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Bunbun 3
Welcome to Bunbun 3! This 24-exit Kaizo: Intermediate hack is dedicated to my wife, princessbunbun_, and will be the first full hack that I’ve released since she started playing Kaizo in 2020!
To celebrate, this hack allows you to switch between Mario & Bunbun at any time by pressing L or R! The two characters have slightly different physics, but most of the game is designed for both characters to approach obstacles. This ASM was first featured in Mario & Friends in: The Ghost’s Gallery from Hackjam 2021, and has been refined since to be the smoothest experience possible!
Features of Bunbun 3:
- 24 exits + final bosses, including my edited entries to KLDC 2021 and 2022!
- free character switching between Mario & Bunbun on the overworld and mid-level! Mario jumps a bit higher and can spin jump, while Bunbun has a midair flutter!
- a mostly-vanilla kaizo platforming adventure, with splashes of custom stuff in most levels!
- 3 years of love, polish, and playtesting!
- a bunch of hand-drawn graphics that fit the vanilla aesthetic
- a soundtrack designed to fit the moods of each level and world (see readme.txt for additional information)
If you stream this on twitch, put “bunbun” in your title somewhere! I’ll be pulling my favorite clips for something later :)
Special thanks:
- bunbun, for being the inspiration of my design and my #1 supporter
- CircleFriendo, for creating the Mario & Friends ASM and tuning it to perfection (shoutouts to Hackjam 2021’s Mario & Friends hack! Looking forward to whatever comes next :D)
- TheBourgyman, for drawing the bun sprite (and making it cuter than I could’ve possibly imagined) and helping me learn graphics for the hack
- all of the playtesters who each put tons hours into tuning this game, all the way up until writing this submission post lol
- everyone who helped me learn ASM and graphic building for this hack
- everyone who ported music that was used in this hack
- you, for hopefully downloading :)
Extra Files:
README.txt
If you stream this on Twitch, put "bunbun" in your title and make clips to potentially end up in a clip show! If you stream it on other platforms, message me them on Discord :)
Pt 1: Differences Between Mario & Bunbun
Pt 2: Clear Video
Pt 3: Soundtrack/Full Playlist
Pt 4: Art Book (coming soon!)
v1.01 edits:
- a few levels had directions you could press on the overworld that could softlock and/or skip events, this has been fixed.
- no level edits from v1.00 :)
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PART 1: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARIO & BUNBUN
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- Mario can press B to regular jump 5-6 tiles high, and can press A to spin jump from the ground with A 4-5 tiles high.
- Bunbun can press B or A regular jump 4-5 tiles high. She cannot spin jump on her own.
- Bunbun can do a midair flutter with the A button for 2-3 tiles.
- when Bun is fluttering, holding an item, and turns around midair, she gets a small one-time extra boost/flutter reset!
- This is 100% definitely intended and not a glitch that Circle and I were never able to fix
- Bun's flutter refreshes when she lands on ground or a platform, or climbs onto a net/vine.
- Bun's flutter does not refresh from bouncing off of enemies like Koopas or Goombas.
- There are no differences in movement speed of each character. Moving on the ground, climbing on nets and vines, and swimming are the same for both characters.
- Bunbun is much cuter than Mario.
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PART 2: CLEAR VIDEO
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If you get stuck at any point, feel free to check out the clear video here! The video description has level-by-level chapters, so feel free to skip to wherever you want :)
(note: this video was recorded the day before release, and a couple of obstacles might be slightly different visually, but the flow is the same idea for each obstacle)
https://youtu.be/tbQuc6ZHgmo
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PART 3: SOUNDTRACK / FULL PLAYLIST
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Listen to the full soundtrack on one playlist :) The songs recorded off of SMWCentral are a bit quiet, but everything is there and below for your reference!
https://youtu.be/eMligG_QwAo
00:00 - "Friends" from Hyper Potions (Sonic Mania) ported by KevinM
03:41 - "Boutique" (Pokemon XY) ported by qantuum
05:09 - "Seaside Town" from rewitken, ported by Pinci
07:38 - "Bopping On the Clouds (Giddy Sky Remix)" (Super Princess Peach) ported by HoodedEdge
10:40 - "Anthem of Greed (Greenhorn Forest)" (Wario World) ported by HoodedEdge
14:22 - "Rusty Ruin Zone" (Sonic 3D Blast) ported by Ultima
16:42 - "Options Menu" (Mario Kart DS) ported by FYRE150
19:05 - "Grumble Forest" (Mario Kart custom) ported by dispace
23:20 - "Steel and Snare" (Secret of Mana) ported by KevinM
25:08 - "Operation" (Mega Man Battle Network) ported by HoodedEdge
27:24 - "Gambit's Theme" (X-Men vs. Street Fighter) ported by Ultima
30:10 - "Lonely Rolling Star" (Katamari Damacy) ported by Svisvi
34:40 - "Prism Caverns" (Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventure) ported by Ahrion
36:12 - "You Win" (Touhou Yumejikuu) ported by HoodedEdge
36:21 - "Futuristic Travel Agency" (Ganbare Goemon 3) ported by S1Z2
36:47 - "Gym Locker" (WarioWare: Touched!) ported by bebn legg
37:05 - "Town" (Last Bible 2) ported by icrawfish & S1Z2
38:32 - "Redial" (Bomberman Hero) ported by Dippy
40:42 - "ACDC Town" (Mega Man Battle Network 3) ported by HoodedEdge
44:20 - "Virus Busting" (Mega Man Battle Network 2) ported by HoodedEdge
46:55 - "Upstream" (Crash Bandicoot) ported by Pink Gold Peach
50:48 - "Clock Tower" (Super Monkey Ball 2) ported by sinc-x
52:50 - "Flying Machine/Propeller Knight" (Shovel Knight) ported by DanTheVP
58:02 - "Artificial Intelligence Bomb" (NARUTO) ported by Torchkas
58:58 - "Stage Start" (Mega Man X5) ported by FalseCircus
59:06 - "Knuckles Theme" (Sonic & Knuckles) ported by MarioSonic4Life
59:45 - "Phendrana Drifts Depths" (Metroid Prime) ported by ggamer77
1:04:11 - "Freeze Draft" (Kero Blaster) ported by FYRE150
1:06:39 - "Cog is Push (Chrono Trigger remix)" (Baba is You) ported by Lazy
1:10:09 - "Bubblegum KK" (Animal Crossing) ported by jeady
1:11:43 - "Gospel Server" (Mega Man Battle Network 2) ported by HoodedEdge
1:13:04 - "Gentle Breeze" (Trauma Center 2) ported by Zavok
1:15:41 - "Multiplayer Lobby" (Bomberman 2 DS) ported by teows
1:17:56 - "Sonic Sucks" (PINK) ported by Ahrion
1:21:25 - "Angel Island Zone Act 2" (Sonic 3 & Knuckles) ported by MarioSonic4Life
1:23:51 - "Skinner & The Superintendent" (The Simpsons) ported by Bak Sangwoo
1:24:05 - "Dearly Beloved" (Kingdom Hearts) ported by Beruga1990
1:25:15 - "Starlight Highway" (Snowboard Kids 2) ported by Ahrion
1:30:13 - "Shooting Star Summit" (Paper Mario) ported by FYRE150
1:32:46 - "Funky Village Ritual ~ Treetop Rock Remix" (Donkey Kong Country) ported by HoodedEdge
1:36:40 - "Innocent Impulse ~ Snow Mountain" (Mega Man X1) ported by JX444444
1:39:08 - "Determination in the Heart" (Mega Man Battle Network 2) ported by Ultima
1:40:11 - "To Mount Fuji" (Bakumatsu Kourinden Oni) ported by Ahrion
1:42:28 - "Mount Fuji" (Bakumatsu Kourinden Oni) ported by Ahrion
1:44:11 - "Dragon Roost Island" (The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker) ported by drspork
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PART 4: ART BOOK
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For those that read this far: I'm also working on a bunbun 3 art book of some of my level illustrations and facts I wanted to share about the game :) It's still very early in development, but hoping to have it out relatively soon.