SMW hacks with a lot of secrets (worlds, exits, power-ups)

I'd love to play some SMW hacks (preferably about the size of SMW itself) that contain secrets like hidden worlds, lots of secret exits and/or secret power-ups or abilities that aren't really used in regular SMW. Which hacks would fit this bill?

I don't mind if it features Mario or someone entirely different (I know there's some hacks that change the player character to not be Mario or Luigi). I would exclude super hard hacks as well, but any suggestion is welcome!

What you're looking for is pretty broad, but honestly I think you'll enjoy most of the hacks in our section that have a lot of exits (i.e. in the Hacks section, add the filters you want and then sort by the exit count), since most of them tend to have a ton of secret exits, as well as some bonus worlds at the end.

Pink Gold Peach's NSMW series might fit the bill, if I recall correctly from when I played them. Same with FPI's TSRP hacks, and those ones stand out because he's added a lot of cutscenes and things to the "reloaded" versions. I think the VLDC8 also has a bonus world, though I don't know if that's really what you're looking for since it's not really a traditional hack.

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The hacks that were the most fun for me and mostly fits the bill on what youre asking are:
- SMW Return to Dinosaur Land(vanilla hack that feel pretty much like a sequel to SMW)
- Kamek Island, Bowser's Cataclismic Trap, Kola Kingdom Quest SML3 Tatanga's Return and SMB Vanilla Islands all of those created by Gamma V
- Another Mario World 2: Luigi's Mission
- Peach's adventure
- The Second Reality Project Reloaded
- SMW The Secret of the 7 golden statues
- Mario Gives up 1 and 2
- Mario's ruined Seclusion
- Same Sprites Diferent Levels
- New Super Mario World the 12 magic orbs powered up & NSMW2 Around the world

However pretty much 90% of those lack custom powerups or new player-ish habilities aspect as those are pretty hard to implement in a hack and not everyone will have the ASM skills and patience required to do so, but they do have some very cool and interesting level design, have lots of secrets and are fun to play.

I also try to capture the lots of secrets and exploration aspect on my own SMW hacks if you wish to try them out too.

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If it weren't for the difficulty (since you exclude very hard hacks), JUMP also would be a good contender in particular because there are new abilities which are hidden behind secret exits alongside a notable gimmick in world 3.

Thanks a lot for the insightful responses! That's a lot of options, which is awesome. I'll put all the hacks mentioned in a big list and I'll just play as many hacks as possible from it.
JUMP looks really awesome even though it does look a bit above my skill level. I might give myself some limited cheats/save states for that one, because it still looks great. Thanks again!

And what about An SMWCentral Production 2?

Sure, that's a good pick too - I don't think it's as meaty as some of the other hacks listed in the thread, though it has its fair share of secrets and such.

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