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2	->''Howling winds and mountain waves have sunk your ship.\
3	You've landed in a world of adventure and peril.''
4	-->-- Intro text
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6	Released in 2019, ''Grand Poo World 2'' is the sequel to ''VideoGame/GrandPooWorld'' and the second chapter in a trilogy of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' Kaizo [[GameMod ROM hacks]] by {{Creator/BarbarousKing}}. After Mario's ship is wrecked, he finds himself in a new land. The IPS patch can be found [[https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=19541 on SMW Central]], while the game's soundtrack is available on Youtube in two parts: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwsRxL1kN3o Part One]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nj6fT0F6k4 Part Two]].
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8	A sequel, ''VideoGame/GrandPooWorld3'', was released in 2023.
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11	! Grand Poo World 2 contains examples of:
12	* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: You play as Luigi for a single level in "Fraternal Fortress".
13	* BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad: "Hanzo Castle" is themed around inversion and subversion. In one segment, Mario can safely stand on Munchers, but attempting to stand on ordinary wooden flooring kills him instantly.
14	* {{Bookends}}: The game both starts and ends with Mario aboard a ship.
15	* TheCameo: Digitized portraits of several well-known Mario streamers appear hidden throughout the game.
16	* ClassicCheatCode: During the puzzle sequence you can press B, A, R, B, Down, A, B, Select ("Barb dabs") to bypass the puzzle entirely.
17	* CollapsingLair: After beating the final boss, the player must complete a ''[[VideoGame/{{Metroid}} Metroid]]''-esque escape sequence where they race upwards, pursued by rising lava.
18	* ContinuityNod:
19	** If you pan the camera in the overworld, you can find parts of the world map from the first ''VideoGame/GrandPooWorld''.
20	** "Widow's Peak" from the original ''VideoGame/GrandPooWorld'' reappears here as a hidden secret level. Beating it earns you [[spoiler:[[{{Troll}} absolutely nothing]].]]
21	* {{Dedication}}: No, it's not ToiletHumour. The "Poo" in the title refers to content creator {{Creator/GrandPooBear}}, to whom the hack is dedicated.
22	* DoubleMeaning: Several level names carry multiple meanings:
23	** "Poo's Laughter House" seems like an appropriately lighthearted name for the brightly colored level. But it can also be read as "Poo Slaughterhouse" — a threatening statement of the level's difficulty.
24	** "Idle Hands" refers to the expression "idle hands are the devil's workshop". But it also refers to the ''hands'' of the clocks scattered throughout the level which, when activated, cause everything to ''idle'' (i.e. cease moving).
25	* DramaticIrony: Following the end-game credits, a statement appears: "Hopefully there is no sequel". [[VideoGame/GrandPooWorld3 The sequel]] was released roughly 4½ years later in 2023.
26	* GardenOfEvil: "Mirkwood" is a corrupted forest full of poisonous mushrooms and [[TechnicolorToxin deadly purple sludge]].
27	* InterfaceScrew: "Hanzo Castle" contains "reverse water", which inverts your directional inputs while you're swimming through it.
28	* KaizoTrap: In "Mount Moon" the player must carefully time when they grab the orb to coincide with the moving platform below them, otherwise they'll walk directly into the lava during the end-of-level fanfare.
29	* MultipleEndings: The game has two endings, a bad ending and a good ending. The bad ending involves Mario being trapped and dying in the final level, while the good ending involves defeating Bowser at a hidden area in the final level.
30	* PlatformHell: This hack is notoriously difficult. Its creator described it as "the sequel to one of the hardest Kaizo: Light hacks ever made".
31	* PoisonMushroom: "Mirkwood" is filled with these deadly fungi. One touch means instant death.
32	* SecretPath: [[spoiler:Immediately prior to the final boss, there is a power-up mushroom hidden behind a seemingly solid ceiling. This makes the boss fight significantly easier since it allows the player to take two hits rather than one.]]
33	* ShipwreckStart: A shipwreck provides the IncitingIncident for the game's ExcusePlot.
34	* ShoutOut:
35	** The "The Hall of Champions" level contains portraits and tributes to those who helped make the game, as well as the then-current record holder for {{speedrun}}ning the original ''VideoGame/{{GrandPooWorld}}''.
36	** Many level names are shout outs to literature and other games:
37	*** The desert level "Arrakis" is named after the desert planet from ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
38	*** "Caradhras" and "Weathertop" are named for locations in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', while "Mirkwood" is from ''Literature/TheHobbit''.
39	*** Likewise, "House of the Undying" and "The Eyrie" are locations in ''Literature/GameOfThrones''.
40	*** The cavernous bat-filled level "Mount Moon" is named after an infamously (Zu)bat-filled cave in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''.
41	*** The castle level "Sen's Fortress" is named after a castle in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
42	*** "Yacht Club Castle" is a reference to the developer of the ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'' series, Creator/YachtClubGames.
43	* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The frigid level "Caradhras" requires players to use low-friction ice physics to slide under obstacles.
44	* ToiletHumour: The level "Deuce Lair" takes places in an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer filled with deadly brown liquid, and the title is a DoubleEntendre; it can also be read as "Deuce Layer" — one who drops a deuce.
45	* TimeStandsStill: In "Idle Hands", hitting a clock will cause everything except Mario to temporarily freeze in place.
46	* VideoGameCaringPotential: A baby Yoshi is waiting near the exit of the final escape sequence. You can grab him and take him with you as you escape — or you can leave him to be consumed by the rising lava.

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