Challengers from Beyond (Boss Rush)

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:45 am

Okay, that last one, in hindsight, was a pretty bad idea, never mind. Back to the drawing board for me.

Structure
The hub is a very linear level, with an infinite supply of Mushrooms. No other powerups will be available in the episode. The bosses themselves can be fought in any order, but the final boss will require you to beat all the preceding bosses first. As for the bosses themselves, expect them all to be VERY different from each other.

Screenshots

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Bosses so far:

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Credits so far:

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Postby **Marina** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:58 am

A good boss rush! Finally!! Thank you so much ;_;

Honestly, the hub already looks really good and knowing you, the boss battles will be great!

underFlo · Postby **underFlo** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:17 am

So will the Scissor Guy from Clock Tower be a boss? (Judging from the painting on top of the door)

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 11:26 am

Indeed he will

I have the concept ready, now I just need to gather/make the graphics for the actual level. If it works, it'll be a pretty different and unique kind of boss. It IS kind of annoying there's no sprite sheet of the Scissorman to be found, though...

Chip Potato · Postby **Chip Potato** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 7:25 pm

*insert jontron reference here in response to the scissorman from clock tower being in this*

Seriously, though, that hub looks fantastic. I look forward to seeing this completed.

DatDude · Postby **DatDude** » Fri Oct 31, 2014 9:15 pm

GOSH DARNIT you beat me to making a good boss rush Flying Brick.

On-Topic: Seeing most of your boss battles, i think this should be interesting..

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 4:30 am

fireflowerhour wrote:*insert jontron reference here in response to the scissorman from clock tower being in this*

Fun fact: Jontron was the one who reminded me of Clock Tower and, by extension, gave me the idea for a Scissorman boss in SMBX.

DatDude wrote:GOSH DARNIT you beat me to making a good boss rush Flying Brick.

Just because I'm making one doesn't mean you can't, y'know

Anyway, I only barely started the first boss, but there's a new screenshot in the OP anyway! Hope you like it!

Yumetaro · Postby **Yumetaro** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 8:51 am

Huh, it's that one kid that tries to kill you from Clock Tower.

Looks cool. Can't wait to try!

RubberParasite · Postby **RubberParasite** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:11 pm

I love boss battles!
Especially in platformer games!
Can't wait for this to be done!

(Wow such exclamation marks)

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 12:16 pm

I've decided on 7 bosses in this episode. Suggestions are still welcome, only 3 out of 7 spots have been taken as of now!

Yumetaro · Postby **Yumetaro** » Sat Nov 01, 2014 7:34 pm

Flying Brick wrote:I've decided on 7 bosses in this episode. Suggestions are still welcome, only 3 out of 7 spots have been taken as of now!

You don't have to choose all of them, but here are my suggestions:

Splash Woman from Mega Man 9
The Big Boo from Super Mario World
Kracko from Kirby series (Kirby Super Star)
Princess Peach from Mario series
Salvo the Slime from Yoshi's Island

DatDude · Postby **DatDude** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:17 am

Random ideas for bosses:

Dreamy Mario / Mario
Captain Syrup
NSMBU Ludwig
Sword Man (That robot that has a sword)
King Dedede
Donkey Kong
Elite Trio from M&L Dream Team (if possible)
Napalm Man

Zant · Postby **Zant** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:03 am

How about Dracula from Super Castlevania IV?

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 5:52 am

I redid the hub to put the final boss door in a more central position. Does this look intimidating enough for y'all?

EDIT: No more placeholders now!

Radishl · Postby **Radishl** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:22 am

This Project looks so interesting, finall a good and legit boss rush will be made!
It'll remind me of Kirby Super Star Ultra

I suggest Ogura from Densetsu no Stafy
There's tons of sprite sheets of him.
http://www.spriters-resource.com/game_b ... eet/26701/
Also I suggest making the giant door animated for the suspenseful effect.

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 8:39 am

Radishl wrote: Also I suggest making the giant door animated for the suspenseful effect.

I'm afraid there's no way to do that. I had to reskin the SMB1 large castle for that, so animating that is not possible.

FanofSMBX · Postby **FanofSMBX** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:33 pm

Dr. Wily from Mega Man and Bass
http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/sprite.php ... /1632/MMB/

Flying Brick · Postby **Flying Brick** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:59 pm

Thanks for all the input so far! To be honest, I don't look at the specific suggestions so much as I look at the general idea and/or place of origin of your suggestions to come up with my own ideas. For example, DatDude's Dreamy Mario suggestion led to me coming up with the Retro Bros. Just thought I'd let everyone know that their ideas ARE being put to use, just... not in the way you might expect.

Postby **Murphmario** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:25 pm

Here are mine:
Eye of Cthulhu (Terraria)
Any Robot Master
Eggman Tank (Sonic The Hedgehog 2)

Fuyu · Postby **Fuyu** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:36 pm

fireflowerhour wrote:*insert jontron reference here in response to the scissorman from clock tower being in this*

"OMG I'm out of here but then again that guy did look a bit like Angus Young, but then again his signature doesn't mean anything if I'm dead! But then again I'm a big ACDC fan so I may as well take a look."

There you have it.

I just wonder how Scissorman's chase is going to be. It looks ok so far, nothing outstanding I may come with other than Scissorman's appearance and that oh-so-sexy big door!