Mario Rescues Santa Claus

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Readme.txt

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                                    |/|          Demo 3.0                                                Released on 27/12/2021
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ABOUT:
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Just like The Quest for the Candies, this hack is going to have 5 worlds, just like Halloween hacks, as almost all Christmas hacks are either only 1 level or 1 world long. Though this isn't the Christmas themed hack with more than 1 world, one hack with more than 1 world is SMW: Christmas Edition by Nowieso. Work on this hack started in early December 2019, and work on world 2 started in late October and finished in November, to give me time to make and release a New Year themed mini hack.

In 2021, I couldn't work on world 3 until the latter half of December due to the Hackjam event.

HISTORY:
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06/12/2019: Work on the hack started.
22/12/2019: World 1 is finished.
23/12/2019: Demo 1 is released.
22/10/2020: Work on world 2 started.
19/12/2020: Tommitalia begins testing demo 2.
20/12/2020: N450 tests demo 2.
24/12/2020: Tommitalia finishes testing demo 2 and the demo is released on the same day.
26/12/2020: Demo 2.0.2 update is released.
31/12/2020: Demo 2.0.3 update is released (to the public, originally the date in the readme was 27/12/2020).
01/01/2021: Demo 2.0.4 update is released.
16/12/2021: Work on world 3 started.
24/12/2021: World 3 is finished.
25/12/2021: N450 tests demo 3.0.
27/12/2021: Demo 3 is released.

CHANGE LOG:
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Demo 3.0 (27/12/2021):
* Added world 3 levels.
* Fixed a softlock in #1 Larry's Castle by removing 2 invisible blocks.
* Edited Frozen Lakes 1 BG palette to be more blue tinted.
* Jump sound is now accurate to the vanilla game.
* Added some more decorations to the Frozen Lakes portion of the main map.
* Events now reveal faster.
* Added red lights to the decorations of levels that were missing them.
* Fixed cutoff in the switch room and made it slippery.
* Fixed victory song when defeating Larry.
* Changed Buzzy Beetle graphics in Frigid Cavern 2 to the penguin ones for consistency.
* Altered the message in Snow Plains 3 to mention Flurries can be killed with fireballs as well.
* Increased the time of Snow Plains 4 to 500 seconds.
* Changed the design of the sprite solid blocks to the ones from JUMP 1/2.
* Removed the time limit from the "Unimplemented" level that's past the "End of Demo 3" level, which also doesn't have a time limit.

Demo 2.0.4 (01/01/2021):
* Altered the message in the secret exit room in Snow Plains 3 to now mention pressing L+R instead of entering in the pipe to reset the room. I forgot to update it when I released 2.0.3.

Demo 2.0.3 (31/12/2020):
* Fixed "icle" typo in the message box in Frigid Cavern 2.
* Fixed softlock in Frigid Cavern 4 where the keyhole is by adding an upside down cloud.
* Fixed item memory in some sublevels.
* In the secret exit room in Snow Plains 3, you now reset by pressing L+R.

Demo 2.0.2 (26/12/2020):
* Fixed unenterable pipe that leads to a bonus room in Frigid Cavern 3.
* Moved a crystal at the end of Frigid Cavern 4 so a vine doesn't end up cutting it.

Demo 2.0.1 (Unavailable):
* Fixed unenterable reset pipe in the secret exit room in Snow Plains 3.

Demo 2 (24/12/2020):
* New title screen logo and made some adjustments to the logo palette.
* Added world 2 levels and the remaining OW maps.
* Reskinned more enemies: Spike Top, Buzzy Beetle
* Replaced the SMM2 SMB 3 snow theme with LadiesMan217's port of the same song.
* Updated the IceCap Zone port.
* Replaced the song in Snow Plains 4 with the Ice Mountain Act 1 theme from Sonic Advance.
* Replaced the song in #1 Larry's Castle with the Candion theme from Jazz Jackrabbit. The previous theme (Final Fantasy II - Castle Pandemonium) will be used in the final castle.
* Replaced the boss theme with the Crystal King battle theme from Paper Mario. Similar to the Castle Pandemonium theme, the previous theme (Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Tomboyish Girl in Love) will be used in the final battle.
* Replaced the course clear theme with the level up fanfare from EarthBound (@2 version).
* Jump sound effect now sounds closer to the original.
* Added decoration trees to #1 Larry's Castle.
* Made some changes in the world 2 map, such as adding trees and altering the layout to add a waterfall and a lake.
* Edited some OW graphics.
* Remade world 1 layer 2 events.
* OW events now reveal faster.
* Added 3 patches:
  * SMB3 Powerdown patch (with smoke when taking damage), this is to make gameplay slightly easier.
  * Item Box Mushroom Priority Fix, this is to make mushrooms not replace fire flowers when having a fire flower in reserve.
  * Move Layer 3 to Subscreen Fix, this is necessary for Frigid Cavern 4 as the BG in that level makes use of layer 3 behind layer 2.
* The Switch Palace and the inside of the Toad House are now slippery.
* The water in #1 Larry's Castle now doesn't instantly kill you, now it simply hurts you if you stay on it for longer than a second.
* Fixed pink in throw block in Snow Plains 2.
* Added a message block to the secret exit sublevel in Snow Plains 3 and made the pipe reenterable.
* Altered the message before the Larry boss in #1 Larry's Castle.
* Increased the time limit in Snow Plains 3 by 100 seconds.

Demo 1 (23/12/2019):
* Initial release

CREDITS:
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Blocks:
ASMagician Maks (Sprite Solid Block)
Ersanio (Icy/frozen Blocks Pack)
HammerBrother (Infinite Throw Block)
KevinM (Toxic Block)
MarioE (ON/OFF block from switch pack)

Graphics:
Broozer (Snow Field)
cheeyev (Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Icey Caverns)
Dan (Super Mario's Wacky Worlds - Snow Koopas)
Danooodle (Switch Palace Expansion)
Dark Prince (Super Mario World (Prototype) - Forest)
Gamma V (Classic Ice, Snow 2016, Snow 'N' Blocks, Snow-Covered Pines, pine tree in map from Gamma V's Overworld, Christmas tree from North Pole, Christmas lights from Ice Cave)
Green Jerry (ripping NBTD's graphics, snow sprite for sandstorm)
KBY30 (Super Mario All-Stars: Super Mario Bros. 3 Styled Mushroom Houses)
Link901 (Super Mario's Wacky Worlds - Snow Koopas)
NBTD (Goombas, coins, ? blocks, ! blocks, turn blocks, bullet bill, cannon)
superwiidude (Frost Cave)

Music:
bebn legg (Sonic 3 & Knuckles - Ice Cap Zone Act 1)
FYRE150 (Paper Mario - Snow Road)
Gamma V (Sonic Advance - Ice Mountain Act 1, Ristar - Ring Rink)
HarvettFox96 (Happy Happy Christmas)
Iguy (Chrono Trigger - Schala's Theme)
imamelia (The Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey & Donald - The Crystal Snow Mountain)
Infinity (Romancing SaGa - Step Into the Unknown)
Isikoro (Mario Kart 64 - Frappe Snowland)
Janno27 (CUSTOM - Cascades)
Jimmy (CUSTOM - Bowser Strikes Back - Molten Ice Cavern)
Kil (CUSTOM - Suishou)
LadiesMan217 (Super Mario Maker 2: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Snow)
Lui37 (The 9th Vanilla Level Design Contest - Ice Snow Map, Pokmon Gold/Silver/Crystal - Dark Cave)
Masterlink (Super Mario World - Title Screen (Beta Festive Remix))
Maxodex (CUSTOM - Shiny Crystals)
MercuryPenny (EarthBound - Level Up (@2 version), Star Fox (SNES) - Continue)
Nameless (Sonic & Knuckles - Lava Reef Zone Act 2)
Red Chameleon (Secret of Mana - Eight Ringing Bells)
S.N.N. (Paper Mario - Crystal King Battle ~ Freeze!)
Sariel (Touhou 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil - Beloved Tomboyish Daughter)
SiameseTwins (Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest - Dungeon and Waterfall)
Tamaki (Tales of Phantasia - Freeze)
Torchkas (Cyber-Rainforce - Silent Forest)
worldpeace (Jazz Jackrabbit - Candion, Siren (Alexander Brandon) - Snowfall)
xyz600sp (CUSTOM - New Super Mario Classic - Ice Submap (Night))

Patches:
0x400 (SMB3 Powerdown)
Alcaro (69+83 fix, Item Box Mushroom Priority Fix)
Chdata (Classic Piranha Plant fix)
DiscoTheBat (No Title Screen Movement)
Erik (No Title Screen Movement)
p4plus2 (One OR two players only)
Roy (Nintendo Presents Custom Palette)

Sprites:
anonimzwx (Customizable Bowling Ball)
ghettoyouth (Bucket Head)
Koopster (Cooligan)
Ladida (Sandstorm and Flowers, from Cluster Effects Pack)
Lui (Move Layer 3 to Subscreen Fix)
Major Flare (Custom Iggy Boss)
Romi (Flurry, Bumpty)
RussianMan (Bucket Head)
Sonikku (Fryguy, Ice Bro.)

Tools:
Alcaro (Asar)
FuSoYa (Lunar Magic)
JackTheSpades (PIXI)
Kipernal (AddmusicK)
p4plus2 (Gopher Popcorn Stew)
Tattletale (PIXI)
TheBiob (Gopher Popcorn Stew)

Beta testing:
N450
Tommitalia