ROM Hackers Find And Restore Unused Enemy In Super Mario 64 – GameSpot

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Behavior-wise, the motos has more in common with chuckyas, the boxing-gloved purple opponents with the ability to select Mario up and throw him. Unlike the chuckyas, nevertheless, the motos appears to go out of his method to throw Mario off the edge of the platform.
As YouTuber Arthurtilly describes in the video desciption, a few code tweaks were required to make the motos practical– carrying out the previously unused “falling over” animation, including the “lava death” and blue coin benefit from other opponents in the level, making him quicker and changing his toss speed somewhat.
Now all thats delegated do is await somebody to release all the additional Mario 64 content as a total ROM hack– possibly this time with Luigi as the protagonist.

Despite being practically 25 years of ages, it appears like Super Mario 64 still has some tricks up its sleeve. After a Nintendo leak spilled the Mario 64 source code, fans have discovered some surprising things concealed in the video game– very first Luigi, and now a previously hidden enemy.
The new opponent is called “motos” in the video game files, similarly to the bullies, who are referred to as “otos” in the source code. With the same big round 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 radiant eyes, instead of big eyes in the center of its body.