The Cursed World of SNES Assembly in Super Mario World >> Featuring a ruthless "czar" sprite

Last year I released a fair amount of "cursed" stuff, and while I can't promise that this time I'll release something as horrid as RNG Up Pipes or the 56 Switch Palaces patch, I did make some cool things this year that I'll release as time passes. Well...I guess no point in delaying stuff, let's see what I got!


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Footage is from a test build of Czar.

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As seen in JUMP Team's new Kaizo Hack "Send Your Regrets to the Czar", this beer-bellied fire guy is not an enemy you wanna mess with. If you're too close to him, he will open fire at you like a machine gun! Very big too, so you must go below him. Going above him will have him attempt to jump up! You can only slightly outrun his shots. Also cannot be defeated in any way.

There are defines that allow you to nerf him, like lowering how much he fires and to slow down his animations.

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Even though Czar is an SA-1 rom, I've been told it should work in normal roms too.

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Footage is from a test rom.
Also seen in the hack mentioned above, this burning vine/rope sprite will start to burn away any tiles that aren't solid surfaces. Very customizable, featuring different speeds and if you want it to "instant burn". Extra byte controls the speed, the rest are defines in the asm itself.

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Footage from a WIP level for an update to "no name".

Fire thwomps already exist, but this one has a fire in it's belly! (Hi, I like Fairy Tail) These thwomps will shoot downwards or upwards depending on if Mario is above or below it. They're based on this disassembly, which I took the "original version" in there and gave it some extended sprites alongside some logic.

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In the next couple days I might update this with more stuff. If not, hope you guys enjoy these two things I made for Czar!

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Oohhh yes. The fire rope sprite thing. Sounds like a very fun gimmick to make climbing levels. I assume it's inspired by the DKC3 level with that gimmick? Also I love this giant fire guy, he looks so menacing and mean, my favorite type of sprite. Thanks for making those.

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The burning vine / rope is super creative, I'm surprised that we didnt have this on the site before.

And I just had a 5 second cliche graphic replacement idea, REPLACE THE FIRE WITH A MUNCHER!

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Really nifty sprites (I can say you put them to really good use too). Glad to see you advance further and further in ASM - you've always been one of the most creative members of the community and it's great to see ASM as an outlet for it. Excited to see more from you in the future!

Really, really glad to see you evolving in every branch, DDV. The sprites (especially the Czar sprite) are ruthless and I don't doubt people will use at least one of them in cursed ways.
Amazing job!

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Você sempre alegre e eu sem razão
Estou dividido entre o amor e a paixão

The burning ropes are definitely interesting to use for a short timer! gg

What an intense sample of sprites.

These seem like they will be really interesting in making Fire/Burning locations actually have more urgency to them due to say using the burning ropes/vines as your only means of escape.
That Giant Fire Dude looks like they can be re-sprited for all sorts of purposes.

Really Cool and Really Fire Stuff here Daizo.

Really awesome sprites, Daizo, especially the Firaga Fighter (i didn't know the name before lmao, you probably noticed that). AS usual, impressive work! Thanks for bringing more of Czar evilness to us.

Yeah I specifically designed it based on DKC3's version, tho more suited for SMW obviously. Thank you for the compliments, and yes Firaga Fighters are mean boys.


I think in "Not Dracula's Castle" there was a version that are made, tho they aren't publicly released.


Even thought you can't spinjump on (most) munchers :)


Definitely!


They were made in 2021 so it couldn't be years, but thank you!


(disclaimer: we don't necessarily know if the Firaga Fighters are the "czar", and JUMP Team hasn't publicly spoken who they are)


Thank you!


I am happy that you let me use them in Czar! I've really been advancing with asm since 2020, so I'm glad it's being paid off.


I hope to see creative uses for them in the future as well, thank you.


(Fun fact: You can use them to eat anything that isn't a solid object)


Oh yeah, there are ways on how to resprite it to your intense needs. The only thing is it would need to be a design that looks like it can instantly kill you.


Thank you! x2


Yeah I'm sad in czar itself their names aren't known, but at least it's public knowledge here. If I were to release these on the site, I would have to optimize the hell out of the code. Regardless, thank you, and also thank you for testing Czar!

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I may have one more sprite I can release.

Footage from a WIP level for an update to "no name".

Check the top of the thread to download the "Natsu Thwomp", alongside some info on how they work.

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I love the burning rope sprite, it looks so cool! I have a funny feeling that there's gonna be more than one hack using it in a level akin to DKC3's Kong-Fused Cliffs (I might make such a level).

The Czar and Natsu Thwomp also look really cool; I'm not sure if I'll use either one, but if I do, I'm sure they'll be best used in the fire/volcano world I'm planning to have in my hack (aka world 8).

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