Bob-omb Battlefield (beta)

Bob-omb Battlefield (beta) is an area in B3313.

Description[]

Originally, in earlier versions, this area very much resembles the vanilla version of Bob-omb Battlefield, with very minor differences & changes. Some textures are changed, the gate blocking the Chain Chomp's star is missing, and the addition of a spike and warp pipe along with a Bob-omb Buddy at the top of the mountain made it resemble the “pre-E3” build of BOB. There were only a few enemies walking around.

In v0.9, several new additions to the level made it more dangerous than before. The bubble cannons are now active and they fire a lot during the daytime, relentlessly pursuing the player and making it quite risky to navigate around unless they visit at night. Additionally, new small, tiny red mines placed throughout the course detonate when touched, so the player must take caution when roaming the location. The Chain Chomp's gate has been re-added, necessitating the removal of the Chain Chomp's peg or switch in order to access its star. A hole behind the star and the gate now warps to the Chomp Caverns. Also, the map resembles the pre-E3 version of BOB even more, and a watchtower is added, being removed in v1.0.

In v1.0, the bubble cannons fire less often, making the area easier to navigate. While the Chain Chomp's peg is present in v1.0, in one of the hotfixes it is replaced with a purple switch to open the gate which allows the player to collect the star more easily. Other changes to v1.0 include removal of the watchtower, the entry dialogue, and a Bob-omb Buddy near the spawn point. The Bob-omb Buddy at the top of the mountain is also removed in v1.0.2.

Origins[]

The area is mainly inspired by the "pre-E3" 1996 beta of Super Mario 64, where the spike at the top of the mountain, other objects, and the map are taken from. However, the layout mostly matches up with the vanilla Bob-omb Battlefield. In 0.8 and earlier, this was mostly taken from the vanilla Super Mario 64, along with the music.

The music playing is the vanilla BOB theme. At night, the music is a music box rendition of that same track, being slightly slower.

Stars[]

This area has 3 stars to collect:

Open the gate behind the Chain Chomp by either freeing him or pressing the purple switch.
Reach the floating island by flying or shooting to it with a cannon.
Scale the mountain. This star in earlier builds was in the place where the red coin star was.
(UA) Climb the watchtower.
- In v0.9, the star on the watchtower could not be collected, which was patched in Unabandoned. Both the watchtower and the star were removed in the official v1.0.

Warps[]

Leading here[]

Vanilla Lobby: Enter the beta Bob-omb Battlefield painting.
(pre v1.0) Lobby.z64: Enter the beta Bob-omb Battlefield painting.
(v0.9) Limitless Lighthouse: Jump into the pipe at the top of the lighthouse, or collect the star.
(v0.7) Ice-Cold Warzone: Jump into the pipe at the top of the mountain.

Leading away[]

River Mountain: Jump into the pipe at the top of the mountain.
Chomp Caverns: Enter the hole behind the Chain Chomp's gate.

Routes[]

Note that this section lists only the shortest routes to the area.

v1.0.2/UA[]

Castle Grounds > Dark Hallway > Vanilla Lobby > Bob-omb Battlefield (beta)

Through Fast Travel:
Beta Lobby B/Beta Lobby D > Plexal Lobby > Vanilla Lobby > Bob-omb Battlefield (beta)

Dialogue[]

Spawning in the course (pre v1.0):[]

WOW! YOU'RE SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A ...BATTLEFIELD
WHERE DID THE RIVER GO?
YOU'LL FIND THE STARS THAT THE KUPPA KING STOLE INSIDE THE PAINTINGS.
THERE'S NO ALLY THIS TIME.
YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN.

Bob-omb near the spawn point (pre v1.0):[]

GEE, ALL THIS CONFLICT IS GIVING ME A HEADACHE...
THINGS JUST AREN'T HOW THEY USED TO BE AROUND HERE...
WE'VE BEEN SILENCED...

Bob-omb at the mountain summit (pre v1.0.2):[]

DEEP, DARK, CONFUSING, AND EMPTY...
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED SO MUCH BECAUSE OF YOU
HASN'T IT?

Bob-omb at the mountain summit (v0.4):[]

Pure emptiness. In a total color disguise.

Gallery[]

v1.0[]

v0.9[]

v0.7[]

v0.5.6[]

Development screenshot[]

Changelog[]

v1.0.2
- Bob-omb NPC on mountain summit removed.
v1.0
- Chain Chomp's peg replaced with switch.
- Starting dialogue and Bob-omb NPC near spawn point removed.
- Watchtower and associated star removed.
v0.9
- Uncollectable star added on top of the watchtower.
v0.2
- Bob-omb Battlefield (beta) added.

Trivia[]

In earlier versions of the hack, the "Floating Island Item Box" star in Bob-omb Battlefield (beta) shared the same star ID as the "Top of the Mountain" star in Ice-Cold Warzone. Therefore, when the player collected one of these stars, the other would show as collected as well.
In v0.9 and later, halfway up the mountain is a flowerbed floating above the ground with an arrow sign pointing downward, although there is nothing underneath it. It references the ROM hack sm64.z64, which features a similar flowerbed in one iteration of Bob-omb Battlefield. The same flowerbed also appears in bob.z64, where a hole underneath it contains a warp.

The floating flowerbed in the nighttime variant of Bob-omb Battlefield (beta).