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In Super Mario World, it is possible to create Koopas from empty shells under specific circumstances. In the footage, Mario is carrying an empty shell while riding a Lava Lift over a ledge made of lava. If the shell is allowed to touch lava for a single frame before being thrown upward, it will transform into a shell with a Koopa inside.
When the shell falls down, the Koopa can be seen emerging from it. Unfortunately, there are no spots in the game where it is possible for the Koopa to land on solid ground after this, so the Koopa must unfortunately fall into lava, existing only for around one second from being created to being destroyed.
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Top: viewing the level Donut Plains 2 from Super Mario World in a level editor, we can see a Buzzy Beetle embedded in the wall on the far end of the main area. The Buzzy Beetle can not be seen in-game due to the screen not scrolling to its position; the level scrolls automatically and stops short of that location.
Bottom: editing the game’s code to remove the autoscroll feature from the level allows us to see the Buzzy Beetle; unfortunately, objects inside walls behave as though they were in mid-air, causing the Buzzy Beetle to immediately fall down below the death barrier.
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Officially licensed Super Mario World knife from a 1991 Nintendo of Japan product catalog.
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In the Special World level Groovy in Super Mario World, there is a set of ledges with four Pokeys on them. By selectively having Yoshi eat parts of the Pokeys, it is possible to reduce all of them to only the head; then, once the Pokeys fall to the floor, they will overlap each other perfectly, appearing to be one Pokey.
Left: Demonstration of the four Pokeys appearing as one. Yoshi needs to lick it up four times for it to be defeated.
Right: This construct has the property that it can hurt Mario while he is Spin Jumping onto it, which singular Pokeys cannot do. Instead of bouncing off, Mario dies.
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A rough recreation of the world map of Super Mario World in 8-bit graphics, found in an unlicensed port of Super Mario World to the NES. The map retains the major features of the original but is adjusted for the lack of subscreens (i.e. Forest of Illusion) and a fewer total number of levels.
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Front cover illustration from the Japanese “Super Mario Fun Picture Book 1: Search for the Super Star”.
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