I had a different post planned for today, but decided to put it off for tomorrow to polish it a little. So until then, PannenKoek, the Mario 64 obsessive who’s the reason we all know about the A Button Challenge, has a recemt 32-minute video all about the Chain Chomp in Bob-Omb Battlefield, an iconic part of the level and the star of a lot of glitches and other oddities.
Things like:
- Unlike most spherical enemies in the game, Chain Chomp is fully polygonal, and the highlight off of its shiny surface changes direction depending on the direction its facing, not the direction of the camera.
- If Mario gets hit, if he’s quick he can stand inside its hitbox and, so long as he reminds inside it, his invulnerability time will never end, and he can remain there safely indefinitely.
- If you stand beside the Chomp in just the right place, it can be arranged so that it’ll never be able to hit Mario, but will make tight circles around him until he moves.
- The cutscene that happens when Mario stomps the post Chompy is chained to has a number of oddities behind it. It tries to adopt for the Chomp’s current position, but things can happen like it falling off the ledge before leaping for the gate, or getting stuck in a state where the cutscene can never complete, softlocking the game.
That’s just the beginning! For more Chomp Cheats, please view its vicious video!
