We'll see if someone can come over tonight - otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to wait.

Alfred J. Kwak

I just want to say I love the fact that so many titles of the recent 2d platformer revival can be played co-operatively in their entirety.

Warlock82

Since no one has posted it yet

maximumzero

GMaster7 wrote: »

Cannot wait to pick this up tonight. My only concern is that because I'm such a huge fan of co-op and because the co-op in this game has been talked about so much, I feel like I'll be doing myself a disservice if I play it alone. We'll see if someone can come over tonight - otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to wait.

No wife/girlfriend? With the whole "no deaths" thing this seems like the perfect stress-free game for those who aren't terribly game-oriented.

Orochi_Rockman

maximumzero wrote: »

GMaster7 wrote: »

Cannot wait to pick this up tonight. My only concern is that because I'm such a huge fan of co-op and because the co-op in this game has been talked about so much, I feel like I'll be doing myself a disservice if I play it alone. We'll see if someone can come over tonight - otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to wait.

No wife/girlfriend? With the whole "no deaths" thing this seems like the perfect stress-free game for those who aren't terribly game-oriented.

Getting hit at the last second of a boss fight or right before the end of a level and losing your Platinum/Gold Medel is very stressful.

Walt

Orochi_Rockman wrote: »

maximumzero wrote: »

GMaster7 wrote: »

Cannot wait to pick this up tonight. My only concern is that because I'm such a huge fan of co-op and because the co-op in this game has been talked about so much, I feel like I'll be doing myself a disservice if I play it alone. We'll see if someone can come over tonight - otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to wait.

No wife/girlfriend? With the whole "no deaths" thing this seems like the perfect stress-free game for those who aren't terribly game-oriented.

Getting hit at the last second of a boss fight or right before the end of a level and losing your Platinum/Gold Medel is very stressful.

"OH MY GOD PICK UP MY GEMS WALT. TURN INTO THE CAR. TURN INTO THE FUCKING CAR. TAP FORWARD TWICE. NOOOOOOOOO!" -actual quote

Taya

Co-op is great and I recommend that people try it if they can but it makes the game more difficult because you're always getting in each other's way.

GMaster7

maximumzero wrote: »

GMaster7 wrote: »

Cannot wait to pick this up tonight. My only concern is that because I'm such a huge fan of co-op and because the co-op in this game has been talked about so much, I feel like I'll be doing myself a disservice if I play it alone. We'll see if someone can come over tonight - otherwise, I don't think I'll be able to wait.

No wife/girlfriend? With the whole "no deaths" thing this seems like the perfect stress-free game for those who aren't terribly game-oriented.

I thought about playing it with the gf - maybe I will do that. Only problem is that means I have to wait until I see her next weekend! Gah! Maybe I'll try to beat Other M in the meantime.

Gilder

I've only beaten the first world and I just discovered I can sit on couches and stuff by pressing down. I've never felt more manly than I did surrounded by flower couches with a cloud and rainbow above my head while I sat in my throne as the king of yarn.

Gibbs

Gilder wrote: »

I've only beaten the first world and I just discovered I can sit on couches and stuff by pressing down. I've never felt more manly than I did surrounded by flower couches with a cloud and rainbow above my head while I sat in my throne as the king of yarn.

My fiance just discovered that too and we spent probably 20 minutes just taking pictures of them napping together.

Manly.

Taya

Any tips on how to get the patch from Fangora's (the first boss) stage? Even if I don't get hit, I still only get a silver medal. There must be something I can do to get more beads...

edit: NEVERMIND you just have to grab his fireballs and throw them back at him.

Glipher

This game makes me happy.

Game, stop making me feel things.

Taya

I just played Melody Town, my very favourite level so far. I doubt any later levels will be better.

Also,

Gibbs

Dark Manor turned out to be extremely fun. I'm not sure it's my favorite, but it is definitely up there.

UncleSporky

I love this so much:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXe3gav1blk

But honestly it's the new themes that really stand out as being just jaw-droppingly beautiful.

I liked Galaxy's orchestra, but this jazzy piano stuff is soooo good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dKvfgAKPC4

Also this one reminds me of Katamari music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apOo1vbCB50

Brainiac 8

maximumzero

UncleSporky wrote: »

I love this so much:

AWESOME MUSIC HERE

Goddammit. Fuck it. I was gonna wait it out a month or two but this is bought Friday after work.

I also think this'll be the beginning of my Kmart chain 'o coupons.

SirUltimos

Oh man, that's some damn good music. Really makes me wanna play Canvas Curse.

GMaster7

Driving two hours tomorrow w/ the Wii in the backseat just so that I can finally play this (with my gf). The music that you just posted is so fucking rad, Sporky. I cannot wait. Been looking for something (besides Peggle) that we can play together. Will we have fun y/n

Gibbs

GMaster7 wrote: »

Driving two hours tomorrow w/ the Wii in the backseat just so that I can finally play this (with my gf). The music that you just posted is so fucking rad, Sporky. I cannot wait. Been looking for something (besides Peggle) that we can play together. Will we have fun y/n

Yes.

But I'm warning you, some of the more relaxed, peaceful music makes me tired.

Warlock82

So this game is still awesome, I just haven't had much time to play it unfortunately. It's amazing though, I am at like, World 5 I think? It's still finding ways to surprise me with cool shit. That's awesome.

BTW, at one point one of the little friend guys popped up and said they were checking out my apartment, but I wanted to finish the level I was on (missed one of the pickups) first. When I went there she was gone Anyone know what happens when they visit your apartment? Do you get patterns for it?

Side note - there was a level with orange slices in it and now I am obsessed with the idea of a pattern with orange slices on it. That better damn be in there!

GMaster7

You guys weren't effing around - this game is great. My gf asked early on if it's "for babies," because of the storybook intro, but once we started playing, she was into it. When they mentioned the need to decorate the apartment, she gasped with excitement.

And the music! I need to spend less time giving verbal directions and more time listening to the music. The instrumentation is just... so simple and superb!

Taya

Warlock82 wrote: »

BTW, at one point one of the little friend guys popped up and said they were checking out my apartment, but I wanted to finish the level I was on (missed one of the pickups) first. When I went there she was gone Anyone know what happens when they visit your apartment? Do you get patterns for it?

I've had a couple of them drop into my apartment and nothing seems to happen.

Tofystedeth

aggh, the soundtrack heavily features piano! Why is this game pushing all the right buttons for me?

Vegan

I picked this up at Kmart and got the $20 gc, but they didn't have any copies of Metroid or Sin & Punishment to go with it. Ah well, still a nice kickback.

maximumzero

Vegan wrote: »

I picked this up at Kmart and got the $20 gc, but they didn't have any copies of Metroid or Sin & Punishment to go with it. Ah well, still a nice kickback.

Gift Card? I thought it was a $20 coupon and then $20 off NSMBW, M:OM, or S&P if you buy 'em on the same ticket.

Vegan

Well, I was just calling it a gift card. It's a bar code on a receipt that's only good for games. So that's what I got, I just couldn't get the other savings because they didn't have anything in stock.

Taya

I beat the game, got a gold medal on every level, collected all the treasures, purchased every item, and completed the challenges from Zeke, Carrie, and Beadrix. Total playtime is about 17 hours and I have 99% completion. I still need to beat the rest of Mara's and Buster's challenges.

The Buster challenge I'm stuck on is Cloud Palace. You have to beat 70 enemies in 1:10. I can get around 65 or so before I run out of time, and I eventually figured out that you lose time if you get hit. I'm up to 31 or 32 of Mara's challenges. I'm not stuck or anything but I was getting bored of them. Why does Mara have so many challenges!?

My favourite level in the game is still Melody Town but the final world is probably the best overall world.

Mitten

I just got this over the weekend and I really enjoy it. The art direction is the sort of thing I was hoping for when Nintendo announced that they'd be backing off on the high-end graphics arms race. Right now I'm working on 100%ing everything.

I kind of hate the narrator though, and I'm disappointed that (spoilers I guess?)...

Spoiler:

...there's no nightmarish Dark Matter-esque ultimate boss.

Mblackwell

I finally picked this up. Holy crap it makes me feel like a kid again (in a good way). What a trippy but amazing game.

kfrooster

My goal over the Christmas break was to make a sizeable dent in my backlog. I succeeded in completing one game. Being a dolphin was probably my favourite transformation. But, I think the favourite part of this game for me was when you unlocked new stages. Chucking that badge and letting the world unravel and uncover the new stage was always awesome.

Taya

The fire engine was my favourite transformation.

My least favourite was train.