As the name of this hack suggests, this is Super Mario World...in widescreen! I played the extrawide mode in pixel perfect mode, meaning we had a 50% boost in horizontal resolution on a 16:9 display. This in and of itself is a grand technical achievement and is worth trying just to see it in action.
As for how it affects the game, it makes the game both easier and harder. Increased visibility makes certain hazards and platforming challenges easier to anticipate, but enemies spawn in sooner and that can crowd the screen. Add in a touch of emulator lag (I played it on the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro via Retroarch) and I might have had a more difficult time on the whole?
I don't think this replaces the original in the same way that, say, the widescreen Sonic 1/2/CD remakes or Sonic 3 A.I.R. do, but this is still a great version of Super Mario World that doubles as an impressive hack.
As for how it affects the game, it makes the game both easier and harder. Increased visibility makes certain hazards and platforming challenges easier to anticipate, but enemies spawn in sooner and that can crowd the screen. Add in a touch of emulator lag (I played it on the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro via Retroarch) and I might have had a more difficult time on the whole?
I don't think this replaces the original in the same way that, say, the widescreen Sonic 1/2/CD remakes or Sonic 3 A.I.R. do, but this is still a great version of Super Mario World that doubles as an impressive hack.