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heccapeach · 4 years

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Hey guys, welcome back to my TED Talk and in one of the last episodes of my TED Talk, I expressed the idea of taking Bellbridge from NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams and transforming it into the fiery infernal chaotic hellscape dubbed as “Hellbridge”. This TED Talk is going to be returning to the subject of Bellbridge. I have thought about an alternative modification of Bellbridge and that alternative modification is taking it and fusing it with New Donk City from Super Mario Odyssey, which is my most favorite area in that game and the game’s iconic area. I came up with this when listening to “Broadway Guide” from the soundtrack of Journey of Dreams. It just really reminded of “Jump Up, Superstar”. That, and I have a knack for taking walks at night listening to various music. However, if I recall, the Broadway Guide song played in a level of JOD where Will and Helen had to travel through the city of Will’s dream and remembering that city, it’s a lot more comparable to New Donk City since it’s more flashy and technical. Which is not much of a wonder of why I was reminded of New Donk City and its festival level. You would think that I should’ve just only mentioned Will’s dream city (I’m just gonna call it Broadway Guide from here on) and compared that alone to New Donk City since they are more alike than Bellbridge in terms of design, but hear me out: when I mentioned Bellbridge at first, I actually meant to be more specific on Bellbridge. I mean the game’s level revolving around Bellbridge itself.

The Bellbridge level’s second part that plays the song “Cruising Together”, which is a very enlightening song that makes you feel powerful and encourages you to make your way through the level itself and where Will and Helen would later find and save NiGHTS, the emotion and power resonating with this song reminded me of the emotion and power resonating with “Jump Up, Superstar”. I mean, they’re both songs that motivate you and encourage you to stay strong and persevere through odds within your journey. Be it through the world or through dreams themselves. They’re both songs that are supposed to get you moving. And they both play during a city-themed level. I just thought of a crossover scenario in JOD within the true climax of the game at the second phase of the Bellbridge level, Pauline (in her festival dress) and her New Donk band come out of nowhere and warp the scenery of Bellbridge to make it resemble New Donk City and starts to sing “Jump Up, Superstar” in order to cheer on Will and Helen. There’s and retro styled scenery or models in the background and fireworks popping in the night sky and you’ll have some of the New Donk people in their black suits and hats and the nightopians appear on top of the buildings dancing and cheering all while Mario eventually runs out of a horizontal retro green warp pipe (the green warp pipes that take you to retro styled level themed around the original Super Mario Bros.) and jumps and flips his way through the stage, “wahooing” all the way and using Cappy of course, since it’s Mario Odyssey after all. Mario catches up and follows the path of Will and Helen, as they fly their way through the now New Donk City-warped Bellbridge. At the ending point of the level, Mario is seen running into another horizontal retro warp pipe, disappearing from the level altogether. Once the story progresses to the scene of NiGHTS getting rescued and fighting the last two bosses of the game (the final phase of Reala and then finally Wizeman himself), the entire New Donk City scenario is treated as if it had never happened. The most likely answer is because Wizeman had warped the scenery back into what it was supposed to look like within the script of the game and its story, meaning Pauline, Mario, her band, and a crowd of her people vanished along with the scenery altogether, as they were nothing but figments of the dream itself at the end of the night. (I’d kill for a mashup remix of Cruising Together or just simply Dreams Dreams and Jump Up, Superstar.)

However, there is a secret Konami code in the game in which upon being entered, unlocks Pauline in her Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit form, where Pauline was a truly terrifying and powerful force to be reckoned with. She had the ability to summon Mario in his wedding attire and a Donkey Kong to serve as her goons while she was powerful enough to manipulate gravity and even limit time itself. Her two bodyguards were also immortal as long as she was around. If was defeated, they would be defeated, similar to the logic around Wizeman and his creations in which should he be killed off, all of his creations (like NiGHTS and Reala for example) would be killed off alongside with him. Gosh, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pauline were to eventually become the Wizeman of her own beautiful and flashy, yet nightmarish realm that’s a surrealistic replica of New Donk City within the Night Dimension where she’s still mayor albeit in a more menacing form. She’s powerful enough and a nightmare of her own to fight Wizeman himself. Which is why she is an unlockable secret cheat code in the game. It instantly jumps to the final boss encounter. In the cutscene before the final boss, Pauline replaces the character model of NiGHTS with her own and dualizes with Will and Helen to fight Wizeman. Oh no, now she’s double and that she can now summon Mario and Donkey Kong 2X!!! That, or the additional two summons would just be Bowser and Peach. A dual mash up remix consisting of “D’Force Master” and “Jump up, Superstar” plays during the fight. The script of the story would still remain the same while the gameplay itself would be different. But maybe fans would be more willing to see the story’s script get altered too, hmm? With two powerful nightmares going at each other, this fight sure becomes ironic in of itself. Don’t worry, NiGHTS comes back at the very last scene of the ending and they have absolutely no idea what just happened or that Pauline was even there to begin with. But wait, there’s more! There is an unlockable level after you have entered the Konami code, unlocked Pauline, beat the final boss, and got the true ending, you get a level based off of the New Donk city festival from Mario Odyssey but now structured as a NiGHTS level that features NiGHTS, Will, Helen, Pauline, her New Donk band, the nightopians, the New Donk people, and Mario all at the New Donk City festival where the tall building in the background is replaced with Bellbridge’s clock tower. Mario functions the same as he did in the Bellbridge act 2 level where he’s seen catching up to NiGHTS (who’s dualized with Will and Helen and are now two beings like in the final boss fight) and completing the level in his own fashion. At one part of the level, NiGHTS enters a retro warp pipe and traverses through a Super Mario Bros./Donkey Kong arcade styled area that maintains the NiGHTS level structure now in 8-bit and they defeat the retro Donkey Kong in there and eventually make it to where Mario and Pauline are at which is the end of the original level in Mario Odyssey. Mario is seen dancing near Pauline and eventually the two NiGHTS stop, undualizes and NiGHTS, Will, and Helen all dance along with Mario and Pauline too. The camera then pans to where the full moon and firework explosions are seen at a distance. The level ends.

Now after you’ve entered the secret Konami code, unlocked Pauline, defeat Wizeman, get the normal true ending, then afterwards unlocked the secret level, and complete the secret level, you unlock an extra secret level where Mario replaces both Will and Helen in the part where the player has to play and traverse through Broadway Guide without NiGHTS. Mario maintains his Odyssey controls and moveset, therefore can do much more action than Will and Helen could. Take advantage of your jumping and batting skills in order to reach secret places that contains moons and a bonus level that has a moon at the end like in Odyssey itself. Find Peach and Tiara (Cappy’s sister) who are also touring through Broadway Guide and hear their opinions on the city itself. You are given a moon as a reward. The song of “Broadway Guide” and “Jump Up Superstar” are mashed up together. Anyways, Mario encounters and fights a 2nd level Nightmaren who is.....(Honestly, I don’t know. The chameleon magician that was actually in JOD itself? Jackle? Really, Jackle would be a much better choice and more fanservice! Hell, maybe the Broodals are in this game and their teaming up with the nightmarens for some reason like how in the Sonic Lost World Nightmare Zone DLC where the Deadly Six had teamed up with the nightmarens to beat Sonic but Sonic beats them all in the end). After Mario defeats the 2nd level nightmaren, he achieves a multi-moon and the secret level ends.

Now after you’ve entered the secret Konami code, unlocked Pauline, defeat Wizeman, get the normal true ending, then afterwards unlocked the secret level, and complete the secret level, unlocked an extra secret level where you play as Mario, make your way through Broadway Guide, defeat the 2nd level nightmaren, and get the multi-moon at the end, you unlock an extra, extra secret true climax in which Bowser replaces Wizeman, the grand star replaces the ideya of hope, and Mario replaces NiGHTS. The beginning of the true climax is just the scene in Super Mario Galaxy 2 where after you defeat Bowser and you’re just about to grab the grand star, Bowser jumps out of nowhere, eats the grand star, grows to his titan size again, and initiates the final phase of his fight. JOD’s rising true climax has NiGHTS and either Will or Helen, depending on which dream you’re playing first, find the ideya of hope. But before they could grab it, an earthquake happens and Wizeman comes out of nowhere, steals the ideya of hope, zaps NiGHTS unconscious, then leaves and now the visitors have to take a leap of faith, traverse through Bellbridge, rescue NiGHTS, Reala appears out of nowhere, NiGHTS and Reala fight again in the most boring way possible for them to fight, AGAIN, then NiGHTS and the visitors fight Wizeman, kill him, therefore NiGHTS and all of the existing nightmarens die, the visitors wake up, they’re sad, they achieve their dreams and spend time with their parents and friends, the vanish all of a sudden once Will and Helen meet each other in reality, some asshole turns off the lights and jump scares the visitors and the player themselves, it starts snowing, Will and Helen laugh together, you see either one of them in bed again, and outside of their window, NiGHTS is back and standing on top of the Bellbridge clock tower playing the invisible flute because everthing involving the nightmares in the Night Dimension had reset afterwards. I recall ALL OF THIS because the scenes in both of these respective games are pretty alike. Will and Helen have to fly through a now Super Mario Galaxy styled Bellbridge, rescue Mario, dualize with Mario (don’t ask me how, just roll with it), fight the final phase of Bowser Jr., and fight the titan-sized Bowser and save Peach. I’m getting lazy here, so the ending here is just the same but with Mario instead of NiGHTS. Maybe Rosalina comes out of nowhere in her own titan size like in the ending of the first Mario Galaxy and thanks Mario, Peach, and the visitors and the screen turns white and the visitors wake up.

Also, did you know that Will and Helen are actually alternate interpretations of Link and Zelda within the Zelda Timeline somewhere? Well, now after you’ve entered the secret Konami code, unlocked Pauline, defeat Wizeman, get the normal true ending, then afterwards unlocked the secret level, and complete the secret level, unlocked an extra secret level where you play as Mario, make your way through Broadway Guide, defeat the 2nd level nightmaren, and get the multi-moon at the end, unlock the extra, extra, secret true climax in which the visitors and Mario fight Bowser at the Bellbridge, Mario and the visitors briefly meet Rosalina, the dream ends and you get the same true cinematic ending as before because I’m getting lazy and tired here and this TED Talk is getting really, really long now, you unlock an extra, extra, EXTRA, secret in which by entering another Konami cheat code, you can give both Will and Helen both Link and Zelda alt skins (Will gets the Link costume and Helen gets the Zelda costume and doesn’t have her ponytail so that she could resemble Zelda more closely in her cosplay) that they can wear on another run through their dreams in the game. And I think the ideya of courage, growth (which was originally wisdom in the first game), and....(aw crap, there’s no power, uh...intelligence??? I suppose that’ll have to do.) come together to form their own triforce in the true climax of the game.

Anyways, this was long as hell, I’m tired, and I’m sure you’re tired too, so

Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

(If you even bothered to do so...)

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cruddyborderlandstheories · 5 years

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alright well i work best under pressure so given that i now have an hour and 20 minutes before i start a voice call with someone i think it’s the perfect time to do that one video analysis so i can actually start finishing up that maya post... man i really should’ve pumped that shit out earlier, but i kept procrastinating until we got new info. then more new info. and i mean we DO have lots of new updated info, bc i have a whole thing in there about Punk girl i gotta edit out now lmao

anyway

Zane Flynt? this trailer killed me, it’s the only thing i’ve watched all day. like. on repeat.

ive said it before and ill say it again, 3 months ago i call zane attractive on reddit and get ridiculed but then we find out he’s an irish bastard and everyone jumps on the fuck train

anyway

elpis is looking good and not explody/teleporty, so that’s always a good sign

so the locale plus the twang immediately had me thinking of lynchwood but that’s not right

the bar itself looks a lot like that mine area we see, so i’d be willing to guess it’s nearby, you know, if it’s an area in the game at all lmao

like the windows are similar plus the wood

the bar itself is giving me some mixed signals here, but im gonna bet it was taken over by the CoV from the crimson raiders (recruitment banner, but then the CoV logo is on the wall/screen over there)

That, plus the rose on the counter next to Zane seems sus

another mine looking building in the back

also lmao

it’s time to enter the BONEEEE ZONNEEE

no more DAHL dumpsters? F

okay this area looks super familiar

that plus the varkids, this is 100% the same place as this

which is interesting

looks like Zane’s been hanging out on Pandora for a while... kinda upset we didn’t hear about his brothers at all in this trailer, but it was still fuckin hilarious and well worth the wait

those canisters? vats? look like the ones near the burger launcher vid hang on

also some in the back here

so yeah more than likely the same area

also

`lines up the perfect shot`

`completely missed both shots`

lovey, bravo, champagne, sloooow clap

anyway i’d wager this is an old dahl mining camp? probably mining for iridium

you can see the

conveyor belt thingie here

and also all the minecarts and rails are very reminiscent of the caustic caverns

which probably would have dropped iridium into the vat below it, if said vat wasn’t tipped over onto its side

more shots of the building he’s in

closeup of the rails. which, weird as it sounds, is really great to see because sometimes in bl2 and even tps when you got super close up to a texture, it wouldn’t look too hot, even on the best settings. the textures in 3 are so CRISP i love them

varkid 🤮 i hate bugs. model looks fantastic tho! i just... hate bugs

see the camera is flipped upside down, so miles this cultist is not falling, he’s rising- he’s being lifted up

how nice

im getting percy jackson flashbacks here. this is 100% how clarisse shoved percy into the toilet, right?

with the way the cultist isn’t even trying to get out im afraid zane just shoved a corpse into the dook hut. i mean all the power to ya, man

he’s stuck

also

this building in the back is new

i won’t say it

you know what im thinking

i won’t say it

i promise

~smile~

there’s also what i think is a smiley face sticker on the wall to his right

water physics lookin fine 👌

also the way zane jumps back. bonelesspotter i know you read these, are you picking up what i’m putting down?

MAGIC CUP MAGIC CUP ALL HAIL

see the lack of drink is supposed to parallel hi s lack of companio- im sorry hahahaaha i can’t do this

rose. it’s a SIGN

there’s so much going on in the background here lemme just

im sitting here like >:( because i know i’ve seen that type of wall before and for the life of me can’t remember where

my brain is screaming sanctuary

the actual middle piece looks super familiar

is that what they attach the out of bounds turrets to? possibly.

this bit

also it looks like there’s a dam or something in the back back?

tbh im a lot more interested in the skyway all the way at the top, it reminds me a lot of bloodshot ramparts

cuz it also used to be a skyway

also zane is doing his pose for the main menu screen of the game

and i would say it’s possible this could’ve been the main menu, but the cliff is different, and there’s supposed to be a boxcar/shipping crate on the right (as when u go to options it moves over to it)

more vats! what is the deal with this mine? why is it featured so heavily in this video gearbox tell me your s e c r e t s

you’d think, with zane being the one who’s been around the proverbial block over his years, he’d be on multiple planets throughout his entire trailer. but like 80% of it is pandora. maybe the other VHs are getting featured on other planets? at least he has a reason to be on pandora outside of the main story (maybe looking for his brothers, maybe trying to piss on their graves, who knows)

i don’t know what he’s reaching for but uh

perhapeth the blades are activated by swinging his arm out? could be a hold over from when they were like... actual metal blades and needed to be knocked out into position

i love that he returns the wave after shoving this guy off the cliff

it’s not like he can see you man

go off i guess though

some bar on eden-6 (finally! a new planet!) also i like that the theme here is zane getting into fights in bars. good shit boys

get wrecked kid

i really like the design of this building. i love the windows. maybe part of jakobs manor? looks like maybe it’s a greenhouse or smth given it’s in this garden/courtyard area

which should look somewhat familiar

looks very similar to this area, but it doesn’t look like there’s a building on the left in this shot. maybe they added it in for the trailer 🤷‍♂️

the trees behind the big one (and next to the iron wrought fence) match up perfectly tho

i just really like this shot ngl

i love these fuckign expressions i cant

Friend

okay im sorry here’s a smiley boy

the facial animations are so fucking good this time around

that is all i am doing.

just appreciating the new animations.

SOMEONE HELP THIS TINY MAN HE’S TRAPPED IN A SQUARE

fuck dude we didn’t deserve this man

MAGIC CUP MAGIC CUP ALL HAIL

seriously tho, the glass is gone. idk where it went. im just gonna pretend he was practicing that one iconic Kingsman scene while talking to himself and providing us with flashbacks

manners.

maketh.

man.

also this is my new favorite reaction image

it’s ‘perfect in every way’

you want more booze?

what are your thoughts on the new guns?

where’d you hide the body?

(it’s in the dumpster)

also unlike the magic cup

the rose is still here

Cultist coming to see why the windows of their bar are glowing neon yellow and blue im sure

>shit

it’s cool to know the clone can actually emote

given in the So Happy Together it was basically an expressionless blue demon

still no cup. all hail

some more CoV graffiti!

boops

i am sad we didn’t get to see zoomer in this video at all

zoomer is cute

i like zoomer

anyway

that’s all for the trailer folks

i love the implication that he’s just sitting in this empty CoV bar, talking to himself, waiting for someone to notice and come confront him so he can kick their asses.

anyway this post 100% wasn’t an excuse to rewatch the entire trailer frame by frame or anything

maya post coming soon! wahoo

also i have 10 minutes left lmao nice

#borderlands #borderlands 3 #bl3 #zane flynt

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