Game:

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

Duration: 9:12

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A special SMW challenge by illusion115: Clear all levels in Yoshi's Island with medium or fast auto-scrolling sprites in each area.

Normally, I wouldn't bother doing a challenge that involved editing the levels, but this one sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a try!

With medium auto-scrolling sprites, the levels are still fairly easy, so I went with fast auto-scrolling sprites for everything! That made things very tricky in most levels! (But the Yellow Switch Palace is still a walk in the park, so I'm not even going to bother showing it this time.)

When the auto-scrolling gets too fast, however, Mario just doesn't want to jump for some reason, so deaths are inevitable. I end up making use of midpoints and Yoshi in the first three levels just to be able to reach the goal. When using Yoshi in Yoshi's Island 2, though, I have to be careful of berries. If Yoshi stops to eat one, the autoscrolling will kill me! However, it's okay if I eat a berry by sending out Yoshi's tongue.

After several tries, I finally reached a goal, but then I encountered another problem: The goal kills me!!! Or rather, the autoscrolling forces Mario into the left edge of the screen during his victory march, killing him. So, I edited the end of Yoshi's Island 1 and 3 so that I enter a pipe taking me to a separate screen with a goal that won't kill me! (It's not necessary in Yoshi's Island 2, because if I enter the pipe near the end, then hit the goal while near the right edge of the screen, I'll live.)

Yoshi's Island 4 wasn't a problem, but in Iggy's Castle, the fence kills me!!! While clinging to the fence, Mario doesn't automatically move with the screen when he's on the left edge, and dies. That made one area near the beginning particularly difficult, because I needed the fence to cross the lava, but I had to get off it before the autoscrolling killed me. Once past that, though, the rest is fairly easy. (Entering the door just after midpoint required excellent timing, but if I missed, I'd easily be able to get in on my next life, since I would start right there.)

Overworld music:
Yoshi's Island: Final Fantasy - World Map
Level music:
Yoshi's Island 1, 2, 3, and 4: Zelda II - Battle (by I8Strudel)
#1 Iggy's Castle: Final Fantasy VI - The Decisive Battle
Other music:
Death: Castlevania - Lost Life
Star: Yoshi's Cookie - Battle Theme C (sped up)

This was a decent challenge, but don't expect me to do challenges that require level editing very often!
Creativity: 7.5
Difficulty: 9
I look forward to the next challenge!

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