Super Mario World

Template:Game infobox Super Mario World (originally known in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World) was a launch title for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the first Mario game for the system. It carries on the style of the Super Mario Bros. games for the Nintendo Entertainment System while adding new elements, most notably the dinosaur Yoshi. The game was produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, the music was composed by Koji Kondo, and the graphics were designed by Shigefumi Hino. This game was playable in the SNES and the Super Famicom. Super Mario World is an unlockable masterpiece in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. To unlock, one must play in the Yoshi's Island stage more than three times.

The game has a successor, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, which is set in the same place and plays similar to its predecessor. However, instead of taking place after Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island took place many years before it.

Story

Mario and Princess Toadstool were going to Dinosaur Land by Hot Air Balloon. When Mario and Toadstool arrived Luigi was there waiting for them with a Cape. Luigi gave Mario a Feather and Mario turned into Cape Mario. Mario and Luigi flew around Dinosaur Land with their capes.

Meanwhile, Bowser and his Koopalings trapped Yoshi's friends in eggs, and stole Princess Toadstool. When Mario and Luigi returned they found the princess missing. Mario and Luigi set out to save the princess with the help of the Yoshis and Dolphins.

Mario and Luigi start their mission to save the princess in Yoshi's Island. The brothers travel to the Yellow Switch Palace to activate all yellow ! Blocks. Here they rescue many trapped Yoshis, fight the first Koopaling, Iggy Koopa, and get the first Baby Yoshi. The Mario Brothers next go to Donut Plains, a place where there's a giant lake in the center of the place. The Green Switch Palace was here. The brothers also defeated Morton Koopa Jr. here.

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Mario rescues one of Yoshi's friends.

The brothers then went to the cave, Vanilla Dome, a cave full of Swoopers, Buzzy Beetles and many more dangerous enemies. Lava was all around this cave and the Red Switch Palace is located here. The brothers also defeated Lemmy Koopa. Later in the Twin Bridges, the Mario brothers crossed a bridge (the other bridge was optional) and defeated Ludwig Von Koopa. The bridges were above Soda Lake.

The Forest of Illusions, were very challenging and the brothers had to find the secret exits to get to Roy Koopa and his castle. The Blue Switch Palace was located here. In Chocolate Island, the brothers went through mountains and land of chocolate. They got to Wendy O. Koopa's castle, later went to the Sunken Ghost Ship, which turned out to be a crashed Airship, and went on to the final level.

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The various characters and creatures of Super Mario World.

They finally got to Valley of Bowser, a very dark place. The Mario Brothers reached Larry Koopa and his castle and beat larry who was a guard at Bowser's Castle fought Bowser and his Koopa Clown Car and saved Toadstool. With the seven Yoshi Eggs, Mario, Yoshi, the Princess and Luigi returned to Yoshi's House where the other Yoshis (Red, Blue and Yellow) waited for them. Everyone watched the Baby Yoshis hatch out of their eggs. After that, Mario, Luigi and the Princess had a wonderful vacation in Dinosaur Land.

Also, Mario and Luigi can go to the Star World and Special World. These two levels were "extra" zones, and were optional. The player did not actually need to complete these areas to beat the game and were added as a special challenge for players. The Star World however is very helpful for traveling around Dinosaur Land. After beating the Special World some things in Dinosaur Land change, enemies and the overworld map get a different, fall themed, look and some other elements in the levels change (this doesn't happen in the GBA version, but this bonus can be unlocked in another way.)

Worlds and levels

The game mainly takes place in the 7 main worlds of Dinosaur Land: Yoshi's Island, Donut plains, Vanilla Dome, Cookie Mountain, Forest of Illusion, Chocolate Island, and the Valley of Bowser. Smaller areas, which may be worlds and levels unto themselves (rather like Australia) include Soda Lake, Sunken Ship, and Twin Bridges. Also, there are bonus worlds, Star World and Special World.

Gameplay

As in the Super Mario Bros. games, the player controls Mario (or a second player controls Luigi) in navigating side-scrolling levels. Super Mario World retains the Super Mushroom, Fire Flower and Super Star from previous Mario games. It also adds the Cape Feather and P-Balloon. Another gameplay addition was Yoshi, who could be found in certain levels and ridden. Yoshi could eat enemies and peform special moves after eating multicolored Koopa shells. However, Yoshi would become frightened and run away if attacked.

The game contained numerous levels. Like Super Mario Bros. 3, the game features an overworld map connecting levels, with one addition being secret exits that usually led to new levels or shortcuts. There were 96 exits in all throughout the game. In addition to the seven primary worlds, there were also two hidden worlds (the Star World and the Special Zone) that could only be reached through hidden exits.

Items

File:1-UpSMW.png 1-Up Mushroom - Gives the player an extra life.

File:Key and Keyhole.png Key and Keyhole - If the player finds the key and puts it in the keyhole, they can go to secret levels.

File:BaloonSMW.png P-Balloon - When Mario or Luigi touches the balloon, they will inflate like a balloon and can float around to get to new areas.

File:SwitchesSMW.png P-Switches - Touching the blue P-Switch will turn Blocks into Coins or vice versa. Touching the silver P-Switch will turn all enemies except Lakitu into silver coins.

Power-ups

File:Feather.png Cape Feather - A feather gives Mario and Luigi the ability to fly by way of a cape.

File:MushroomSMW.png Super Mushroom - A mushroom makes Mario and Luigi get bigger and stronger.

File:FireFlowerSMW.png Fire Flower - A fire flower gives Mario and Luigi the power to throw fireballs.

Yoshi Egg - A Yoshi Egg allows Mario and Luigi the ability to ride on a Yoshi. Yoshi can also eat certain Koopas to grant him certain powers. i.e., eating a yellow Koopa allows him to ground pound, eating a red Koopa allows him to shoot three podoboo-like fireballs, and eating a blue Koopa allows him to fly.

Enemies=

Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro. Ball 'n' Chain Banzai Bill Big Boo Big Steely Blargg Blurp Bob-omb Bony Beetle Boo Buddy Boo Buddy Block Bowser Bullet Bill Chainsaw Chargin' Chuck Cheep-Cheep Dino Rhino Dino-Torch Dry Bones Eerie

Falling Spike Firebar Fire Snake Fishbone Fishin' Boo Fishin' Lakitu Floating Mine Fuzzy Goomba (Kuribon) Grinder Hothead Jumping Piranha Plant Lakitu Li'l Sparky Magikoopa Mecha-Koopa Mega Mole Monty Mole Muncher Ninji

Para-bomb Paragoomba Pipe Lakitu Piranha Plant Podoboo Pokey Porcu-Puffer Rex Reznor Rip Van Fish Spike Top Spiny Sumo Bro. Swooper Thwimp Thwomp Torpedo Ted Urchin Volcano Lotus Wiggler

Playable Characters

Mario (and Luigi, in 2-Player) are the main playable characters. However, they need some Yoshis to help them in many levels. If Mario loses a life, Luigi comes in play until he loses a life.

Colored Yoshis

In this game there are four colored Yoshis that help the Mario Bros. in many levels of the game:

• Green Yoshi, the original Yoshi.
• Blue Yoshi, a Yoshi that flies if it eats an object.
• Yellow Yoshi, a Yoshi that can pound on the ground, defeating enemies in its impact.
• Red Yoshi, a Yoshi that spits out enemies and objects as fire.

• Green Yoshi SMW.PNG

  The Green Yoshi
• Blue Yoshi SMW.PNG

  The Blue Yoshi
• Yellow Yoshi SMW.PNG

  The Yellow Yoshi
• Red Yoshi SMW.PNG

  The Red Yoshi

Red, blue and yellow Yoshis are extremely rare in Dinosaur Land. They live in the Star World, a mysterious place on Dinosaur Land accessible with five Star Roads throughout the land.

Continuity

• The instruction manual states that Mario and company go on vacation directly following the events of Super Mario Bros. 3.
• Additionally, the instruction manual implies that the Wrecked Ship used to be one of the airships from Super Mario Bros. 3.

Legacy

Super Mario World was a success sales-wise. The character of Yoshi became popular after premiering in this game and began to appear in many games throughout the 90's.

Reissues

• In 1994, a second version of Super Mario All-Stars was released which contained Super Mario World along with the remade NES games from the original version.
• It was remade for the Game Boy Advance in 2001 as Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World.
• It became available for download through the Wii's Virtual Console in 2006, the Wii U Virtual Console in 2013 and the 3DS Virtual Console (for the New 3DS only) in 2016. A demo version was also included in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an unlockable Masterpiece.
• In 2017, it was among the games included in the Super NES Classic Edition.
• In September 2019, it was among the first wave of Super NES games that were made available to play on the Nintendo Switch for anyone subscribed to the Nintendo Switch Online service. This version included two player and online options.

Sequels

The game did not have a direct sequel. In 1996, the title was continued with the release of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island was released. However, the game was actually a spin-off game starring Yoshi, technically acted as a prequel to the Mario games, and its only connection to Super Mario World beyond being a Mario platformer was that both games featured Yoshi. Additionally, the original Japanese title was simply Super Mario: Yoshi's Island.

The next Mario platformers featuring Mario is Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.

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