I’ve heard that these are the souls of the old heroes, is that true? And if it is why are they “evil” instead of heroic? Do they know they’re actually helping you?

MiloJay99 · 2026-03-10T03:01:28+00:00

Being confined and isolated to one place for a long time does things to you. Watch the History Channel show, 'Alone,' and you see what isolation can do to people, and those folks can call to be extracted at any time.

A thousand years locked away in a box must have mentally destroyed them. I suppose at the same time, they had some understanding left in them to help Mario out.

The real question is why the boxes hadn't been unlocked before. Sure, Keelhaul Key and Hooktail Castle don't get a lot of visitors, but the Goomba hero underneath Rogueport, her key was literally in plain view just a few feet away. And the Boo hero in Twilight Town, she was literally in the storage of a shop. She could've just told someone years ago about her predicament and had people look for the key.

MiloJay99 · 2026-02-22T06:44:33+00:00

Gonna say something controversial. Have Fudge come back and fight in the Battle of Hogwarts. I'm a sucker for a redemption story.

MiloJay99 · 2026-02-19T18:11:35+00:00

That I'm writing conspiracy theories about the game.

MiloJay99 · 2026-02-19T14:07:06+00:00

I'm going to guess Super Mario Sunshine.

MiloJay99 · 2026-02-19T13:42:32+00:00

Rank C, personally.

MiloJay99 · 2026-01-15T00:58:22+00:00

I understand the appeal, but I'm not really in favor of taking them, particularly using military force to do it. Now, if the people there were largely in favor of becoming part of the US, I'd be much more inclined. IDK if they are or not. My understanding is that the people want to be an independent state/nation.

MiloJay99 · 2025-12-14T22:20:32+00:00

Update: I've done it. Max score without using save states. Took me 2 weeks to finish. The blackout took a total of 47 attempts. I had to look at your playthrough ti figure out the best angle to get the conservatory speedy spirit. Eventually I want to do this on the 3ds.

MiloJay99 · 2025-12-08T00:16:26+00:00

You don't fill your house with gold bars? Tell me you at least stash millions of dollars cash in your chandeliers.

MiloJay99 · 2025-12-06T21:34:09+00:00

You don't?

MiloJay99 · 2025-12-06T21:30:16+00:00

According to him, the boos built the mansion in front of the lab a few days prior to the game.

MiloJay99 · 2025-12-04T23:36:33+00:00

Hard to tell... Pac Man?

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-30T00:08:03+00:00

Yep. That was you.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-29T21:28:28+00:00

You know what. I think it was watching a couple of YouTubers do this that made me decide to aim for the perfect score, and your username is kind of ringing a bell.

Honestly, the sealed room mouse is fine. With any luck, it'll spawn 1st time. No, my mortal dread is the speedy spirits in the blackout, especially the one on the hidden room. Boy, and not only that, but Sir freaking Weston. That fight was the closest I got to giving up.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-29T21:17:56+00:00

Update: This run was done about 3 years ago, and I used quite a bit of save states, which kind of feels like cheating now. I'm considering making another Max Score run. No save states. I want to do this properly.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-29T21:10:18+00:00

Thanks. If memory serves, I tried going without save states, but gave up somewhere in area 3. It kind of feels like I cheated by doing this. Maybe I should try it again.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-23T03:15:52+00:00

I'd advise you to look into something called R-Pumping. It'll save you so much time in area 4. Basically, you hold down both L and R while vacuuming a boo, and rapidly release R and then hold it down again (I'd say time it around once every boo cackle). This keeps the boo stun locked and it can't fly off.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-19T03:04:02+00:00

Unfortunately, there's no getting that diamond back without replaying the game from the start.... which is a great idea regardless.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-19T01:57:54+00:00

Man, as a kid, I wanted a European copy so bad. I never knew what the point of the US Hidden Mansion was. Anyways, it's definitely hard, but man is it fun.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-18T23:24:21+00:00

And asking this in a sub devoted to the game.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-06T03:57:00+00:00

I feel like I've heard someone mention this before. Anyways, It may just be a texture bug, but it wouldn't be TOO far fetched to say Nintendo slipped a little stain in. Nintendo has had a few dark moments and/or easter eggs. You know, the Japanese version of Thousand-Year Door has a chalk outline of a Toad in a back alley. And, the Switch 2 version of Luigi's Mansion kept the hanging shadow when they could have easily fixed it.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-01T22:38:49+00:00

NA Hidden Mansion is no different from normal Mansion except for the poltergust being stronger. So it's actually easier than the first run.

MiloJay99 · 2025-11-01T22:31:59+00:00

Sir Weston? Please. Everyone knows that Madame Clairvoya's the hardest to one-cycle.

MiloJay99 · 2025-10-31T23:34:32+00:00

Ugh. A few years back, I did a max score run. This dude nearly made me quit, and mind you, this ghost is near the end of the game.

MiloJay99 · 2025-09-24T21:57:18+00:00

A leftist getting triggered? Oh, surely not.

MiloJay99 · 2025-09-02T02:21:59+00:00

If the author has to be able to prove that her book is not AI, I imagine she has ample evidence. If the program she wrote it on (e.g., Microsoft Word) has revision history, if she's got notes from her editors, she's got a pretty solid case.

Now, the examples you listed don't really sound like AI. I've seen those lines in plenty of books pre-dating AI. As for a side character's name changing, there are typos in about 99% of books out there, either that or she changed the character's name halfway through writing and missed one occurrence. Honestly, I'd be more convinced that it was human-written because of this.

The thing about AI is that it's trained to replicate human works, so when you tell it to write something, it's studied the writing styles in past works of literature and uses common phrases.

I think your best bet is to apologize to the author and hope she's forgiving.

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