Bad Boon Strikes Back v4.0

Bad-Boon Strikes Back v4.0 (abbr. as BBSB4) is the sixth and latest release of Bad Boon Strikes Back, a pack developed by KartingKoopa, which released on August 12th, 2023.

It features 60 unique stages that are distributed across Beginner (Extra) and Advanced (Extra), as well as 6 custom world themes of which 4 appear at different times of day. Story Mode was originally planned to be included as well, although it would've consisted of World 1 only (just like in v3.0) due to this update's focus on Challenge Mode.

The download also comes with an info booklet in the form of a .pdf file.

Changelog[]

Stage-related[]

Advanced Mode has been added, which includes 30 regular stages and 10 extra ones. Overall, 37 new stages have been created.
Most stages from v3.0 have been polished once more; either visual changes and/or tweaks to the level geometry have been made.
Slitherio has been moved from BX8 to AX4, in its place is a new stage called Banked Slalom.
A few stages have been renamed:
- (BX5) Dual Pit Pattern -> Double Pattern
- (BX7) Flute -> Funnel Run
- (A22) Modded By -> Signature
Bonus stages can now be completed by collecting all bananas.
Goalposts now cast a shadow onto the floor.
The leftover stages from v2.5 that were still around in v3.0 have been removed.

World-related[]

Two new worlds have been added: Aquarium Arch and Dusty Dune Galaxy.
Egg Fleet and Orbital Terminal now have a 'Twilight' and 'Blue' variant respectively.
All worlds from v3.0 have been brought to life with extra details and animated features. (see Worlds for more details)
The back half of Beginner Extra has been moved from Egg Fleet to Orbital Terminal, while Compass has been moved from Orbital Terminal to Koopa Island.
Bonus stages no longer have their own dedicated world theme, as they have been grouped together with the previous stages in line.
The credits roll and name entry screen now take place in Orbital Terminal and Koopa Island respectively.

Music-related[]

A few songs have improved in quality.
The menu music has been extended to use the full loop of the original song.
The "Hurry up!" music has been removed.
A custom tune now plays when loading a saved replay.

Other changes[]

Players are now greeted by a custom loading and title screen upon booting the game.
Story Mode, Party Games and Expert are no longer accessible.
The Play Points system has been removed.
The maximum number of lives has been capped at 10.
Preview images have been added to the Practice Mode stage select screen and the Replay menu.
All mipmapping is now done bilinearly, whereas before it was done nearest-neighbourly, resulting in nicer looking textures across the entire pack.
The widescreen setting wasn't always accurate in the vanilla game, which has been fixed by Eucalyptus.
The pack now has its own unique game ID, which allows for having separate save files from the vanilla game, as well as custom sprites on the GameCube's memory card manager.

Stages[]

Beginner[]

Curves Easy
Ring
Rough Terrain
Bumperscraper
Compass
Inwards
Pipelines
Balance Trainer
Orbits
Exercise

Beginner Extra[]

Gutter
Star Track
Squaircase
Chained Rings
Double Pattern
Alpine Terrain
Funnel Run
Banked Slalom
Unstable Orbits
Final Exercise

Advanced[]

Curves Medium
Static Grid
Wipe
Transmission
Archipelago
Gear Petals
Bamboozle
Perilous Path
Retour
Hexagonia
Escape Velocity
Crash Course
Rickety Bridges
Wither
Obby
Hillside
Landslide
Ant Colony
Sewer Surfing
Spindle
Platform Hopper
Signature
Diamond Steps
Stroll
Portal Acrobat
Cloverleaf
Mechanical Form
Kickstands
Dynamic Slopes 2
Workout

Advanced Extra[]

Exponent
Mad Grid
Inversion
Slitherio
Castle Siege
Haze
Pitch In
Chop Notch
Upstream
Final Workout

Worlds[]

This pack features 6 custom world themes, 4 of which appear at different times of day. The table below sorts them by appearance.

World	Appearance
Koopa Island (Day)	Beginner 1 ~ 5
Grand Metropolis (Day)	Beginner 6 ~ 10
Egg Fleet (Day)	Beginner Extra 1 ~ 5
Orbital Terminal (Green)	Beginner Extra 6 ~ 10
Koopa Island (Sunset)	Advanced 1 ~ 5
Grand Metropolis (Dusk)	Advanced 6 ~ 10
Aquarium Arch	Advanced 11 ~ 20
Dusty Dune Galaxy	Advanced 21 ~ 30
Egg Fleet (Twilight)	Advanced Extra 1 ~ 5
Orbital Terminal (Blue)	Advanced Extra 6 ~ 10

Differences from v3.0[]

Koopa Island: The island has been inhabited: A street, four houses and rows of bushes all make up the shape of a Koopa Troopa shell. The ocean water now flows, and on it two ships can be seen faring around the island, one of which is the Daisy Cruiser. A windmill park has been placed in the ocean as well.

Comparison between the old and the new Grand Metropolis stage textures on Inwards
Grand Metropolis: The prerendered sky texture has been replaced and now more accurately represents the source material, with the help of a transparent cloud texture, also taken from the source game. Hovercars can now be seen running across the sky, right above the central area. Stages in this theme have received new and improved textures: The floor textures are cleaner now, and the ceiling textures now fit the theme better, as well as providing more variety.
Egg Fleet: The distant skyline and the surface below now seamlessly flow into each other. The sky itself has received a gradient so that it doesn't look as flat anymore. The surface now moves in the opposite direction of where the fleet is pointed at, to create the illusion that the fleet is actually travelling somewhere. Massive flames are now coming out of the rocket nozzles of nearby red ships.
Orbital Terminal: Formerly called Space Dimension. Stages are now placed inside a massive spherical metallic structure, which slowly rotates around an imaginary axis which runs through where the structure intersects with itself. The space texture is now greener, and the moon is no longer yellow.

Music[]

The pack's soundtrack as of v4.0:

Title screen: Title Theme - Mario Kart Double Dash!!
Main menu: System Screen (Select) - Sonic Heroes
Koopa Island (Day): Koopa Beach - Super Mario Kart (Panman Music remix)
Koopa Island (Sunset): Koopa Troopa Beach - Mario Kart 64 (Panman Music remix)
Grand Metropolis (Day): Grand Metropolis - Sonic Heroes
Grand Metropolis (Dusk): Power Plant - Sonic Heroes
Aquarium Arch: Sea Bottom Segue - Sonic Lost World
Dusty Dune Galaxy: GCN Dry Dry Desert - Mario Kart 8
Egg Fleet (Day): Egg Albatross - Sonic Heroes
Egg Fleet (Twilight): Egg Dealer - Shadow the Hedgehog
Orbital Terminal: Paper Engine (Outer Space) - F-Zero GX
Bonus stage: Above the Clouds - Super Mario Odyssey
Credits: Staff Roll B - Mario Kart Wii
Name entry: Name Entry - Super Monkey Ball
Game over: Game Over - Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll
Replay loading: Awaiting Wi-Fi Race - Mario Kart Wii