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Update 3 - More plans, more killing.![]() Right now, I'm at a bit of a roadblock. Jean is a bit too strong for me to handle, so let's explore again and see if there's something I missed. ![]() ![]() My first thought is to try to kill the Snifits from earlier. They're not trivial, but they're easily beatable now, and each drops an Ice Bomb. ![]() With two down, I try to take on the last Snifit, but I couldn't get it to spawn this time. Go figure. ![]() Next up, Booster Pass! ![]() ![]() The Artichoker is a breeze at my level. ![]() As is Lakitu. I land a Maple Syrup and even learn Super Flame thanks to the fat EXP gain from the battle. ![]() ![]() The Apprentice, battle name Snifit Sr. still wipes the floor with me. But as I leave, something weird happens. ![]() OK, I can access Moleville now. Sure, why not. The problem is in an earlier attempt, I actually left after losing to the Apprentice to see if it changed anything in Booster Tower (it didn't in the lower levels, anyway), and I did not get this pop-up. But apparently I did some other magic trigger that lets me now visit Moleville. Alright, then! ![]() To Moleville, I guess! ![]() ![]() First off, we finally have a freaking inn and item shop! ![]() ![]() Also, this mole now sells the ultimate gear for this hack using Frog Coins. The Scrooge Ring halves FP cost, while the Mega Glove and Super Jacket are the ultimate weapon/armor. I could afford the Mega Glove at 6 FC, but I opt to wait to afford the Super Jacket, as defense is my bigger liability, and it costs 9 FC. ![]() The NPC dialogue is exactly the same as far as I can tell, except for the cutscene with Bowser, since, well... ![]() ...Bowser's been replaced. ![]() RATTY: Yes. Yes. We need some crazy weapons to use for glory! ![]() SILVER: My powers have almost come to me. Don't worry. Evil will commence soon! As for now...... ![]() SILVER: You understand what it means to be a loyal minion! ![]() ![]() This hack never stops being weird. ![]() The entire rest of this section proceeds as it does in the original, so on to the actual mines. ![]() Hardhat, Boomy Bob, Sparky... ![]() Pounder... ![]() ...and Drill Bit. Turns out I'm way overleveled for this area and I breeze through it all. I probably wouldn't have been if I knew I could unlock Moleville earlier by...hell, I'm still not sure how I unlocked Moleville! ![]() The major change is the hack cuts out the whole chunk of gameplay where you have to find a bomb to unblock a path and then fight Croco. All that's been removed, including the rooms that all took place in, and instead the path is already unlocked. ![]() Which means we can get ourselves a Frog Coin... ![]() ...and blast our way through the enemies with an invincibility star. ![]() At the end is Punchinello, complete with his own boss theme. ![]() ![]() ![]() This theme is half of a potentially neat remix. Unlike the original fight, there is no dialogue here. ![]() Punchinello only summons mid-tier bom-ombs, and his main attack is Sand Storm, which actually does a whopping 5 damage to my overleveled self and inflicts Shivers to halve my attack. ![]() That said, I'm still way overleveled for this dungeon, and as a nice bonus I don't have to finish off the bombs either. ![]() And with that we've got Star Piece... ![]() ...Number Seven? Yeah, OK, we've got all seven Star Pieces now. Cool, OK, why not. ![]() Instead of the mine cart, we have a large room cluttered with lizards... ![]() ![]() ![]() ...and the Wonder Stone. This is probably important considering it's mentioned in the game's bio. ![]() ![]() The Lizaros can inflict poison and boost their Vigor, while the Chrimers hit relatively hard (high single-digit damage, so I'm still pretty overleveled) and can inflict Silence on our silent protagonist with Elegy. ![]() Also it doesn't seem like I can progress further in here. ![]() So I guess that's as good a place as any to call it for today! Next time... ?????????
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