Super Mario Bros 5 Reborn is a Super Mario World hack created in 2011 by Gamma V. After saving Peach from Bowser in the Starlights Islands, Mario and Luigi travel to the Kola Kingdom. Unfortunately, while they were gone, Bowser took over the Mushroom Kingdom and sent his Koopalings to steal the Star Keys that bridge the two kingdoms. Now the brothers have to get the keys and take their kingdom back.
It can be found on SMW Central, here
. It also received a remake, titled Mario and Luigi: Kola Kingdom Quest, found here.
This game provides examples of:
- Batman Can Breathe in Space: Mario has no problem breathing in the moon-themed secret world.
- Big Boo's Haunt: Worlds 2-6 have one haunted level each.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Gaddly, in an optional room of Pipe City 1.
- Continuity Nod: To other games in the Mario series, including Marine Pop/Star Pop shooter sections and even an area where you can use FLUDD.
- Game Mod: It's a ROM hack of Super Mario World.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: How did Bomb Man get here?
- Green Hill Zone: Mushroom Plains, which combines it with Fungus Humongous in the third regular level.
- Lethal Lava Land: The best examples are the Red Switch Zone and Metal Kingdom 3.
- Mecha-Mooks: The main enemy type in Metal Kingdom.
- Nerf: You can no longer fly with the cape.
- Otaku: Gaddly is eventually revealed to be a Mega Man one.
- Pop-Star Composer: Sort of. One level features a 16-bit rendition of Around the World by Daft Punk.
- Robot Buddy: Gaddly, the game's replacement for the Message Boxes. At least one LPer seemed to think Gaddly and Yoshi are one in the same. They're not.
- Shout-Out: Many to the Mega Man and Sonic The Hedgehog series, including a Casino Night-inspired bonus game and a boss battle with Bomb Man.
- Under the Sea: Cerulean Lake in Verdant Woods, and several levels in Pipe City.
