Sicari is a series of Super Mario World ROM hacks starring the titular child assassin and her robot sidekick K-16. Long ago, there was a war between the various gods of creation, which ultimately ended with them sealing themselves away from the mortal plane, leaving only temples behind. But the Sanguis vampire family, who survived the war, are able to unseal Niscura, Goddess of Shadow and Dimensions, who begins her plan to merge the two dimensions together.
Sicari, an 11-year-old assassin who lost her parents as a baby and was raised to be a killer, is called upon to stop Niscura and her five minions. Along with K-19, she will have to travel the lands to save her world.
The original hack can be downloaded here
, and a Remastered version with updated graphics and altered level designs can be found here.
It was later followed up by K-16 - Story of Steel, in which Scarlet, enraged by losing her beloved brother Crimson to Sicari, hires Team Supernova to create a black hole that will destroy humanity. Because Sicari cannot breathe in space, it is up to K-16 to stop her.
This hack contains examples of:
- A Day in the Limelight: K-16, the robot sidekick of Sicari, becomes the protagonist of K-16 - Story of Steel.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: Two in Remastered:
- In certain levels, you will play as Anna, a friend of Sicari and K-16. She plays the same as Sicari except she cannot swim, so touching water acts like touching lava and will burn her.
- The Bonus World switches control to Gracie and the mysterious Eclipse of the Lunar Cult. They too play the same as Sicari.
- Big Bad:
- In the original game and Remastered version, Niscura is the Goddess of Shadow and Dimensions who plans to merge her world of Demonia with Sicari's dimension and rule over both.
- K-16: Story of Steel: Scarlet is the employer of Team Supernova who has them create a black hole to destroy humanity to avenge her brother Crimson.
- Brutal Bonus Level: Sicari Remastered has the Bonus World and Void World, a collection of bonus levels available after beating the main game which up the difficulty.
- Kill It with Water: Anna cannot swim at all, and touching water is insta-death akin to touching lava.
- The Great Offscreen War: There was a war between the gods of creation in the past, but it is only mentioned in the synopsis of the Remastered version.
- Shout-Out: The Remastered version of Niscura's castle is a homage to Wily's Fortresses, from the intro showing the ominous castle in the background to it being made of four stages, with even a Boss Rush against the game's bosses as is typical for Mega Man games.
