The Shop

Bob-omb’s shop is a shop in Super Mario 64 where you can buy a variety of things. From one-ups to a power star, you are able to buy what you desire, at a cost. The cost for one one-up is 15 coins, whereas to gain a power star you need 50. In some copies of the game, you need to gain 100 power stars in order to unlock a secret passageway. This secret passageway has been undocumentated, although it is said that it unlocks a “seeking game mystery”.

= Level Behaviour = The general appearance of Bob-omb’s shop is that it looks like your everyday local shop. However, around the area there are a group of robbers that try to steal Bob-omb’s items. The robbers refer to themselves as “The Koopaboys”, and are certain of trying to steal everything from Bob-omb’s shop. If you are able to catch them, you will be rewarded with a free power start from Bob-omb.

= Stars = There are 7 stars, two of which have been fully documented. The two stars in question are Star 5, and Star 6. Star 7 has also been slightly documented, but a lot of the information is untrusted. A lot of the sources have also been damaged too.

Star 5 is the star where the player is supposed to buy a power star. In order to unlock this star, the player needs to go to Bob-omb’s shop with 50 coins. With those 50 coins, they can unlock the power star.

Star 6 is where the player catches the thieves once and for all. In order to do this, the player must run around in circles around Bob-omb’s shop 64 times, before the thieves will then appear. In order to catch the thieves, the player must beat them in a race against time, as the level is timed with only 10 minutes. If they fail to do this, the game will crash for unknown reasons (possible due to such an event not existing), but if they succeed, Bob-omb will gift them with a free power star, but before the power star is handed out, they will say to come back to the level for a surprise.

Star 7’s documentation and sources are a bit untrustworthy and very damaged, but from what is able to be perceived, if the player were to come back to the level, they would be given 100 coins immediately upon return, and would be able to buy the passageway. When done, Bob-omb says that inside of the passageway there are both red coins and a “special one”. It is currently unknown as to what happens if you actually enter the passageway.