Secret Super Mario Bros level [VC]

[iamapplejuice]

Mario is probably the most charismatic and persistent videogame character ever. Heck, Nintendo wouldn't choose him as the company's icon for nothing. Anyway, as you might all be aware of, [Only registered users can see links. ] Bros. [Only registered users can see links. ] on the Virtual Console. Now, here's the exciting part: there's more to the game than meets the eye!

What we are talking about here are the hidden worlds and stages in the game. Actually, this is not something new as the 80's fans of the [Only registered users can see links. ] game enjoyed the same. We reckoned, however, that a lot of you might be experiencing playing Mario for the first time and so a little refresher wouldn't hurt one bit.

To be quite frank, we are really very fond of the Negative World. This, you see, can actually be viewed as the water version of World 1. Here, everything's submerge under water. More interestingly, at the end of Negative World is a majestic castle. Instead of walking into it, Mario actually swims inside. Anyway, here's how to get there:

Go to World 1-2. At the pipe that leads to the flag, break two blocks so there's one at the end touching the pipe. Now duck and jump backward toward the brick (don't break it!). You should go through the wall and pipe into a warp zone. Jump down the first pipe you see and you will be in the Negative World (-1)!

There are other hidden treasures and hidden areas within Super Mario Bros. All you have to do is look in the right places. If you want some more heads up about these things, refer to our Read link below.

I was thinking about buying this game for my Wii but would rather wait for other Mario games to come out. But now that I saw that Nintendo is tweeking the games around and stuff I'm thinking to buy it and see what the difference between the classic and this games is.

[QueenB]

Its good that there are secret levels in the VC games - I would buy them knowing that there could be something exciting lurking in the game

I think I just fell for Nintendo's marketing strategy