Fan remakes Super Mario Land in "New Super Mario Bros." style, as a SNES homebrew game
The romhacking and fan-game world never ceases to amaze, as fans take decades-old experiences and repurpose them in a more modern and refreshed take. Super Mario Land is one of the most recent games to get this treatment from a dedicated fan, as they re-created it entirely in the style of New Super Mario Bros. That in and of itself is pretty interesting, being able to see something that originally released on the Game Boy in full color, as if it had been released a handful of years ago, instead of 1989. It gets better, though, as the developer has not only done that, but furthered their effort and created the game specifically from the ground up, in assembly, for the Super Nintendo. So, you've got a game from the Game Boy, with the visuals of something on the Nintendo DS, playable on the SNES.
In true New Super Mario Bros. tradition, the homebrew game has four-player co-op. Wall jumping was also added to Mario's arsenal of moves—something that was not present in the original, along with a few tweaks to platforms in order to make the game more playable in a multiplayer format.
In true New Super Mario Bros-fashion, there’s also a multiplayer mode for up to 4 players in the game, which really pushes the SNES to its limits.
— 「ChronoMoogle」 (@sfc_moogle) November 20, 2019
I can only show the demo mode of the game at the moment though, since I lack coop partners at the moment 😅 pic.twitter.com/7G0UyVJjBb
This game came out of nowhere, arriving in reproduction cartridge form to a friend of the developer, who wants to remain anonymous, and refuses to share the game publicly, for fear of legal action. However, the owner of the repro cart also teased that it might be available one day, in the usual places that these sorts of games tend to crop up on. The development of New Suoer Mario Land took around 3 years to create, and came from a lone developer who wanted to share it with his friends as a Christmas present to celebrate Super Mario Land's 30th anniversary.
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