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Post by Claws on Nov 18, 2005 10:04:33 GMT -5
The user of the pipe travels through the pipe at such high speeds that he probably just rushes past the piranah plant. Why the piranah plant isn't whisked away too, I don't know.
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Post by philzero on Nov 18, 2005 10:10:22 GMT -5
well only some of them are high speed that one pipe in the first paper mario that pipe actually led to the sewer
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Post by Yoshi Master on Nov 18, 2005 12:55:12 GMT -5
The pipes in some levels in SMB3 showed the screen moving while you where in the pipe.
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Post by Kamikaze Koopa on Nov 18, 2005 14:15:33 GMT -5
He's right. Some pipes seem only to lead between the above-ground and subterrainian parts of one area, whereas others lead from point A right here to point B waaaaay over there.
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Post by Toomai on Apr 26, 2006 20:25:00 GMT -5
Don't forget about the corks with keyholes in the world 6 fort of Yoshi's island. Yeah, about that. That level kind of proves that pipes are not magical portals, right? And it also proves that pipes are mechanical. I'd post a pic, but my DS isn't co-operating with my camera. |
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Post by PDoogan on Apr 27, 2006 8:48:48 GMT -5
Yeah, about that. That level kind of proves that pipes are not magical portals, right? Well, not really, the corks just plug up the very end of the pipes, it dosen't really account for what's inside. The biggest clue I see to the fact that the pipes may be magic (or at least able to break the laws of physics) is the fact that some are attached to nothing more then a row of blocks, yet cane transport you to an entirely different area. (I belive a good example is doughnut plains 1, where you get the cape feather.) |
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Post by Yoshi Master on Apr 28, 2006 22:45:23 GMT -5
The keyhole cork was obviously just to keep away Yoshi.
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Post by PDoogan on Apr 29, 2006 10:24:10 GMT -5
I'm surprised Nintendo never used that cork again. It's a pretty nifty idea. I could see alot of uses for it in other games, especialy RPGs.
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Post by Toomai on Apr 30, 2006 8:04:16 GMT -5
They just used switch-activated pipes instead.
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Post by Claws on Apr 30, 2006 9:11:10 GMT -5
About pipes being magical, Pdoogan: I'd say that the ones attached to free-floating blocks have molecular transporters at their concealed ends. When the user hits the bottom of the pipe, he is transported to the beginning of a nearby pipe and his journey continues normally from there. This kind of pipe would come in handy when there is an existing pipe underground that leads somewhere, but its end has been destroyed or completely covered. In some cases, then, it is easier to build another end and install a transporter in it rather than dig through the dirt/rock to the existing pipe's end. These transporter pipe ends are placed in the air to let the user know that the pipe he is about to enter is not physically connected to the pipe he plans on using.
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Post by PDoogan on Apr 30, 2006 11:55:36 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess that's possible.
Anyway, has anyone ever noticed that weird, rainbow, gooey stuff you see in the warp pipes in Super Mario Sunshine if you aim the camera directly downward by them? What do you make of that stuff?
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Post by Toomai on Apr 30, 2006 12:59:35 GMT -5
Can you post a pic, I don't own that and the local renting place is repairing the disc.
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Post by PDoogan on Apr 30, 2006 14:46:51 GMT -5
Sorry about the poor quality, all the new digital cameras had dead batteries, so I had to use a really ole one.  |
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Post by Toomai on Apr 30, 2006 17:28:03 GMT -5
I guess you could call that the molecular transporter.
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Post by Yoshi Master on Apr 30, 2006 17:55:49 GMT -5
Mabey that's another kind, powered by shine sprites.
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Post by Claws on May 3, 2006 20:19:53 GMT -5
I agree with Toomai. That pipe is probably nothing more than a transporter, physically disconnected from the end the user will appear at after usage.
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Post by PDoogan on May 4, 2006 9:31:05 GMT -5
Yeah I guess your right, but I just can't see someone going around to nearly every pipe on the planet and installing one of those transporters at the bottom...
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Post by Toomai on May 4, 2006 17:17:54 GMT -5
I don't think the transporters are everywhere, just in the disconnected places. Normal pipes are physically linked.
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Post by Yoshi Master on May 4, 2006 18:37:59 GMT -5
The transporters could have been set up when the pipe was installed.
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Post by PDoogan on May 4, 2006 21:12:22 GMT -5
It seems the real question now is not how the pipes work, but where do the come from? Who puts them there? and do they occor naturally?
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