Mario Mario vs the Crab Army

Let me be honest with you here. This hack is not for everyone. Actually, I’m not sure this hack is for anyone. But it’s okay if you don’t enjoy it. There’s no shame in playing something else if you’re not having fun. I mean it! In any case, this hack is quite hard, and full of things that are typically frowned upon in kaizo design, such as RNG dependent sprites, requiring the player to react to obstacles rather than simply learning them. On the other hand, it’s also too setup based and high precision to be considered non-kaizo. So in the end I don’t really know what this hack is supposed to be, nor do I care. It’s also nothing like my previous hack. The concept here was to explore unusual applications of somewhat underused custom sprites. At the very least, I hope it can provide an interesting experience to those who have high tolerance for weird bull****.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In an older released version of the hack I experienced a crash during the level 9 boss fight. Unfortunately, it seems to only occur infrequently, making it difficult to debug. I have a theory as to its cause, and accordingly made changes to the fight which may prevent the crash from happening (I was not able to reproduce it). However, I would strongly recommend exiting to the overworld and moving Mario to save the game in order to avoid the risk of losing the checkpoint before the boss. If you still encounter the crash, please let me know.