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GN Podcast #405

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SMW Central working on a new Super Mario World ROM hack

May 07, 2012 by RawmeatCowboy

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Chaoxys

07 May 2012 16:01

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That was a pretty clever use of some of the resources, like the countdown platforms as minecarts.

bound_for_earthbound

07 May 2012 17:36

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Looks good visually, but it also looks no different from every other Mario Rom hack that prides itself on being an unfairly difficult save-state-abuse-fest. It's know it's supposed to be "Challenging" but really it feels like bad game design. I haven't really found a good Mario rom hack yet, and the ones that show potential always have one level in it that's impassable.

Hawk

07 May 2012 17:51

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Why did they make Mario look worse than the original sprites?

Koopzilla

07 May 2012 17:57

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Hawk wrote:Why did they make Mario look worse than the original sprites?

Yeah I totally agree. The Mario looks and moves horrible. some of the enemies look pretty bad too. The original sprites were much better.

selloutwithme

07 May 2012 18:14

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i'm impressed that they used completely new sprites.

Byte

08 May 2012 00:00

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bound_for_earthbound wrote:Looks good visually, but it also looks no different from every other Mario Rom hack that prides itself on being an unfairly difficult save-state-abuse-fest. It's know it's supposed to be "Challenging" but really it feels like bad game design. I haven't really found a good Mario rom hack yet, and the ones that show potential always have one level in it that's impassable.

Quite the contrary actually - this is going to be one of the best hacks out there. Thorough testing has gone to each and every level - no level in this hack will be horrible - there will only be horrible playing. You can't judge a game by a 1 minute video.

Koopzilla wrote:
Hawk wrote:Why did they make Mario look worse than the original sprites?

Yeah I totally agree. The Mario looks and moves horrible. some of the enemies look pretty bad too. The original sprites were much better.

Why do people say Mario looks bad? It's probably one of the best graphics in the game - maybe the presentation wasn't good enough...

And which sprites look bad? The Bros and Cheep-Cheeps are placeholders - other than that, no horrible graphics are used in the hack.

Elfteiroh

08 May 2012 02:15

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I'm really impressed that they use all new sprites. O_o Usually, ROM hacks like this use the pre-existing sprites. This is really cool. It helps to differentiate the hack from the others, and it makes me WAY more interested in trying it.