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[Brandon F]

Never did finish it, got about 60 or so shines and kept getting trumped by that weird lava boatride level near the end(and people thought the final warthog level in Halo was annoying!) but my GC card got formatted soon after accidentally and I pawned the game.

Lately I have been sort of curious about the final encounter, it's I believe the first Mario game I couldn't enjoy enough to complete. What was it? And what was the bonus for getting all shines?

 

[cvxfreak]

Spoiler

Mario beats Bowser and Jr. and saves Peach. FLUDD gets damaged but gets repaired. Then their vacation begins. Bowser and Jr. discover that Peach isn't their mommy.

 

[Brandon F]

But what was the actual final battle like?

 

[cvxfreak]

Spoiler

It takes place in a pool of hot stuff (I forget if its hot lava or hot water) suspended in the sky. Mario has to run to five or six points around the pool, shoot FLUDD up into the air and pound down to cause the pool to capsize. Bowser and Jr. try to shoot Mario with Bullet Bills. Once all six points are pounded on, the battle ends.

 

[drohne]

shitty. bowser and jr. sit in a rock bathtub above a volcano, launch...stuff at you, and slow the framerate to a crawl. iirc you destroy the bathtub by boosting with fludd and then butt-stomping.

incidentally, what happened to the koopa kids? bowser jr. is a poor replacement.

 

[Chipopo]

Bowser and Jr. are in a tremendous bathtub with Peach (yes, a bathtub). You run around the bathtubs edge while fire and heat seaking missles are flung at you. There are platforms all along the bathtub that can be destroyed by rocketing up in the air and butt stomping. You do this 5 or 6 times. Game ends. Dissapointment sets in.

edit: If Buddhist philosophy hadn't taught me time is an illusion I would be very upset by that 1 minute Drohne has on me. And the 2 CVX has.

 

[Xellos]

The Koopa kids were most recently in

Spoiler

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for GBA.

As for the 120 shine prize, IIRC it was

Spoiler

some sunglasses that make the screen darker and a tropical t-shirt for Mario

 

[xexex]

How did SMS end exactly?

with the introduction of the Genesis
by using the SMS as the basis for the GameGear


oh wait you must be talking about Super Mario Sunshine. my bad :lol

 

[drohne]

The Koopa kids were most recently in

Spoiler

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for GBA.

i should really finish that game.

 

[Brandon F]

Ok, sounds stupid. Wasn't sure if I was missing out on some crazy cool mecha-Bowser fisticuffs match or something.

Come to think of it, I do now remember the forum's disdain over the sunglasses as a reward for shines all those years back.

 

[Memles]

You guys forgot to mention that the long platforms, after you stomp them, disintegrate and you have to traverse back...which is pure luck, more of the time. An annoying and stupid boss battle.

 

[Phoenix]

Spoiler

It ends with Peach taking a dump on Yamauchi's chest for allowing such a bad game to be developed using the Mario brand

 

[CajoleJuice]

Spoiler

It ends with Peach taking a dump on Yamauchi's chest for allowing such a bad game to be developed using the Mario brand

Spoiler

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

 

[xsarien]

Quietly into obscuri---oh, not the Master System. I dunno, I could never bother to finish Mario Sunshine.

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

I think SMS is the only game with collectables this generation in which I collected everything there is to collect. I was addicted to it...

I got 99% of Jak & Daxter, but I got all the power cells. I heard I had to get every precursor orb to get 100%, there is no way i'd do that.

 

[Prince of Space]

Actually the only thing you get for finding all 120 Shines is a different ending screen.

 

[Infinitemadness]

That Bowser model was fuckin cool looking tho. So much bigger than Mario. Shame they didnt put it to better use.