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Super Mario All-Stars Censored

Original game : Super Mario All-Stars

Platform : SNES

Author : Retroarchadian

Release date : 08 November 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G

Downloads : 511

ROM Information

Database match: Super Mario All-Stars (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20180813-062835)
File/ROM SHA-1: C05817C5B7DF2FBFE631563E0B37237156A8F6B6
File/ROM CRC32: 925637C7

Hack description

This patch modifies the ending of Super Mario Bros. 2 to remove whatever appeared to be as if Wart's eyes were cut and bleeding from underneath (being more targeted to have been more suitable towards younger audiences).

This patch was made as a response to Mario fans (anywhere on the internet) who've complained that the redness underneath Wart's eyes was blood (to avoid any debatable controversy).

The entire game itself remains unaffected.

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Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
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Reviews

Actually prefer it this way.Mr. Pennington2020-11-28Version 1.0

Normally, I'm against censorship of any kind. I don't really see this as "censorship" so much as removing an unnecessarily gory image from a Mario game which wasn't even originally there. Whether Nintendo meant for it to be blood or not, it looks exactly like Wart's bleeding out from the eyes, which ALWAYS struck me as an unnecessary and excessive addition. (You don't MURDER Wart - you just put him into a food coma.) This is more faithful to the NES game and I support it.

Completly worthless changetheNightStar2020-11-09Version 1.0

This really didn't need to be done. Not only does this not substantially improve anything or even manage to be helpful in any way, the person making the hack doesn't even seem to properly understand the context in the first place.

Plus, that's not even blood, it's a stylistic blush-mark on Wart's face to show he's been knocked out. Not only is this hack not at all useful, but it even fails to understand it's own point for existing.

Can't justifiably see anyone ever wanting to apply this to their own game in the first place, but it doesn't come recommended, anyway.