Originally posted by my hack description
I have quite a bit to say about this romhack, though I'll do that elsewhere.
Here is the Way of The M, a romhack made to be vanilla but also very unique (aside from the custom music, to break the monotony of the original songs). Many tricks with MAP16 and Super GFX Bypass were performed to achieve new visuals that would have been impossible for me to do back then.
While this is the best SMW hack I've ever made (and tied for longest), it's also one of the hardest made in a while, especially if you can reach the Special Zone. The difficulty is something that comes along with this romhack, and I'm hoping that it will stay or at least not get butchered by moderation.
The story and the overworld don't have too much attention drawn towards them, though they are still there.
Take on the mighty challenge and succeed, and you shall be praised!
Here is the Way of The M, a romhack made to be vanilla but also very unique (aside from the custom music, to break the monotony of the original songs). Many tricks with MAP16 and Super GFX Bypass were performed to achieve new visuals that would have been impossible for me to do back then.
While this is the best SMW hack I've ever made (and tied for longest), it's also one of the hardest made in a while, especially if you can reach the Special Zone. The difficulty is something that comes along with this romhack, and I'm hoping that it will stay or at least not get butchered by moderation.
The story and the overworld don't have too much attention drawn towards them, though they are still there.
Take on the mighty challenge and succeed, and you shall be praised!
This sort of explains everything. This was built over the course of a year, and I have changed a lot over that one year. It may feel very awkward to put early stages and late stages of this romhack next to each other since they should be kind of different from each other.
The long wait for the full version of what could be a masterpiece is finally finished, a year after the 1 world demo was released.
ADDED: The download of the IPS patch also comes with a Way of The M Soundtrack text file. It lists all the tracks the hack used and also give credit where it's due. Also, the difficulty of the hack picks up at World 4 (the first 3 worlds are sort of a learning curve, I guess).