History VideoGame / KaizoMarioWorld

* DevelopersForesight: The extreme difficulty of the game seems to be designed so that even with save states, you will rip not only all of the hair from your head, but from at least 40% of the rest of your body as well. The Start-Select exit code is removed for all three games, so you cannot go back a level and snag any power-ups or Yoshi.

See also ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Twice over'' to the original source material accompanied by SequelDifficultySpike. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment The first text box of the game says it all.]]
---> Mata ano onna ka yo? Yare yare da ze. (That girl again? Give me a break.)
** The second game is ''even darker'' than the first.

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[[caption-width-right:350:You want your Super Mario?\\

An [[PlatformHell insanely difficult]] GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

[[PressStartToGameOver Here's your Super]] [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] [[PressStartToGameOver Mario]].]]

An [[PlatformHell insanely]] [[DarkerAndEdgier difficult]] GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

* 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.

* NintendoHard: The ''easy'' levels. The rest are PlatformHell.

[[caption-width-right:350:You want your DarkerAndEdgier Super Mario?\\

* 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.
* ButtMonkey: Luigi gets dogged even though he isn't directly the protagonist. Why is this relevant? [[spoiler:At the end of the Third Kaizo Mario World, the game shows the total number of deaths you got throughout the game. Get 200+ deaths? You are ranked as ''Luigi'', who is worse than a water flea (100-199 deaths).]]

* CraniumRide: Spin jumping on dangerous enemies to pass over spikes or the like. Taken even further in 3, where an entire level is centered around riding on top of a Mega Mole while avoiding the scrolling scenery.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Kaizo Mario 3, the beginning message includes the words in English "PROJECT [[spoiler:-KILLING PEACH-]]". Guess who you face in the first castle.

* 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.

* 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.]]

** Special world level 2. 100 seconds and, while possible, you should probably save scum as Pokey moves in random directions and could waste time you NEED to beat the level in time.

* SerialEscalation : How insanely difficult will ''this'' stage be? Practically gets turned into an artform.

* YankTheDogsChain: The reward for beating the Special World in the first game is a Feather, so you can actually avoid the OneHitPointWonder rule... [[spoiler:only it's stuck in a place that is impossible to escape, since the blocks are too high for Mario to jump over. You cannot exit the level either by using Start-Select.]]

There was also a sequel, ''Kaizo Mario World 2'', which was more of the same, with new levels and boss battles. There have also been a few unofficial sequels, although none have gained the popularity of the originals. In late 2012, ''Kaizo Mario World 3'' was created. ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwVpxttsKII&feature=plcp Lord help us all.]]''

KMW has inspired many imitators, among them ''Super Kusottare World'' ("kusottare" is Japanese for "asshole"), and ''Super Mario Tabarnak'' ("tabarnak!" is a religious Quebecois swear).[[note]]You can get all three hacks (as well as the creator's Pokémon hack) [[https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=032864261776C9F9&id=32864261776C9F9!105 here.]][[/note]]

The official fan editor ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'' opened up opportunities for fans to create their own Kaizo-style levels ''sans'' the nitty-gritty of rom hacking. (Distributing ''Mario'' mods is a legal grey area, whereas sharing ''Super Mario Maker'' levels is not.) See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sxY8pELhqM "Pit of Panga"]] for how ridiculous these levels can potentially be.

For the direct parody, see ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy''.

** Has actually gotten more and more popular as the game has turned into a well-known speedrun, with many people now have beaten the games without save states. In fact, one has even beaten the game ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv5Lpzzjf6s deathless]]''.

* 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 been through.]]

An [[PlatformHell insanely difficult]] GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

KMW has inspired many imitators, among them ''Super Kusottare World'' ("kusottare" is Japanese for "asshole"), and ''Super Mario Tabarnak'' ("tabarnak!" is a religious Quebecois swear).[[note]]You can get all three hacks (as well as the creator's Pokémon hack) [[https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=032864261776C9F9&id=32864261776C9F9!105 here.]][[/note]].

An [[DarkerAndEdgier insanely difficult]] GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Twice over'' to the original source material accompanied by SequelDifficultySpike. [[EstablishingSeriesMoment The first text box of the game says it all.]]
---> Mata ano onna ka yo? Yare yare da ze. (That girl again? Give me a break.)
** The second game is ''even darker'' than the first.

An [[DarkerAndEdgier insanely difficult]] GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well, eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

An [[DarkerAndEdgier insanely difficult]] GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

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

* FollowTheLeader: Where to begin. This, based on many [=LPers=] reactions, brought about a good few hundred similar Mario World hacks, often sent just to annoy said [=LPers=]. Every single trap used in the original two games has been copied to no end. And it pretty much set up a difficulty arms race between quite a few people.

* ButtMonkey: Luigi gets dogged even though he isn't directly the protagonist. Why is this relevant? [[spoiler:In the end of the Third Kaizo Game shows the total number of deaths you obtained in the game. Get 200+ deaths you are ranked as Luigi who is worse than a water flea (100-199 deaths).]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Twice over'' to the original source material accompanied by SequelDifficultySpike.

[[caption-width-right:350:You want your Super Mario?\\

An insanely difficult GameMod of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'', ''Kaizo Mario World'' (literally, "Hacked" or "Remodeled" Mario World; known as ''Yūjin Mario'' in Japan) is well known for being the TropeCodifier of the PlatformHell genre (well eclipsing the popularity of earlier examples such as ''Jinsei Owata no Daibouken'' and the then-unnamed ''Super Mario Forever''), and for being the game that launched a lot of [[LetsPlay Let's Players]]' careers on Website/YouTube.

* LuckBasedMission: Special world level 2. 100 seconds and, while possible, you should probably save scum as Pokey moves in random directions and could waste time you NEED to beat the level in time.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: The extreme difficulty of the game seems to be designed so that even with save states, you will rip not only all of the hair from your head, but from at least 40% of the rest of your body as well.
** The Start-Select exit code is removed for all three games, so you cannot go back a level and snag any power-ups or Yoshi.

* FakeDifficulty: Lots.

* InvisibleBlock: Infamously.

* LetsPlay: What made it famous, and the purpose of most of the imitators.
** {{Angrish}}: Words fail to express how frustrating these games can be.
** ClusterFBomb: Usually a feature of said insanity.
** OhCrap: Expect for players to say this at just about every new obstacle.
-->'''LetsPlay/ProtonJon:''' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua6pbz3ROvQ Okay, what do we got -- A HUNDRED SECONDS?!]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh, this is not gonna be good...]]
** SanitySlippage: The main joy of these [=LPs=] is listening to the commentators going various kinds of insane.