⚠️ Questionable and illegal (but usable) Rips ⚠️

Why questionable? Because they are barely usable normally, indeed, they only cover niche cases. And why illegal? Because they can't (allegedly, I guess?) be uploaded to the section due to how huge are them. However, they're not completely unusable, and can fulfill certain niche cases that maybe some people will find to use. Just take a look to see what I mean:

Mario's Time Machine - Title Screen


This one uses FG2, FG3, BG1, BG2 and BG3, but only 11 colors. With only FG1 free to use for something else, barely can be usable in levels, but maybe can be useful for a title screen?


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Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 - Bonus Screen


These one uses all available slots (FG1,FG2, FG3, BG1, BG2 and BG3) and very few palette colors (DKC2's uses 2 full palette rows, but DKC3's only 12 colors). With basically no actual space to use on anything else, they is barely usable under normal circumstances. Unless you do some workarrounds: put some words in a custom layer 3 tilemap, put sprites in screen to simulate the game's original bonus screens and use an uberasm to make it actually work as a cutscene. With all of this, a basic recreation can be made:


And gif so you can see how transitions go:

(you can tell the fact stuff is on different layers is noticeable due to how they appear/disappear)

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So, it's up to you to actually find an use to these graphics. I know there are crazy hack makers here, so I expect them to be used at least once!

Those are fantastic rips, indeed. I definetely see a good use for them. Thanks for sharing these rips. Even if they end to be very niche, they are very nice to have and I'm sure that experienced SMW Hackers will find a good use for them. Great job, Ayami.

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Questionable rips? Perhaps, but still very much impressive, Ayami! The bonus screens from Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 can definitely provide a fresh approach to those kinds of things in hacks that have them.

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What is a Lunar Magic, and can I eat it?

I'm honest: Considering the original uses of the background, I think it's fine that they aren't usable in levels without patches à la ExGFX Revolution, especially since the bonus game backgrounds have got very limited use even in terms of applications, not just space (granted, considering our rules, they wouldn't be uploaded in our sections but still).