7th June 2006, 1:54 PM
I'm at the point where I'm making my "cleanup round" of the world, getting anything I missed the first time through (basically all the stuff that's only there to get after certain events later in the game). I've unlocked the hidden casino, obtained the star egg within from the clown running the place. I've been back to Geno's (well, his body's) home town and obtained both lazy shells. I've witnessed where Valentina fell after I dethroned her from her false takeover of the cloud kingdom (for those without this game, the cloud kingdom is a take on the artwork in the old Mario games putting smily faces on all the clouds, these clouds be ALIVE, and they are all airheads... sorry, but they seem completely content at all times regardless of the MASSIVE TAKEOVER PLOT. "He's the prince? Well, they wouldn't say it if it wasn't true, so sure, he's the prince, even if he is a GIANT OVERWEIGHT CROW." Mario pulls out an umbrella just as Mallow starts weeping over seeing his true parents at last (when he cries, it rains, and Mario saw it coming a mile away). Anyway, Valentina is in love with Booster, which is itself hilarious. I found the Princess' "???" hidden behind the fireplace in her room, and she apparently got very angry at me for snooping around and finding, whatever it was. I did all manner of things in someone ELSE'S wedding, I messed around on Yoshi Island, I managed to get my jumping high score (most super jumps in a row during battle) to 70 (still working towards 100 for that Super Jacket). I got that kid's Gameboy after he finally beat the high score (and promptly beat his), fun little game where you are a beetle (popular insect in this game, at least among Snifits) and you shoot a bajillion shells and try to get chain reaction explosions for high scores. I BEAT CULEX using the awesome power of the lazy shell armor and the lazy shell weapon, and after the Final Fantasy victory music and the Final Fantasy crystal theme, I won the "quartz charm" and Culex said that while his kind can't seem to survive in our world, he would remember this "legendary battle" as a memento of his time here and went back to his world. And the door to darkness closed and vanished forever :D. And now, after obtaining all the hidden chests and everything ELSE in the game except for ONE issue (still need to do 100 super jumps in a row in battle), I'll have the PERFECT SAVE FILE for the game. So close... Anyway, I was getting bored super jumping so I ran over to Smithy and kicked his arse. The ending, I LOVE IT! The 7 stars were replaced, the Star Road was repaired (stitched together from the looks of it), Geno returned to his Star Spirit form and went back to his Haven, and the wishes of the people are once again granted (and Star Hill, where the falling stars people wish upon fall (and were falling too soon before they were getting granted due to the broken Star Road) is a hilarious place where you can sneak a peak on other's wishes, Luigi wishes he was as good a plumber as his brother, and someone "vants" to be a great chef). And, the MUSIC! I love this game's music, and the first part of the ending's music is the best of all!
Love this game, and it's almost over if I can just jump 100 times in a row!
Love this game, and it's almost over if I can just jump 100 times in a row!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)