World 9 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels): Difference between revisions

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'''World 9''', also presented in the in-game text as '''Fantasy World''' and “'''9 World'''”, is the first secret [[world]] and the ninth world in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', unlocked when the player defeats [[Bowser]] while clearing all 32 of the game's standard levels in that playthrough. Usually, this entails using no [[Warp Zone]]s, though it is possible to use the backward Warp Zone in 3-1 to return to 1-1, then warp from 1-2 forward to 3-1 again, or use the backward Warp Zone in 8-1 to return to 5-1, then warp from 5-2 forward to 8-1 again and still unlock World 9. Unlike all other worlds in the game, this world has three [[level]]s that take place underwater, as well as a castle that is not the last level of the world. According to an interview given in Family Computer Magazine, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] added World 9 to the game due to interest in a glitch exclusive to the Japanese version of the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', where using said glitch to access that game's nonexistent World 9 would load the overworld level [[World 6-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|6-2]] with the underwater palette and physics, creating a [[Minus World]]-esque effect.<ref>[http://legendsoflocalization.com/super-mario-bros/misc/ Legends of Localization Super Mario Bros.: Miscellaneous]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/family-computer-magazine-issue-9-april-1986/Family%20Computer%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%209%20-%20April%201986%20%28Compressed%29/page/69/mode/2up Famimaga, April 1986. Pages 68-69.]</ref>

The mechanics of World 9 differ depending on the version of the game. In the original release, the player is given only one life to get through World 9 (though they keep their score, coins, and power-up status from World 8-4), though they can still gain more lives by gaining enough coins and from reaching the flagpole under certain conditions. The [[Game Over]] screen for this world, like the opening screen, features a unique message; as a result, the usual options are not displayed and the player effectively cannot choose to continue. If the player clears World 9-4, the game goes back to World 9-1 and the four levels of World 9 loop endlessly until the player receives a Game Over. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' remake, the player retains all the lives they had upon completing World 8-4, and clearing World 9 advances the player onward to [[World A]].  

*This is one of only two playable worlds in the ''Super Mario'' side-scrolling games to not include a true castle level, the other being [[World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', which is also a bonus world that unlocks after completing the game. However, World 9-3 does have a similar theme to the castle levels, though it takes place outside.

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