VIP 5 (also known as VIP & Wall & Alaska Mix 5) is a collaborative ROM Hack of Super Mario World by users on 2channel, a Japanese Imageboard.
This game provides examples of:
- 100% Completion: Getting every VIP Coin in the game allows you to fight Tanasinn.
- Area 51: Referenced by AREA 42.
- Bee Afraid: ハニー アドベンチャー (Hanī Adobenchā, "Honey Adventure") features Zingers as enemies straight out of Donkey Kong Country.
- Continuity Nod: Several levels are sequels to stages from earlier VIP games.
- Eldritch Abomination: Tanasinn.
- Emoticon: Almost every living being in the game is based on a Japanese emoticon.
- Escort Mission: Getting the secret exit in スタープラチナとつきすすめ2 (Sutāpurachina to Tsukisusume 2, "Push Forward With Star Platinum 2") requires that you bring Star Platinum to the end of the stage. Unlike most characters in escort missions, Star Platinum can destroy most enemies in his path, though shells kill him in one hit.
- Hornet Hole: ハニー アドベンチャー (Hanī Adobenchā, "Honey Adventure") is a level based on the Trope Namer.
- Matrix Raining Code: Used in the intro to the Tanasinn fight.
- Shout-Out:
- Mario is changed to Boon, a 2channel meme.
- Yoshi is referred to as でっていう (Detteiu), a somewhat insulting nickname derived from the sound he makes when mounted.
- The "Time Up!" screen was changed to 時間オワタ (Jikan Owata), roughly meaning "Time Is Over", with a ＼(^o^)／ emoticon under オワタ. This is a reference to 人生オワタ (Jinsei Owata), or "Life Is Over", a phrase used to express despair which is usually associated with the aforementioned emoticon.
- Several enemies were changed to be references to various 2channel memes:
- Banzai Bill: Listed as "Magnum Ken. H" in the credits, a combination of Banzai Bill's Japanese name (Magnum Killer) and Ken Hirai, a Japanese pop singer.
- Big Boo: Listed as "Tanasinn's Avatar" in the credits as a reference to Tanasinn, a 2channel meme and True Final Boss.
- Blargg: Changed to Kumā, a 2channel meme mostly known in the West as Pedobear.
- Boo: Listed as "Ghost Morarā" in the credits, and redesigned to resemble Morarā, this game's Lakitu replacement.
- Bowser Statue: Listed as "Newsoku de Yaranaio" (Yaranaio of Newsoku) in the credits, and redesigned to resemble Yaranaio, a 2channel meme. Newsoku is 2channel's news board.
- Bullet Bill: Listed as "Yamazaki Wataru" in the credits, and redesigned to resemble the ( ^^) emoticon. Wataru Yamazaki is a Japanese artist who illustrated official Dragon Quest guidebooks, among other things. However, trolls from 2channel discovered a poorly-hidden porn stash on his website, and drama broke out after Yamazaki attempted to flirt with a female Doujinshi artist in a chatroom. As a result, a copypasta was created on 2channel, which contained the aforementioned emoticon.
- Chargin' Chuck: Listed as "Newsoku de Yaruo" (Yaruo of Newsoku) in the credits, and redesigned to resemble Yaruo, a 2channel meme. Newsoku is 2channel's news board.
- Cheep Cheep: Changed to "Naoruyo!", a 2channel meme.
- Eerie: Listed as "Obake Monā" (Ghost Monā) in the credits, and redesigned to resemble Monā, a 2channel meme.
- Fish Bone: Changed to Mararā, a 2channel meme based on a penis.
- Fishin' Lakitu: Listed as "Tsuri Morarā" in the credits, and redesigned to resemble Morarā. Although 釣り (tsuri) literally means "fishing", it's also used online to mean "trolling".
- Lakitu: Changed to Morarā, a 2channel meme.
- Lava Lotus: Listed as "Jinsei Owata" (Life Is Over) in the credits, and redesigned to resemble the ＼(^o^)／ emoticon.
- Pokey: Listed as "Spiral Unkō!" in the credits, Unkō being a 2channel meme based on a cartoon turd.
- Porcupuffer: Listed as "King Kawaisosu" in the credits, a 2channel meme resembling a King Slime from Dragon Quest. カワイソス (Kawaisosu) is a Japanese slang term meaning "too pitiable" or "too pathetic".
- Rex: Changed to Chotto Tōrimasu yo ("I'll Pass"), a 2channel meme depicting a distressed face with long legs.
- Reznor: Changed to Zonu, a 2channel meme resembling a dog.
- Torpedo Ted: Changed to Kaku Kazoku, a 2channel meme resembling a nuclear bomb. It's a pun, as 核家族 (Kaku Kazoku) means "nuclear family", and the meme depicts a literal family of nuclear bombs.
- Wiggler: Changed to Mō Konē yo ("I'm Not Coming Here Anymore!"), a 2channel meme equivalent to a Rage Quit.
- The opening text of the game is a parody of Super Mario World's intro.
- Most levels contain Shout-Outs of some sort:
- うっかりボッカン! (Ukkari Bokkan!) is visually based on Super Paper Mario.
- でっていうのえさやりば (Detteiu no Esayari-ba, "Yoshi's Feeding Place") is based on the NES version of Super Mario Bros..
- NO MUSIC、NO LIFE is named after the slogan used by Tower Records, an international record company. In Japan especially, the slogan became the subject of various snowclones which replace the word "Music" with something else, such as No Game No Life.
- スタープラチナとつきすすめ2 (Sutāpurachina to Tsukisusume 2, "Push Forward With Star Platinum 2") centers around a controllable sprite intended to be an Emoticon version of Star Platinum from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
- ハニー アドベンチャー (Hanī Adobenchā, "Honey Adventure") is based on Hornet Hole from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, and uses that stage's Japanese name. The last segment of the level is based on Parrot Chute Panic, another level from the same game.
- つぼのなか (Tsubo no Naka, "Inside the Pot") is based on the pots the player can enter in Super Mario Bros. 2.
- なげかわしいほどパセティック (Nagekawashii Hodo Pasetikku, "Lamentably Pathetic") uses the castle tileset, music, and number platforms from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, as well as the Outer Wall music and Press enemies from Cave Story. Additionally, the text that displays when you beat the level is a parody of a Japanese copypasta told from the perspective of a Valley Girl equivalent being murdered, who speaks in cutesy slang even as she describes passing out and dying.
- スプラッタマウンテン (Supuratta Maunten, "Splatter Mountain") is most likely named as a reference to Splash Mountain.
- をーたーらんD (Ōtā RanD) is an intentionally bizarre way of writing "Water Land", the Japanese name of Dire, Dire Docks from Super Mario 64, which would normally be written ウォーターランド (Wōtā Rando).
- ラリーのキッカイなおしろ (Rarī no Kikkaina o Shiro, "Larry's Strange Castle") starts as a parody of the NES version of Super Mario Bros., complete with Ratchet Scrolling.
- LIVIN ON THE DECK is based on Mission 3 of Metal Slug 2, which similarly takes place on a train. The name itself is a reference to the music that plays during the aforementioned mission. Additionally, the music that plays when fighting Reznor is the recurring Assault Theme from the Metal Slug series.
- あのころのもどりたい (A no Koro no Modoritai, "I Want To Return To That Time") replicates several stages from Super Mario Bros. 3, specifically World 1-1, World 2-5, World 3-Fortress 1, World 4-3, World 5-6, World 6-10, World 7-7, and World 8-1.
- しゅんかしゅうとう (Shunkashūtō, "The Four Seasons") uses the Spring Yard Zone music from the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog, the underwater section uses the underwater background from Donkey Kong Country, and the "Time 50" section uses the Gourmet Race music from Kirby Super Star.
- さむいさむいゆきやま (Samui Samui Yukiyama, "Cold Cold Snow-Capped Mountain") is possibly a reference to Cool, Cool Mountain from Super Mario 64, which is known as さむいさむいマウンテン (Samui Samui Maunten, "Cold Cold Mountain") in the Japanese version.
- The secret exit path in ICY LAKE is based on Clapper's Cavern from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
- まぼろしの100てん (Maboroshi no 100-ten, "Elusive 100 Points") is based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, complete with hidden Red Coins replacing VIP Coins. The name is a reference to the 100% Completion aspect of the game, which has you collect Flowers, Stars, and Red Coins to achieve a perfect score of 100 points per level.
- Tanasinn is a distorted ASCII Art version of the titular character of Doraemon, his intro features Matrix Raining Code, the music that plays when he's fought is Pokey's battle theme from EarthBound (1994), one of his attacks is based on the laser attack used by the final boss of Wario Land: Shake It!, another attack is literally Ultima from Final Fantasy VI, and when he's defeated, several 2channel memes (Analoguma, Detteiu, and Opoona) appear in a sequence based on the ending of Chrono Trigger.
- True Final Boss: Tanasinn, who can only be fought if you get all the VIP Coins scattered throughout the game.
- Visual Innuendo: The World 1 map features a rather suggestive hill formation.
