Today I beat Super Mario 64... with all 120 Stars. And I did it, as Birdo, on a real Nintendo 64, with no performance issues.
Now THIS is the kind of character swap hack I love. I'm so fucking tired of "Luigi instead" editions of Mario games, get that shit outta here, even if you give Luigi his higher jump and worse traction, it's still overdone and boring.
Birdo does indeed have egg shooting mechanics in this game. You have to press L to activate it, otherwise you're using Mario's moveset. In Egg shooting mode, you can press R and Birdo will attempt to auto aim. It's not going to do anything to bosses ( though it does seem to stun Wiggler ) but it makes short work of small enemies and boxes, and I discovered way too late in the game that your eggs can collect coins. That would have made those last few levels 100 coin challenges so much easier... Birdo also has unique animations and voice clips, a lot of character hacks don't go that far.
It's not just that, but the game is improved in other subtle ways too. steering the owl in Whomp's fortress seems smoother, and you no longer have to hold A to grab onto ceilings. She moves faster when clinging to ceilings too. And there's an indicator for interacting with signs and NPCs. No more awkwardly punching at those bob-omb buddies.
This was a very fun romp ( aside from Rainbow Ride and Tick-Tock-Clock, fuck those levels ) and the author intends to make an original Birdo adventure too. I look forward to that and hope it runs on real hardware.
I really hope we see more like this, characters from the Mario universe we don't normally consider for a playable role, with unique abilities for them. I just don't want any more characters who are essentially Mario but with slightly altered properties, otherwise what's even the point?
There's a pretty cool Sonic in Mario 64 mod that works on my N64 and is pretty faithful to Sonic Adventure too but... man, Sonic is just not built for those Bowser levels, waaaay too fast. So I do appreciate the effort there.
That said... Peach doesn't kiss Birdo at the end, this modder is a coward.
If you want to check this hack out for yourself, download the patch here, and use a BPS patcher to get it working: https://romhacking.com/hack/super-birdo-64
Now if I could have my own wish, give me Geno in Mario 64. Maybe his thing could be more projectiles and getting more coins out of enemies if he times his attacks right.
Mario:I grew up playing this franchise with my favorite cousin so i have literally countless good memories of it!!!It's just a super wholesome and fun and interesting series and i love everything about it so much!Also Daisy was my fave as a kid but now it's Rosalina which i think symbolizes my transition from tomboy to femme transmasc /lh
Sally Face:So underrated yet so good!!!An excellent mix between dark and positive(With my rewrite of episode five that is😭)and one of the few brand's of horror i can stomach!The cast,artstyle,story and lore are all an absolute delight and i really hope we actually get that sequel one day!Also SAL I HAVE FEELINGS FOR YOU *gets wacked by Travis for being gay*
Animal Crossing:Couldn't leave this one out,it's absolutely legendary to me!!I love,love,LOVE that i get to be a cute lil token human that befriends all these incredibly friend shaped animals and be creative by making stuff and decorating and having lowstakes adventures!It's just absolutely made for the summer(me,my name is Summer)!!
Hades:Ah,greek mythology my old beloved.As a Pjo kid with Percy as their all time fave,i instantly fell in love with this world and especially Zagreus(///*Looks at the self-insert pastel goth guygirl i made to ship with him*).Very cool,very original,very bisexual and trans,my tism is very in awe of it
Night in the Woods:The thing that drew me in the most was Mae-I found this one at the beginning of a very rough time in my life and i was very similar to Mae so she's incredibly important to me.On a lighter note though,this game's so fucking funny😭I was laughing every other scene and it has great messages,cool plots,equally cool mechanisms and banger after banger songs!!Deserves all the love☺
Butterfly Soup:It's so fucking cute!!!!Extremely adorable AND hilarious AND relatable to me as a bi nonbinary afrolatina AND accurate rep!!Also the songs are so soothing and Diya and Min are one of the best couple's out there💞💙
Bonus-The Polly Pocket games:I'd say this one is a joke but.....Nah,it's not JFJEHFHFH.They're one of my childhood comfort's and i'm so glad i found a website that has them💖Fun fact,i had the purple Polly Pocket as a kid(not a doll,the compact things)!!
I'm super late for that "Draw your fav Twst character in your clothes!" trend, but here's this old art!
Guess you could also just call it Idia in Yume's clothes! 💀⭐
If you like my art please consider commissioning me a 20% off sale is going on now!
I made a post about it a bit ago but I recently started a new job! I'm still figuring out a balance of work and play, but I'm going to continue making content here! Thanks to everyone who enjoys my work and supports me.°˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
I fucking love the fact that these two motherfuckers are the literal strongest rpg characters ever
Like Mario and Luigi in the rpg games fucking decimate everything, and you cant even go “oh but they wouldn’t kill” BECAUSE THEY HAVE CANONICALLY KILLED THEIR ENEMIES IN THE RPG GAME
Like it ain’t even a close fight when these two step up and just drop a fucking star on you
and they can dodge/reflect/counter like practically anything too
like they are just too fucking powerful it’s insane
I played a Super Mario Kart romhack the other day called Super Mario Kart Horizons. The goal of this hack being to achieve Aesthetic Beauty. And i'd say they achieved it, this is an amazing looking hack. All new Music as well. Every character got a visual upgrade too ( Except Yoshi. I'm sorry but making him look more like his modern counterpart will always be a downgrade in my eyes. )
The tracks themselves are decent though there's a few questionable decisions where the path you're supposed to take isn't quite clear, but I was able to beat every level on 50CC and I beat the first tourney in 100CC. I have not yet played Special Cup, as you need to unlock it first.
But if you like the original Super Mario Kart for SNES and want a bit more, this hack is not to be missed: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/8639/