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Originally Posted by YaWhateva
Super Mario 3 was released in 1988 in Japan, 1990 in the US and 1991 in Europe.
Super Mario World was released in 1991 worldwide I believe with the release of the SNES.
Also, I love the hard star challenges. I still go back and play SMW every once and awhile.
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Thanks for the info on release dates (I actually got my SMW copy in December of 1990, before obtaining SMB3 [UK] two months later.)
Pertaining to the
10 bonus levels found in the middle of "Star Road": I actually found those easy enough (except for stage 4: "Awesome", and Stage 2: "Tubular", which
is known to be one of the hardest levels in the entire game, if not the absolute hardest.) The kicker is that in order to access it, you need to first complete and find the secret exit in
Star World 5, which was without a doubt, one of my least favorite levels to accomplish without any power-ups or Yoshi at the start of it, because it was so hard, and winding (if Tubular was the hardest, then this level really gave it a run for its money). If you started out tiny without a cape, or without a Yoshi, I'd have a read hard time believing you completed this level, let alone actually found a way to get to the secret keyhole.
And once you beat all eight, this happened:
Easter Eggs?
click to show Now whenever you should encounter a Piranha plant, it's replaced by a pumpkin. Shells are replaced by Mario clone heads (Masked Koopas), Bullet Bills replaced by Pidgit Bills, and the worlds have a slight palette swap applied to them. There is no way to undo this. The new Star Road will take you back to Yoshi's House, and you'll notice the palette swap immediately, everything's brown instead of green. Except for beating Bowser, this is the last step in the walkthrough, and with the skills you've learned on these last 8 levels, Bowser should be a cakewalk. Good Luck!
(Odly enough, though, the above really only applied to the original SNW game, as I have yet to see it fully executed in either the GBA re-visit, or the Wii virtual console version.)
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Large Yoshi: Eat every fruit in one level while riding Yoshi.
Is this true? I've never achieved or heard of this trick in the game before.
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Here's a nifty little background wallpaper I came across entitled "World 1-1, Mushroom Kingdom [3-D]".
