When I 1st played this game as a li’l kid in the late 90s I had no idea how the play it: while keeping the game paused I would wonder how you build actual buildings while seemingly doing nothing but building streets & “grass”, — & wondering why there was blue “grass” — which is […]
Since I was young child I have been playing the Super Nintendo SimCity off & on, e’ery time trying to reach 500,000 population & reaching the coveted “Megatropolis” city level, & then 600,000 to get the coveted Mario statue building gift, & e’ery time filling up my city long before being able to e’en get […]
10. W3 The Pool of Rain – Gray This treasure focuses on a unique gimmick: stakes in the lake that rise when other stakes are ground-pounded, creating puzzles where you have to figure out how to arrange the stakes so that you can reach the next cliff, or in the middle section, to reach the […]
20. N5 The Tidal Coast – Blue O’ the few uses o’ the octopuses in this game, this is the most interesting use, challenging the player to navigate an underwater maze to find both the key & the chest room while avoiding the charge attacks o’ the octopuses who alternate from up & down as […]
30. N3 The Vast Plain — Gray I like this treasure’s focus on the theme o’ invisibility: while the Pneumos @ the beginning hinder you by covering your face, making you able to see yourself but not your surroundings, taking potions that the Mad Scienstein throws @ you, which make you unable to see yourself […]
40. S3 Tower of Revival – Green ’Nother similar treasure to “Bank of the Wild River” & “The Tidal Coast”’s green treasures. Despite “Bank of the Wild River”’s having the boss, I rank this e’er-so-slightly ’bove that treasure. While Tower of Revival’s wire mesh is just a large rectangle broken off by spikes, like “The […]
50. W3 The Pool of Rain – Red Tho having nothing to do with this level’s general lake theme, this treasure’s gimmick o’ having you cross platforms obscured by leaves is interesting in itself — & unlike “The Grasslands”, where it’s just trial & error, here they gave you a way to judge where solid […]
60. N1 Out of the Woods – Green The crux o’ this treasure, hopping ’long falling leaves while trying to avoid the water shots the fish spits @ you or falling into the lake, is a unique challenge that meshes well with the forest theme while adding the water twist to it. I specially like […]
70. S3 Tower of Revival – Blue The 1st room into the red-&-gold snake door has a cool arrangement, especially the part where you climb up a ladder to loop around from the left crisscrossing the ladder thru a thin passageway as flat Wario, & the challenges where you have to quickly climb up, slide […]
80. E2 The Frigid Sea – Gray I don’t have a problem with this treasure’s core being just a straight path going right while avoiding the quite-treacherous Brrr Bears & their ice shots on slippery platforms that don’t allow too much room to maneuver, specially since they do add the challenge o’ finding the gray […]
