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The bonus game that is activated by collecting 100 Goal Stars in Super Mario World counts the number of matches of three identical icons in the blocks and dispenses extra lives accordingly. Due to the rules of the game, every single outcome from receiving a 0-Up to an 8-Up is possible, except for a 7-Up.
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In Super Mario World, the collision detection of the fence-climbing Koopa Troopas is inaccurate, resulting in them only being able to harm Mario if his feet are touching them. By hanging off the bottom of the fence in the manner depicted, Mario is safe from the Koopa Troopas.
In Super Mario World, when Mario is riding Yoshi, almost everything that would damage Mario knocks him off Yoshi instead. Mega Moles are one of the very few objects that ignore this rule and still hurt Mario.
Unlicensed Chinese board game based on Super Mario World. Note the Yoshi design on a card in the bottom right.
In this post, you can see two recordings of gameplay of Super Mario World side by side. Both start at a pipe near the middle of the Chocolate Island 1 level, then the footage on the left goes inside the pipe to get launched over the gap, while the footage on the right jumps over the gap instead. This results in an unexpected difference at the next gap with the springboard: if Mario goes into the pipe, there is a level midpoint tape above it. If Mario does not go into the pipe, the midpoint is absent.
The reason for this is that even though it may look like Mario is immediately emitted back into the level when he enters the pipe, he actually enters a parallel version of the level instead, one almost entirely identical but with small differences such as the existence of the midpoint tape.
In Super Mario World, it is possible to start a new file with one coin already collected. To do this, you must bring up the file select menu on the title screen on the exact frame Mario touches a coin during the demo gameplay, and start a new file. If done correctly, the coin counter in the upper right corner of the screen will show 1 instead of 0 during the intro cutscene.
Splash page from a Super Mario World manga. True to the depiction of Luigi in the original release of the game, where his sprite was merely a recolored version of Mario’s sprite, Luigi in this manga looks identical to Mario except for his clothes and hat.
Princess Peach and Yoshi’s parents being grabbed by cloud-hands in a Super Mario World manga.
In Super Mario World, if Mario continuously pushes against a wall during the boss battle against Roy as it moves, he will merge with the wall. This results in Roy’s falling attack not being activated. (Footage recorded by me from a SNES emulator.)
One of the tests performed by the SNES hardware testing program consists of displaying six separate sprites of Mario, moving slowly across the screen. In the final sprite, Mario grows animal ears for an unknown reason. (Screenshots taken by me in a SNES emulator.)
