Good Luck Mario

Original game : Super Mario Bros.

Platform : NES

Author : conlonnancarrow47

Release date : 18 July 2021

Category : Complete

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : L

Downloads : 1536

ROM Information

Database match: Super Mario Bros. (World)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: EA343F4E445A9050D4B4FBAC2C77D0693B1D0922
File CRC32: 3337EC46
ROM SHA-1: FACEE9C577A5262DBE33AC4930BB0B58C8C037F7
ROM CRC32: D445F698

Hack description

The focus of this hack is entirely on level design - can you make every item, enemy, and coin placement meaningful? Difficulty is somewhere around a step up from Lost Levels, verging on kaizo-y with some of the tricks towards the end. Save-states shouldn't be necessary, but it gets pretty tough around world 5, so expect a few game-overs. Remember that you can hold A while pressing Start on the title screen after you game-over to retry from that world.

Features:

Complete hack - all 32 levels remade

Challenging without being too difficult

Unique level themes and gimmicks

Reasonable 1up placement so you don't have to spam load-state

Very minor language warning at the end, but you may find it's well deserved - if you can make it there, that is. Good luck!

Version 1.1 update:

Some levels changed slightly

Hidden 1ups added to each -1 stage (no coins required from a previous -3 stage)

First warp zone is now trickier to access

Text changed.

Lore for nerds: The Princess is tired of Mario simping on her, so she flees through a series of increasingly difficult worlds to escape him.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
conlonnancarrow47	Levels

Reviews

Solid level design	JeffriesTube	2020-10-30	Version 1.0
Just finished this hack, and have to start by saying I think save states are a good idea. There's nothing I came across that required glitches to get through, but getting to the end without saving is going to require a lot of time and patience. Some of the level design stuff is very cool, and if the difficulty was toned down a bit, this could easily be one of the best SMB romhacks in my opinion. The parts I thought were great seemed inspired by SMB2J, where you go up vines to progress through areas, something the original SMB didn't really utilize that much. That level in world 7 where you can go through the bonus stage to beat it was really cool. I'm not normally a fan of kaizo, and this definitely isn't as insane as some hacks, but the level design is strong, and I'd recommend it. Hope to see more from the author!

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