CONCEPT ART TOPIC, Goals: Checkpoints, Goals

Well, it's an interesting idea, but it's basically what we already have with the gold mushrooms.

Thought that was for unlockables or whatever

but anyway, I'd still say maybe you should have some further antics with the Midas machine. Turning the mushrooms into gold doesn't seem so disastrous or evil.

Maybe the toad statues are at the end of each boss fight and the boss' defeat changes them back?

See, the problem is that, that goes against the story. Bowser is after the peices of Midas's hand because it's the only wat to make his machine strong enough to turn things to gold (at the present, it only turns mushrooms into gold). Mario is after the peices (each of which is held by a boss) so that Bowser can't get them.

If the machine could turn toads gold from the start, then that would cut out the need for Bowser to have to get the peices, and in turn, Mario's need.

Okay I understand.

This is Hatman's idea for the goal that I'm posting for him:



Hitting the block makes a flag come up; if you get a star, then fireworks come out.

I think it's pretty cool.

That's a great idea! It's a neat hybrid of a couple different Mario endings.

I like that. I think it would be cool for something that happens as a minigame after you pass through another goal. I only say this since the function for that goal would be odd underwater or inside a house/castle.

Ok like this:
1) We reach a checkpoint
2) We die.

3) If we have a 1Up Pipe left, go to 4), else 6)

4) Question: "Proceed from last checkpoint?" yes = go to 5) no = go to 6)

5) Instantly replay level w/out going to world map, where the last checkpoint was (you launch from a 1up pipe) END

6) Back to world map, no 1Up pipe was used, checkpoint expires. END

Introducing Waldo the underwater Merchant!



Waldo keeps his "stock" in his hat box thing, and he operates the same
way Peevie would but except coming from a pipe Waldo is already there,
btw, Waldo is Peevie's Replacement for the sea levels.

Hmmm. looks alright, although maybe try some various other species? For example, all the sales people (Peevie, the Walrus from PM2) are dudes, so maybe the underwater ones could be one of those jelly fish girls from M&L.

But didn't we agree on the walrus dude?
It dosen't bother me if you want to change it.

Yeah, but the one you have, and the one we decided on look way different, so I assumed they were different people.