Odd assets in retro games

Let’s show off those assets that were only used once in games.

octoballoon

I spent way too long trying to figure out a use for this enemy. Why was it there? Why is there only one in the entire game?!

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Ah, the Octoballoon.

Because Nintendo.

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In Wario Land 2, Kamukamu are a standard fish enemy that only appear in two rooms throughout the entire game. And that’s the grey cartridge Game Boy version - they were removed entirely from the black cartridge Game Boy Color release!

Kamukamu - Super Mario Wiki, the Mario encyclopedia

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There’s only one Squishy (squid enemy) in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, in Moonlight Mansion - Room 17, and it’s in a place the player has to deliberately wait for it to appear.

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The Goomba in the shoe in SMB3 appears in only one level (5-3). Early versions of the N.A. release called this the Kuribo’s shoe.

Even if you successfully obtain the shoe as a power-up, it disappears the moment you finish the level.

Fortunately, Nintendo brought it back in various games throughout the years like SMM and as an ice skate variant in SM3DW. It’s always a fun powerup to use.

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