So why no star-man?

senpaizuri · Postby **senpaizuri** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:41 pm

I'm new to the forums so I don't know if this has been answered already and a search turns out that "star" is too ambiguous. So the question is: why do they have most of the power-ups from the 2D Mario games but not some of the classic power-ups? I'm not necessarily talking about just the star power but also other ones such as the cape feather or the frog/penguin suit.

underFlo · Postby **underFlo** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:46 pm

redigit was a lazy fuck

and drunk

and he doesnt care

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 3:56 pm

Redigit got hit by a car and had to end the devolpement of smbx.

XerX · Postby **XerX** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:28 pm

he couldn't figure out how to make mario flash in different colors.

Chip Potato · Postby **Chip Potato** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:33 pm

Redigit would have probably added them in later on but you know, 2D Minecraft and shit.

RudeGuy · Postby **RudeGuy** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:42 pm

why do newbies always care about that starman isn't in smbx anyway

senpaizuri · Postby **senpaizuri** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 4:59 pm

RudeGuy07 wrote:why do newbies always care about that starman isn't in smbx anyway

I don't particularly "care" why they don't have it but since it's from the original 4 items in SMB, I'm just "wondering" if there was a reason behind not including it. I always considered the fire flower a pseudo-star if I used it correctly, anyway.

YouTube · Postby **bossedit8** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:01 pm

The main proper reason as of why the Starman wasn't there is because of the SM64 based system like that those stars are actually collectable for a reason to gain access to the later worlds.

Taker · Postby **Taker** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:16 pm

Redigit got lost in the woods, he got stuck in a beartrap and he got his ass bitten off by a bird. Also a shooting star fell on his head and gave him brain damage. That's why.

Zeldamaster12 · Postby **Zeldamaster12** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 11:22 pm

Alright everyone, enough with the useless posts.

HeroLinik · Postby **HeroLinik** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:42 am

bossedit8 wrote:The main proper reason as of why the Starman wasn't there is because of the SM64 based system like that those stars are actually collectable for a reason to gain access to the later worlds.

No, I don't think that's the main reason. Sure, that's one of the reasons, but that's not exactly why he refused to include it.
The main reason he refused to include the Starman in future versions of SMBX (well we're not getting any more SMBX updates anyway) is because he thought everyone was going to abuse it and make levels too easy.

h2643 · Postby **h2643** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:49 am

Linik wrote:
bossedit8 wrote:The main proper reason as of why the Starman wasn't there is because of the SM64 based system like that those stars are actually collectable for a reason to gain access to the later worlds.
No, I don't think that's the main reason. Sure, that's one of the reasons, but that's not exactly why he refused to include it.
The main reason he refused to include the Starman in future versions of SMBX (well we're not getting any more SMBX updates anyway) is because he thought everyone was going to abuse it and make levels too easy.

Do you have a proof of your theory

HeroLinik · Postby **HeroLinik** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:49 am

h2643 wrote:
Linik wrote:
bossedit8 wrote:The main proper reason as of why the Starman wasn't there is because of the SM64 based system like that those stars are actually collectable for a reason to gain access to the later worlds.
No, I don't think that's the main reason. Sure, that's one of the reasons, but that's not exactly why he refused to include it.
The main reason he refused to include the Starman in future versions of SMBX (well we're not getting any more SMBX updates anyway) is because he thought everyone was going to abuse it and make levels too easy.
Do you have a proof of your theory

I would, but it's on Knux's site and has been wiped out.

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:00 pm

And everything on knux was a lie and stupid anywaym And ur theory is wrong Linik.

The truth has been said already. Brcause he couldn't figure out how to make the flashing colours in smbx.

Chip Potato · Postby **Chip Potato** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:10 pm

Tinkerbell wrote:Brcause he couldn't figure out how to make the flashing colours in smbx.

I don't think Redigit would be unable to make flashing colors. That's literally just recoloring the character sprite a few different ways.

himemiya · Postby **himemiya** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:06 pm

h2643 wrote:
Linik wrote:
bossedit8 wrote:The main proper reason as of why the Starman wasn't there is because of the SM64 based system like that those stars are actually collectable for a reason to gain access to the later worlds.
No, I don't think that's the main reason. Sure, that's one of the reasons, but that's not exactly why he refused to include it.
The main reason he refused to include the Starman in future versions of SMBX (well we're not getting any more SMBX updates anyway) is because he thought everyone was going to abuse it and make levels too easy.
Do you have a proof of your theory

Most legit reason I heard sofar, next to just lazy as fuck.

Mable · Postby **Mable** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:28 pm

Chip Potato wrote:
Tinkerbell wrote:Brcause he couldn't figure out how to make the flashing colours in smbx.
I don't think Redigit would be unable to make flashing colors. That's literally just recoloring the character sprite a few different ways.

Uhm sry but thats really the reason and it has been posted on page 1 already by XerX and thats the only legit answer and not what linik gave.

XerX · Postby **XerX** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:33 pm

XerX wrote:he couldn't figure out how to make mario flash in different colors.

Literally the answer.

Chip Potato · Postby **Chip Potato** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:37 pm

Tinkerbell wrote:Uhm sry but thats really the reason and it has been posted on page 1 already by XerX and thats the only legit answer and not what linik gave.

The only legitimate answer is that Redigit couldn't recolor a sprite sheet a few times.

Yeah I'm not buying it, sorry. I'm standing by my theory that he just didn't implement it before going off to make Terraria.

XerX · Postby **XerX** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:53 pm

Chip Potato wrote:
Tinkerbell wrote:Uhm sry but thats really the reason and it has been posted on page 1 already by XerX and thats the only legit answer and not what linik gave.
The only legitimate answer is that Redigit couldn't recolor a sprite sheet a few times.

Yeah I'm not buying it, sorry. I'm standing by my theory that he just didn't implement it before going off to make Terraria.

He literally admitted to it when he was asked years ago. Also at the time of release he didn't use spritesheets, each player frame was 1 file, so doing a whole other collection of colours would have been the dumbest shit ever, so he wanted to do it with code, but he couldn't so that's why the starman doesn't exist in SMBX.