Good job, it seems to me that you did the first time!

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C3 Summer 2019:
C3 Ports

This is pretty damn cool. This hack is super visually impressive, I really liked the little story at the start and how Mario actually falls into the overworld. I do have a few issues though, like the Hammer Suit is super janky. It's very commendable that you tried to make it from scratch but it needs a lot of work, I'd suggest LX5's power-up package to cut out a lot of work. I did really like the other hammer power-up from 1-1, that was fun little level gimmick and I liked how you can use other power-ups with it (although shouldn't those cracked hard blocks be destroyed by the hammer instead of a shell? ). It does share an issue with the hammer suit in that the level design doesn't really put it to good use. I couldn't hit shit in 9-4 with the hammers and with the other hammer I never went "wow I sure am glad I have this hammer", basically just try to think about enemy placements more and how they work with all forms of Mario and maybe some secret paths requiring certain power-ups would be cool. By the way, in 9-4 those 1 block pools of lava are a little too harmless looking and I got hit thinking they were decoration, then I was afraid of the little lava falls and they're just decoration. I'd say try to make them more distinct and harmful. Besides my few gripes this is fuckin' awesome and I'm super excited to see this progress, good luck dude!

I really like this hack.

First level was amazing, and pretty challenging too. All other levels are great, too. Cutscenes are funny, and aesthetics are outstanding. I did find a few issues:



-For some reason i managed to create garbage sprites in this area. I thought it might be lag, though it doesn't occure in other laggy areas (1-4). Some of it stays in background but gets fixed once another level's entered.



-As expected, with limited cluster sprite OAM some tiles may disappear. Also, i find that area a bit too chaotic, despite being short it's pretty difficult.

Overall, this is a really good hack, with a lot of polish and care. Aesthetics are nice and level design is solid. Defenitely looking forward for this one. 9/10. Keep it up

(also, how do you enter 1-B? i can't reach it, unless that's intentional)