How could anybody forget good ol' King Bob-omb? The rotund ruler is the first boss you ever encounter in Super Mario 64 and grants you the game's first star upon his defeat,but he's appeared in or been referenced to numerous times over the years in subsequent Nintendo games. Of course -- as the game's first challenge -- King Bob-omb puts up about as much resistance as a wet leaf, but an interesting fan theory has sprung up regarding the fate of the deposed king.
If you notice, when running up the mountain on the first star, there's a pit containing two rolling balls that you must avoid to continue your ascent. However, after defeating King Bob-omb, the pit contains three rolling balls. Considering that one of the Bob-omb Buddies remarks that the king is a 'dud' after the fight, it's assumed that he ended up as the third rolling ball in the pit. It's a rough way to finish out his days for sure, but such are the fruits of being an ally to Bowser.
What do you think? Did you notice this detail? What are other similar easter eggs have you caught in Nintendo games? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source destructoid.com]
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Huh... Seems some people have way too much time on their hands.
We are all 3rd balls.
The imagination was too far...
I guess they raised the difficulty of getting up the mountain after people have proved they can do it once
/shrug
For all we know the lack of a third rolling ball on the first mountain ascent could be a programming quirk, rather than a design decision.
I bet Pannenkoek would crack that pretty quickly.
However, in the DS remake, the pit only had two rolling balls in all the missions.
@Yoshi
Very true - the third ball never appeared on the DS.
@Yoshi More proof that the DS Demake is non-canon in addition to being redundant.
I think it's a really slow news day for you guys.
Nah, the consequence for King Bob-omb is that he EXPLODES. That's how Mario gets the star he has.
Unless someone put Humpty Dumpty back together again (and only in the N64 version as people pointed out), King Bob-omb is nothing more than a pile of shrapnel.
King Bob-omb, this guy brings back memories. I always liked throwing him off the mountain and he would say that was cheating, or something like that, lol
Half-Life 3 CONFIRMED!!!11
Someone's been drinking way too much Nintendo Kool Aid.
@Yoshi: Forget the DS version for a moment. I even noticed a discrepancy between even the original Mario64 and the Wii VC release. In both versions, collecting the star on Bowser's Sub causes the water wall to retreat, gaining access to Bowser in the Fire Sea.
However, in one ROM version, the sub exits the lagoon immediately after completion of the first star in Dire Dire Docks, allowing Mario to collect all the stars in the level before fighting the 2nd Bowser. In the other ROM version, the sub does not exit the lagoon until Mario defeats the 2nd Bowser, making the pole vaulting star impossible to complete until you return after fighting Bowser.
I can't recall which ROM version did what offhand (it's been a while since playing through the game), but AFAIK there is no Rev A ROM for Mario 64 (USA) so Nintendo made a few edits when releasing the VC version. I wonder what other tweaks they did...
I thought he was dead like all the enemies the serial killer mario kills. Bowser took a peach! I'm a gonna stomp on this koopa that was just about to kill himself anyway.
My 3ds stability is off the roof.
Sorry wrong forum
Where are all the smegging spoiler alerts/tags!?
Y'all should be ashamed!
@Exy This comment made my day.
Lol that's hilarious... I never noticed it I think.
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy,
Agreed!
Here was me expecting some deep law effecting multiple games. Bit of a scrap Easter egg. Disappointing article
I thought that this was common knowledge?
I could've sworn the third ball came after releasing Chain Chomp...
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