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Update 4 - DARK DOOM So last time--  ...oh, the save's not loading. Good thing I'm using save states as a backup option!  We cleared out Moleville, and now we're done despite the NPC dialogue not changing any! Honestly, I don't even know if Moleville is mandatory! Oh well!  Before I continue, I scour for hidden chests, which seem to be unchanged from the original.   The Super Jacket boosts all stats by a fair amount, and is probably the best option of the bunch. The Mega Glove is a decent alternative, being 15 points stronger than the Masher but with no other stat boost. The Scrooge Ring is kind of a trap as we'll get better accessories later and "Half FP" is kinda pointless when your basic attack is much more reliable anyway.  SNIFIT 4: I'll wear the number proudly! Turns out the Apprentice finally got promoted to Snifit 4 due to kicking our butt. I'm glad things worked out for them!  With some new armor and extra levels, let's tackle Jean again.   He's a total pushover this time. Our attack will rip through his HP, while he can barely dent our defense.   I also have enough bomb to one-shot the Snifits.  And from there, Jean goes down in little effort. We even get a Flower Box for our efforts!  JEAN: Move aside so I can open that door.  As we chase Jean out...  Music: Boss - Pizza Guy  PIZZA GUY: Did somebody order an Extra Large Pepperoni-Mushroom Pizza?  But...nobody ever ordered the pizza...  PIZZA GUY: Hey!    The Pizza Guy is a joke. He can use ice spells and swing a knife, but is otherwise no real threat.  On the bright side, hey, free pizza!  And Ultra Jump ain't too shabby to grab.   Also we can access the penultimate area, Silver's Lair. Music: Silver's Lair  It's a purple version of Toadstool's Castle.  Dry Bones are annoying since they have to be finished off with fire or other non-Attack stuff, but otherwise I'm still overleveled for this point.   The Blue Guardian's supposed to be a miniboss, but it seems to be optional and really doesn't stand out any.  Once we enter the throne room...  ...we suddenly end up here.  And now we're in Bowser's Castle, kind of.   We do finally fight Goombas, and they're tanky enough to take a hit and survive.  Piranha Plants are a bit annoying since they can inflict Sleep, but otherwise are also no threat.  You can also do the goomba thumping minigame here if you really want to.  After all that, we suddenly end up in the Kero Sewers.  Complete with tutorial on using pipes. Yeah, OK.  This one takes awhile to navigate but is otherwise not that interesting.  Cheeps sure do exist!  Boos also take a special attack like Fire to go down, while Shadows can inflict Terror to halve your attack.  Ratty is unremarkable, though the Scary Crows can turn you into a mushroom.  Eventually I find the switch to drain the water.   And encounter a bonus boss, Purplequin.   And it's actually a minor challenge! Its special attack, Hammer Time, will hit for 50 damage, so you want to keep topped up and go hard on offense.     The rewards are pretty nice, with a Flower Jar and an accessory that gives modest boosts to our defenses and minor to our offenses.  Eventually I finish exploring and find the way to progress. This is a very long stretch, but we're near the end...  And at last, we're going to finally meet...  ...the biggest badass ever.  ?????: Yes......you must be that...Mario fellow I hear so often about. Am I right?  ?????: Goodbye forever! Music: Boss - DARK DOOM  This is DARK DOOM, clearly the greatest badass the universe has ever seen. You better be prepared before you tangle with this guy!   This is his only attack that hits double-digit damage.  Otherwise he'll use a variety of other weaker elemental moves combined with stabbing us with what I must assume is the HAR-DOOM.  Eventually, knock him down to low enough health and he'll change to a darker, even edgier color. He'll also start using his signature attack, Dark Matter.  He's immune to special attacks, but physicals still put a hurt on him so he ends up not being too difficult. And with that, Mario has overcome DARK DOOM. If only I could ever be so lucky...  ~X_DARK_DOOM_666_X~: She was really good at it! And she beat me 3 times! It was spectacular! BUT! This isn't over! I'll be back.    Next time, we explore the final area of the game. Things still won't make any sense.
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placid saviour posted:What the gently caress?
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placid saviour posted:What the gently caress?
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Umm, that sure was... ahh, yeah...  Still, if the enemy placement in the not-Kero Sewers is the same, wonder if you can do that weird hopping on the boo trick to get to the pipe that leads to that single room in Land's Edge like in the actual game. Although seeing how this hack seems to be held together by tape and hope, would probably just crash.
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UED Special Ops posted:Umm, that sure was... ahh, yeah... Yes... or you could escape the confines of the hack and into the regular world of the original game and play through the rest of the game semi-normally. An interesting thing to try.
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Carbon dioxide posted:Yes... or you could escape the confines of the hack and into the regular world of the original game and play through the rest of the game semi-normally. An interesting thing to try. It'd probably break the second it expected a party member you lack, or if a room was hijacked for the hack you'd end up right back in its grasp.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:It'd probably break the second it expected a party member you lack, or if a room was hijacked for the hack you'd end up right back in its grasp. The worse fate of all, there truly is no escape from this madness.
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This is such wonderful garbage.
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placid saviour posted:What the gently caress?
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I wish I had words for this but I don't think there are any. So I'll just follow the crowd here.placid saviour posted:What the gently caress?
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It's beautiful, in that special metaphoric way.
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Mega64 posted:~X_DARK_DOOM_666_X~: She was really good at it! And she beat me 3 times! It was spectacular! BUT! This isn't over! I'll be back. Is this a joke? Oh certainly it must be since its in italics now that I notice the markup. e: I misread that as DARK DOOM being Beaten by ~X_DARK_DOOM_666_X~ a DOOM TO SURPASS THE DARK
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Merry Christmas to all.  This hack is very clearly the outline of a story the creator had in their head.
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placid saviour posted:What the gently caress? Not emptyquoting. 
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It's nice to see something weird and dumb now and again. Thank you for this.
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Yeah, as awful and garbage as this is, you have to commend the creator for actually making a the whole, if short, thing and releasing it. Better than me at finishing projects. Hell, better than the OP at finishing projects.
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life_source posted:Yeah, as awful and garbage as this is, you have to commend the creator for actually making a the whole, if short, thing and releasing it. Better than me at finishing projects. hosed up but true
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life_source posted:Yeah, as awful and garbage as this is, you have to commend the creator for actually making a the whole, if short, thing and releasing it. Better than me at finishing projects.
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Update 5 - What do you want, idiot? Welcome to the final area of this hack, Hometown. Music: Hometown   It's just a reskinned version of Monstro Town.  The Three Musty Fears seems to be unchanged, which means we can't complete this as far as I know.  SHOPKEEPER: It's really nice to see a new face around here. You must be the new family that just moved into town. In that case...my boys are gonna want to see you. (Come out and say hello!)  SHOPKEEPER: I figured if you came here, then that means you wanna buy stuff. Haha!   Yoshi Candy and Rock Candy are both nice, Yoshi for restoring HP, Rock for dealing damage.   The rest is pretty outclassed by those two, though Maple Syrup takes care of FP needs.  Let's check out the dojo next.  DAMON: Oh my gosh!  Silver...? DAMON: I've been working on my fighting! And it's really helping me! If you want... we could do a practise match. Same deal as the original, we fight a disciple and then tackle the Sensai three times.  So, the "Silver" thing wasn't a joke. For some reason, we are Mario inhabiting the memories of Silver. Which means all combat scenarios in Hometown has us fight as Silver.   Unsurprisingly, Silver plays similar to Toadstool.   Sadly, we can't get her new gear or anything, but fortunately this isn't that bad a challenge.  As for the Sensai...   DARK DOOM: Har har! Pretty good lad. The fighting is really fun once you get into it.  DARK DOOM: Analyse the fighting style.  We'll come back to this in a moment.  The Wonder Stone in Moleville Mountain is what breaks the seal for this door, and it just so happens to lead to the final boss of this hack.  I never did bother with this because I suck with the timing and don't feel like save state cheesing. Oh well!  This Toad used to be a Thwomp that would knock the key outside down. If we visit the Monstermama, she's instead replaced by...   SYLVIA: I don't care!  Not a very nice lady.   So this is Silver's family, and an attempt to explain why Silver is so evil.   SYLVIA: WHAT?!? I'm not your mother. Shoo, leave. I don't need you.  SYLVIA: Sky Troopas, I need you!  Their dialogue is unchanged for their entrance.  SERGEANT FLUTTER: Yes, quite. What do you wish of us?  SERGEANT FLUTTER: Understood, Ma'am!  SERGEANT FLUTTER: You must pace yourself! So long, little girl!  Instead of helping Mario climb Land's End, here the Sky Troopas are trying to murder Silver.  The sergeant uses a pattern of throwing a bomb for decent damage, then healing, then a turn of doing nothing.  If the soldiers are killed, new ones will fly in after several turns. They do minimal damage, so it's better to ignore them and just focus the sergeant down since he's somewhat dangerous.   Luckily, healing is cheap and only uses 2FP, so Silver can survive most situations despite her lower stats and offense.  She also still gains levels.  SYLVIA: But don't let that go to your stupid little head.  So yeah, our mother tried to disown and kill us, no big deal.   DARK DOOM's first fight is pretty simple, using only his trident to stab Silver for small damage.   I have a streak of misses early on, but otherwise this wasn't too terrible.  DARK DOOM: If you truly wish to prove yourself, you will fight me again!  Phase two adds a bomb attack that hits a bit harder.  Still no issue.  DARK DOOM: There's one more challenge ahead of you, lass! Fight me one more time! Then you may prove yourself as a true fighter!   This time DARK DOOM fights in his jet-black Super DOOM mode, and Dark Matter freaking hurts if you don't block it.  I stop for now, but don't worry, I'll take him down proper in the next update.   This takes us to Belome Temple...  ...where Belome happens to be.   Oh, wait, I mean the embodiment of a nightmare that just happens to look like Belome. Easy mistake.  It shoots eggs and spits water at us, but it's no threat against us.  And thus Silver slaps her nightmares away.  NIGHTMARE: It's not over yet hot stuff! I'm stuck in your head forever. Farewell for now, Silver!  Well...alright, I guess?  Otherwise, we can make our way to this area, but I don't know how to get the key in Hometown besides maybe doing the Jumping 30/100 Times thing.  The scroll thing still works, but it looks like we can't go any farther into the temple, so with that we're pretty much done here.  Next time, we'll tackle the final update of this hack by tackling the final boss. Maybe everything will make sense once we hit the ending! ...Probably not, though.
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placid saviour posted:What the gently caress?
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 Umm... well... that whole section sure was... unique I guess? Can't even imagine what a trip the final boss is going to be.
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Dr Pepper posted:So what does Booster have to do with this. I think Jean is a direct descendant of Booster. Of course, that makes one wonder how old Mario is, but I have a feeling the author wasn't particularly concerned with plot holes when making this hack.
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What do want Mega? What do want?
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reading this i really feel like i could make a better romhack. we as a thread could make a better romhack. wait... Mega64, was this your plan? will the final update of your thread be you organizing everyone here to make a romhack? bold.
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Admittedly, a section where you play through the big bad's memories and see how they became what they are is not a bad idea at all, and could be a lot of fun...if done properly. Which this, well, this is not.
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Blaze Dragon posted:Admittedly, a section where you play through the big bad's memories and see how they became what they are is not a bad idea at all, and could be a lot of fun...if done properly.
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Blaze Dragon posted:Admittedly, a section where you play through the big bad's memories and see how they became what they are is not a bad idea at all, and could be a lot of fun...if done properly. tbh this is easily the best segment of the hack thus far. Which, admittedly, is still pretty bad but it feels at least 30% coherent.
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Commander Keene posted:I'd have to do some research to remember which game I'm thinking about, but I feel there's an RPG that's done this already. Spoilering because some people are streaming it currently and there may be some watching live-a-live
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Fallout 4 also kinda counts, though that's more a mid-boss baddie. I'm sure there's a handful of RPGs that have done that sort of thing.
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Final Fantasy VII comes to mind. Lufia on GBC, kinda.
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Can't believe I forgot this one. Breath of Fire 4 does the hell out of this.
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I suspect this last section is messed up by Mario being hard coded as the lead character. Though that doesn’t excuse the super jump guy being there confusing everything
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FeyerbrandX posted:Can't believe I forgot this one. Breath of Fire 4 does the hell out of this. The first BoF does this.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:The first BoF does this. Gobi's a jerk, not a villain
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:Gobi's a jerk, not a villain You do it for Cern
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