Lost Super Mario Bros. Minus World Discovered After 40 Years
▼ Summary
– A fan recently discovered new Minus World levels in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, approximately 40 years after its release.
– The Minus World glitch involves Mario accessing unintended areas through specific movements, similar to the original Super Mario Bros.
– Speedrunner and YouTuber Kosmic demonstrated the glitch and accessible levels in a new video, revealing it can be replicated on Super Mario All-Stars for SNES.
– Kosmic suggests these stages went undiscovered due to less interest in The Lost Levels and the trick’s technical difficulty and late-game location.
– The findings are available for viewing in Kosmic’s video, providing a detailed look at the newly uncovered glitch.
A remarkable new discovery has surfaced in the world of classic Nintendo gaming, revealing previously unknown Minus World levels within Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. This find comes roughly forty years after the game’s initial release, demonstrating that even the most thoroughly explored titles can still hold secrets.
Devoted followers of the Mario franchise are no strangers to the original Minus World glitch from the first Super Mario Bros., where specific player movements could transport Mario into an unintended, looping aquatic stage. Now, speedrunner and content creator Kosmic has documented a parallel phenomenon in The Lost Levels, uncovering stages that were seemingly never meant to be seen by players.
In a recently published video, Kosmic detailed his process for accessing these hidden areas. He walked viewers through the precise techniques required to breach the game’s boundaries. For those eager to try it themselves, the glitch is reproducible using the version of the game included in Super Mario All-Stars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The reason these stages remained hidden for so long likely stems from several factors. The Lost Levels never achieved the same widespread popularity as the original Super Mario Bros., especially outside Japan where it was initially released as Super Mario Bros. 2. Additionally, executing the necessary trick is both technically demanding and located deep within the game’s later worlds, making consistent replication a challenge for even seasoned players.
Kosmic’s full investigation, including gameplay footage of the newly discovered levels, is available to watch in his online video presentation.
(Source: Nintendo Everything)
