A Pure Vanilla Hack
2010 • Super Mario World • finished
"Vanilla", in the Super Mario World hacking community, means using few or no custom resources. A Pure Vanilla Hack takes it to an extreme and touches nothing other than level data. It's a short hack, only changing the first five levels of the game.
I made this hack to try out a tool released at the time that could transfer level data from a Super Mario World ROM to one of Super Mario Advance 2 for the GBA. This means that, with minimal effort, this hack doubles as a Super Mario Advance 2 hack.
As far as I know, this is the first hack of Super Mario Advance 2. Other than that, is probably the most forgettable hack I've made — the levels here are rather uninspired and nothing to gush over.