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Hot take alert: You don't need me to tell you Super Mario World is a 5-star game, but maybe you do need me to say the GBA version might be the best version of the game. Reduced visibility is a thing, but it's not that bad. The ability to play as Luigi is a lot of fun and his floatier physics will challenge your muscle memory. And it tracks your dragon coin collection! Play it with a palette improvement hack on an Analogue Pocket.

Cool portable version of smw but the music can be a bit crusty at times and the game is really bright presumably to help with the gbas that didn't have a back-light.
Was still fun to experience a new version of smw

It's a competent port, but the original version is better. The screen crunch, reduced audio quality, and washed-out colors all make this worse.

Basically it's SMW for The GBA and With the Best Playable Character...LUiGI!


Nothing to add here from my experience on the SNES Version. It's the same game , but with worse audio quality and some quality of life changes.
I like that now you have a list of levels where you can see collectibles , exits and teleport instantly to levels without slowly traversing the entire map.
Luigi is significantly worse to use compared to Mario and meìakes me feel like the game is in slow mode for some reason. I don't aunderstand this Super Mario Advance trend of putting Luigi as a playable character if it's so unfun to play.
So what's better , this or the SNES Version ? Personally i suggest to play the SNES Version since there aren't much changes or added content and Audio is just better.

Ta weno. Las versiones de GBA de estos juegos si que son las superiores

only played the first world, star world, and the special world, but they were fun and the special world in particular offered a good challenge.

Probably one of my favorite games ever made.

Look, I get it’s a copy and paste of a 1991 game onto a 32 bit handheld, but it’s sound design (I’m so biased oh my goshhhhh) is miles better than on the SNES.

Do you want to play Super Mario World on the go?


Just play it on your Switch, idiot.

Shouts out to Blargg! This, technically, isn’t my first game. However! This is the game I’ve had for the longest. I still have the same cartridge I got some twenty years ago for Christmas, and despite my young self having a knack for misplacing games and cartridges, I was quickly sentimental, and knew to never give this one up. It’s been a while since I’ve beaten this game. Like, probably not since I went and found every secret level back in my teen years, but recently I’ve been wanting to play it again.

I’m a huge sucker for world maps, probably because of this game. I mean, my two favorite Fire Emblem games both have world maps, I love the look of this game so much, and the look of the world, too. Rediscovering a lot of the secrets of the world map, finding all of the switch palaces, taking different routes through worlds. It’s so, so great. I’m not really into Mario games, all that much. They’ve never sucked me in at all or enticed me all that much. I didn’t own a single entry in the “New” series of 2D games, I’ve not even played Sunshine, Galaxy, or Odyssey, lol. Though, hoo boy, Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks absolutely so grand.

So pretty, so charming, so tricky, but never frustrating, for me, in an unfun way. Had a blast going through this. I am not a Mario game fan, I would say, but I feel very proud to be a Super Mario Advance 2 expert lol.

aged like a fine wine. i love the level design so much

My favorite version of SMW by far. Luigi da best

Butchered version of one of the best 2D Mario games

A fine version of the best 2D mario with some slight level changes and the addition of playing with luigi with his physics. The music is worse and the screensize is smaller and the colors are washed out, but thats what you get for being on the GBA. If you can play the original then stick with that, but this is a good alternative for its time.

As someone who didn't have a SNES, it was a great way to have the second best Mario game.

Um excelente port, não irei julgar os gráficos pálidos pois imagino que isso foi adaptado para a tela de GBA e não sei como fica.

Como lado negativo em comparação a versão original temos o áudio meio estourado (não costumo julgar limitações e adaptações técnicas) e a tela menor, mas em nenhum momento isso me atrapalhou. O level design é adaptado em alguns momentos para a tela menor e o som continua incrível.

Essa versão também passa uma sensação de acabamento melhor, com registro de progresso, vozes dos personagens, efeitos gráficos avançados, cutscenes e um novo personagem jogável (Luigi, que é como um modo difícil). A versão original tem aquela simplicidade de jogo de console recém-lançado.

O jogo compensa muito bem seus poucos defeitos e se eu tivesse esse jogo na época não teria nada a reclamar. 10/10

i stole my sisters gameboy to play this

pretty decent port of a classic game. these types of re-releases feel so nostalgic of it's time. especially love the added voice acting

Super Mario World, só que deixaram a paleta de cores no Sol por muito tempo.

Ok, na verdade as cores são diferentes para compensar a tela sem luz do GBA. Fora isso, eu acredito muito que é a versão definitiva do jogo, com vários extras e correções que faltaram no jogo original, deixando ele ainda melhor. Clássico maravilhoso

Just logging this here for the sake of completion. If you want my real review of this game, check out the original SNES version

What if i got really into speedrunning this game specifically.

THE BEST VERSION OF SUPER MARIO WORLD, I AM OBJECTIVELY CORRECT

The definitive edition of Mario World solely because you use A to jump instead of B


Esta versão de SMW adicionou a contagem de coletáveis: fazendo mais sentido as moedas do Yoshi.

All-time favorite. Probably the most foundational experience of my gaming career.

Its like Mario World but you can play as Luigi