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Mario's 2 Ways 2 Victory

Super Mario World Hacks → Mario's 2 Ways 2 Victory

Submission Details

Name: Mario's 2 Ways 2 Victory
Author: Ckristina
Added:
Demo: No
Hall of Fame: No
Length: 85 exit(s)
Type: Standard: Hard
Description: Welcome to Mario's 2 Ways 2 Victory (Mario's Two Ways to Victory, or M2W2V for short.)

This is a hack I started a long time ago to test out vanilla resources, which eventually turned out to be a full project. The hack has gone through various modifications since I started it, mostly because the first levels I made didn't match my current criteria on level design. I could have dropped this project a long time ago, but I wanted to have a complete hack and I didn't feel like starting a new one.

The story is a bit of a sequel to the original SMW. When Mario and Yoshi were leaving Dinosaur Land, their ship was attacked by Bowser and the princess was taken in the process. Now Mario and Yoshi have two ways to reach Bowser's castle: they can go through the regular way beating all the Koopalings one by one, or they can find the hidden stars in a mysterious land called the "Land of Magic" which will take them to Bowser's castle.

It's up to you to choose which way they should go. The former is easier but longer, and the latter is shorter but harder. You can also mix both ways.

Note: If you are going to play the hack in Zsnes, change the "per2exec=100" to "per2exec=150" in zsnes.cfg to avoid slowdowns. Other emulators should be fine.

Credits are in the readme.
Have fun.
Tags: traditional vanilla
Comments: 15 (jump to comments)
Rating:
4.3 (26 ratings)
No rating
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Comments (15)

Danik2343 Link
Good Hack! Completed!
SirMystic Link
This hack was fun overall, some repetitive enemy choices made some levels a little stale and levels started to get really long about halfway through, but still a fun hard hack with decent difficulty spikes. Some levels were more obscenely hard than others but were still designed well overall. 4/5 #smw{:TUP:}
AnkisethTheMonk Link
Mostly vanilla. There are custom sprites, music, etc. Instant death purple munchers exist. The bosses are all vanilla bosses with modified HP including Bowser. Each Reznor fight gets a unique arena as do Big Boo fights. I like the variety. All of the Reznor fights are easy and almost all of the Big Boo fights are difficult. Mario can't kill a spiny or a stem-less piranha plant with a fireball for reasons.

This hack kicked my ass. The last handful of levels cements it as Very Hard for me. The difficulty curve is a sine wave. Levels can be very long and unforgiving with no checkpoints and often the hardest levels are autoscrollers. Nearly every level in the last few worlds needs multiple more checkpoints. Elite Guard Ships, Bowser's Old Castle, and Last Defense Line were very long and difficult, an hour and a half combined. The four Security Towers + Guard Ships together also took about an hour. Bowser's Castle (E) thankfully was easier. I played 5 lives on Bowser's Castle (H) after seeing credits before deciding I was gonna call it complete. Pro tip, Outer Space is a great life farm in World 5, it's needed.

The secret exit in
Mounty's Plateau in World 6
is truly terrible imo.
The sublevel with the key is inside of a Monty Mole hole in a little dip at the bottom of the level. Mario has to go in the hole like it's a door. I found this completely by accident the first time because my controller sometimes register up inputs when I roll left/right and it just so happened to press up in the right spot.
Maybe this was telegraphed and I missed the hint? Dang.

I've played this hack twice a few years apart because I didn't record it or take notes the first time. The second time took about 10 hours to 100%, minus Bowser's Castle (H). Video of playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqvIHerHvauvpmcTnAwU0n0r8t0oB0oi3
Theresy Link
This is an interesting one to review. The creator clearer has a lot of passion and skill but the lack of check points in the later areas of the game make it a real grind. That being said I had a lot of fun with it and was glad the last castle was just as ridiculous with no check points, doesn't make it easy on you to get the win.
Wahnthac Link
I'm convinced somewhere down the road the creator forgot how to put checkpoints in the game.
tjvivi Link
oh thanks, I killed my head looking for the door, I removed sprites and nothing XD
Originally posted by Aja
Originally posted by tjvivi
some know the key the level mounty`s plateau

1. Go here:

2.
Press up
Ckristina Author Link
Originally posted by tjvivi
some know the key the level mounty`s plateau

1. Go here:

2.
Press up
tjvivi Link
some know the key the level mounty`s plateau
Ckristina Author Link
Originally posted by TomsMostHammed
What's the overworld patch you used so that no level tile audio shows up?

RPG Overworld, I think.
TomsMostHammed Link
What's the overworld patch you used so that no level tile audio shows up?
rafaelfutbal Link
I finally beat it! I got all exits with no save state! \o/
Amazing hack. One of the best hacks I've ever played. It is really very hard.
I spent between 2/3 hours to beat too many stages, including the four Bowser's towers.
In addition, this was my top4 stages where I spent the longest times to beat it.

01º: Bowser's Castle (E) = 11 hours
02º: Haunted Sea = 7 hours
03º: Last Defense Line = 7 hours
04º: Magic Base = 5 hours
videogamer939 Link
great hack i am about to beat it my only complaint is world 7 and on ward to bowser world the levels just got stupid long for some reason.... Before that they were like justifiable lengths but it just felt like the ride never ended but still 5/5.
Holy Shinx Link
great hack, i know im not great at speaking of hack, but i had a blast, my only complaint was that every level needed AT LEAST 1 checkpoint, because it was sometimes stingy with them, other things were really great i want to give it 5/5
blaze800000 Link
good hack
DAVID1 Link
very good