How REAL MEN Beat Cortez in Paper Mario: TTYD (3 Ways) 

Can confirm as a real enby that this isn't how I beat Cortez

As a real bedsheet I can confirm this ain't how I beat him either.

Not real woman

omg vivian ttyd real

As a fake man I can also confirm this isnt how I beat cortez cuz I haven't played the game

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that and trolling stage hazards

Imagine if its just the normal Cortez fight except we see what happens if Cortez never realizes Mario just wanted the crystal star.

HP: 58 (x3 technically) Attack: 7 Defense: 4 7 is a reference to the seven seas and 8 is a reference to all directions of a compass.

People seem to forget that (if you don't destroy him like I did), he murders innocent members in the audience by devouring their souls

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Would be nice like give them new moves and maybe forms. Maybe give them a gimmick like the Mario RPG remake rematches

That's why I challenged myself to beat this game without any HP upgrades or HP badges 👍

@@nfcrafty5847 Yea but it's not the same you come up with other strategies that make it easy again. If you completely nuder yourself it just becomes a slog

Well, TTYD was never really designed with veterans in mind to begin with. It's very much meant to be a beginner's RPG. However, with how much flexibility its gameplay systems provide, I find that it still has a lot of challenge running potential.

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One thing that’s different the effectiveness of spin jumping on enemies in the field, the timing to land on the enemies are very very strict

A lot of battle timings definitely changed, and not _only_ because of the 30fps thing. The _fourth_ Power Bounce now has to be _frame perfect_ regardless of enemy, while the fifth allows multiple diminishing frames before back to frame-perfect on the eighth(?) onward... that's just the most obvious one I know of.

Yeah, like the Fire Drive Spam.

you mean Doopliss?

You mean cowards?

Yes plz Ill need to know for when I eventually play the game

Whats the channel called?

@@GlitchythePumpkin Yeah, that'd be mine. I mostly do my browsing and commenting on WackoMcGoose, my personal account, while keeping my actual uploads to the one I'm commenting from now 👍

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Is that a battle network reference

@@train4292 I'm glad someone noticed 👍 Half the achievement names I've got so far are references, like _The Price Is Wrong_ (fail the quiz show), _I'm Going Ghost_ (have an Audience Boo turn you invis), _Roll For Initiative_ (do 100 First Strikes), _What's Up, Doc?_ (get hit by 100 stage hazards), and so on. The entire idea came from ProtonJon's suuuuper old Battletoads 4 Player Race, where achievements popped up whenever a racer did something noteworthy...

they really did good on the remake.

Fantastic remake, as good as as the OG.

Interesting, I wouldn't know because I'm not even finished the game yet.

I get chapter 5, but chapter 2?

​@@Commander-peeperschapter 2 because in 64 tutankoopa keeps giving you warnings and Cortez does the same Simple¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

​@@Tippitardismthe thing is Tutankoopa goves the cliche warnings where he just acta like a demon Cortez makes Monke noises bc why not

In both the original and remake, Bonetail (as well as the other two dragon)'s bite attacks are some of the few attacks in the game you can't guard or superguard at all A couple other attacks I know off the top of my head that also share that property are Marilyn's thunder and Bulky Bob-omb/Bob-ulk explosions

the guard/superguard text spins away to indicate that the attack you just tried to guard ignores it.

I think he's a little weak because you have to go straight into Crump 2 without a heal right afterwards. At least, I don't think you get a heal? I already forgot and I just beat the remake like a week ago lul

​@@plushifoxedyou can actually move around a bit before going back to ship, characters on the "town" area has unique dialog if you talk to them while the island is under attack too if i remember correctly

Definitely agree, the boss progression is a little wonky overall. You get Grubba at 60 HP which is cool, makes it a bit scary especially since we don't have power lift yet. Then, however, it feels like Doopliss is a pushover and then Cortez too. Both could use more HP for sure. While Cortez's total at 60 is decent, 20 per phase is really low, that's less (AND less attack!) than the Koopinator we face in Chapter 3 lol.

@@plushifoxed If my memory serves correct, there was a heart box in a room just before you meet Cortez (for a second time).

Yeah, TTYD is weird in terms of difficulty. Hooktail is a joke with the badge which is fair, but then in chapter 2 Magnus Von grapple is just as much of a joke even without a badge. Suddenly Macho Grubba spikes from 2/1 30 HP the last chapter to 4/0 60 HP with the ability to boost. Then Doopliss and Cortez/Crump are jokes, the former being weaker than a miniboss and the latter 2 at least matching Grubbas power but only technically matching Grubbas bulk because multiple phases. It's only with Smorg that something resembling an ordinary difficulty curve comes back.

I recommend trying to just go in without prep the first playthrough, its definitely fine to go in peril and see, but I prefer just going in full health the first time to get accustomed to guard timings and the such