Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Way of the Way of the Goomba
11I wasn't really planning on putting anyhting up related to Super Mario Bros. Wonder, but I just recorded everything anyway in case something interesting occurred. After some time (a few months, admittedly--I would prefer not to rush and to take my time), I now have 100% completion in this game, including all six medals. But the most memorable bit was playing the course "Petal Isles Special: Way of the Goomba."
You see, each World has a corresponding course in the Special World, which takes a Wonder effect from that course and gives you a much harder challenge. For Petal Isles, that course is "Maw-Maw Mouthful," whose Wonder Flower turns the player character into a Goomba, and they must hide from enemies and navigate the course with a slow moving speed and the inability to jump. "Way of the Goomba" requires you to spend most of the course as a Goomba, where they also demonstrate that Goombas are not affected by spikes. Like all of the Special World courses, "Way of the Goomba" is mega-difficult, rated a full 5 stars out of 5 in difficulty.
What made this run memorable, however, was that after a couple of failures, someone who apparently knew the course very well, playing as Blue Toad, came on by and was ready to lead the way and stick around to rescue me if I ever failed. The online system in Super Mario Bros. Wonder allows for this kind of altruism which I've never seen in a game like this before, and it was very neat, and very kind of them, to guide me to the end. I understand not everybody wants this help, but the way I see it, the game was designed around it, so I accepted the assistance.