Super Mario World is one of the best Super Nintendo games that ever released on the system. It still holds up to today's standards and is many gamer's favorite games of all time. When it released in 1990 the game was seen as a new age of Mario side-s♑crolling games. The new capabilities of the Super Nintendo System allowed Nintendo to add more detail to the character design of Mario and his enemies.
The game's directors took a more cartoon approach to the game rather than stick to the shaded pixels of yesteryear. The gameplay was similar to older Mario games as it pulled most of its inspiration from Super Mario Bros. 3. Both games feature a world map and several different worlds to travel to. Super Mario World created a seamless travel system between these worlds because of the har🔯dware upgrades of the Super Nintendo.
Almost 30 years later gamers still go back to this classic and find new things to exploit in the game. Since it's release several game mechanics were discovered, some intentional from the game developers and some non-intentional. Many of these tips and tricks were discovered by speedrunners of the game but they can also be enjoyable for leisurely games. There are so many more things to be discovered underneath the൩ shell of a great Mario platformer and as people start to beat the game even quicker than they already have these secrets will become uncovered.
25 The Powerful Cape Secr♑et ไ
Bowser has always been a daunting enemy in Mario games. However, with his redesign in Super Mario World Bowser was more difficult than ever. Even thirty years later the final Bowser fight can be difficult to overcome for the average gamer. However, speed runners of the game have found an exploit that makes the fight favor a bit more in Mario's corner. To do this tactic you will, of course, have to have a cape p𝕴ower-up equipped when entering the battle.
꧟The best way to get a cape is to go to a previous level where items are plentiful or head to the "secret area" which we will talk about more later. Then you have to survive the entire level leading up to Bowser which to some may be more difficult than the actualཧ fight itself. Once there you have to learn how to manipulate Mario's cape power up in order to fly to the corner of the screen while avoiding Bowser. After making it to either corner of the screen you can do a spin attack with Mario's cape that will send the Mechakoopas that Bowser throws back into him hitting him. This tactic speeds the battle up and is used in most any percent speed runs.
24 Ghos♋tbuster 🎀
The ghosts in the Super Mario Bros. franchise are known as boos. They are famously known to be indestructible since their ghosts. They have an interesting attack pattern where they will only follow Mario if he turns his back towards them. Therefore, in most Mario games you have to constantly look behind you when these ghostly enemies are near. The same concept was reinvented in Super Mario World. This time there were whole levels dedicated to the🍬se enemies. The levels wer🍸e designed for the boos and their attack patterns.
That's why when someone discovered that a boo can actually be defeated, it shocked the Mario community.
When inside a ghost house if Mario runs across a set of stairs he can use these to eliminate the boos. However, the player must lure a boo over to the set of stairs and then the sliding can commence. It's worth noting that this can only be done to the big boo enemies as their hit boxes are larger🤡 than the normal boos. It's still worth trying out if you ever find yourself in a ghost house with a set of stairs and a big boo following you.
23 ꧂ 💜Defeating The Impossible Saw Enemy
If you thought defeating the boo enemies was impressive then we have one that is even better! The buzzsaws in Super Mario World are notorious for bei𓆏ng an annoyance in the way of Mario or Luigi completing a level. They usually show up in castle levels and are used with interesting attack patterns. They are typically set up on a trolley system where they will spin around and the player has to be patient until it is safe to pass. However, playeꦏrs have found a way to kill these buzzsaws.
It is very similar to the way ඣyou destroyed the big boo as mentioned before. If you find yourself at the right place and time you can slide down the stairs and knock out the buzzsaw. This is much harder to do since it's harder to manipulate the buzzsaw to follow Mario. Unlike the big boo, the buzzsaw is contained to one set of movement which means your timing has to perfect. The glitch is hard to pull off but it is satisfying to see the impossible buzzsa♛w enemy perish.
22 ꦐBeating The Game In Under A Minute 𝄹
As stated before this game has been at the forefront of many speed runners list. While many have employed several techniques of beating the🌃 game in under an hour a few people wanted to take the speed running to impossible heights.
By using a game-breaking glitch you can end up beating Super Mario World in under a single minute.
The glitch is near impossible to pull off and only a few speed runꦬners have successfully done this. There are several videos of people showing how to do it but don't expect it to work the first time around.
The glitch takes place in Yoshi's Island 2, one of the first levels in the game, and is started by manipulating items. There is a technique in the game that playe🉐rs have discovered that is known as item breaking. In this players can manipulate the items in the game to produce insane results. This is what is done to complete the game in such a short amount of time. If the specifics of this glitch are pulled off it will send the players to the credit sequence of the game. That's right you can beat the game without even having to see Bowser. Many speed runners don't see this as an official speed run but many commend 🍒those who have successfully done it.
21 ꦡ Beating The Game By Completing 11 Levels ꦅ
If beating the game in under a minute sounds a little hard to pull off there is a more reasonable route in Super Mario World th🍃at allows you to bea🎀t the game by just beating 11 levels.
The game has a grand total of 96 exits in the stages throughout Mario's adventure but there is a way to complete it in significantly less time.
We'r🍌e not talking about the path used by traveling through the secret world and their warp stars. That is child's play compared to this route. This route will require players to know most of the exits and how to get to them. This route will have you fly through the first world before entering a secret path in Donut Plains. This will take you to one of the warp stars that takes you directly to Bowser's front door. The route is very specific and takes most players a few tries to get it down. This is one of the more famous routes that speed runners take when doing any percent runs.
20 Yoshi Can E🐼at Dolphins In The Japanese Release
Mario has always been based in Japan and brought out West to see major popularity. Of course, that means the games have to be localized for western audiences. Sometimes game developers will put in easter eggs and sometimes they take out parts of the game for censorship purposes. In this case, the western localization for Super Mario World saw that a small element of the game ꧙was removed. In the Japanese version of the game if you t♍ake Yoshi to the level with the dolphins you will discover something disturbing.
Yoshi can now eat the dolphins that were once used as platforms.
This was likely seen as an oversight from the developers as the dolphins act as NPCs and Yoshi can eat most other NPCs. However, when moving to the west the developers decided to remove this feature of the game. They were worried of upsetting animal rights activists of the time and decided to play it safe by removing the dolphin eating feature. However, if you have a Japanese version of the game it canꦏ be a fun change of pace to gobble up the cute dolphins.
19 Floating Throu🐻gh The Clouds Infinitely
Everyone hates the enemy known as Lakitu. He floatsಌ in a cloud suspended far from Mario and throws spiked turtles at him. These guys can be a pain and most people try to avoid coming in contact with them. When you jump on their heads many players hope to be able to get away with stealing his cloud. However, in this game, Mario has a heavy foot which will cause the Lakitu and his cloud to disappear upon impact. However, there is a way you can steal the Lakitu's cloud.
If you get a fire powerup and enter a level with a Lakitu you can use it to steal his cloud.
This sounds easier said than done because the Lakitus typically fly high and fast. There are only certain areas where you can pull this trick off. Some levels will feature platforms that are higher than the Lakitu. This is when you rain fire dꦛown upon them and steal their cloud. Now you can use this cloud to surf your way to the end of the level and avoid everything el🍷se in the level down below. Be careful though as the cloud has a timer and if you wait too long the cloud might send you careening to the pits below.
18 ಌ The Secr♐et Area
When Super Mario World released there was rumors around the school yard of a top secret area. Many people had myths of how to get to the area and some claimed it to be a hundred percent true. Turnsꦑ out those myths were true and there is a secret level in which you can get all the power-ups you need. In this single screen level, there are mushrooms, fi♎re flowers, the cape item, and even Yoshi. This is its only purpose as you walk to the left or right of the screen it will take you back to the world map.
Think of it as Mario's own little safe house.
It can be unlocked by traveling through a secret route in the ghost house just before it. If you bring a cape power up into the level and fly to the upper left corner of the screen a secret platform will be revealed. After that just run🧸 to the right and a secret exit will appear. After leaving the area💟 a road will appear leading up to a secret level. This secret area is a great place to get power-ups but it is a pain to walk back to when you're in more difficult levels later on in the game.
17 ♑ How To Re-Enter Castles 🉐
Many people know that Mario games that have world maps will allow players to re-enter the levels as they please. However, in Super Mario World once you completed a castle that was it for it. It would be demolished in one of video game's earliest cutscenes where Mario can be seen ♊saving a Yoshi egg and destroying it in a multitude of cartoonish ways. After that, if you travel to a destroyed castle on the map and press A nothing happens. Many players would give up there but developers put in a secret for players to go back and play these challenging levels.
Looks like when Mario destroyed the castle he destroyed the checkpoints too!
All you have to do is walk up to the destroyed castle on the map and hold buttons L and R at the same time. You will enter the castle and it will be playable as if nothing ever happened. However, there is a small change. If you die anywhere in the level you will have to start the whole level over again even if you got the checkpoint. It seems like this was done by design as a way of makin🌺g these challenging levels even more challenging.
16 ꧃ Riding A Charging Chuck ♋
Charging chucks can be some of the hardest and most annoying enemies in Super Mario World. They resemble football players and have several different attack patterns. Some will throw baseballs and footballs while some charge at Mario. There is eveꦇn a variation of them where they do jumping jacks in attempt to hit Mario. These enemies usually appear at the end of a level as a last challenge before completing it. Many people have perished to these enemies with the goal in sight, hence why everyone hates t📖hem.
There is a glitch that can be done where it appears that Mario is riding on the back of a Charging Chuck. If you go to Forest of Illusion 1 an🉐d defeat a charging chuck while riding Yoshi, then go down a pipe and hit a block with another Yoshi in it, the second Yoshi will appear distorted. It will have the head of a charging chuck and if Mario hops on it, it will act just like a normal Yoshi. If you try to complete the game with the charging chuck buddy the game will freeze. Players have reported that this glitch works on a select few other levels like Cheese Bridge.