Rosalina's Cosmic Icecap (MP1)

MP1 Rosalina's Cosmic Icecap (MP1)

Board Difficulty
Average
Recommended Turns
20
Custom Events
Yes (Unique)
Custom Music
No
Playable on N64 Hardware
Untested
Space Count
74
Theme
Cosmic
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"Use your Star Power to light the Observatory beacon." To guide Rosalina's lost child back to its home! This was a submission for the Custom Board Contest #3.

Fitting with the other MP1 styles, Rosalina's Cosmic Icecap has its own little situation. Still, it draws heavily from Super Mario Galaxy and even mixes a taste of classic N64-era to it - with the classic Rosalina design created by KatLime (DeviantArt).

Talking about the board's design, it's a relatively simple loop around the Observatory, with two branches off of a "main" path (even if it bears little resemblance to one). The farther paths provide access to Chance Time Spaces and the two Boos.


The Lumas that make their home in the Observatory are involved in a variety of events:

Launch Star: Yellow Lumas can be found at one of four "Luma Spaces" (the extra Star Spaces). If you pay 5 coins, the Luma will transform into a Launch Star and send you to another Luma Space or back to Start, at random. It's a good way to fast travel, and it might be worth it if the Star is right after another Luma Space! It's also a good way to try to skip around to one of the Boos. Note: To select an option (pay or don't pay), press A or B accordingly on the message window.

Pull Star: Happening Spaces near a Blue Luma will cause the Blue Luma to transform into a Pull Star and warp an opponent to that space!

Red Star: The Happening Space near the Red Luma will grant you the power of Red Star flight, allowing you to travel to a rival's space. Depending on the space type, the space's effect may be activated again when you land!

Green Star: Happening Spaces near a Green Luma will cause the Green Luma to give you a Green Star gift. You have a 40% chance of receiving 20 coins, a 40% chance of 30 Star Bits, and a 20% chance of a Star!


Speaking of Star Bits, the Happening Spaces located near clusters of Star Bits will earn you between 3 and 13 Star Bits. While they may not appear to be of use at first, when you pass by one of the three Starshroom ships you'll trade your Star Bit stash for equivalent coins! Sometimes it helps to cash out on that little bit extra!

Finally, the Happening Spaces near groups of Ice Flowers cause your character to get blasted with a frost of cold air, losing between 6 and 12 coins.

All in all, I hope you enjoy playing on this board! It was a blast to make it, and boy has it been exciting to see it grow over these years from a simplistic board without events, to incorporating some events, to now having events rivalling those in MP3 custom boards! Also, this board should be Everdrive-compatible. If you find any issues, do not hesitate to let me know! Many thanks!

Edit Log:
EDIT (v3.2):
-Red Luma: Should prevent a possible crash when warping to an opponent who is on a space before a merge space.

EDIT (v3.1):
-Launch Star: Fixed a small coding bug.

EDIT (v3):
-Updated the board background to be more consistent with the MP3 version.
-Updated the large scene background, splashscreen background, board select icon, and board logo to use original assets.
-Updated the space layout and distribution to be more consistent with the MP3 version.
-Adjusted the locations of Bowser and Boo; added another Boo.
-Ice Flower: Now includes sound effects, ? fade-out transitions, and dizzy animation. Adjusted the coins taken.
-Added the "Blue Luma", "Green Luma", "Launch Star", "Red Luma", and "Star Bits" events to be more consistent with the MP3 version.
-Added the "Starshroom" event.

EDIT (v2.1):
-Now includes 8-byte alignment of the stack to prevent custom events from causing N64 crash on Everdrive.

EDIT (v2):
-Adjusted the space layout due to PP64's space-alignment issue fix.
-Added the "Ice Flower", "Luma", and "Luma Warp" events.
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