07-28-2020, 06:04 PM
ROM Hackers Find And Restore Unused Enemy In Super Mario 64
<p>Despite being almost 25 years old, it looks like <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/super-mario-64/">Super Mario 64</a> still has some secrets up its sleeve. After a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/early-nintendo-game-prototypes-may-have-been-leake/1100-6480162/">Nintendo leak</a> spilled the Mario 64 source code, fans have found some surprising things hidden in the game--<a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/luigi-has-finally-been-found-in-mario-64/1100-6480216/">first Luigi</a>, and now a previously unseen enemy.</p><p>The new enemy is called "motos" in the game files, similarly to the bullies, who are referred to as "otos" in the source code. With the same big bulbous body as bullies or bob-ombs, the motos is distinguished from both of them by virtue of having hands, or rather claws. It also has a small, robot-like head with glowing eyes, instead of large eyes in the center of its body.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aud0uFGDOIs" data-width="100%" data-height="100%"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Aud0uFGDOIs" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>Behavior-wise, the motos has more in common with <a href="https://www.mariowiki.com/Chuckya">chuckyas</a>, the boxing-gloved purple enemies with the ability to pick Mario up and throw him. Unlike the chuckyas, however, the motos seems to go out of his way to throw Mario off the edge of the platform.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rom-hackers-find-and-restore-unused-enemy-in-super/1100-6480244/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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<p>Despite being almost 25 years old, it looks like <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/games/super-mario-64/">Super Mario 64</a> still has some secrets up its sleeve. After a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/early-nintendo-game-prototypes-may-have-been-leake/1100-6480162/">Nintendo leak</a> spilled the Mario 64 source code, fans have found some surprising things hidden in the game--<a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/luigi-has-finally-been-found-in-mario-64/1100-6480216/">first Luigi</a>, and now a previously unseen enemy.</p><p>The new enemy is called "motos" in the game files, similarly to the bullies, who are referred to as "otos" in the source code. With the same big bulbous body as bullies or bob-ombs, the motos is distinguished from both of them by virtue of having hands, or rather claws. It also has a small, robot-like head with glowing eyes, instead of large eyes in the center of its body.</p><div data-embed-type="video" data-src="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aud0uFGDOIs" data-width="100%" data-height="100%"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Aud0uFGDOIs" width="100%" height="100%" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>Behavior-wise, the motos has more in common with <a href="https://www.mariowiki.com/Chuckya">chuckyas</a>, the boxing-gloved purple enemies with the ability to pick Mario up and throw him. Unlike the chuckyas, however, the motos seems to go out of his way to throw Mario off the edge of the platform.</p><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rom-hackers-find-and-restore-unused-enemy-in-super/1100-6480244/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f/">Continue Reading at GameSpot</a>
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