Review Information
Game Reviewed Mario Pong, by RetroMarioFan1985
Review Author SMBXfan
Created Oct 9 2016, 2:34 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MARIO PONG. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.


So, I tried making a game for a minigame comp, but I didn't upload it, so I played another game made by Friendly Dictator. The game seemed to be a pong clone, but it kept changing over time into another game.
 
Pros -Parodies generic fangames
-Changes over time
-Smooth controls
-Short and sweet
 
Cons -Ends with an error message
-Too short
-Waaaaaaaaay overused SMB3 graphics
 
Impressions
Gameplay
6 / 10
You begin the game like a normal game of pong, hit the ball and get it to the other side. The game then speeds up a bit, and then Luigi says that that was boring, and adds some obstacles. After that, Luigi thinks that, "Who really wants to play pong in this day and age?", and changes the game to a shooting game. Mario kills Luigi, and Luigi gets upset, so Luigi told Mario to play a game where you just collect coins. Then the world collapses and the game ends with an error message.

There, I just summed up the entire game for you. You are not missing much. Hence the spoiler warning at the beginning of the review.

I like how the game changes over time. This game is one of those games where you have to beat it to fully enjoy it. This guy really made the most out of one screen.

So I'm giving you a 6 out of 10. Decent, but lacking in features and structure.
 
Graphics
6 / 10
Overused SMB3 graphics and background. No clashing. Not much to say.

Next.
 
Sound
8 / 10
2 SMB3 tracks (one for the shooting game, and for the pong one), an announcer for the pong match, Luigi's dialogue and a sound of collecting coins in the coin collecting game.

I like how Friendly Dictator added the announcer for the pong match, and it's little touches like these that make the game more appealing.

It's the bare necessitates, the simple bare necessitates, forget about your worries and your artistic taste.
 
Replay
2 / 10
Not much replay value. You'll be playing this for the story only, and even then, the story is very simple. You could raise your score, but score is not exactly the biggest factor in this game.

You would only replay this a few times just for the novelty.
 
Final Words
5 / 10
This game has its charm, but you need to beat it to enjoy it.

Comments
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Friendly Dictator
Oct 14 2016, 3:42 AM
well i mean the smb3 graphics are part of the joke

i was going to make it longer and have parts where it turns into other different games but i couldnt think of anything so i didnt
 
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SMBXfan
Oct 15 2016, 2:54 AM
Quote (Friendly Dictator on Oct 14 2016, 4:42 AM)
i was going to make it longer and have parts where it turns into other different games but i couldnt think of anything so i didnt

Too bad. You could have added another game afterwards. It ended with an error, a no-no for fangames.
 
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Money
Oct 17 2016, 6:16 PM
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it ending in an error is part of the joke
 
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Friendly Dictator
Oct 18 2016, 6:00 AM
yeah it was always going to end in an error. the other games would've been before the error

actually read the error, its a fake error
 
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