Showing posts with label Big Boo's Haunt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big Boo's Haunt. Show all posts

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Big Boo's Haunt - Switch Star in the Basement

This mission is unique to the Nintendo DS.
We'll need Wario's brawn for this level, as well. We go into the small house and take the elevator to the basement. We uncover the Star Switch under a black brick block in the room with the carousel. Conveniently, there is a Mario cap in the pool on the other side of the carousel, so we can move faster. This took me 10 attempts, including going through the carousel. What worked for me was lots of long-jumps.
Star Get #84, 18 Coins, 3 Lives
The next Star is Tox Box Switch Star.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Big Boo's Haunt - Eye to Eye in the Secret Room

N64
Now that we have the Vanish Cap, we can tackle the last mission in Big Boo's Haunt. We go up to the second floor and get the Vanish Cap on the balcony near the entrance to the mansion. We wall-jump up to the third floor and go through the door, and the Boo painting around the corner while we're still powered up. Inside is a large Mr. I. We run around the Mr. I once we're visible and it spins down into a Star.
Star Get #59, 0 Coins, 23 Lives

Nintendo DS
We don't need to go under the moat to get this Star. (We can't unlock it for a while, anyway). All we need is the man in green, Luigi! We go up to the second floor, through the second door on the right. We get the Power Flower and backflip to the third floor. Just around the corner is the Boo painting, which we go through to find a large Mr. I and a Boo. After the power runs out, we run around Mr. I once and it spins down into a Star.
Star Get #66, 5 Coins, 4 Lives
The next Star is In the Talons of the Big Bird.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Big Boo Battle - The Key to Luigi

This mission is unique to the Nintendo DS.
It's time to save Luigi! We have to be Mario for this mission. We go into Big Boo's Haunt and go up to the third floor using the Power Flower. Through the door we find the painting of Luigi. We jump inside and find ourselves on the carousel. We continuously hear Big Boo's laughter. A sign says "Big Boo's Haunt Eee hee hee... There are no exits. You may as well wander in here forever... Listen carefully. Can you hear me? If you find me, you're history. Eee hee hee..." There is a Red Coin in the carousel room. We will leave it alone for now, because we can't get all 8 at this point. There is a Red Coin mission in Goomboss Battle, but we can't them at this point either. There are four doors to choose from. If we choose correctly, we will see another area through the doorway and continue. If we choose incorrectly, we'll be sent back to the carousel to start over. In the carousel, take the door to the right. We walk into a gray room with four doors and a Mr. I. There are disappearing bridges to the center of the room and the other doors. We take the door to the left and find ourselves in another room with four doors. In the center is an item block, which we don't need right now. The floor tilts, so don't stand on it too long. We take the door on the right into a room with checkered platforms that move when we step on them. We get a 1-up on the way. We take the door on the left to continue. If you listen closely, the laughter seems to be coming from one side of the room, either the left or the right. We find ourselves in a gray room with a large dropaway bridge and three Boos. We run across it quickly, getting a 1-up in the process. At the end are a painting of Boo and more checkered platforms. We ride the checkered platforms to the top of the room, where there is a hole in the floor. We drop through to a room with a rug, checkered floor, a large mirror, and curtains. We can see Lakitu in the reflection. We approach the mirror and our reflection turns into Luigi! Big Boo, wearing a crown, appears beside us with a laugh. He says "Eee hee hee! I am Big Boo, the spookiest of all the spirits! I locked up the wimpy green mustache man. And I'll do the same to you! Eee hee hee! Since I'm a ghost, I can turn invisible in the mirror's reflection. You'll have to attack me from behind to defeat me. But you'll die of fright before that ever happens! And then you'll be one of us!" The battle starts. We take a hit from him, because he was invisible, but had a reflection in the mirror. We lined up the shot and ground-pounded him for the first hit. He fades into a blue flame and appears to us a little later, with no reflection. We easily get in the second hit. His reflection appears in the mirror and his shadow on our side. We get in the last hit and he vansihes, saying "Eee hee hee! You can never really kill a ghost! We always come back! See you again. Eee hee hee!" The key appears and our reflection turns back into Mario. The key is like the key we used to free Mario, but with Luigi's cap and an "L" in the head. We get the key and pose.
19 Coins, 6 Lives
Time to unlock the door to Luigi! We leave the courtyeard and go upstairs into the room with the locked doors. We approach the green door with the "L". We unlock the door, Mario walks in, a drum roll starts, and out flips Luigi, who flips his cap onto his head with a fanfare. We get a message: "You've rescued Luigi! Now he can pummel the enemies with panache! You'll see green caps everywhere. If you grab one in the course, you can turn into Luigi on the spot. As Luigi, you can run over water and slip through wire fences with agility." Welcome aboard, Luigi! You'll be a great addition to the team!
The next Star is Switch Star of the Bay.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Big Boo's Haunt - Big Boo's Balcony

N64
We need to go to the top of the house to get this Star. We go up to the second floor and through the 5th door on the left. We wall jump up to the third floor and go through the double doors near the Blue Coin Switch. We go onto the balcony outside and find Big Boo. We ground pound him to get in three hits, with the glitch still working. After the third hit, the Star flies onto the roof. It is somewhat difficult to reach the roof from where we are. I tried backflipping onto the roof, but it didn't work. I frequently fell off the balcony. Finally, after taking damage from a chair and a Boo trying to get coins to recover health, we long-jumped to the roof on the side. We slowly walk to the top of the roof and slid down the roof to the middle part of the roof, over the balcony, with an item block with a 1-up. The Star is further out on the ledge.
Star Get #37, 18 Coins, 7 Lives
Nintendo DS
After taking a couple of hits from the Boos in the courtyard, I took out a couple of Boos, including one with a Luigi Cap. We go to the same room on the second floor and backflip to the third floor with Luigi's higher jump. We go through the double doors to the balcony. We get in the first hit, and the glitch still works. We purposely run into Big Boo to get rid of Luigi's Cap. We get in the last two hits and the Star flies to the roof. On the balcony is an item block with a Power Flower, so we can easily float to the Star. We get the 1-up from the item block on the roof and get the Star closer to the edge.
Star Get #43, 30 Coins, 5 Lives
The next mission is Bowser in the Dark World.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Big Boo's Haunt - Seek the 8 Red Coins

N64
We have to find the 8 Red Coins hidden in the house. One of the Red Coins is in the 1st door on the left, in the room with the piano. I was attacked by the piano, but recovered with the Red Coin. Through the next door, we find 2 more Red Coins on the bookshelves. I took a hit from Mr. I and went through the 4th door. I fell off the bridge many times and took some hits from a Boo, so I got another coin in through the 5th door. I fell and came back. I went to the 2nd floor and found a Red Coin through the 3rd door on the left on the edge of the grating and fell to the 1st floor. On the 2nd floor throught the 4th door are 6 coffins. The coffins lift up, revealing 2 Red Coins under the closest coffin on the right and the middle coffin on the left. The last Red Coin is through the 5th door, around the corner, at the edge of the tilting floor. The Star appears on the 2nd floor on the left side.
Star Get #36, 16 Coins, 6 Lives
Nintendo DS
We need to be Mario to get this Star. Seven of the Red Coins are in the same location as in the N64 version. The coin under the middle left coffin is now floating high above the foyer. After we get the Red Coin near the tilting floor, we exit through the nearby door and find an item block which gives us a Power Flower. We float up to the Red Coin to get it, and float over to the Star, which is in the same place as in the N64.
Star Get #42, 21 Coins, 4 Lives
The next Star is Big Boo's Balcony.

Big Boo's Haunt - Secret of the Haunted Books

N64 We go into the house and up to the 2nd floor. In the 2nd door on the left is one of the libraries. Some of the books fly off the shelf to the other shelf, to attack us. We go around the corner to find three books sticking out of the shelf. We have to hit them in order or suffer a hit from a book. I got it wrong the first time, but the correct order is middle, right, and left. We jump to push the books in. After we hear a chime, the book shelf slides away to reveal a door. It leads to the balcony in the room with the piano. Over the balcony is the Star. Star Get #35, 0 Coins, 6 Lives Nintendo DS We enter the house, go up the stairs, and through the 2nd door on the right. There are books flying between the shelves to attack us. We take two hits and get around the corner and find the books sticking out. We push them in in the order middle, right, and left, and the chime sounds. The bookshelf slides away, revealing a door into the room with the piano and the Star. The balcony is surrounded by glass instead of a railing. Star Get #41, 0 Coins, 4 Lives The next Star is Seek the 8 Red Coins.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Big Boo's Haunt - Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round

N64
I decided to get 100 Coins in this mission. I got lots of Blue Coins from Mr. I and Boos. I also wall-jumped up to the third floor for the Blue Coin Switch. We can get more coins from the spiders outside as well as an item block and a crazy block.
Star Get #33, 100 Coins, 4 Lives
For the mission, we went into the small house to the left of the mansion. We take the elevator down to a flooded hallway. We go through two doors and find ourselves near the merry-go-round. We hear the carousel music and go through the door. There are several pictures of Boos, one of which spews fire, and the floor rotates. Boos will come out of the pictures, so we defeat them. After we kill all five, we hear a chime and Big Boo comes out. There is a slight glitch, in that before we land a ground pound, Big Boo will react as if he took a hit. We get in three hits to defeat him and the Star appears. The floor stops moving and the Star appears in front of one of the doors.
Star Get #34, 125 Coins, 6 Lives
Nintendo DS
I decided to get 100 Coins in this mission, as well. I got five from the crazy box. I got more coins from the item block and the spiders. I went through the back door to find the Boos that appear through the painting, and found one wearing a green cap. Luigi must be near! I don't need it for now, so I let it be. I got more Blue Coins from Mr. I. Another Boo in the house is wearing a green cap, and I accidentally picked it up and turned into Luigi. I took three hits from a Boo and lost the cap. In the foyer, a Bob-omb Buddy says "Green caps are all the rage now. I see them everywhere! In fact, I think I just saw one!", drawing our attention to the map. We go up to teh second floor and take out another Mr. I. Through the second door to the right, we find a Power Flower and float to the third floor. Through that door, we find a picture of Luigi! We'll deal with that a little later, but now we know where to find him. There is a Blue Coin Switch up there, as well. We leave the mansion and go to the small house to the right. We take damage from the Mr. I and defeat him for another Blue Coin. We fall through the elevator shaft (we tripped it while trying to run around Mr. I) and take damage. We go through the flooded hallways and reach the carousel. We take 5 hits from the Boos and get the 100 Coin Star.
Star Get #39, 102 Coins, 4 Lives
We take out all five Boos and Big Boo appears with the chime. Beating him is easy- we take him out with 3 ground pounds, and he glitches once. The Star appears in the doorway.
Star Get #40, 112 Coins, 6 Lives
The next Star is Secret of the Haunted Books.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Big Boo's Haunt - Go on a Ghost Hunt

Big Boo's Haunt is the fifth course.
N64
In the courtyard is a big Boo. If we punch or pound the big Boo, a small carousel cage appears. If we approach the cage, we enter Big Boo's Haunt. Creepy, low-pitched music starts playing. We get a message: "Come on in here... ...heh, heh, heh..." Periodically, we here the sounds of Boo laughter. There is a large mansion in front of us, with Big Boo waiting on the roof. We go inside the house. The first door on the left has a piano. The next door has a couple of bookcases and a large painting of a Boo. If we turn our back to the painting, Boos will appear from it. I ground-pounded the two Boos that came out. With each Boo we take out, we'll get the message: "Ghosts... ...don't... ...DIE! Heh, heh, heh! Can you get out of here... ...alive?" Each Boo has a blue coin we can get when we take them out. The door next to that has another Boo, as well as a Mr. Eye. I took a hit from Mr. Eye and defeated it by running around it in a circle while the iris and pupil follow Mario. The next door has a fallaway bridge with Boo. But the Boo is on the other side of the bridge, and I fell off it twice. You won't die from falling off the bridge, you'll just land in the water near the carousel with the carousel music playing. We swam around to the shallow water, and walked to the metal door in the brick wall. We enter a flooded hallway and took a grate elevator up into the small house near the mansion, with a Mr. Eye. We took out the Boo once we finally made it across the bridge. The door next to that also contains a Boo. Once we take out all 5 Boos, we get a message: "Boooooo-m! Here comes the master of mischief, the tower of terror, the Big Goo! Kahahaha..." We hear a chime and the tempo of the music goes up. We go back into the foyer to find the Big Boo in the center of the room. We turn our back to him and ground-pound the Big Boo when he gets close. Big Boo makes the same sound as the Whomp King and Big Bob-omb when they are hit. We get in three hits. The Star flies to the 2nd floor and stairs appear in the center of the foyer. We ride the stairs to the 2nd floor. We hear a chime. We tried to get 100 coins, but gave up, after taking damage from flying books, and Mr. Eye, so we just got the Star.
Star Get #32, 70 Coins, 5 Lives
Nintendo DS
As Yoshi can't hurt Boos, we need Mario to get this Star. We access the course the same way as in the N64. We see a red item block on the balcony instead of the Big Boo, but otherwise not much has changed. We enter the mansion. We go through the second door on the left. We take a hit from a flying chair, and take out a Boo from the painting. The message is the same (minus some ellipses). We take a hit from the other Boo from the painting, then take it out. We get the last three Boos without incident, in the same rooms as in the N64. We get a similar message: "Boooooo-m! Here comes the master of mischief, the titan of terror, the Big Boo! Ha ha ha ha..." The tempo of the music goes up. We go back into the foyer and find Big Boo, with an updated sprite. We get in the first two hits, but Big Boo doesn't make much noise. We take a hit from Big Boo and get in the last hit. He poofs into the Star, which flies to the second floor. We ride the stairs to the second floor and get the Star.
Star Get #38, 25 Coins, 4 Lives
The next Star is Ride Big Boo's Merry-Go-Round.