From my experience, I had a lot more trouble with the Glitz Pit superboss than I did the Pit superboss, but I am unsure if others will echo this sentiment.
Glitz Pit is harder and easily the hardest boss in either of the first two Paper Mario games.
I've not fought either, but having seen some die hard TTYD fans do them, most of them seem to play around with Pit superboss to see what it can do other then beeg damage, Glitz Pit super boss was clearly designed to punish players who
I managed to beat the Glitz Pit superboss right before starting Chapter 4 through sheer luck and item reliance. I also replayed the boss after beating the game, yet I completely failed because of my build. Beating the Pit superboss is viable with more builds, so I'd say it's easier.
The Glitz boss comes last in the Tattle Log so I definitely think it’s meant to be harder. The Pit one can get hairy if you’re caught unprepared but if you’ve already conquered the Pit once you should be able to beat the new boss without much trouble, IMO.
The opposite was true in my playthrough. Grodus had fog on him for like four turns
Yeah I get fog for myself waaaaay more than I ever did on GameCube. I’m not even sure I ever saw fog that only covers one side in the original?
Fwiw Bomberry could get rid of fog on the GC version probably holds true here as well.The opposite was true in my playthrough. Grodus had fog on him for like four turns
The Rawk Hawk got frozen twice in a row when I fought him. Felt like cheating lol.
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Bowser’s role in this game feels like a cover story in One Piece. Something amusing going on in the background that doesn’t have much impact on the main story.
There's a similar thing in Boo's Mansion in PM64.
Also SMRPG. Proof that these games form a trilogy
I forgot that one existed, but did recall it when I looked up if this one was in the original version or not. Glad we are all getting the message out there about this fun thing across the games haha.Well yes, but given @xghost777 mentioned that one, I didn't feel a need to point it out
Yeah i felt the same.
NPD stopped giving actual numbers ages ago. Numbers won't come until Nintendo's quarterly results on August 2nd.
Wait until you get to the chapter 7 theme that covers like 2 areas
Ch. 5 starts really strong then starts spinning its wheels once you wash ashore. I think the issue is how stark the contrast is between the ceremony of the adventure once you set sail and then what you're actually doing and seeing on the island. Thankfully the chapter ends as strong as it began.
Because it's what in the bottle they've been shaking from the moment you disembark. Once you hit Ch. 3 TTYD shifts from "more Mario 64" to trying to commit to and wring as much as they can out of big stylistic ideas, and this is arguably most true for Ch. 6. That chapter is a long, indulgent painting of the idea of timelessness, primarily using the aesthetic of "classic" Hollywood/western decadence. It's a couple hour long trip through nostalgic moods and spaces. Even the music on the train is muffled by the steady rhythm of the wheels on the tracks, like it's playing off the radio as you explore.
Hard to say. The introduction of the stage mechanics was brilliant and couldn't have been predicted after playing PM64. I'd be totally fine with just TTYD's battle system with some tweaks, but I'd also like to keep an open mind. Keep badges, partners, and the low damage numbers, at the very least.
If you did the Pit you might want to throw on Bump Attack and skip fighting entirely. If you do it before the main story is over the level / difficulty curve is shot for the rest of the game and very little will be challenging again. I think someone mentioned here the GameCube version only gave 1 XP per fight, so yeah that’s definitely a change that’s disappointing if you just wanted to take on the toughest challenge as early as possible so it would be as tough as possible.
Nah, that was a problem with the old Pit of 100 trials too. The only major balance changes to the Pit are a mover to floor 50 being added to the starting area if you clear it once and they added coin rewards to the Pit's roster making it the best money farm in the game.
Ah thanks. I feel like I’ve only ever run the full pit twice and the last time was 20 years ago. I guess the best solution then would be a no XP badge for people who want that. They already have a you take double damage badge, so it doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibilities though I don’t expect them to add anything extra here.
As someone who just finished the game for the first time with chapter 4 ending up as my favourite chapter, I feel like it was just right this way. First time there is, nice spooky vibes, second time was also cool because of the solo Mario situation (I liked the extra challenge of not having a partner) and the third time was with Vivian which was also cool to see her abilities. I think having to go through the forest a fourth time would have been a bit too much, but this way was perfectly fine and really felt like a journey to me.
It's actually five times in the original, because once you get what you need with Vivian you just walk back to town and then walk right back lol. I think there was something unique about walking up and down the trail so many times not really sure what you were going to accomplish on the other end of it, but 5 total walks through it was probably a bit much (and that's not even counting the initial half walk down and back for the store key the first time). It's also nice to have the pipe if you missed any items at the Steeple.
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