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by MessengerOfDreams » July 29th, 2012, 9:52 pm
OFFICIAL POLL HERE
If there's any one thing that can be traced as a complete trademark of Super Mario 63, it is a block boss. The block boss, the first forms of which can be traced to designers like level4 and Krazy321 and even to some extent Fourinone, was a creation of necessity and inspiration. The closest thing the Level Designer has ever given to an easily applicable boss is the Big Bully, so obviously something had to be done. Therefore, by some stroke of genius, the pioneers put together a series of blocks and manipulated the controls to bend to their liking, taking an ordinary platforming object and turning it into something extraordinary.
While the idea of SM63 bosses aren't limited to just block-based, the attempt to think outside of the box for the best bosses is still quite the necessity and the block boss is the snapshot of that ideal, and it spreads to all sorts of bosses. Here, I'm going to remind you of and celebrate the best. How? Well, a tournament of the best, of course.
I'll perhaps format the list later (or make Amp do it, of course. :3) But here's a pretty comprehensive list of bosses that have been released to some acclaim. What I hope to do is reduce the list to sixteen or so, then have those sixteen face off in a series of polls. Help me reduce that list by saving either one boss or two from being chopped. When twelve are chosen, myself and a yet-to-be-determined crew of experts will save four more after some debate. Then the polls start!
Here's my list!
Bold means Block Boss or that blocks were heavily utilized.
Italicized means the boss was a character or concept created by the designer and has little to no Mario canon.
A combination of the two above points.
Plain is otherwise.
Mechanical Boss by level4 (Independent)
Mechabowser by Krazy321 in Bowser's Volcano Lair. (2nd LDC)
Goomba Tank Mecha Death by fourinone in Bowser's New Castle(2nd LDC)
King Boo by Zebtrestalala in The Story Of King Boo's Crypt: A Halloween Tale (4th LDC)
Bouldergeist by Fourinone in Ethereal Mansion level 2 (4th LDC)
Big Bertha by Zebtrestalala in Kamek's Revenge 2-Boss.
Bowser in the Koopa Car by Yoshi Boo 118 in Airship Rescue (6th LDC)
Captain Goomba by Krazy321 in Captain Goomba's Fearsome Fleet (6th LDC) level 4
Cheep Cheep's Fleet by MICrophone in The Lost Treasure (7th LDC)
The Trap Room of the Temple of the Penguin God by Volcove (7th LDC)
Eyerok by Zebtrestalala in Explorer Guy and King Goombiard's Ancient Temple (7th LDC)
Final Spambot of Doom by UsuarioTHF in Invasion of the Spambots (9th LDC) (Two tiered boss, with block battling and platform based battling)
Gumby by MICrophone in The Power of the Shine Sprites Level 9
Goombot by Venexis in Epic Mario World with Bosses: Goomba Jungle
Omega Blooper by Venexis in Epic Mario World with Bosses: Calamari Cove (WITBLO10)
The Cave Worms and Garbage Pile by Venexis in Alignments (10th LDC, 2012 updated version) (input given by collaborate MessengerOfDreams)
Goomzilla by Star king in level of the same name. (11th LDC)
Eyerok by Master 1.0
Xero by Master1.0 in Secrets of Earth and Sky (Updated 25Quared Version)
Suyodragon by SuperMIC in Blood of Violet Hill (16th LDC) (remind me to move the start point to the boss late)
Hero's Evil (Unnamed) by Venexis in Destinations Level 3: Mixed Signals (16th LDC) (input and concept from collaborate MessengerOfDreams)
Azarel by NanTheDark in This Is War (16th LDC, level 2)
DEUS Ex Machina by MessengerOfDreams in Dark pt 4: Belly Of The Beast (18th LDC)
Mechatron by Nwolf in Luigi's Castle Level 3 (18th LDC)
Arodnap by Yoshi Boo 118 in MMMMMMM (middle of 2nd level) (18th LDC)
Normabot by MP3 Amplifier in An Act of Antichesm Level 2 (19th LDC)
Giga Pirahna by BrawlerEX in You Can't Escape Death Part One-Two (19th LDC) (UNEDITED VERSION)
Blarg by MP3 Amplifier in SMA: Mirror Island 3 (20th LDC)
Hanmeus by Star king and MP3 Amplifier in Super Mario Adventure: Mirror Island 5 (20th LDC) (The other bosses are worth checking out but Hanmeus is by far the best choice)
Bullet Hell by Volcove (25quared)
Parasite Queen by Volcove from Into the Depths
Fraisean Prison and the Isadora Escape by MessengerOfDreams in Escapists
WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY AT 32. NO MORE CONTEST ENTRANTS BEING ACCEPTED.
Let me know what you think so far! When everything gets clear we'll make decisions.
~MoD
If there's any one thing that can be traced as a complete trademark of Super Mario 63, it is a block boss. The block boss, the first forms of which can be traced to designers like level4 and Krazy321 and even to some extent Fourinone, was a creation of necessity and inspiration. The closest thing the Level Designer has ever given to an easily applicable boss is the Big Bully, so obviously something had to be done. Therefore, by some stroke of genius, the pioneers put together a series of blocks and manipulated the controls to bend to their liking, taking an ordinary platforming object and turning it into something extraordinary.
While the idea of SM63 bosses aren't limited to just block-based, the attempt to think outside of the box for the best bosses is still quite the necessity and the block boss is the snapshot of that ideal, and it spreads to all sorts of bosses. Here, I'm going to remind you of and celebrate the best. How? Well, a tournament of the best, of course.
I'll perhaps format the list later (or make Amp do it, of course. :3) But here's a pretty comprehensive list of bosses that have been released to some acclaim. What I hope to do is reduce the list to sixteen or so, then have those sixteen face off in a series of polls. Help me reduce that list by saving either one boss or two from being chopped. When twelve are chosen, myself and a yet-to-be-determined crew of experts will save four more after some debate. Then the polls start!
Here's my list!
Bold means Block Boss or that blocks were heavily utilized.
Italicized means the boss was a character or concept created by the designer and has little to no Mario canon.
A combination of the two above points.
Plain is otherwise.
Mechanical Boss by level4 (Independent)
Mechabowser by Krazy321 in Bowser's Volcano Lair. (2nd LDC)
Goomba Tank Mecha Death by fourinone in Bowser's New Castle(2nd LDC)
King Boo by Zebtrestalala in The Story Of King Boo's Crypt: A Halloween Tale (4th LDC)
Bouldergeist by Fourinone in Ethereal Mansion level 2 (4th LDC)
Big Bertha by Zebtrestalala in Kamek's Revenge 2-Boss.
Bowser in the Koopa Car by Yoshi Boo 118 in Airship Rescue (6th LDC)
Captain Goomba by Krazy321 in Captain Goomba's Fearsome Fleet (6th LDC) level 4
Cheep Cheep's Fleet by MICrophone in The Lost Treasure (7th LDC)
The Trap Room of the Temple of the Penguin God by Volcove (7th LDC)
Eyerok by Zebtrestalala in Explorer Guy and King Goombiard's Ancient Temple (7th LDC)
Final Spambot of Doom by UsuarioTHF in Invasion of the Spambots (9th LDC) (Two tiered boss, with block battling and platform based battling)
Gumby by MICrophone in The Power of the Shine Sprites Level 9
Goombot by Venexis in Epic Mario World with Bosses: Goomba Jungle
Omega Blooper by Venexis in Epic Mario World with Bosses: Calamari Cove (WITBLO10)
The Cave Worms and Garbage Pile by Venexis in Alignments (10th LDC, 2012 updated version) (input given by collaborate MessengerOfDreams)
Goomzilla by Star king in level of the same name. (11th LDC)
Eyerok by Master 1.0
Xero by Master1.0 in Secrets of Earth and Sky (Updated 25Quared Version)
Suyodragon by SuperMIC in Blood of Violet Hill (16th LDC) (remind me to move the start point to the boss late)
Hero's Evil (Unnamed) by Venexis in Destinations Level 3: Mixed Signals (16th LDC) (input and concept from collaborate MessengerOfDreams)
Azarel by NanTheDark in This Is War (16th LDC, level 2)
DEUS Ex Machina by MessengerOfDreams in Dark pt 4: Belly Of The Beast (18th LDC)
Mechatron by Nwolf in Luigi's Castle Level 3 (18th LDC)
Arodnap by Yoshi Boo 118 in MMMMMMM (middle of 2nd level) (18th LDC)
Normabot by MP3 Amplifier in An Act of Antichesm Level 2 (19th LDC)
Giga Pirahna by BrawlerEX in You Can't Escape Death Part One-Two (19th LDC) (UNEDITED VERSION)
Blarg by MP3 Amplifier in SMA: Mirror Island 3 (20th LDC)
Hanmeus by Star king and MP3 Amplifier in Super Mario Adventure: Mirror Island 5 (20th LDC) (The other bosses are worth checking out but Hanmeus is by far the best choice)
Bullet Hell by Volcove (25quared)
Parasite Queen by Volcove from Into the Depths
Fraisean Prison and the Isadora Escape by MessengerOfDreams in Escapists
WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY AT 32. NO MORE CONTEST ENTRANTS BEING ACCEPTED.
Let me know what you think so far! When everything gets clear we'll make decisions.
~MoD
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Re: Boss
by Oranjui » July 29th, 2012, 9:57 pm
Why are some links www.runouw.com and others runouw.com
they should all be runouw.com
(also in the third one, there is an extra [/b])
they should all be runouw.com
(also in the third one, there is an extra [/b])
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Re: Boss
by BrawlerEX » July 29th, 2012, 10:14 pm
That...
Is ♥♥♥♥ awesome. So will you update this throughout time?
And there's my piranha plant boss in "You Can't Escape Death" Part 2 of Part 1 that could be added.
Is ♥♥♥♥ awesome. So will you update this throughout time?
And there's my piranha plant boss in "You Can't Escape Death" Part 2 of Part 1 that could be added.
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Re: Boss
by MessengerOfDreams » July 29th, 2012, 10:20 pm
If you can fix that bug in it then you betcha that it's in.
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Re: Boss
by nin10mode » July 30th, 2012, 2:24 am
Well ♥♥♥♥. Now I have to finish what I was going to make for the 20th LDC.
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Re: Boss
by ~MP3 Amplifier~ » July 30th, 2012, 4:10 am
Lol MoD, get me to maintain the topic of course. 
But yeah, this is fantastic, i'm glad Antichesm and Mirror Island were remembered. There are 5 other mini bosses at the end of each level (two in the castle) in Mirror Island but yeah the final boss is the main one. 
But yeah, this is fantastic, i'm glad Antichesm and Mirror Island were remembered. There are 5 other mini bosses at the end of each level (two in the castle) in Mirror Island but yeah the final boss is the main one. The below image is a montage of my individual highest placing LDC creations, as a reminder to myself that level designing is a part of my life that I can't just leave behind
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Re: Boss
by Volkove » July 30th, 2012, 5:39 am
How are any of my listed levels canon exactly? Especially Parasite Queen.
Will do sporadic level reviews on request - PM if interested. I will only do one level at a time. I tend to be rather critical.
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Re: Boss
by MessengerOfDreams » July 30th, 2012, 9:50 am
Oh, that's totally my own fault. Although isn't Parasite Queen Metroid canon?
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Re: Boss
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by BrawlerEX » July 30th, 2012, 12:45 pm
MessengerOfDreams wrote:If you can fix that bug in it then you betcha that it's in.
When you say "bug" do you mean me having to put the end of part sign cuz I am doing it right now?
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