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    Image of AnthonyHasGame AnthonyHasGame
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    My girlfriend hates games. She seems alright with Mario, I guess because it's more casual and there's less pressure. When it came to New Super Mario Bros. she initially wouldn't even try and play with me. Eventually I talked her into it, and let her onto the fact that if she keeps hitting the big A button her character will stay in a safe bubble.The next day she wanted to play more, so this is good.

    Hope this doesn't reflect our relationship. Me doing all the work while she floats around in the corner somewhere. At least she's playing.
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    Image of manicfoot manicfoot
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    Is that so? I played it with my male friend. I think we'd work. , He always jumps on me to get the powerups, then again I order him to kill himself to get some of those impossible-to-reach-without-dying star coins. So that's like I let him jump up and down on me from time to time so he thinks he's amazing, and then work him to death so he can get me shiny things? Sounds about right.
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    11/23/09

    @manicfoot: hahaha
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    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    IMPORTANT NOTICE: This only works for 2 people.
    Involving anymore than 2 will force the other 2 folks to use Toad.
    And no one fucking likes Toad.
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    Weirdwolf Hates Hospitals! promoted this comment Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D was starred Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D was unstarred
    Image of Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave! Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave!
    11/23/09

    @Goldwings 2.0: You obviously don't have kids. They can be small and intensely irritating and there are times you have to carry them about to keep them safe.
    However there is nothing more satisfying than picking them up when they have done something well, twirling them around and around and then pitching them right into that dangerous enemy so you can run away safely, after all there is only one Mario and loads of Toads.
    Of course my view maybe slightly coloured by my experience with my Mushroom stealing,power up snaffling,Yoshi boosting,barrel smacking,off screen running,head jumping,coin grabbing,hole nudging,shell throwing,enemy pitching, Thwomp squishing, Weirdwolf killing daughter and girlfriend over the weekend.
    We had a great time.
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    Image of Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D Goldwings - Wants a Part-time Santa Gig :D
    11/23/09

    @Weirdwolf Hates Hospitals!: It must of sucked being one of those Toads, huh?
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    Image of Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave! Weirdwolf Is Playing With Googlewave!
    11/23/09

    @Goldwings 2.0:

    HA! Damn kids of today have no respect for videogaming icons, I was Mario!
    It's one of the advantages of being dad, you are always player one. It's one of those unwritten dad rules like complete control of the TV remote and total impunity to fart loudly whenever you want to and making people sniff it no matter how rank it smells!
    I love being a dad,ahhhhhhhh.......
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    Image of toadstoolporridge toadstoolporridge
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    Isn't that what Passage was like? You started off as a single person walking through a small path. You could pick up a woman, but that made things harder. You would reach the end of a path and have to backtrack because the hole was only big enough for one person. If anyone hasn't played it, give it a google search. I had fun with my first few playthroughs.
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    Image of Sonira - Katamari on the Wings! Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!
    11/23/09

    @toadstoolporridge: Ahh, that was a cute game. :D The first time around, I didn't know you could find treasure, so I just marched on.
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    11/23/09

    @Sonira - Katamari on the Wings!: Jeez, first that Porrasturvat game, and then that Truck Dismount game, and now this? How many of these small game applications have I missed already?

    (Translation: Got any good recommendations?)
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    Image of mindf1ow mindf1ow
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    My wife and I have been playing cooperative games since we've been married (5 years in February). Being able to play a game with your wife is awesome. She has her own strategies, and I have mine, but we work together. Its fun. Sorry for the crap video quality, I didnt have an HDTV then.
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    Torusan promoted this comment Edited by mindf1ow at 11/23/09 5:23 PM mindf1ow was starred mindf1ow was unstarred
    Image of Scazza Scazza
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    I play alone.
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    Image of Black-Dog-Howls Black-Dog-Howls
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    New Super Mario Bros. Wii - sales as high as divorce rates.
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    Image of mangs mangs
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    Orgy confirmed.

    *tips hat at Totilo*
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    Image of Ad-hominem Ad-hominem
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    Ah.
    So, that's why we played the game for about two hours before getting sick of each other.
    Then, we started petty squabbling, and intentionally screwing each other up.

    Eventually, she took the Wii, and I got the controllers, sensor bar, and game.

    We gave that little bastard toad up to social services. He probably wasn't even mine anyways.
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    Image of gurfinki gurfinki
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    If NSMBWii is like a marriage, then I'm gay.
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    11/23/09

    @gurfinki: Is that because you want to play NSMBWii, but aren't allowed?
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    Image of SolracFB SolracFB
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    I can't play the game with my wife. She only holds me back. In real life it is completely different. She is my own personal powerup mushroom, only making me a better person whenever I'm with her.
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    Image of D-K, Anarchist D-K, Anarchist
    11/23/09

    @SolracFB: Your wife as an account here or something? Seriously, you can't get away with stuff like that.. You are sad, depressed and feeling caged like the rest of us!

    Now shush, grab a beer, spit on the floor and make eyes with daisy over there
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    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    [www.penny-arcade.com]

    "New Super Mario Brothers Wii is marriage poison.

    I wouldn't play this game with any person you want to see again. In its multiplayer interpretation, which I suggest be referred to as "Divorce Mode," choreographing your platform jumps in a way that does not interfere with another person's basic game interactions can be quite difficult - particularly in portions where player movement itself can kill teammates while you progress the level, or when the natural scroll of the camera can kill those who lag behind. One of these two things is almost always happening, though. So hm. "

    -Tycho
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    Image of shimage shimage
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    Maybe it only works if both are competent at platformers. My wife is so bad, when I co-op NSMBW with her I spend the whole time just trying to keep her alive. That is certainly not how our marriage works.
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    I think Left 4 Dead would be a better metaphor for my own relationships.

    There's always lots of pills, yelling, biting, tonguing, and the eventual sabotage/tk followed by ragequit.
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 11/23/09 4:38 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Zinger314 Zinger314
    11/23/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: + boycotts!
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    Image of Carlos M. Carlos M.
    11/23/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: So....I'm guessing you're last girl was a boomer?
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    omgwtflolbbqbye promoted this comment Carlos M. was starred Carlos M. was unstarred
    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/23/09

    @Carlos M.: She was actually more of a mix of the Witch and the the Spitter.
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    Image of Carlos M. Carlos M.
    11/23/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye: Wow... the boomer sounds really good after you hear that...
    My last gf was a clingy bitch...darn Jockey slut..

    #speakup
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    11/23/09

    In reply to New Super Mario Bros. Wii, As Marriage Simulator
    "The rotating trio of us had all the coordination and cooperation of a group of people running after a hundred dollar bill."

    Thank you for making me laugh out loud in class, Stephen :P
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