Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2: Difference between revisions

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The game was rereleased on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] in Japan on April 3, 2014; in North America on December 25, 2014; and in Europe and Australia in March 2016. It was later rereleased on the [[Nintendo Switch]]'s [[Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online]] service on May 26, 2023.

==Gameplay and premise==

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[[File:Mario Picnic in Dino Land.png|thumb|left|250px|Mario and Luigi arrive at [[Dinosaur Land]] with Peach.]]

The same power-ups from the original release are retained, including the basic power-ups of the [[Super Mushroom]], [[Fire Flower]], and [[Super Star|Starman]]; and the [[Cape Feather]], introduced in the original game. The Super Mushroom increases Mario or Luigi's size; the Fire Flower gives him a fireball attack; the Starman makes him invincible; and the Cape Feather allows him to fly and to attack enemies by spinning. Also returning is [[Yoshi]], the Mario brothers' sidekick and riding mount from the original ''Super Mario World'', who is able to eat most enemies and gain special abilities from holding colored [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] shells in his mouth. The game also contains blue, yellow, and red Yoshis, which become available to Mario and Luigi from any level in the game after he has found their eggs in [[Star World]] and fed them enough enemies or objects to grow them to maturity. When holding any Koopa shell in his mouth, these Yoshis gain the ability that corresponds to its own color, in addition to that of the shell.

==Controls==

==Changes from the original game==

[[File:MarioWorld2JumpDifferecnce.png|thumb|left|Mario's and Luigi's height differences in their respective jumps]]

Several changes were made to the gameplay, some to accommodate the GBA's different button layout, and others to further refine the game:

Rather than just a palette swap of Mario as in the original game, Luigi plays differently from Mario in several ways:

**Luigi jumps higher, but more slowly than Mario, and [[scuttle]]s in midair as he jumps, similar to how he did in the first ''Super Mario Advance''.  When Luigi flies using the Cape, he flies slightly higher than Mario, but not as fast.

**Luigi suffers from worse traction and lower running speed than his brother.

**When Luigi is riding him, Yoshi does not instantly swallow enemies; instead, he can spit them out and use them to attack other enemies, automatically swallowing them after a brief amount of time.

**If Luigi hits a [[Coin Block]], all of the [[coin]]s inside it will spill out of the block at once instead of collecting them one by one.

*A status menu is added, accessible by pressing {{button|GBA|Select}} on the world maps, which allows players to check their total play time, score, how many levels they have played (and which brother they used in which levels), and whether or not they have collected all the Dragon Coins in a given level.

**Once all the levels have been cleared, the player can press {{button|GBA|A}} to automatically access the levels that they select.  

*Defeating climbing Koopas consecutively counts towards a point chain in the GBA version, as does defeating enemies while sliding down slopes.

*As the GBA lacks the {{button|SNES|X}} and {{button|SNES|Y}} buttons, it is not possible to shoot fireballs while holding Shells or Grab Blocks.

*In the [[bonus game (Super Mario World)|bonus game]]:

**In the SNES version, Mario/Luigi performs a V sign regardless of the outcome.  In the GBA version, Mario/Luigi looks down with sadness if he doesn't win.

**When Mario/Luigi wins in a bonus game, the matching icons flashed in the SNES version, whereas the GBA version also shows lines connecting the matching icons.

*In the SNES version, only the normal green Yoshi hatched from eggs found in question blocks.  In the GBA version, a different color Yoshi can be found in the question blocks based on which color Yoshi has been found in Star World and fed enough enemies or objects to grow to maturity, as well as the power-up Mario or Luigi currently has.  The possible outcomes are as follows (forms written in italics will always spawn that particular Yoshi, assuming it has already been found and fed in Star World, whereas forms not written in italics will randomly spawn a Yoshi among those which have already been unlocked):

**Green Yoshi for Small Mario, [[Super Mario (form)|Super Mario]], Fire Mario (if Red Yoshi has not been found and fed yet), and [[Cape Mario|Caped Mario]] (if Blue Yoshi has not been found and fed yet).

[[File:SMA2 Donut Plains 1 change.png|thumb|left|An example of the redesigned levels: In [[Donut Plains 1]], this pair of pipes is added, likely to prevent Mario or Luigi from abruptly grabbing the [[key]] and entering the [[keyhole]]. (This particular change is exclusive to the North American version.)]]

====Level design====

Notable changes include:

*Certain levels, such as the [[Cheese Bridge Area]], have a lowered enemy and obstacle count.

*[[Dragon Coin]]s are added to levels that did not originally have them, including [[Ghost House]]s, [[Fortress]]es, and Castles (excluding Bowser's Castle).

*Additional or brand-new [[Message Block]]s have been added to [[Yoshi's Island 1]], [[Donut Ghost House]], [[Donut Secret House]], and [[Butter Bridge 1]].

*[[Yoshi's House]] has ten berries instead of seven.

*The Super Mushroom in the last room of [[3 Lemmy's Castle|Lemmy's Castle]] is changed to a Cape Feather, along with most of the level being entirely redesigned.

*Due to the GBA's smaller resolution, the developers reduced the display resolution to fit better on the GBA (resulting in a "screen crunch"), and brightened the original color palettes to accommodate the lack of a backlight on the original GBA model.  

*The Mario brothers' overalls were changed to the standard blue.

*Peach's sprites were redesigned to more accurately resemble her official appearance (incorporating her established lighter dress color, hair thickness, and blue earring coloration).

*Bowser and Yoshi's arm colors were corrected to their main skin colors.

*The [[Bullet Bill|Pidgit Bill]] is redesigned to look like the original [[Pidgit]]s from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

*The [[Koopalings]] and Bowser gain an additional finger on their hands.

*After the 96 exits are completed, most Message Blocks congratulate the player on finding the secret world and completing all the exits.

*The Top Secret Area is represented by a unique smiling hill icon on the world map.

*After Bowser is defeated, the castle and fortress icons on the world map have their lower portions rebuilt, while still retaining the white flag in place of the upper portion.

*The intro scene where it is stated that the player is in Dinosaur Land and Bowser has kidnapped the princess originally had Mario standing, and if the player presses a button before the text box appears, Mario would start into a moving pose before being frozen in place once the text is on screen.  In the GBA version, the player cannot control the characters before the scene cuts to the world map.  Luigi is added to the intro scene, pacing back and fourth as Mario looks up at the text box.

*Two other cinematics are added in the GBA version:

**After all 96 exits are cleared, a cutscene is shown where Luigi is tossing Mario Masks from the hot air balloon, followed by a message congratulating the player on finding all exits and telling the player to try a slightly different Dinosaur Land.  Mario is then shown stomping a Koopa and taking away its shell, leaving the Koopa with the mask that lands in front of it.

Following clearing a castle stage, the text is changed as follows:

*It now says both Mario and Luigi defeated the Koopaling, rather than just Mario or Luigi.

*Luigi is added in the credits sequence and the return to Yoshi's house.

**In the former, either Mario or Luigi (depending on whoever was not used to defeat Bowser) is placed at the end of the line behind the eggs of the trapped Yoshis.

*The [[Magikoopa]] is added to the "cast list" of enemies after the credits, appearing next to the [[Grinder]].  

*While the enemies have their new appearances in the fall variation of the "cast list", their names remain unchanged in the GBA version.

*The pitch of the death jingle is increased by five {{wp|semitone|half step}}s.

*While Mario/Luigi is in [[Balloon Mario|balloon form]], the tempo of the music is decreased, and a warning sound is added for when the balloon effect is about to expire.

==Reception==

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As shown in published screenshots, an early build retained the original game's HUD, which was altered in the final to fit in better with the GBA's screen resolution.<ref>[http://randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com/ai/omgwtct/#sma2 Source]</ref> Even the original test levels were left in the game; they can be accessed via a [[#Glitches|glitch]].

==Glitches==

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These glitches only occur in ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''. For a list of glitches that are exclusive to the original ''Super Mario World'' or occur in both versions of the game, see [[List of Super Mario World glitches|here]].

*After completing the game, Mario and Luigi should return to the flattened Yellow Switch Palace, then the player must very quickly press {{button|gba|select}} and down on {{button|gba|pad}}, then select [[Chocolate Island 3]]. From there, Mario or Luigi will begin a winding trek back to the flattened Yellow Switch Palace; however, it will display Chocolate Island 3's name instead of "Yellow Switch Palace." Upon pressing {{button|gba|a}}, Mario or Luigi will be able to re-enter the Yellow Switch Palace. It should be noted that after returning here, the Yellow ! Switch will not be found at the end as it has already been pressed. Therefore, Mario or Luigi must manually exit the level since there is no other way out.

*In the level [[Outrageous]], if Mario or Luigi is riding a Yoshi and falls into the bottomless pit before the last [[Bullet Bill]] stand, he can jump off the Yoshi at the very last second and then be damaged by a Bullet Bill. This must be done in a frame-perfect manner. After beating the level, Mario or Luigi will be riding a Silver Yoshi that acts as a Yellow Yoshi. After Silver Yoshi eats all of the red berries in a level, an egg will hatch not to reveal a [[Super Mushroom]], [[Fire Flower]], [[Cape Feather]], or [[Super Star|Starman]], but instead a [[Beach Koopa]].

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