Episodes • Re: Yoshi's Archipelago {SMBX}

In the Col.'s Cruelly Cold Cathedral, the 2px-tall axe NPC that triggers the falling block above the boss door is difficult to hit due to Redigit's "easy mode collision" procedure, which prevents left/right collisions with the top 10px of an NPC (including the axe) in most circumstances.

You need to get the angle exactly right, which is only possible when jumping from the other ledge, but a player might not be aware of this and give up / assume there is a switch elsewhere they must trigger.

This recording was taken via TheXTech, but I've confirmed that the same issue affects SMBX 1.3.



Could you please replay this section yourself and see what you think? I think this could be a "showstopper bug" that merits a patch, even years after the original release, but I'll leave that determination to you.