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Mar 18, 2022

In the third installment of our Super Mario World deep-dive miniseries, David Hellman (Braid) joins us to discuss the aesthetics of SMW, touch on its recent widescreen mod, and suffer through the game's worst world and level (while savoring the interesting bits).

Show notes:

David Hellman

Braid: Anniversay Edition

Satoru Iwata tribute

The eyes on question mark blocks

Mario shades of red

SMW widescreen mod

SMW jazz fusion album

Homework for next episode:

Star World

Special World 

Watch some Kaizo/Asshole Mario World