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Post by Toomai on Apr 21, 2007 10:11:03 GMT -5
I thought I'd start a topic for these guys, since we haven't really centralized any discussion about them. Here are the opening questions: - Do they have any intelligence at all?
- Is there any real difference between Bullet Bills and Bombshell Bills?
- What about Torpedo Ted? Is he a modified Bullet Bill?
- What about the Bill Blasters? Are they remote-controlled or what?
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Post by Yoshi Master on Apr 21, 2007 11:52:34 GMT -5
- Do they have any intelligence at all?
- Is there any real difference between Bullet Bills and Bombshell Bills?
- What about Torpedo Ted? Is he a modified Bullet Bill?
- What about the Bill Blasters? Are they remote-controlled or what?
Targeting system More explosive power Just an underwater version They can be remote controlled and/or programed |
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Post by Rex on Apr 21, 2007 13:21:10 GMT -5
Shouldn't this be in the technology section?
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Post by Jellyfloater on Apr 21, 2007 21:18:06 GMT -5
I always considered Bullet Bills to entirely lack intelligence... so I think it should go in technology.
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Post by Toomai on Apr 21, 2007 21:36:58 GMT -5
I put Bullet Bills in Creatures for the following reasons: - They have humanoid names.
- They have arms, and they've moved them around before.
- They have eyes (and not just the inanimate oval-eyes).
I'll think about moving this to Technology, but for now I'll leave it here. |
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Post by Rex on Apr 22, 2007 7:13:52 GMT -5
In the early games bullet bills weren't explosive, but this has changed in resent years. What I would like to know is, when did this happen?
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Post by Toomai on Apr 22, 2007 7:57:08 GMT -5
They probably figured out that explosions hurt a lot more.
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Post by Rex on Apr 22, 2007 8:22:45 GMT -5
Yeah, but it sort of defeats the perpos of bombshell bills.
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Post by Yoshi Master on Apr 22, 2007 10:55:06 GMT -5
You guys are forgetting Bullet Bills never collided with anything in the old games.
I don't like the idea of gun powder in the Mushroom World (no bullets). But explosives could work on blasts that are heat/shrapnel/and air pressure. Bombshell bills just have a larger blast radius and are a little more powerful.
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Post by Meta Black Yoshi on Apr 22, 2007 12:51:01 GMT -5
List of bullet bill types and variants:
Bullet Bill
Banzai Bill
Bombshell Bill
Missile Bill
Bouncing Bullet Bill
Torpedo Ted
Sniper Bill
Cosmic Bullet Bill
Comes with arms, or a mouth, or both.
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Post by Rex on Apr 22, 2007 20:02:41 GMT -5
I don't like the idea of gun powder in the Mushroom World (no bullets). But explosives could work on blasts that are heat/shrapnel/and air pressure. Bombshell bills just have a larger blast radius and are a little more powerful. No gunpowder? But then how do bullet bills get launched out of there cannons? And what about the cannons owned by the bob-omb Buddy's? And sniffits and cobrats shoot out nightmare bullets, how do you explain that? EDIT: I accidentally wrote laughed instead of launched. |
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Post by Meta Black Yoshi on Apr 22, 2007 21:05:28 GMT -5
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Post by shadowgoomba on Apr 22, 2007 21:37:15 GMT -5
If you count it as canon, there's a Bullet Bill that talks in Mario Party Advance. How does the Bullet Bill item in Mario Kart DS work? How can a Bullet Bill transform someone and their kart into a Bullet Bill?
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Post by Rex on Apr 23, 2007 6:46:37 GMT -5
Perhaps the bullet bill in mario party advance was programed with AI. And the bullet bill item in MKDS, well that one is a bit tricky. Maybe it expanded and covered up the kart.
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Post by PDoogan on Apr 25, 2007 11:35:05 GMT -5
The MKDS bullet bill might have been a short-term transformation spell.
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Post by L.D. on Apr 25, 2007 14:41:58 GMT -5
what about sniper bills, the seem sentient?
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Post by Rex on Apr 25, 2007 15:09:07 GMT -5
Well at least as sentiene as robots can get.
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Post by Yoshi Master on Apr 26, 2007 19:46:54 GMT -5
You don't need gunpowder to be launched out. Air pressurization, water pressurization, rubber bands
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Post by Meta Black Yoshi on Apr 26, 2007 20:01:14 GMT -5
Looks like manny bullit bills use a sort of more continously steady burning fuel. Rocket fuel? Jet feul??? Probably rocket...
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Post by shadowgoomba on Apr 26, 2007 20:04:33 GMT -5
Why did Bowser only use one Bullet Bill Blaster in all of SM64?
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