Meaningless Lives: Difference between revisions

*** [[Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy 2]] is this to about as much degree at the first game. The hub has the usual five odd lives, as well as a infinite supply in the basement via the Chance Cube in the casino (aka, about 20 possible lives to get for about a 100 coins apiece). And the standard five from Princess Peach's letters to Mario. And the Chance Cubes in most levels. And the fact unlike most 3D Mario games, you keep any lives you gain in a level if you exit without beating it, meaning easy 1-Up farming.

**** To say nothing of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqs7Q7jYzI4 infinite 1-Up trick] about halfway through the game.

** [[New Super Mario Bros Wii (Video Game)|New Super Mario Bros Wii]] has over a dozen intentional ways to get infinite (or high numbers of) 1-ups, and they're all documented in videos in the game. In other words, the game tells you how to get them. Although getting lives is trivial, losing them holds a little more weight as 7 deaths in one level (except on hard levels) makes the Game Guide pop up which means your file can [[Lost Forever|never]] have shiny stars. Also, in multiplayer there isn't time to collect as many 1ups unless [[Completely Missing the Point|everyone cooperates]], and running out means you need to sit out the level until it's completed or everyone dies.

** ''[[Super Mario 3D Land (Video Game)|Super Mario 3D Land]]'' does things similarly to ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', having a fairly easy infinite-life trick in the ''second level of the game''. The game even rewards you for finding the trick by letting you get over the normal maximum number of lives. Just as in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' however, losing too many lives in a row causes the game to give you help and [[Lost Forever|take away]] your [[Bragging Rights Reward]] of shiny stars.