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Pokemonslaught--Mewtwo's Rampage FINALLY Revealed!

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This is my first hack ever, and doesn't change the levels themselves, but the gameplay elements are changed enough (especially how Mewtwo moves around) that I think it makes for a new way to play Super Mario World.

Here is a list of the difficulty enhancements I have coded into the game:

--Enemies move faster/recover faster (especially Pokeys--they move at TRIPLE their normal speeds!)
--1ups no longer give you extra lives, but the Tail Whip powerup.
--100 coins will no longer give you 1up.
--Bonus Game has been disabled, but not Bonus Stars.
--Starmen no longer make you invincible, but give you the Psystrike powerup.
--The timer counts down one-third faster than normal.

Here are the five ways you can still gain extra lives:

--Collecting at least 5 Yoshi Coins in a level.
--Chaining together at least 9 enemy stomps/use a shell to kill 9 or more enemies.
--Hitting 50 on the Goal Tape (3up)
--Finding a rare 1up Moon (you know--the former 3up Moon).
--Hitting a silver P-switch and collecting at least 9 coins. The tenth gives you a 2up, the eleventh and subsequent give you 3up apiece (good luck finding that many!).

And, here are the ways I mitigated the harshness of the game's difficulty (so it's not almost hard enough to be considered Kaizo):

--Yoshi is harder to scare off than before (it's not impossible, though, so be careful!).
--Mewtwo can move freely in any direction, emulating his psychic levitation abilities seen in his movie/anime appearances.
--Mewtwo's levitation abilities also apply when underwater/riding Yoshi.
--Many levels now have free-scrolling capabilities. The only levels which do not have free scrolling are those with vines (unless the level is a vertical one), Lakitus with clouds, or auto-scrolling levels.

Now, for the bugs I couldn't get rid of:

Due to the nature of the Speed!.asm patch, if you touch the platform during the Iggy/Larry battle, and he throws a ball, I would highly recommend spin-jumping, as flying to get out of the way will cause you to warp, super-fast into the lava, or you'll become entangled with Iggy/Larry's sprite (cough*TheFly*cough). Either way, it will NOT crash the game, but it will cost you a life. I suggest simply hovering above the platform, and when it's safe, give Iggy/Larry's noggin a good bopping. Do this in time with the platform, and you could win in as few as two hits!

You can sometimes get stuck inside the triangular running block (the one that lets you run up walls/pipes). This one is easy to fix--just fly up or backward to remove yourself from the block; just run from closer to the block and the problem is gone.

Finally, in Chocolate Island 4 (the cave), there are a few places where the ground forms sharply angled trenches. Mewtwo can sometimes go straight into a wall, due to the angled nature of the "floor". However, because the walls here are hollow, Mewtwo won't die; just back out and go on your merry way.

Now, onto the thank-you section:

Thanks to Darkknight, Pieguy1372, wiiqwertyuiop (twice), alcaro, and the creator(s) of SMW Customizer and SMW Status Bar Editor.

Finally, thanks a sexmilliquincentisexagintillion (10 to the 6,560th power) to FuSoYa for your awesome all-in-one SMW "Swiss Army knife", Lunar Magic. Without that, more than anything else, my hack would not have been possible.

The last thing I'll post is the first two messages you see when playing my hack:

"Mario was sick of chasing you, Bowser, so he sent me (besides, I owed him a favor). Good luck defeating ME! Heh heh... -Mewtwo"

"Whew, thanks for rescuing me! My name is Yoshi. Wait--you're THE Mewtwo?! AWESOMESAUCE!! Bowser is SO dead!"

I'll leave the rest for you guys to discover (most of the levels remain the same, but the message boxes are different--you'll love the Iggy one!)...so enjoy! #fim{;)}
The meaning of life is 42 because potato.

I don't feed trolls. I feed THEM to Cthulhu. He finds them DELICIOUS.
nice, very interesting-sounding hack!

i've always wanted a pokemon character instead of a mario character.

you should, however, try linking the hack right here (for the lazy people) so people can easily find it, and catch more attention that way.

i will download the hack, as it does sound very interesting, however, i do not know if the hack will be accepted as all of the levels are blatant (unchanged levels), just gimmick and gameplay changes.
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Well I gave it a try and I think it was alright, however the player can easily fly over most levels, and on ground, you can just fly over challenges anywway, so unfortunately, I didn't find it difficult at all - I know you don't want to change the levels, but maybe you should add aerial enemies like bullet bills and paratroopas.

Also, I thought Yoshi's message was hilarious! #w{xD}
UPDATE: I'm going to create an invincible-tank type of game, where Mewtwo has to clear all the enemies from the main part of each level (sublevels won't necessarily count), in a very strict amount of time (due to his invincibility and ability to swap powerups on the fly).

Anybody know how to make Yoshi completely invincible (give him the same type of enemy-clipping "invincibility" as Mewtwo)?

Mewtwo will not be immune to lava, being crushed, or the time running out. He is still capable of falling into pitfalls, as well, but I would think that would be a rather rare death type for the average player (due to Mewtwo's ability to freely fly around each level).

It's either the above idea, or make it so he has to kill a certain number of enemies per level to be able to complete the level.

Has this idea been tried before in any other hack? I know that certain patches exist that might make this at least partially possible (I know quite a few ROM address edits I could do concerning the powerup swap/Yoshi color swap/invincibility).

Mewtwo needs to be given his due--he's a nearly indestructible titan of a Pokemon (titan as in super-powerful, not super-huge). He shouldn't be capable of being killed by normal means. It should take something like falling into boiling magma or being physically splattered between two closing walls. Not simply running into some goofy-looking turtle or a mushroom with legs.

I would definitely appreciate all the help I can get. Of course, I can make the enemies harder to stomp/kill, due to their insanely increased speed.

Or, how about a third idea: you have to score a certain number of points (stomping a series of enemies in a row would help!) before you're allowed to complete the level.
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I don't see of full release you have.
It got rejected due to the fact that he didn't modify any of the levels.
And because the physics edits made it easier.

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