Secret worlds of Super Mario Bros.

Posted Dec 26, 2006 at 12:27AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: NES, Super Mario
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Mario is probably the most charismatic and persistent videogame character ever. Heck, Nintendo wouldn't choose him as the company's icon for nothing. Anyway, as you might all be aware of, Super Mario Bros. was released yesterday on the Virtual Console. Now, here's the exciting part: there's more to the game than meets the eye!

What we are talking about here are the hidden worlds and stages in the game. Actually, this is not something new as the 80's fans of the NES game enjoyed the same. We reckoned, however, that a lot of you might be experiencing playing Mario for the first time and so a little refresher wouldn't hurt one bit.

To be quite frank, we are really very fond of the Negative World. This, you see, can actually be viewed as the water version of World 1. Here, everything's submerge under water. More interestingly, at the end of Negative World is a majestic castle. Instead of walking into it, Mario actually swims inside. Anyway, here's how to get there:

Go to World 1-2. At the pipe that leads to the flag, break two blocks so there's one at the end touching the pipe. Now duck and jump backward toward the brick (don't break it!). You should go through the wall and pipe into a warp zone. Jump down the first pipe you see and you will be in the Negative World (-1)!


There are other hidden treasures and hidden areas within Super Mario Bros. All you have to do is look in the right places. If you want some more heads up about these things, refer to our Read link below.

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-12-26 03:21:36
Actually that is a "Fake"

The only extra map available is the Minus World ( -1) Ended that word you start over an over again in the Minus World, That is a glitch on the game no a extra map. there is no Castle underwater... (-2, -3, -4 doesn't exist)
by - 2006-12-26 04:16:03
jyruj4euj

All Zelda fans e-mail Nintendo and ask them to re-release The legend of Zelda: The Twilight Princess with Voice Work.
by - 2006-12-26 09:22:49
Check this out....

Every SMB trick known: http://tasvideos.org/SuperMarioBrosTricks.html#walljump_smb1_smb2j_smb3_ Even has video of them! great site. Why is this Wii news anyway? Not news, and not really wii related (well VC i guess, but why is it necessary to put this here??) Oh and if you do the negative world thing and go into the second pipe withough going too far over to the right, you'll go to world 5.
by - 2006-12-26 09:26:11
Actually, it's not that it's fake...

...it's just that the blogger failed to mention that the REAL minus world hijinks begins when you use the JAPANESE FAMICOM DISK SYSTEM version of super mario bros. If you can get a hold of the disk image and a good emu, do the same trick. You're in for a great surprise. -A_Rival
by - 2006-12-27 03:02:51
Gee QJ

Thanks for the history lesson and dedicated article to the wii. It's just that this was found out ten years ago...

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