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It's not really a bug. More like an oversight by the developers. This issue could probably be solved by firing star bits, to decrease the amount you have. Then, you are able to collect more, and get extra lives.
They probably just capped it at 999, figuring you'd spend them on something before you gathered so many.I honestly can't remember if it was or wasn't capped in the first game.
I also encountered this bug in Half Life, when taking medkits would not increase my health over 100. Weird
I'm pretty sure that was just a design choice.... Also, damn you and your early review copy! Also, see you at E3! I can't wait! (We met briefly during GDC in China Town. And then we all got milkshakes without you 'cause you were late. :P)
Dale, I got to the very end of it on my third try, didn't see the brake block, and ended up leaping off the last platform in an attempt to jump into the star.
I then gave up and got a bronze star.
Also, this is the place to be to farm bits to unlock the levels eh eh?
I then gave up and got a bronze star.
Also, this is the place to be to farm bits to unlock the levels eh eh?
Sounds like a typical Nintendo design decision. Once you reach 99 lives I doubt you'll be able to get more either. And when you turn the game off and come back you're back to 5 lives anyway. So rather than a bug, Nintendo simply stopped the in-level star bit counter from going over 999.
Bug or design choice? Bug or design choice?
The answer will blow your mind!
I know you're really just rubbing your early review copy in our faces Dale. Tsk tsk.
The answer will blow your mind!
I know you're really just rubbing your early review copy in our faces Dale. Tsk tsk.
Sorry Dale but I don't think that is really a bug. It likely would be a bug if it DID let you get more than 999. The extra digit would cause "safe frame" problems.
Because maxing out a counter that is meant to max out is totally a bug...
Did you cry for bugs when you got Cloud to level 99 in FF7? :D
Did you cry for bugs when you got Cloud to level 99 in FF7? :D
Sure is nice to hear that this one has some difficulty. The too easy for an infant difficulty in the first Galaxy completely ruined the game.
Here are some facts for folks: The US version doesn't come with a tutorial DVD. The first game was not "too easy for an infant". And this is a design decision.
Mario cannot gather more than 999 star bits in a single mission. He could not in the first game either.
Your overall total (which those 999 got added to when you beat the level) can go much higher, though.
Your overall total (which those 999 got added to when you beat the level) can go much higher, though.
This isn't a bug. Bugs are outside in my yard, in the woods, in Washington D.C., etc.
This is a design choice...please rename this article.
This is a design choice...please rename this article.
I feel your pain.
I lost at least 30 lives on that stupid bit
even to the point in which Rosalina showed up and offered to do the level for me
i ignored her of course!
I lost at least 30 lives on that stupid bit
even to the point in which Rosalina showed up and offered to do the level for me
i ignored her of course!
Ah, so the game does display in full widescreen on HDTV's. I'd forgotten whether the first did or didn't...
Now that I know, I'm even more relieved that the game should look mindblowingly beautiful on my TV. :P
Now that I know, I'm even more relieved that the game should look mindblowingly beautiful on my TV. :P
When you get back to the Observatory in the first game or the Faceship in the second, you can gather up to thousands of star bits, but when you're in the middle of doing a level, 900 is the mark where you're capped off.
There is no bug, you just died so many times that Nintendo stopped feeling bad for you.
There is no bug, you just died so many times that Nintendo stopped feeling bad for you.
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