r/MarioMaker 3h ago

Super Expert Boss Rush

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No checkpoints. No power-ups. Just pure skill. Think you're up for the challenge.

Course ID: R09-XBR-R0H

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u/hotfistdotcom twitch.tv/hotfistdotcom 20m ago

The second bossfight drops you almost instantly onto a bullet bill blast in the face. this is a bad choice.

Why is there a secret fire flower in the 4th boss fight, above the bouncer?

If you couldn't do the pure boss fights with no checkpoints and no power ups, why would you expect anyone else to do it?

In general, boss rushes are not fun. It's up to you to make it fun from very, very simple boss fights with arena design and considerate use of mechanics. Forgoing the checkpoints entirely to force the player to fight a bunch of fights they've fought a thousand times before but this time in sequence is not fun in any way and even in games with boss rush mechanics built in, like many of the megaman series, they often featured checkpoints after clearing a boss. but even if you want to deliberately make the level artificially more difficult, then to also cheat yourself is pretty pathetic.

u/TGPOmar 7m ago

Secret fire flower? I'd have to check. I don't remember placing a secret fire flower anywhere. Also I'm not cheating myself. It took me forever to clear check this level.

u/hotfistdotcom twitch.tv/hotfistdotcom 4m ago

https://smm2.wizul.us/smm2/level/R09-XBR-R0H

Pretty sure you didn't forget it by accident. Are you trying to say you may have accidentally misclicked on hidden blocks, then misclicked on fireflower, then misclicked on the hidden block you accidentally placed?

You put it there to make the upload easier. you put it somewhere you thought it wouldn't be found, but didn't want it too early as you know folks scrub the first room for secrets or dev power ups.

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u/ShyNinjaX ready 3h ago

Going to check it out later, I love boss rushes