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I'm not exactly sure what this particular... thing of a level was. I mean, I get what it was going for... which we've seen is kind of an actual nice idea if done well, mind you. The eater/maker sprite is a fun sprite to make puzzles around, but I dunno if this level really did it in a good way. Not ...

...Well I don't have much to say about Bowser's Castle so far other than "wow this is certainly a thing huh". Already liking it more than Hyper V's version at the least (that was just ridiculous on how long it lasted, though I suppose it was also before the advent of multi-checkpoints or s...

I think I never actually tried ? haha, oops also, a little over an hour, Telamon. You did an airdash once by accident I noticed, so I'm pretty sure they were available... I think? Anyways, this was... an actually interesting series of things. Really hard, but kinda cool. I still think my favorite p...

So today on Distorted Metroid-sty, we actually deal with Metroids and not-Tourian. Metroids are painful. Also Mother Brain is comparatively just a boss you rush through compared to, I assume, Ridley, because you know, Ridley. Another segway back to Super Metroid briefly, one of the few things I did ...

...Oh boy going through these last couple videos in one shot is certainly a thing. On the yellow stuff not hurting you and the red stuff hurting you: I just know it as "upper Norfair lava" and "lower Norfair lava". The yellow stuff is more like a boiling hot spring and the red st...

Oh man haven't said anything about this hack in a couple days, in fact I forget most of the levels up to now. I just remember most of World 7 being actually kinda nice and decent and interesting up to now and not plagued with awkwardly long and evil levels or something. I guess? We Haven't Had Enoug...

I ended up starting to play Super Metroid today (or rather, I had a save from right after getting missiles and not exploring too much of Brinstar) so it feels weird looking at this and now finally understanding what the references are to the different areas and enemies and power-ups and such when no...

I feel like I'm oddly on the spot as a person who's been a (hopefully minor?) source of negativity on this hack, and mind you it's mostly because I have level critiques and it's just based off of, at this point in the game, what I'm watching (I fully admit to not having the skill to make it as far a...

...What... did I just see. Like seriously what did I just see. I don't think I have physical words to describe this level at all. I'm not going to say anything else because I just don't know what to say. I can't physically imagine playing this level on my own without that video. I guess the first ha...

Oh hey levels that autoscroll. Those only exist every once in a while. Old Fogey Skies looked like it existed and it certainly felt more VIP-y than usual, but not in like the really dumb VIP-y way, more like... midgame VIP? The part where the game makes the oh-so-subtle transition from Youtube level...

*bad jokes* ...You know, I was just watching slowbeef's Metroid Prime LP recently, and you're reminding me of Blister's jokes. Except these are slightly more bearable. Only slightly more. Otherwise, lack of map in a Metroid-inspired area feels like a sin against Metroid. I'm not really the biggest ...

I dunno, this level... just doesn't look very fun. I mean, I guess the beginning parts are alright, but some of the stuff in the second half looks really silly, especially if it goes and glitches out and whatnot at you. I think the boss is also a little overboard. I mean, really? A small swimming sp...

I'm going to just say I personally don't think this level needs a checkpoint at all. Literally the only thing about this level I don't like is when the key falls into a row of keyholes you can't get it out of without getting the secret exit and restarting the level from scratch. That's all. If that ...

So this looks to be like a thing that's thinging, the much alluded to Gate 5 with the much alluded to Samus ability set that's kinda been foreshadowed just by how many places seem to require some sort of Morph Ball technology (which is an actual Morph Ball I bet and not something silly like a chicke...

The level's too short to have a midpoint. Just because it isn't literally a millennium long doesn't mean it's too short to have a midpoint. I mean I'm enjoying this LP so far but I'd prefer it to be over before raocow dies of old age. To be fair, we are on world 6 of 7. Only other thing left after ...

Not really sure what to think of this level. I guess it does put a twist on the usual "avoid the exit/power-up/pipe/useful thing" levels we've seen before, either in JUMP itself or the VIPs, but... still, really not sure what to think. I don't like the idea that there's just this fail stat...

So that boss... existed. Man, that sure looked like a thing, but hey, you know, whatever. Also yay for DFO sprites (although wow now I feel bad for deleting it off my computer temporarily while I was taking a break from it because I needed the hard drive space for other games, screw my limited hard ...

Also, I can only think of the wrongpurae of King's Quest now... So the reference today made me think only of that... ...Funnily, same here. We're just missing them doing an impersonation of the narrator and making fun of Cedric's annoying voice and it's like we're back there again. No idea about th...

...THINK AND ACT FAST THE REFASTENING In any case, I didn't watch either of the last two videos until now so I got to see all of Nightmare Gate E in one shot barring the boss since that's later tonight... and oh god that fourth room. Jerry's little wall of death there was kind of a thing. I... wow. ...

Well I said nothing about yesterday's levels due to being tired and whatnot, uh... the first level didn't look too interesting from what I remember, All the Way from New Jersey has a level title that does not correspond to anything in the level itself from what I could tell. It was also really dark ...

I'm... not sure what to say of this level other than it probably is a better example of Pit-hack lite than Disarray was yesterday... but at least it's... short...?

But hurray Star World is over!

After two videos in a row with full-on PPR, it feels weird watching a video with actual live commentary. Still... Vault's finally over I guess? But now we have Nightmare E... oh boy have I seen a lot of spoilered complaints about this gate, so I can only see death and despondence up ahead, especiall...

So the levels are really keeping on with the difficulty, huh? Oh... boy. Coin Guides are Always Accurate is a kind of gimmick I enjoyed with levels like Pavlov Gold back in A2XT and all, where it deliberately messes with you in terms of what's what and what you're used to with coin guides and all. I...

Tomorrow sounds hella confusing. I dunno what else to say about things. Also I will admit Claire's little exclamation of "THAT WAS CHEAP!" made me giggle. Just a little.

My twist in this trope would be this: "A great evil was weakened and sealed long ago. However, the sages of this era have noticed that this evil is again growing in power, and the seal is breaking. The sages then enlist you to go and gather the coloured orbs that were used to seal him, unlock ...