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Super Mario World (1990)

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Part 9: This sure was a Thing

And here we are, at the last f stops, the final island

w9-1: The Kanji Factory - We start with an outdated reference to VIP5, this was made in 2010 and VIP5 released in 2011 i believe. This level is fantastic, it's an autoscroller but man it is fun to play, it's not really that hard and the concept of "words" is very good here, sadly this is one of the few remarkable levels for the right reasons, on to the next set of levels
w9-2: Overly Hot Beach - Concept taken from VIP4, this level is a mixed bag of emotions, the level itself is alright, the design is Ok but the problem comes in the form of Boss Bass, that enemy is in the bottom of the screen all the time and it's very fast, sometimes the camera doesn't help either whenever you are in high ground, making you take leaps of faith and hope the fish doesn't eat you. The level also has a bunch of hazards that make your progress much harder, and wort thing of all, there's no Midpoint, this level is long and hard, and it doesn't have a proper midpoint, you need to do this level in one try and if you die, do it all over again. VIP4 had one, why this one doesn't? This is another of the levels that needed one, yeah boss bass eat it sure, good excuse.
w9-3: CURRENTS - Underwater, autoscroller, what could possibly go wrong? First section is ok, nothing really hard, but the reaction time is limited, and speaking of, the middle part is garbage, i want to think that someone played Kaizo Mario World during the making of this level and said "Yeah i should do a funny, thight and annoying fast autoscroller section that doesn't fit with the rest of the level FOR NO REASON, oh and if the player dies i should make it wait for 10 seconds to attempt this annoying section again, brilliant", third and last section are easy enough, ecxept for maybe the last setup, that one is very tight to pull off.
w9-4: The Arena - This is another of the easy levels, the only danger is the timer and maybe your fingers if you happen to die in this level like i did. This level concept is ok, kill all the enemies and proceed to the next rooms, the level is short so you don't really need to rush if you use the shells to your advantage.
w9-5: Singing Mountain - This may be my favorite level of the hack, the concept is good, it's hard but with a fair challenge, and the enemies pose a threat that doesn't feel like absolute BS. So, the gimmick is that the level is gonna pause the music every few seconds and you need to stay still or else you die, it's basically green light, red light, and this levels does it in a good way.
w9-6: Random Bowser Statues, Inc. - I love the grey tone of this level, all abandoned and kinda eerie. This level is platforming and more platforming, it's not that long and manages to keep the challenge fair. The Bowser at the end is a bit tricky and doesn't give you a power-up but it may be because it could make the room so much easy. Either way, good level
w9-7: over there... - A level made by raocow, it's a forest that changes once you enter a pipe, it's kinda odd, but it's ok, it's nothing particularly hard, it can take you by surprise tho, some floor is not really there, it's an "Illusion" of some sorts, so you better watch your step.
w9-8: Enough! RUN AWAY! - Also made by raocow, this level has a tight timer but the level is not long, it is hard, and the first section is just you against the pencils that are janky af, second section is a smasher where you need to be in the front for better results, but don't go too close to the right or some off screen emeies would hit you in the face.
w9-9: trial of iron - Made by raocow as well, with some people involved for certain rooms it seems, let's disect room by room. First, the level drops you into a spiked abyss that you must avoid. the red room is kinda scary but it's tolerable. I could disect the other rooms but this box is limited, let's just say that some rooms are stupid like the yoshi one, some are very good like the danmaku, the cement and the boss bass one, and some are tricky like the gutsman one. And finally, the black plague fight, i died there so now I'm certified worthless, it's an anticlimatic battle but it's fine. Remember the story in World 8? ah well forget it, it was all for nothing, Demo isn't in love and that exchange of words were for nothing, she just leaves. Good romance.

Overall, this hack definitively aged. And in the words of 4chan, i hope you don't play this. Some levels are good but those are just in the first 3 worlds. If you still want to play this, do it at your own risk, and don't expect much

Rate: 4.7/10

00:00 Previously
00:04 The Kanji Factory
03:00 Overly Hot Beach (Filler)
13:35 Overly Hot Beach
17:55 CURRENTS
36:44 The Arena
39:10 Singing Mountain
51:57 Random Bowser Statues, Inc.
01:00:40 over there...
01:11:53 Enough! RUN AWAY! (Filler)
01:18:00 Enough! RUN AWAY!
01:20:15 trial of iron
02:14:36 Final Cutscene and Credits
02:22:00 Title Screen: Final Results

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