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Along with 'Mebius Ring' comes 'l-rl', a hack that manages to be significantly worse than its contemporary through its inclusion of numerous softlocks, impassible pits, goal fortresses guarded by firebars, and a stage where the player gets killed by a Pirahna Plant immediately after the stage begins. You are also forced to execute glitches in order to complete a level without dying. Like 'Soldier Mario', there is level geometry that appears jumbled and complicated to venture through without using cheats, and you are only given one life, like the hack is teasing you because it is incredibly difficult to beat the game by normal means.

Despite the description saying otherwise, you absolutely have to use cheats, including the early use of the World Select, in order to beat the game. In the case of 'l-rl', skipping to World 6, 7 or 8 will bring you to a single stage. This stage consists of Japanese text, followed by a text smiley, entirely created with used "?" blocks. Immediately after this, the player is met with a Bowser Axe. Activating it will bring the player to another text smiley, this time in sprite form, telling the player that the Princess is "in another castle."

In all honesty, you're not missing much by passing by this hack. It is essentially a troll hack that often punishes both casuals and kaizo players alike when they try to find an exit. Even with the successful execution of kaizo techniques, the game is as helpful as Casual Geographic teaching you how to survive animal attacks; they will both tell you that there is no solution, when there should be.