Comments on: The Anatomy of Super Mario: XXVI. Bullet the blue sky

By: Vega

Vega — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:57:11 +0000

I do remember 5-1 as the point where the game gets noticeably hard.

One thing I’m proud of myself is that when I discovered the vine leading to the clouds with coins, I called it “coin heaven”, and some time later Nintendo Power called it (or maybe a similar part of SMB3) the same thing, even during the NOA censorship era!

By: MetManMas

MetManMas — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 21:16:30 +0000

The Hammer Bros. are always pretty nasty opponents, but 5-2 shows you just how big a pain in the ass they can be when you don’t have a convenient pair of platforms to bash them out from under.

When I don’t have a Fire Flower, I’m much more intimidated by one Hammer Bro on its lonesome like this than a pair with platforms. You’re stuck either leaping over (where you risk getting hit by a hammer) or running under (where you risk getting hit by improperly timing your run/not having the momentum to make it under in time.

Fortunately you can skip the one here, but later…

By: ruler26

ruler26 — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:25:06 +0000

IIRC, an interesting thing about the Bullet Bills is that they won’t fire at you if you’re standing immediately next to them, kind of like how the Piranha Plants won’t come out of a pipe that you’re standing on or near. I could imagine that the Bullet Bills don’t fire in this situation because it would cause a problem for the launcher if the BB’s initial launch is obstructed, but I never understood why the Piranha Plants don’t attack.