Description:
"The Bob-omb Mafia has welshed out on a deal with Bowser and it is up to Mario to retrieve five of Bowser's shells from the bob-ombs. In this hack Mario–with the help of Mallow–must defeat a series of bosses including a large Thwomp, two clowns, and a forest witch, and defeat the diminutive mafia boss who is under the guard of two large bob-bombs and a vicious, bloodthirsty ant. There is also one puzzle room, as well as a few side-quests."
This is a much improved version over 2.0 which itself was infinitely superior to the awful mess that was v1.0 (v1.0, I'm afraid, has permanently scarred the reputation of the hack). There are no new monsters or areas, but many changes have been made.
Welcome to version 2.3 of "The Bob-omb Mafia". This new and improved version has more balanced mechanics as well as a more linear storyline. Monsters give more experience, so less "grinding" is necessary to hasten leveling up. Minor changes include slightly weaker monsters early in the game and some script mods. Also some items and treasures have been added, changed or moved around to balance the gameplay. Changes from v2.2 include a new title screen, a switch that needs to be hit in order to access Baba Yaga's room, and a minimum of 3 instead of 5 battles with Radish.
In other words, this hack is both easier to play and faster to complete. The player will not have to guess what must be done next, because v2.2 places roadblocks to certain areas as a means of guiding them to where they need to go next (ie. a more linear storyline). Certain items must be acquired to enter new areas, and the difficulty of the monsters in these areas should reflect the player's current level. The final boss, however, is of the same level of difficulty as in v2.0 but still not impossible (in fact, quite easy with enough Bane Bombs, Ice Bombs, Red Essences and Power Blasts). Some item rewards have been switched around and/or changed as a way to sustain a balanced level of difficulty. A couple of items were added to the town shop, and two bugs I noticed in v2.0 were fixed: you can no longer run away from the green/blue wigglers, and you cannot skip the radish by jumping over it using a flashing dog as a platform. This hack also includes tile and solidity mods in the main town area for the three locked doors. That means the mod feature in Lazy Shell works without crashing.
The new version of this hack has all (presumably) bugs fixed, usage of world maps, new bosses, better strategy, two new spells, several new attacks, more organized and balanced gameplay, a more linear storyline, easier early battles, and faster leveling up.
FEATURES:
- 35 entirely new levels
- 50+ new overworld events
- 100+ new dialogues
- 12 new bosses
- several new items
- 2 new spell animations
- actual game strategy
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