Kenka Bancho / Brawling Hoodlum 6: Tokyo Battle Royal demonstrates that beat -»em - ups don't have to be complex on the action gameplay side if they're absurdly deep on the customization gameplay side, and team -
up thwomping is actually more fun than solo play here.
Once the group returns to Frostown and encounters the unhappy Thwomp there, Peach cheers
up the Thwomp and gets it to move, allowing everyone to now access the area at the end of the newly opened path.
Not exact matches
By the second lap, millstones chase players down through tunnels and an aerial shortcut opens
up mid-way... at risk of flying straight into a
Thwomp, so you have to choose your path wisely: do you take the anti-gravity walls, take the risk and fly past the
Thwomp, or make an emergency landing into the surrounding water?
Mario Kart Stadium and
Thwomp Ruins both bookend the Mushroom Cup as a wonderful introduction to Mario Kart 8 «s anti-gravity feature, but the way the latter gradually opens
up especially memorable.
Big
Thwomps are also present, along with a mash -
up called
Thwomp & Thwimps, which consists of a single
Thwomp paired with two Thwimps.
When this
Thwomp crashes to the ground while Mario is climbing
up, the plumber tumbles backwards down the stairs.
Thwomps are stationary obstacles that rise
up and smash the ground repeatedly.
Of note is that if a
Thwomp crashes down on a conveyor belt, it will get carried in the designated direction for a short time, before rising back
up.
Additionally, these are some of the largest
Thwomps that appear in the Mario series, filling
up the majority of the screen when they fall.
This power
up gives Mario or Luigi the ability to throw hammers like a Hammer Bro, taking out stronger enemies like Boos, Dry Bones, and even
Thwomps.
When Mario hops on the other end, the
Thwomp flies
up, smashes its own end, and sends Mario soaring high
up in the air; one sends him further
up into the tower, and the other lets the player hit a Treasure Chest.
In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, in the Mrs.
Thwomp battle, Micro Goombas make
up the miniature clones.
Thus Mario must jump
up the staircase quickly before
Thwomp has a chance to strike.
There is also a massive
Thwomp that takes
up the entire background in three rooms.
In the Super Mario Mash -
Up Pack in Minecraft, Slimes are replaced by
Thwomps.
Thwomps reappear in Super Mario 3D Land with the same tactics as in the Super Mario Galaxy titles, as well as appearance, except that now they show
up only one face like in previous games.
All the Mario platforming trimmings we've come to expect could be there, stomping on enemies, collecting coins and power -
ups, dodging obstacles like
Thwomps and Fire Bars, in a series of short levels where the players puts themselves in Mario's shoes.
Then it's Lakitus and Spiny Shells, Fire Flowers, Stars, One -
Ups, and moving platforms; then Bullet Bills, Bloopers, and Cheep - Cheeps; HammerBros.,
Thwomps, fireballs, skull platforms; Monty Moles, Bob - Ombs, POW blocks, Bowser; Boos, Magikoopas, doors, vines, switches, hidden coin boxes; Wigglers, Yoshi, Clown Cars, arrows; conveyor belts, saws, paths for objects / enemies / moving platforms to follow; the list goes on.
It uses the Super Mario World theme, and most of its platforming and puzzles, as the title suggests, involve
Thwomps (though Boos, spikes and Yoshis also show
up).