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Okay, okay, so I thought to simplify things a tad; here is what I'm considering now: Mint having a striking weapon similar to a bat to smack enemies or other objects. Mint can stomp enemies as well. Mandragoras will be used as collectibles with a specific amount to find in each level. Getting...

There was another mechanic idea I was planning on possibly falling back on. Thoughts on this?

I agree with this so much. I'll be honest, I don't touch much of the Mario series at all because of how stale they become, with some exceptions. The only Mario games I would give the time of the day would be the RPG spinoffs. But even they're starting to devolve into being generic. Looking at...

Haha, good point, my friend. So what do you think of the idea?

Hopefully, my idea isn't too...weird or anything... Grrr:

So I thought of something while on the train home from work yesterday. Thought of going Doki Doki Panic/Mario 2 and having Mint pluck veggies to attack. But these aren't ordinary veggies, they're mandragoras. Also considered that the island itself was home to the mandragoras but something came...

Sure. There could be a limited amount of balls Mint could pitch, but what if they might be needed for puzzles?

So....if many of you noticed, Mint is a baseball fan. I happened to consider giving her a moveset based on that; like Mint getting special balls with certain properties. Like a fast ball that ricochets when pitched or a heavy ball that breaks things. Thoughts?

I actually thought of doing something like that, by having a true final boss. I even have an idea for said boss...though I'm not sure if I should say it or not....

Hahaha, I thought of exactly this! Which is what I meant by having Toffee appraise them. Actually, thinking about it, I'm wondering about one thing. If you collect all the available treasure chests, should that be immediately the end, or will you have to head to some kind of goal point?

Well, in regards to collecting treasure to pass levels, I thought that would make the most sense and have things be a little different as opposed to just heading straight towards a goal. At most, you would have four treasure chests to find in each level; other times three.

Wouldn't it be better to just have the tracker on? Frankly, I would probably have it so that the player knows how many treasures they will have to find in each level anyway. You've played "Klonoa: Empire of Dreams", so I'll make this comparison: it's basically like finding all of the Moon Stones...

Well, it's not so much "gaining powers". It's more so Mint having a sense for more treasure the more she collects. I did consider something like that, courtesy of Toffee. But your overall idea is awesome too. Could you possibly elaborate on this last part?

To add, I had a possible idea while at work. That Mint is able to increase her "treasure hunting level". And this is done by collecting doubloons (the coins). So the coins are essentially EXP. Points in this case. Once you hit a certain level, Mint will be able to sniff out hidden treasures on...