Bad Boon Strikes Back v4.0

* Title screen
* Logo

***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

1. Curves Easy
2. Ring
3. Rough Terrain
4. Bumperscraper
5. Compass
6. Inwards
7. Pipelines
8. Balance Trainer
9. Orbits
10. Exercise

### Beginner Extra

1. Gutter
2. Star Track
3. Squaircase
4. Chained Rings
5. Double Pattern
6. Alpine Terrain
7. Funnel Run
8. Banked Slalom
9. Unstable Orbits
10. Final Exercise

### Advanced

1. Curves Medium
2. Static Grid
3. Wipe
4. Transmission
5. Archipelago
6. Gear Petals
7. Bamboozle
8. Perilous Path
9. Retour
10. Hexagonia
11. Escape Velocity
12. Crash Course
13. Rickety Bridges
14. Wither
15. Obby
16. Hillside
17. Landslide
18. Ant Colony
19. Sewer Surfing
20. Spindle
21. Platform Hopper
22. Signature
23. Diamond Steps
24. Stroll
25. Portal Acrobat
26. Cloverleaf
27. Mechanical Form
28. Kickstands
29. Dynamic Slopes 2
30. Workout

### Advanced Extra

1. Exponent
2. Mad Grid
3. Inversion
4. Slitherio
5. Castle Siege
6. Haze
7. Pitch In
8. Chop Notch
9. Upstream
10. 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.

 *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.
* *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

## Gallery

Beta logo featuring the updated Koopa Island in the background
### Development videos

Bad-Boon Strikes Back v4.0 - Progress Showcase 1The first showcase, uploaded on Sep. 8th 2021Bad-Boon Strikes Back v4.0 - Progress Showcase 2-2The second showcase, uploaded on Nov. 14th 2021Bad-Boon Strikes Back v4.0 - Progress Showcase 3-2The third showcase, uploaded on Apr. 27th 2022Bad-Boon Strikes Back v4.0 - Progress Showcase 4-2The fourth showcase, uploaded on Aug. 1st 2022Bad-Boon Strikes Back v4.0 - Progress Showcase 5-2The fifth and last showcase, uploaded on Feb. 4th 2023