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This Mario hack is so cool! The story is inspired by the Bowsette meme, and by the end, you even get to make a choice πŸ™‚

The level design is excellent. I really appreciate small details - like coins that guide you where to fall, or how all the dragon coins are placed either before or after the checkpoint.

The difficulty is similar to the original game. Some of the Special World levels were pretty tough, but the hack has an adaptive difficulty system: coin blocks sometimes turn into power-up blocks if you have 5 lives or fewer. If you're down to your last life, the level even adds a few Starman power-up blocks!

There are also a bunch of quality-of-life improvements. I especially loved the removal of the timer and the fact that falling into a pit doesn't immediately result in a game over.

And the soundtrack is absolute banger. Most of the songs are well-known hits ported into SNES. Here is the link to the playlist.

And here is the link to the hack.

What’s your favorite SMW hack? πŸ™‚

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That handheld is making me want a DS clone

[–] proper@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

seems like 2DSxl and 3DSxl are still the best way to ds. modded of course.

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

New3DSxl* the regular is great but lacks some emulation power

[–] dr_robotBones@reddthat.com 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is that device? Its like a DS but with two joysticks? I love it.

[–] proper@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

~~retro~~ Retroid pocket flip (2?)

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] proper@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

now there’s no need for name calling.

Thanks, it was that auto-correct as per.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I assumed as much. :)

Now get outta here, ya Powkiddy

[–] PentastarM@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hi total noob question here: I have downloaded the hack, do I just drop the zip in my snes folder for my emulator of choice, or do I have to do something with the SMW rom I already have. Thanks in advance!

[–] giantpuffball@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The download is a patch that needs to be applied to the SMW base rom. SMW Central has an online tool you can use: https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=onlinetools&tool=bps

[–] PentastarM@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

❀️ thank you so much!!

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Cool, I didn't know that SMW central has its own patcher. I used this one: https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

[–] riquisimo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This looks cool, I'll have to check out out. Thanks for sharing!

I like the QoL improvements and the whole idea sounds interesting. I'll give it a try, thanks for the suggestion

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm almost sure it is. I have the Retro Flip 2 and now I wish I got the SNES colours too.

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

Love it! I planning to post a text-based review after more use.

[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

That's a cool looking device!

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Great review! This definitely sounds cool, I may have to load this up soon. Thanks for sharing too πŸ‘