On Truth Story, bad levels, the Mario RPGs, and an inability to use SMBX

[TheIndigoExperiment]

So. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4PF2TPoHYE < That video. The one with the terrible, terrible level.

I'll get right to the point - the boss of that level is Dark Bowser, the final boss from Bowser's Inside Story. An eldritch abomination from deep beneath the earth that has stolen Bowser's appearance and abilities. For perspective, here's how the fight is meant to go:
https://youtu.be/aIlQ5jV2Q2M?t=161 (includes Bowser being awesome before the fight starts; it's just a few seconds, don't worry)

Note the unique dynamics of each attack. Note the potential they have for conversion into platformer material, especially the boulder spam and the punch-slam. Note the minion spam here: https://youtu.be/aIlQ5jV2Q2M?t=757 Note how incredible this could be if converted by someone who knew what they were doing. Note the music, which is absent in Truth Story.

But no. It's a cheap recolor of Mario 3 Bowser. The creator of the level probably found a spritesheet on the internet and used it without knowing what it was.

Because of this, I have taken it upon myself to make a proper SMBX Inside Story level, finished up by a Dark Bowser fight. The only problem is, well...

I have no idea what I'm doing. At all. I don't even think I can do it properly. So, uh, I'm not even sure why I posted this in the first place. I... could probably use help.



It's an idea I had.

[CM30]

That's not exactly the first fan game to poorly convert Dark Bowser into a standard Bowser clone/recolour. It's quite common to see Dark Bowser graphics in the Super Mario Bros X community, and in quite a few MFGG fan games.

But good luck I guess. I remember thinking about implementing some sort of BIS style Bowser battle in SMW, but eventually decided it would take way too much time and effort and would probably just be too complicated in general. Dark Bowser would be even worse than that...