As some of you may already know, I've decided to make a sequel to Mario's Strange Quest, called "Yoshi's Strange Quest". Well, I've been working on it, and I feel I made enough progress on it that I can start a thread for it. So, what's the sequel going to be like? It's going to be similar to Mario's Strange Quest in some ways (like the levels will have odd themes or gimmicks), but very different in others. Here are some details on this hack:
- As suggested in the title, you play as Yoshi instead of Mario in this hack. However, it isn't just a graphical change, Yoshi actually possesses his abilities from Yoshi's Island, (thanks to a couple of patches Jimmy52905 made). More specifically, Yoshi can flutter jump, ground pound, make and throw eggs, and stick his tongue out (he can aim it left, right, or up). I'm attempting to build the levels so that they take advantage of these abilities (particularly the flutter jump), but a bunch of glitches are making it difficult to take advantage of some of these abilities (more on this in a bit).
- As for the story, don't expect a storyline that will knock your socks off. I'm not really focusing on the story, but I did think of a way to connect MSQ with YSQ. (I'm going to black out the spoilers. Highlight them if you've beaten MSQ). At the end of MSQ, What actually happens is that Yoshi decides to move to another land so he can keep his eggs safe from Bowser before they hatch, but apparently, Bowser insists on taking Yoshi's eggs for the same reason he did in MSQ , so he follows Yoshi and steals them again. Since Mario isn't around to help, Yoshi decides to rescue his eggs this time.
- As for the levels, I plan on one upping what I did in MSQ. I plan on making the levels less straightforward and longer. The average level in MSQ was about 20 screens, whereas the average level in YSQ is going to be 32 screens. The levels will overall have more secrets hidden in them, as well. Also, there is going to be a lot more weird and silly ideas for the levels this time around (I'm going to try to think up a lot of new ideas, but some of the ideas I thought of in MSQ will also be present, usually with a twist).
- Here are some screenshots I took:
Yoshi: Something doesn't feel right. Yoshi can't figure out what it is, though.
Yoshi! Look out for that dangerous... bowl of soup? and cookies? and milk? Hey! Who is designing these hazards anyway?!
Exploring caves can be tough. Hopefully, you rested and went to the bathroom first before exploring...
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Introducing Lava Cavern 2. It's like a sequel within a sequel.
Anyway, I plan on submitting a demo once I finish 11 levels.... and I get help with some things. Remember when I said there were glitches with the Yoshi Abilities patches? I really need someone to look into those patches and try to fix the glitches with it, since I have no idea how to fix them. I doubt that Jimmy52905 will help me out with this either, since he seems to be deliberately ignoring my PMs. I also need help fixing two songs that don't work properly in HuFlungDu's Addmusic (which are Jurassic Park - "Triceratops Trot" and Super Mario Galaxy - Purple Comet).
So that's that. Let's see how this hack turns out.
Edit: Here's a list of all YSQ LPs for anyone that wants to see this hack being played:
- SMWROMhackperson's LP of V1.0 (5 parts)
- pete6777's LP of V1.1 (incomplete) (currently at 12 parts)
- UltraDragonYoshi's LP of V1.1 (16 parts)
- DarkBones64's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 2 parts)
- thomasstout25's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 13 parts)
- SMWROMhackperson's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 3 parts)
- S1mpleD's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (14 parts)
- SparkyArX's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 1 part)
- cstutor89's LP of V1.2 (11 parts)
- Sketchie00's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 10 parts)
- LuigiISLame's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 10 parts)
- lionman198's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 13 parts)
- TheSBCast's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 6 parts)
- slakkmichael's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 2 parts)
Notes:
- UltraDragonYoshi's LP, SparkyArX's LP, and Sketchie00's LP have no live commentary. The first two are using annotations instead.
- SparkyArX's LP no longer exists because he closed his account. I'm keeping the link up anyway, even though it leads nowhere now, just to acknowledge that it once existed.
- SMWROMhackperson's LP of V1.2 (currently) seems to show only the new stuff (or at least the stuff he thinks is new), since he is the same person that did an LP of V1.0.
- cstutor89 mistakenly calls the hack "Yoshi's Strange Quest 2" in the title of his LP.
My Hacks:
Mario's Strange Quest V1.6
Yoshi's Strange Quest V1.3 / V1.3.1 Beta 4.6
Mario & Yoshi's Strange Quests (2/10/2023 Build)
Other stuff:
My SMW/SMAS/SMAS+W disassembly
Yoshifanatic's Discord Server: A place for fans of my stuff and/or Yoshi to chat with others.
- As suggested in the title, you play as Yoshi instead of Mario in this hack. However, it isn't just a graphical change, Yoshi actually possesses his abilities from Yoshi's Island, (thanks to a couple of patches Jimmy52905 made). More specifically, Yoshi can flutter jump, ground pound, make and throw eggs, and stick his tongue out (he can aim it left, right, or up). I'm attempting to build the levels so that they take advantage of these abilities (particularly the flutter jump), but a bunch of glitches are making it difficult to take advantage of some of these abilities (more on this in a bit).
- As for the story, don't expect a storyline that will knock your socks off. I'm not really focusing on the story, but I did think of a way to connect MSQ with YSQ. (I'm going to black out the spoilers. Highlight them if you've beaten MSQ). At the end of MSQ,
that scene where Yoshi's eggs hatch was actually the sleeping Yoshi's dream (that's why he didn't show up in that scene).
(He wanted to use them in his birthday cake, instead of going to the store, like a normal person, and buying eggs)
- As for the levels, I plan on one upping what I did in MSQ. I plan on making the levels less straightforward and longer. The average level in MSQ was about 20 screens, whereas the average level in YSQ is going to be 32 screens. The levels will overall have more secrets hidden in them, as well. Also, there is going to be a lot more weird and silly ideas for the levels this time around (I'm going to try to think up a lot of new ideas, but some of the ideas I thought of in MSQ will also be present, usually with a twist).
- Here are some screenshots I took:
Yoshi: Something doesn't feel right. Yoshi can't figure out what it is, though.
Yoshi! Look out for that dangerous... bowl of soup? and cookies? and milk? Hey! Who is designing these hazards anyway?!
Exploring caves can be tough. Hopefully, you rested and went to the bathroom first before exploring...
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Introducing Lava Cavern 2. It's like a sequel within a sequel.
Anyway, I plan on submitting a demo once I finish 11 levels.... and I get help with some things. Remember when I said there were glitches with the Yoshi Abilities patches? I really need someone to look into those patches and try to fix the glitches with it, since I have no idea how to fix them. I doubt that Jimmy52905 will help me out with this either, since he seems to be deliberately ignoring my PMs. I also need help fixing two songs that don't work properly in HuFlungDu's Addmusic (which are Jurassic Park - "Triceratops Trot" and Super Mario Galaxy - Purple Comet).
So that's that. Let's see how this hack turns out.
Edit: Here's a list of all YSQ LPs for anyone that wants to see this hack being played:
- SMWROMhackperson's LP of V1.0 (5 parts)
- pete6777's LP of V1.1 (incomplete) (currently at 12 parts)
- UltraDragonYoshi's LP of V1.1 (16 parts)
- DarkBones64's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 2 parts)
- thomasstout25's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 13 parts)
- SMWROMhackperson's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 3 parts)
- S1mpleD's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (14 parts)
- SparkyArX's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 1 part)
- cstutor89's LP of V1.2 (11 parts)
- Sketchie00's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 10 parts)
- LuigiISLame's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 10 parts)
- lionman198's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 13 parts)
- TheSBCast's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 6 parts)
- slakkmichael's LP of V1.2 (incomplete) (currently at 2 parts)
Notes:
- UltraDragonYoshi's LP, SparkyArX's LP, and Sketchie00's LP have no live commentary. The first two are using annotations instead.
- SparkyArX's LP no longer exists because he closed his account. I'm keeping the link up anyway, even though it leads nowhere now, just to acknowledge that it once existed.
- SMWROMhackperson's LP of V1.2 (currently) seems to show only the new stuff (or at least the stuff he thinks is new), since he is the same person that did an LP of V1.0.
- cstutor89 mistakenly calls the hack "Yoshi's Strange Quest 2" in the title of his LP.
My Hacks:
Mario's Strange Quest V1.6
Yoshi's Strange Quest V1.3 / V1.3.1 Beta 4.6
Mario & Yoshi's Strange Quests (2/10/2023 Build)
Other stuff:
My SMW/SMAS/SMAS+W disassembly
Yoshifanatic's Discord Server: A place for fans of my stuff and/or Yoshi to chat with others.