History VideoGame / KaizoMarioWorld

The whole thing is rumored to have started as a simple ''Mario World'' hack made by a Japanese internet user named "T. Takemoto" to challenge their friend, and by some unknown stroke of luck, was found and [[LetsPlay LPed]] by a team of Website/SomethingAwful [=LPers=] as 'Asshole Mario World', based off the difficulty. The popularity of these original playthroughs spread across the internet, causing a lot more people to play the game. This hack is also pretty much [[FollowTheLeader the entire reason]] the vast majority of ''Mario'' hacks, regardless of game, are [[PlatformHell sadistically hard]], especially those that have been made with the explicit purpose of submitting them to [=LPers=] so they can torture themselves for everyone's amusement.

The whole thing is rumored to have started as a simple ''Mario World'' hack made by a Japanese internet user to challenge their friend, and by some unknown stroke of luck, was found and [[LetsPlay LPed]] by a team of Website/SomethingAwful [=LPers=] as 'Asshole Mario World', based off the difficulty. The popularity of these original playthroughs spread across the internet, causing a lot more people to play the game. This hack is also pretty much [[FollowTheLeader the entire reason]] the vast majority of ''Mario'' hacks, regardless of game, are [[PlatformHell sadistically hard]], especially those that have been made with the explicit purpose of submitting them to [=LPers=] so they can torture themselves for everyone's amusement.

See also ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', and similar ROM hacks ''VideoGame/CasioMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/{{JUMP}}''.

See also ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', and similar ROM hacks ''VideoGame/CasioMarioWorld'' and ''VideoGame/{{JUMP}}'' .

* BigBoosHaunt: The ghost houses are a sadistic homage to the already frustrating and labyrinthine ones found in the original. The Big Boo boss is made ridiculously hard.

* BonusBoss: Arguably those at the end of the Special World.

* GuideDangIt: The sequel mixes it up a bit by having a level consist not of ridiculous deathtraps, but a convoluted, [[RubeGoldbergDevice Rube Goldberg-esque]] series of actions required to access the end of the level. Taken UpToEleven in the penultimate stage of ''Kaizo Mario World 3''.

* BigBoosHaunt: The ghost houses are a sadistic homage to the already frustrating and labyrinthine ones found in the original. The Big Boo boss [[ThatOneBoss is made ridiculously hard]].

* SequelDifficultySpike: The second game just [[DarkerAndEdgier increases the hellishness]] of the first one.

* {{Speedrun}}: Especially the Tool Assisted kind. Some imitators are actually made purely for Tool Assisted Speedruns.
** Famous ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' speedrunner ''[[https://www.twitch.tv/dram55/profile Dram55]]'' has completed the first Kaizo game in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5Lpzzjf6s 14:29]], deathless. Yes. ''Deathless''. He's also finished the second game in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHs5Ub08NLA 33:31]].

--> --'''LetsPlay/ProtonJon''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiCm9FYZhBA&t=6m35s playing Kaizo's Special World 2]].

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See also ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', and similar ROM hacks ''VideoGame/SuperKusottareWorld'' ("kusottare" is Japanese for "asshole") and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioTabarnak'' ("tabarnak" is Canadian French for "fuck!").

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easiest'' levels in this hack make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'', the Special Zone from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' and the Impossible Pack from ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'' look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison.

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easiest'' levels in this hack make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' and the Special Zone from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison.

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easiest'' levels in this hack make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' and ''TUBULAR'' from the original look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison.

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easiest'' levels in this hack make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison.

* HardLevelsEasyBosses: Compared to the hell that's come before, Invisible Bowser (from ''1'') and Underwater Bowser (from ''2'') are cakewalks, although certainly harder compared the original game's Bowser fight. [[spoiler:Hammer-Throwing and Fireball-Spitting Bowser from ''3'' is ''far'' more difficult, though not as difficult as the hell you've been through.]]

The original hack was followed by two official sequels, ''Kaizo Mario World 2'' and ''3'' and inspired several unofficial games including ''VideoGame/KaizoMarioGalaxy2''.

* BrandNameTakeover: Thanks to this game, "Kaizo" is now fandom speak for any ridiculously hard ''SMW'' hack or any hard ROM hack in general; several other hacks have adopted the name Kaizo, such as ''Kaizo Mario Bros 3'' and ''Kaizo Mario 64''.

The original hack was followed by two official sequels, ''Kaizo Mario World 2'' and ''3'' and inspired an unofficial sequel ''VideoGame/KaizoMarioGalaxy2''.

The original hack was followed by two sequels, ''Kaizo Mario World 2'' and ''3''.

The whole thing is rumored to have started as a simple ''Mario World'' hack made by a Japanese internet user to challenge their friend, and by some unknown stroke of luck, was found and [[LetsPlay LPed]] by a team of Website/SomethingAwful [=LPers=] as 'Asshole Mario World', based off the difficulty. The popularity of these original playthroughs spread across the internet, causing a lot more people to play the game. The game is pretty much also responsible for the wave of "super difficult" PlatformHell ''Mario World'' hacks that have been released, including most on the trope page in question, and those designed specifically to be played by commentators on Website/YouTube for the frustration of the player in question.

* KaizoTrap: The TropeNamer, of course. One infamous level requires you to trigger a P-Switch near the end of the course so that Mario doesn't fall into a pit of lava and kill himself during the victory scene.

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easy'' levels make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison.

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easy'' levels make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'', often considered the hardest game in the ''Mario'' series, look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison. The rest are pure PlatformHell.

* NintendoHard: Lets put it this way--the ''easy'' levels make most of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels'' look like a ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' game in comparison. The rest are pure PlatformHell.

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* HardLevelsEasyBosses: Compared to the hell that's come before, Invisible Bowser is relatively easy. Underwater Bowser is another cakewalk. [[spoiler:Hammer-Throwing and Fireball-Spitting Bowser is ''far'' more difficult, though not as difficult as the hell you've been through.]]