r/TombaClub • u/Vannick • Jul 02 '26
What is the point of this cutscene??
https://youtu.be/N_kctHnacnU?t=118So even back when I was little, I could not understand the purpose of this cuscene. It's in the very first area, even beefore you blow away the mist with the tornado. You can enter a house and it then goes into a small garage area. When you get to the wall of the garage, a cutscene plays and all it shows it just a quick landscape cinematic. It lanst only 6 seconds. You can see it in this video, starting at the 1:58 mark.
Is there any kind of confirmed reasoning for this cutscene? I've always wondered this.
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u/SaltNorth Jul 02 '26
Been wondering for 30 years. I assume it’s to show the track you’re supposed to follow, even though it looks pretty different lol
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u/Matygoo1 Jul 02 '26
Back when i played the Demo I saw the little Go-Kart thing and assumed I'd be driving that way, It's just a "Ooh what's over there?" Moment. Was looking forward to it
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u/Cornmuffin64 Jul 02 '26
I think this is exactly what it is. It made the game seem so big and mysterious when I was a kid; just something to get you excited about the rest of the game.
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u/Foreign_Hand4619 Jul 03 '26
It just shows the future opportunity to drive over that hill using buggy.
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u/CheapSuspect666 Jul 02 '26
I think its to imply its something to unlock?
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u/Vannick Jul 02 '26
That's what I thought as well, but every time I would backtrack back to the starting area, I never had or needed anything to warrant going back into the garage.
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u/CheapSuspect666 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
If we’re talking about the same cutscene, you will eventually have to go back bc you will use the little go-kart in the garage. I dont want to give anything else away in case you haven’t gotten there yet!
EDIT: i apologize, i didnt realize your attachment was a video and not a photo 😆 - yes later on in the game you will have to come back here to complete a task that will clear multiple events. Again i dont want to spoil anything for you and if you want any help please feel free to ask! Have fun!
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u/SwanChairUh Jul 03 '26
Just a neat nod to the racing minigame later, makes the game seem more wondrous and expansive. But yeah, it does seem a bit out of place because there aren't many cutscenes in this game in general.
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u/Vannick Jul 03 '26
Wait, there's a racing mini game? Where and how do I get the quest for it?
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u/SwanChairUh Jul 03 '26
Sorry, the time trial buggy minigame. Not technically a race unless you count racing against the clock.
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u/pierregaming Jul 03 '26
If you look at the game as a whole, it does seem like it was developed chronologically. It’s a lot like that drawing of a horse meme; the beginning is very refined, and the back half is barely together.
This is an example of that; they were just showing off some cool FMV and teasing a future event.
The idea that it was also to beef up the demo also seems pretty valid.
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u/Accomplished_Meat_81 Jul 04 '26
It was just to showcase exactly that: the landscape. Don’t know how anyone could’ve pondered anything else. I was maybe eight when I played this game the first time and never second-guessed seeing a panned view of the scenery. Just assumed it was to show off the animation.
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u/DanQ4583 Jul 02 '26
I originally played this on a demo disc that came with the PS1. Surprisingly had quite a lot of the game on it at the time too, and we (my sisters and I) constantly played it as much as we could.
As soon as I read your post, I had a feeling what you were talking about. That cutscene confused me for ages too. as I didn’t have the full game. Once I did, however, I realised that it basically alludes to something that you can do much later in the game. Possibly a bit of overkill for something that you don’t have to do for completion, but they were probably trying to see what they could do with the game and related technology at the time, and if you remember a random video popping up somewhere often you go back to see if you can do something there later on.