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Well it's a little harder to GET to him firey but yeah.

I just found this out today too. Were you watching the new Video Game Years?

>>1907697
Also found out that way
I've never felt more dumb

>>1907686
You learn in level 1-1 that fireballs kill enemies and you never once thought to try it against the boss, the main enemy throughout the entire game? The fuck's wrong with you OP?

>>1907817
Because often you are small when you get to the boss and just slide under him

>>1907825
>be playing New Super Mario Bros. 2 on my niece's 3DS
>Not fire ball mario
>"Why the hell does Bowser keep jumping??"
>"Oh rightt... I forgot I can slide under him"

I can't believe it took my a while to remember that. So used to just jumping over him or slapping him with fire.

>>1907825
Plus if you're big but not firey it's often best to just run through him.

But it's no excuse for ignorance

>>1907817
>jumping on normal enemies works
>shooting fireballs at normally enemies works
>jumping on bowser doesn't work
>???

>>1907884
>jumping on piranha plants doesn't work

>>1907905
I'll give you that, but they go down in one hit. Even if you do shoot one at bowser it looks like it doesn't do anything until the last hit.

>>1907884
you can't jump on the plants though

What about those black ball things you can jump on them but fireballs do nothing

>>1907884
You'd have to try jumping on Bowser first to know it doesn't work. Sounds like OP never even tried to fry him at all.

>>1907825
>often you are small when you get to the boss

If you're bad at the game, yeah.

>>1907884
Yeah duh, he has spikes.
Yet, you CAN shoot spiked enemies.

BOWSER DISLIKES SMOKE.

I never understood why running across the bridge killed bowser

>>1908076
did you not notice the axe

>>1908076
Have you never noticed the axe at the end of the bridge? Mario cuts the bridge down.

What kind of a dumbass stands on a bridge over lava anyway? He should've stood on the stones and cut the bridge when Mario was on it, not been on it himself.

I knew this, but I could never manage to get to Bowser with a fire flower.

>>1908225
Bowser has never been known for his intellect.

>>1908082
Why did he leave an axe right next to his bridge?

>>1907686
Why does Mario's fireballs hurt him but the giant firestick passing right through his head doesn't?

>>1908248
Bowser has never been known for his intellect.

>>1908261
Why do the firesticks work underwater?

>>1908267
They're really hot.

>>1908267
I'm glad you asked.

>>1907686
>Had no idea you could do this until just now

Step back, I'm gonna blow y'all's minds with this one. You can eat Blarggs.

>>1909138
When I was a kid, I always used to try to eat the blarggs, and imagine my surprise when it actually worked once. I could never do it again; apparently it requires some pretty specific timing.

>>1908267
Why does he wear the mask?

>>1909154
Low self-esteem.

>>1909156
He's a big guy.

>>1909154
LOTTA LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN

>>1909154
You're a shy guy

You haven't really beaten SMB unless you go through the whole game, no warps, with fire-power and kill all the Bowsers that way.

I'll do it someday. Really.

>>1909164
Or perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a spiny before throwing him out of a cloud.

>>1908275

>>1908275
How does he breath underwater?

>>1909204
he's just there for a few minutes at most

>>1909207
He's there longer than in Mario 64 where he drowns

It's the same man right

Shooting each Bowser reveals his true I poster form. This one is real.

>>1909213
it's transcription error

>>1907686
Then you'll never have known you never actually meet Bowser until world 8-4. Every Bowser before then is actually a Goomba or other enemy in a Bowser suit.

>>1909567
Really? I thought it was like Mario 64 where he just comes back somehow

>>1907928
>>1907884
>jumping on Bowser doesn't work
Um... yeah it does? Have you even played the game?

>>1908082
>Mario cuts the bridge down
I always assumed it was just a switch that opened the bridge

>>1909660

What ARE you talking about?

>>1909690
He's a known shitposter troll, ignore him.

>>1909662
This would make sense if the bridge didn't fall apart into the lava. That wouldn't be a very functional drawbridge if you ask me.

>>1909154

>>1908082
>Cutting a stone bridge with an axe

ok

>>1909138
No. NO.

you just were never good enough to get to the end of a castle with fire power. Its not like you wouldn't try it, if you got that far.

>>1907686
>Jumps on the axe
>Bridge doesn't fall down

PLOT HOLE

>>1909213
No, every Mario game is a different Mario. They have the blood of the great hero, and they're given the blue overalls and red hat at a certain age to begin their adventure to save the princess.

>>1909762

judging by the way the bridge falls, it's a bunch of sections held together by some kind of cable. not too clear what the building materials were made of, though I suppose we can infer that they don't burst into flames when suspended over lava.

anyway Mario cuts the cable and the sections fall into the lava. or maybe he takes out a lynchpin thing which for some reason looks like a shiny axe. it's not exactly perfectly clear what's happening.

>>1909790
That's Zel I mean Link.

>>1907686
this is Mario 2j right? I don't remember such obstructive pillars in the US one

>>1909790
i get that you're joking but this post still makes me so angry

Can't say this is new to me, but it's cool to see people are still able to be surprised by old classics.

I'm sure that Mario and Luigi are gays

>>1909838
Stop being neurotic, then.

>>1909845
i was just admiring your trolling abilities! relax

>>1909790
>they tried this shit with zelda

>>1909795
It's clearly stone in the enhanced version

>>1909580
nope. If you kill any bowser below 8-4 with fireballs you'll see a dying goomba/lakitu/whatever

Can anyone confirm what happens to smb2j's Bowsers/secondary bowsers/world A-D bowsers?