Super Mario War Readme Super Mario War 1.7 April Fools Edition - ReadMe
2004-2007 (c) Florian Hufsky, Two52, and many others.
Last ReadMe update: 26 March 2007
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This is the (outdated) version of the manual from our last major release. I'm still working on the manual for this release - you can see the current draft in the readme_new.txt file that came with this version.
April Fools Edition
The April Fools Edition of Super Mario War is based on the 1.7 release. It contains a handful of bug fixes, but more importantly, it is full of secret features. There are more than 20 features hidden within ranging from special moves for players and powerups to new items to well, you'll just have to find out.
There is a contest at http://forum.72dpiarmy.com to see who can unlock the most hidden features. The contest winner will be awarded special forum status and a badge on the splash screen for next release of SMW! So keep checking the forums for the latest codes and unlocked features forum members have found!
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Super Mario War was developed by Florian Hufsky, Two52 and many more contributors. For a complete list of all these wonderful people, please see the file THANKS.txt which was included in this distribution. A list of changes to the game can also be found in WHATSNEW.txt, which should be in the same place.
If you create a map or some other content that you would like to share, or if you would like to share your comments in general, please visit the Super Mario War website and post a message in our forums. New content is posted all the time, and your feedback and user-content is always welcome and appreciated, so please come visit!
Also, we have an official outlet for fan-made content like maps, music packs, skins, announcers, etc. Head on over to the Super Mario War Stuff website. It's full of the latest content released by fans of the game. Don't like how the menu looks? Try downloading a new menu pack! Tired of playing the same maps over and over? There are hundreds more available! More skins? We've got tons! Need somewhere to post content of your own? That's what it's there for! Take a moment and check it out!
Oh, and one other little note: for the most part, this manual was written for use with the PC version of Super Mario War. Some things are different on the Xbox version. If there is anything important that we missed documenting that specifically applies to the Xbox version, please let us know on the forums and we'll add it to this manual. Of course, if there's anything pertaining to both versions that we've missed, you should let us know about that, too!
Getting Started [click to view]
Super Mario War is a game for up to four players with many different modes of play. The basic goal of the game is to be the last player standing, and to accomplish this goal you must jump on your opponents' heads to kill them. There are many Mario-themed items you can use to help you kill your opponents, as well. In addition, there are several variations on this basic gameplay mechanic which you can try, such as Chicken, Capture The Flag, and so on. Plus, for those who enjoy customization, there are several aspects of the game which you can tweak to your liking through the Options menus, and if you like, you can make your own maps, skins, and other custom content to use (or download others' to use), too!
This section of the manual explains how to navigate the game's menus, and contains a short explanation of Tournaments and Tours as well. Please note that all of the controls listed in this section are defaults, and can be reconfigured if you like.
The Main Menu
From this menu, you can access everything else in the game.
Start will take you to the Team and Character Selection screen (see below). Players allows you to change players between Player (human), Bot (computer), and None. You can't have less than two players active at any one time. Match allows you to select Single Game, Tournament 2 through 10, or any Tours you have on your machine. See Tournaments and Tours, below. Options takes you to the Options menu. For more information, check its section towards the end of this manual. Controls lets you configure the players' control schemes to your liking. For more info, check the Controls section of this manual. Exit causes the game to exit. Team and Character Selection
From this screen, you can configure who is using which character and is on which team.
You can select what character you'd like to be, out of all the skins you have on your machine, with Up and Down. You can select what team you want to be on with Left and Right. If you want to have the game select a skin for you at random, press Up and Down together (or if using a joystick, press the Random button). If you want to have a different random skin at the beginning of each match, without being able to see it beforehand, press Left and Right together (or with a joystick, press the Fast-Scroll and Random buttons together), which will change your skin into a flashing letter R. Press your Turbo key to lock in your selection, unless you're Player 1, who uses Enter. (If you're using a joystick, press Jump to lock in your selection, no matter which player you are.) After all players have locked in, you can press Enter on this screen to go to the Game Selection screen. Game Selection
From this menu, you can select your game mode, select the map you wish to use, change various mode settings, and tag your maps for easy selection. (When playing a Tour, all options on this screen, besides Start, are disabled.)
Start starts the game. Mode allows you to change game modes. For info on these, please refer to the Game Modes section of this manual. Lives/Kills/Time/Etc. allows you to change the current game mode's basic parameter (i.e. the game length). Map allows you to change the map you want to use. You can press Left or Right to pick another map, or hold Left Shift and press Left or Right to go forward or backward 10 maps at a time. Or you can repeatedly press a letter or a number to cycle through maps whose names start with it. Filters allows you to select maps that only meet certain criteria. You can select one or more categories (such as whether or not the map contains moving platforms) and the game will only give you maps that meet all the criteria established. The bottom category, Simple, can be used as a custom filter by selecting the green question mark icon, which will give you a thumbnail view (see below) of all the maps. From there, maps can be toggled on (signified by a little coin) and off. Thumbs allows you to view many maps at once with a "thumbnail"-style view. To view other pages, scroll up or down off the screen, or hold Left Shift and press Up or Down. Playing the Game
The main goal of the game is to stomp on your opponents' heads to kill them, although depending on the map you're playing on, you may be able to kill them in other ways, such as with items. There may also be additional rules or a different way of winning, depending on the mode you are playing; for information on these, you can check the Game Modes section of this manual. For information on the controls you'll be using to play the game, check out the section on Controls, below. And to learn about the different items and map elements you can use to turn the tables on your opponents, take a look at the Items and Special Blocks sections, towards the middle of the manual.
Tournaments and Tours
In a Tournament, players play games until one player has amassed a certain number of wins. The number of the Tournament determines how many wins are required (so, if you pick Tournament 4, you have to win four times). Each time a player wins, they will receive an icon on the scoreboard (first picture, above). This icon will be representative of the mode played.
In a Tour, players play a series of predetermined games ("tour stops"). At the end of each game, players receive points based on how well they placed, and icons will be displayed on the scoreboard (second picture, above) to show just how each player placed in that round. Tours can be created by making a text file in the game's Tours subdirectory, following the correct format (check out simple.txt for more info). It is possible to designate how valuable each individual tour stop is (this information is displayed along the top of the scoreboard - see the screenshot), as well as which tour stops grant a bonus item to the winner.
At the end of a Tournament, or after every game within the Tournament if that option is set (see the Options section towards the end of this manual), the winner will get a chance to spin the bonus wheel to acquire an item that they can use in the next game or games. However, in Tours, the bonus wheel will only appear in places where the tour's creator designates it, regardless of any current settings. Tour stops with this opportunity are represented on the scoreboard as small winged yellow boxes.
Controls [click to view]
PC - Keyboard [click to view]
The following are the default controls. Controls can be configured within the Controls menu, accessible from the main menu. From there, you can also switch your input devices to joysticks (see the next section for information on joystick controls).
Game controls
Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Left Left Arrow A G L Right Right Arrow D J ' Jump Up Arrow W Y P Down Down Arrow S H ; Turbo R. Ctrl E U [ Use Item R. Shift Q T O Pause Enter n/a n/a n/a Exit Esc n/a n/a n/a
Press Left or Right to move left or right. Press Jump to jump. Press Down to jump down through certain platforms. Press Turbo to fire your weapon or to explode if you are a Bob-Omb. Hold Turbo and press Left or Right to run. While running, you can pick up shells and blue blocks that are not moving. To throw these items forward, release the Turbo key. To drop shells without throwing them, hold Down and release the Turbo key. Press Use Item to use whatever item is stored in your Item box. For more information on items, see their section below. Press Pause to pause the game. Press it a second time to resume. Press Exit to pause the game and bring up a dialog box. From there, you can either resume play or quit the game and return to the Game Selection menu. Once the game has ended and the victory fanfare has played, pressing either Pause or Exit will exit the game and return you to the Game Selection menu (or to the Scoreboard if in a Tournament or a Tour). Menu controls
Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Up Up Arrow W Y P Down Down Arrow S H : Left Left Arrow A G L Right Right Arrow D J ' Select Enter E U [ Cancel Escape Q T O Random Space Bar n/a n/a n/a Fast Scroll L. Shift n/a n/a n/a
Only Player 1's menu controls may be used in most menus. Use Up, Down, Left, and Right to navigate through menu choices, map thumbnails, etc. Press Select to select options and confirm choices. Press Cancel to return to the previous menu. To change a configurable choice, highlight it and press Select. Use Left or Right to cycle between available options, or press Random to have the computer select an available option at random. Press Select or Cancel to lock in your selection. When using a slider, like the ones on the Item Selection screen, you can also hold Fast Scroll and press Left or Right to jump from to one end or the other. On the main menu, to change player settings, press Left or Right to select a player, and Up or Down to change between Player, Bot, and Off. On the Player Select screen, press Up or Down to select a skin to use. Press Left or Right to select the team you want to be on. Press Select to lock in your choice. If you want to cancel your selection and pick something else, press Cancel. Once everyone has locked in their choices, have Player 1 press Select to advance to the Game Select menu. When selecting a skin, press Up and Down together to have the computer pick one for you at random. Press Left and Right together to make the computer pick a skin for you at random at the beginning of each round, even in the middle of a Tournament or Tour. When selecting a map, hold Fast Map and press Left or Right to go 10 maps at a time. When viewing maps by thumbnails, hold Fast Scroll and press Up or Down to quickly scroll through pages. PC - Joystick [click to view]
When using joysticks, it is important to note that there are a couple of differences in some basic controls. It is also important to note that the default settings for inputs are, most likely, not the ones you want, since every joystick internally numbers and names its buttons differently (for example, on Joystick A, "button 1" might be the A button, whereas on Joystick B it's the left trigger). So when you set the game up to use a joystick, be sure to configure the buttons to something you like. (For this reason, the default controls will not be listed here.)
The following are the changes to the controls when using a joystick. For information on controls not listed here, see the Keyboard section.
In-game, to jump down through platforms, you have to hold Down and press Jump, instead of just pressing Down. All players with joysticks have Random and Fast Map menu controls. In addition, all players with joysticks have control in menus, not just Player 1. When selecting skins, to have the game select one at random, you must press Random instead of Up and Down together. Similarly, instead of pressing Left and Right toegether to get a random skin for each match, you have to hold Fast Map and press Random. Xbox [click to view]
When playing on the Xbox, each player is "locked in" to their joystick - in other words, Player 1 will always use the joystick plugged into the first port, etc.
The following are the default controls. All controls can be reconfigured via the Controls menu, accessible from the main menu.
Game controls
All Players Left Left (D-Pad) Right Right (D-Pad) Jump A Down Down (D-Pad) Turbo X Use Item Y Pause Start Exit Back
Press Left or Right to move left or right. Press Jump to jump. Hold Down and press Jump to jump down through certain platforms. Press Turbo to fire your weapon or to explode if you are a Bob-Omb. Hold Turbo and press Left or Right to run. While running, you can pick up shells and blue blocks that are not moving. To throw these items forward, release the Turbo key. To drop shells without throwing them, hold Down and release the Turbo key. Press Use Item to use whatever item is stored in your Item box. For more information on items, see their section below. Press Pause to pause the game. Press it a second time to resume. Press Exit to pause the game and bring up a dialog box. From there, you can either resume play or quit the game and return to the Game Selection menu. Once the game has ended and the victory fanfare has played, pressing either Pause or Exit will exit the game and return you to the Game Selection menu (or to the Scoreboard if in a Tournament or a Tour). Menu controls
All Players Up Up (D-Pad) Down Down (D-Pad) Left Left (D-Pad) Right Right (D-Pad) Select A Cancel Back Random X Fast Scroll Y
Use Up, Down, Left, and Right to navigate through menu choices, map thumbnails, etc. Press Select to select options and confirm choices. Press Cancel to return to the previous menu. To change a configurable choice, highlight it and press Select. Use Left or Right to cycle between available options, or press Random to have the computer select an available option at random. Press Select or Cancel to lock in your selection. When using a slider, like the ones on the Item Selection screen, you can also hold Fast Scroll and press Left or Right to jump from to one end or the other. On the main menu, to change player settings, press Left or Right to select a player, and Up or Down to change between Player, Bot, and Off. On the Player Select screen, press Up or Down to select a skin to use. Press Left or Right to select the team you want to be on. Press Select to lock in your choice. If you want to cancel your selection and pick something else, press Cancel. Once everyone has locked in their choices, press Select to advance to the Game Select menu. When selecting a skin, press Random to have the computer pick one for you at random. Hold Fast Scroll and press Random to make the computer pick a skin for you at random at the beginning of each round, even in the middle of a Tournament or Tour. When selecting a map, hold Fast Scroll and press Left or Right to go 10 maps at a time. When viewing maps by thumbnails, hold Fast Scroll and press Up or Down to quickly scroll through pages. Game Modes [click to view]
There are many different ways to play Super Mario War. Each one is a little different than all the others, and each one requires different strategies. In addition, some modes have additional options that you can use to customize your game further. In the listings of possible options below, the defaults are shown in bold.
An option common to all modes (and subsequently not listed under each one) is the ability to set the basic parameter to "Unlimited", or Free Play.
Classic
This is the original Mario War game where each player starts with X lives and the last player with any lives left is the winner. Touching a hazard (such as spikes) causes you to lose a life; collecting a 1UP mushroom gives you an extra life.
Basic Parameter: Lives (5 to 100 by 5s, 10 default)
Additional Parameters: None
Frag Limit
This is the standard frag limit game where the first player to kill X players wins. Dying on a hazard causes you to lose a frag; collecting a 1UP mushroom gives you an extra frag.
Basic Parameter: Kills (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters: None
Time Limit
This is a timed game played to the number of seconds you select. The player with the most frags at the end of this time is the winner. Dying on a hazard causes you to lose a frag; collecting a 1UP mushroom gives you an extra frag.
Basic Parameter: Time (30 to 600 by 30s, 60 default)
Additional Parameters: None
Jail
This mode is similar to Frag Limit, but with a couple of modifications. Each player you kill in this mode will spawn in jail. When a player is in jail, their movement is slowed down and their jumping ability is hampered. If all the players on other teams are jailed, you earn extra points and everyone (both on your team and other teams) is freed. (This bonus is disabled in a 1v1 match, however, due to complete pointlessness.) If a player on your team tags you while in jail, you are freed. You are also freed if you spend enough time in jail.
Basic Parameter: Kills (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters:
Free Timer (# of seconds to get out of jail): None, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 Tag Free (whether you can tag your teammates to free them): On, Off Coin Collection
This game isn't about killing other players, it is about collecting coins. One or more coins will appear somewhere on the map. If someone grabs a coin, or if nobody can get to one within a certain amount of time, a new one will appear somewhere else. The first player to collect X coins wins. Whether dying has an effect can be set in this mode's optins, and collecting a 1UP counts as collecting a coin.
Basic Parameter: Coins (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters:
Penalty (whether there is a -1 penalty for death): On, Off Quantity (how many coins will appear at once): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Stomp
In this mode, Goombas, Cheep Cheeps, and Koopas will randomly spawn; the goal is to stomp or shoot as many as you can. The first player to kill X enemies wins. Stomping other players does nothing; neither does getting killed on hazards. Collecting a 1UP counts as an extra kill.
Basic Parameter: Kills (10 to 200 by 10s, 10 default)
Additional Parameters:
Rate (how often, in general, enemies appear): Very Slow, Slow, Moderate, Fast, Very Fast Goomba, Koopa, and Cheep Cheep Sliders (comparative rates of each enemy appearing): 0 to 10 each (defaults of 1, 1, and 2 respectively) Yoshi's Eggs
In this mode, a Yoshi and a bouncy little green-spotted egg will randomly spawn. Players can pick the egg up by holding the Turbo button and bring it back to Yoshi to gain a point. The first person to return X eggs to Yoshi wins the game. If you die, of course, you will lose the egg; collecting a 1UP gives you an additional point. If the egg is not grabbed for a long enough period of time, it will move to another random location.
Basic Parameter: Eggs (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters: None
Capture The Flag
In this mode, each team has a base and a flag. The goal is to protect your flag from being stolen and at the same time steal other teams' flags and bring them back to your base. The first team to return X enemy flags to their base wins. You can also bring your own flags back to your base if you can retrieve them from an opponent. Collecting a 1UP counts as having collected an enemy flag; dying in any way has no effect on your score.
Basic Parameter: Flags (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters:
Speed Slider (for adjusting the speed of the bases' movement): 0 to 8 (default of 0) Touch Return (whether you can return your own flag to base just by touching it): On, Off Point Move (whether your base moves after you score): On, Off Auto Return (seconds before your flag returns itself): None, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 Chicken
In this mode, the first person to kill another person will turn into the chicken. The player that is the chicken will constantly rack up points. The first player to X points wins. Dying on spikes will cause you to stop being the chicken, if you are; collecting a 1UP mushroom will give you 10 points no matter who you are. Killing another player while you're the chicken will also give you a bonus of 5 points.
Basic Parameter: Points (50 to 1000 by 50s, 200 default)
Additional Parameters:
Show Target (whether an extra crosshair is displayed around the chicken): On, Off Tag
Tag is essentially the opposite of Chicken mode. At the start, one player will randomly be chosen as the tagged player (they will turn bright green with a white border). It is the job of the tagged one to kill (or touch) somebody else to transfer the tag. The tagged player gets a speed boost to help him catch the other players. When you're the tagged player, you'll constantly be losing points. When you hit 0, you are removed from the game and the player with the highest points will then become tagged. Being killed or killing yourself takes 5 points off your score and collecting a 1UP mushroom restores 10 points.
Basic Parameter: Points (50 to 1000 by 50s, 200 default)
Additional Parameters:
Touch Tag (whether you can transfer the tag by just touching): On, Off Star
In this mode, there will either be a Ztar or a Shine, depending on how the options are set. One player will be designated to be the owner of this object, and if other players touch it, they will steal the object's ownership status. There is also a timer that gradually counts down.
If the object in play is a Ztar, whoever has it when the clock hits 0 will lose a life. The clock will reset, and the same person will own the Ztar next time. Once a player is eliminated, the Ztar will go to the next player who has the most lives remaining (chosen at random if there is a tie). If you own the Ztar, you should try to hit other people with it (either by tagging or by throwing) so that they will take ownership. If the object in play is a Shine, whoever doesn't have it when the clock hits 0 will lose a life. The clock will reset, and the Shine will change owners to whoever has the least number of lives remaining (chosen at random if there is a tie). If you own the Shine, you should try to keep it away from other players so that they can't take ownership. In either case, if the object in play stays out of its owner's hands for too long, it will warp right to them so they can start using it/keeping it away again. Dying in any way other than from the countdown ending has no effect on your score. It's also important to know that in this mode, since the number of lives you start with is quite small, and extra lives are very valuable, 2UPs and 3UPs are only worth 1 extra life, and 5UPs are worth only 2. Basic Parameter: Lives (1 to 20, 5 default)
Additional Parameters:
Time (# of seconds on the timer): 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 Star Type (which object is used): Ztar, Shine Domination
This mode is like the domination mode from many FPSs. There will be several bases randomly placed around the map and it is the goal to control as many of them as possible. You control them by tagging them. The more you control, the faster you accumulate points; the first player to accumulate X points wins. Additionally, every so often the bases will automatically relocate themselves to new, random positions. Collecting a 1UP gives you 10 points; what happens when you die (by any means) can be set in this mode's options.
Basic Parameter: Points (50 to 1000 by 50s, 200 default)
Additional Parameters:
Quantity (the number of bases that appear): 1 to 10, # Players - 1, # Players, # Players + 1, # Players + 2 to 6, 2x Players - 3 to 1, 2x Players, 2x Players + 1 or 2 Relocate (time between relocations): Never, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, or 45 seconds, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, or 3 minutes On Death: Lose Bases (whether your bases reset to neutral): On, Off Move Bases (whether your bases move): On, Off Steal Bases (whether your bases are taken by who killed you): On, Off
Steal Bases overrides Lose Bases when it is on. King Of The Hill
In this mode there is a small zone, "the hill," designated by a chainlink fence design. While your team is the only one with players in this zone, you have control of the hill; its border will change to your team's color and your team will gain points at a constant rate. However, the hill will occasionally relocate itself to a new, random position. First team to X points wins. Collecting a 1UP grants 10 points; dying does not affect your score.
Basic Parameter: Points (50 to 1000 by 50s, 200 default)
Additional Parameters:
Size (size of the scoring zone): 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5 Relocate (time between relocations): Never, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, or 45 seconds, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, or 3 minutes Race
In this mode, you must race around the map tagging moving targets in numerical order (you must tag "1" first, then "2", and so on). As you tag targets, your team indicator will appear on them. Once you tag all the numbered targets, head to the finish line (the checkered flag) to score a point. Collecting a 1UP gives you one extra lap; the penalty for dying can be configured in this mode's options. (It should be noted that in Race mode, 2UPs and 3UPs are only worth 1 extra lap, and 5UPs are worth only two, due to the usual small size of the goal score.)
Basic Parameter: Laps (5 to 100 by 5s, 10 default)
Additional Parameters:
Quantity (the number of targets, including the checkered flag): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Speed (how fast the targets move): Very Slow, Slow, Moderate, Fast, Very Fast Penalty (what you lose when you die): None, One Goal, All Goals Owned
This mode is similar to Domination, except the players are your targets. Each player that you kill will spawn with a circle of your color behind them. For every player you have "Owned", the faster you accumulate points. If you are killed, you lose all your owned players. Collecting a 1UP gives you 10 points. Also, if you kill one of the players you already own, you will receive an extra 5 points.
Basic Parameter: Points (50 to 1000 by 50s, 200 default)
Additional Parameters: None
Frenzy
This mode has the same rules as Frag Limit, except special powerup cards will randomly spawn around the map. Collecting one of these cards has the same effect as getting that item out of an item box, for the most part. This just makes the basic deathmatch just a little more exciting, not to mention that it lets you have items on maps that usually don't. There are twelve items that can appear on the cards: Bob-Ombs, Fire Flowers, Hammers, Feathers, Boomerangs, POWs, MOds, Bullet Bills, and all four different types of Shells.
Basic Parameter: Kills (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters:
Limit (the number of item cards shown at once): Single Powerup, 1 to 5 Powerups, # Players - 1, # Players, # Players + 1 to 3 Rate (how long it takes for new cards to appear when they can): Instant, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 seconds Store Shells (see note): On, Off Sliders for Items (comparative frequencies of each one appearing on cards): 0 to 10 each (defaults of 1 for Fire Flowers and Hammers, and 0 for everything else)
If Limit is set to Single Item, no more cards will appear until the person who picked up the first one uses it (in the case of Stored items or the Bob-Omb), no longer has it (in the case of Weapon items or the Bob-Omb), or has touched it (in case of Shells). In either case there is no delay for the card to appear after the first time. (This is the same way that the card in Bob-Omb mode worked in version 1.5.) If Store Shells is set to On, then when you touch a shell card, the shell will become a Stored item. If it is set to Off, then touching a shell card has the same effect as touching a regular shell (i.e. if you are holding Turbo then you will grab the shell; otherwise you will just kick it out of midair). Survival
This mode has the same rules as Classic, except now, Thwomps will rain down from the sky, Podoboos will pop up from the bottom, and fireballs will shoot in from the sides. Hitting any of these hazards will kill you. Just as in Classic, the last player alive wins.
Basic Parameter: Lives (5 to 100 by 5s, 20 default)
Additional Parameters:
Thwomp, Podoboo, and Fireball sliders (comparative frequencies of each one appearing): 0 to 10 each (defaults of 1, 0, and 0 respectively) Density (how often hazards appear overall): Very Low, Low, Medium, High, Very High Speed (how fast Thwomps fall down): Very Slow, Slow, Moderate, Fast, Very Fast Shield (allows you to set a separate shield setting for this mode): On, Off Special Blocks [click to view]
Bricks
If you hit these from underneath, or from the side with a shell, they will break. If anything is standing on these when you break them from below, you will kill it.
Note Blocks
These make you bounce. If you time your jump off them, you can go really high!
Item Boxes
If you hit one of these from underneath, or from the side with a shell, a random item will pop out of it. You can also kill things on top of these by bumping them.
Flip Blocks
If you hit these from underneath, they will start spinning. While they are spinning, you can go through them as if they weren't there. If they aren't spinning, and you hit these with shells, they will break.
Bounce Blocks
If something is standing on one of these, and you hit it from underneath, you will kill what was standing there. Don't stand on these too much if you can avoid it!
Donut Blocks
If you stand on these too long they will fall off the map. Watch out for traps underneath!
Blue Throw Blocks
You can pick these up and throw them at other players with the Turbo button. They will break when they hit a wall or another player. They will also disappear by themselves if you hold them for too long.
ON/OFF Switches
These come in four colors. While they are ON, all corresponding Switch Blocks on the map will be solid; similarly, while they are OFF, their Switch Blocks will be transparent. When you hit one of these from underneath or with a shell from the side, they will switch states. You can also kill people standing on Switches by bumping them from underneath.
Switch Blocks
Like the Switches, these come in four colors. When you can see their outlines, you can travel right through them; while they are completely visible, they act as a regular solid tile.
Items [click to view]
Items in the game can be acquired in two ways: from item boxes ("?" blocks) or from Bonus Wheel spins. When collecting an item from an item box, it may be used instantly or it may be stored for later use, depending on the item. Items that are acquired by spinning the Bonus Wheel will always become a stored item at the beginning of each game you play, until they are overridden by another wheel spin or are cleared via the options menu.
Here are the classes of items:
Instant - These will be used immediately by the player upon picking it up. Stored - These will be stored in the player's item box and can be used at any time by pressing the Item button. Collectable - These will be treated as Instant items if the player doesn't already have them; otherwise they will be treated as Stored items. Weapon - These are just like Collectables, except that if you already have another Weapon, the one you already had becomes stored instead of the one you just got. Each player's current Weapon is displayed on top of their player icon on the score display. Throwable - These items cannot be gathered like other items, but you can pick them up when they are not moving by holding the Turbo button. When you release the button, you will throw the item. 1UP Mushroom
Type: InstantIn game modes where the score is a measure of lives, frags, Goomba kills, etc., this item will grant you an extra life, frag, lap, etc. In all other modes, this item will grant you 10 extra points.
2UP Mushroom
Type: InstantCatching this pretty pink 'shroom counts as having collected 2 1UP Mushrooms (so you will receive either 2 extra lives, frags, etc., or 20 points towards the goal, with the exception of Race and Star modes in which this item still grants only 1 extra point). However, it moves a little faster than a 1UP.
3UP Mushroom
Type: InstantGrabbing a blue mushie counts as having collected 3 1UP Mushrooms (so you will receive either 3 extra lives, frags, etc., or 30 points towards the goal, with the exception of Race and Star modes in which this item still grants only 1 extra point). However, it moves quite a bit faster than a 1UP.
5UP Mushroom
Type: InstantSnagging this golden treat counts as having collected 5 1UP Mushrooms (so you will receive either 5 extra lives, frags, etc., or a whopping 50 points towards the goal, with the exception of Race and Star modes in which this item grants only 2 extra points). However, it is the fastest-moving of all the mushrooms, as well as the rarest item in the game!
Poison Mushroom
Type: InstantUpon collecting this item, unless you are invincible, you will die. This will have the same effect on your score as hitting spikes or lava.
Mystery Mushroom
Type: InstantWhen you grab this item, everyone on the map will immediately switch positions and stored items with each other. The actual switching is random, so you could swap with Player 2 one time and with Player 3 the next. If whoever takes your place dies within one second of getting there, you will be credited with a kill. Additionally, whoever's place you take, you will also take their stored item in place of yours, even if they didn't have anything (in which case you will then have nothing stored). The effect used when players switch can be changed in the Options menu under Item Settings.
Fire Flower
Type: WeaponThis item gives you the ability to shoot deadly fireballs with the turbo button. Fireballs bounce along the ground for a while until they disappear, but they will also disappear if they hit a wall or another player.
Hammer
Type: WeaponThis item will give you the ability to throw hammers. Hammers travel in an arc whose lateral distance is determined by how fast you are moving, and as a result, hammers are not very easy to aim - but they can give you a big advantage over players who are trying to jump you if you can use them well.
Boomerang
Type: WeaponThis item gives you the ability to shoot boomerangs. Using the default behavior, Boomerangs will travel ahead in a long arc before turning around and going in a straight line until they disappear. However, there are other trajectory types you can choose, under the Options menu (see below), if you don't like the default. Boomerangs, like hammers, can be shot through solid walls.
Feather
Type: WeaponWhen you grab this item, you will don a cape and be granted the ability to jump a second time in midair! The second jump will be weaker than the first, though. This item is great for reaching high ledges, items, and targets. (Note that even though the Feather doesn't allow you to shoot anything, it still counts as a Weapon, so you can't have both a Feather and a Fire Flower, for example.)
Invincibility Star
Type: CollectableGives the player invincibility for 10 seconds. During this time, the player can walk on spikes/lava, stay above the map as long as they want, continually fall without burning up, and kill other players just by touching them.
Bob-Omb
Type: CollectableThis item turns you into a Bob-Omb. Pressing the turbo button causes you to explode and kill players around you. However, you can only explode once before you return to normal again. If you kill a player who is a Bob-Omb, and you aren't one already (which includes if you were one and just exploded), you will steal their Bob-Omb status.
Clock
Type: StoredWhen you use this item, all players that are not on your team will be slowed down and will only be able to jump 2 blocks high. These effects last for 10 seconds.
Bullet Bill
Type: StoredWhen this item is used, Bullet Bills of your team color will fire in from the sides of the screen for about 5 seconds. Players on the opposing team must dodge or jump on the Bullet Bills to avoid death. Additionally, If two players' Bullet Bills collide, they will explode. This explosion will kill anyone it touches, including the owners of the Bullet Bills.
POW Block
Type: StoredWhen this item is used, the screen shakes for about half a second and any players that touch the ground during this time are killed. You should watch for when an opponent uses one of these, and make sure you make a big jump so you don't die.
MOd Block
Type: StoredThis item acts exactly like the POW block, except that when you use it, instead of killing players on the ground, you kill players in the air. So, when an opponent is using one of these, you should stay on the ground for a bit to avoid getting killed.
Green Shell
Type: ThrowableWhen this item is thrown or stomped on, it will start bouncing around the map. It can be jumped a second time to stop it. It will kill the first person it hits while it is moving, and will disappear afterwards. It will also disappear if it stays moving for too long without hitting anyone. You can also kill Green Shells with projectile weapons such as fireballs. Green shells will not disappear by themselves if they are not moving or if someone is carrying them.
Red Shell
Type: ThrowableThis item is exactly like a Green Shell except for one detail: it doesn't stop when it hits one player, and will instead plow through as many things as are in its way until its time runs out or until someone shoots it.
Spiny Shell
Type: ThrowableThis item is exactly like the Red Shell, except that it is covered in spikes and so it can't be jumped on to stop it once it's going. It can still be shot, though.
Buzzy Shell
Type: ThrowableThis item is exactly like the Red Shell, except that it is immune to projectile weapons. It can still be jumped, though.
A couple notes about Shells
When two shells collide, if they are both the same "strength" (i.e. if they are both green or if they are both multikilling shells) then both of them will die. Otherwise, only the green shell will die (the multikilling shell will kill it and keep going). Also, when you win a shell from the Bonus Wheel, it will become a stored item. When you use it, if you are holding the Turbo button, the shell will appear in your hands so you can kick it; otherwise, it will appear in front of you and start moving right away.
Game Options [click to view]
Gameplay [click to view]
Respawn
This option allows you to configure how long it takes your character to respawn after dying. It can be set to any value between 0 (instant) and 10 seconds, in increments of 0.5 seconds.
Shield
This allows you to change the amount of time for which you are invincible right after spawning or warping. It can be set to any value between 0 (none) and 5 seconds, in increments of 0.5 seconds.
Bounds Time
In play, if someone stays above the top edge of the screen for too long, they will be penalized by dying. This option allows you to configure how much time is allowed before being penalized. It can be set between 1 and 10 seconds, in increments of 1 second, or you can disable it altogether by setting it to Infinite.
Warp Locks
This can be set to any value between 1 and 10 seconds, in increments of 1 second, or it can be set to Off. When set to anything other than Off, after one player uses a set of warps, all the warps in that set will be locked for the specified time to prevent other players from using them. When set to Off, warps can be used freely.
Bots
You can choose what difficulty level you want the AI to be here, between Very Easy, Easy, Moderate, Hard, and Very Hard. Very Hard is equivalent to the AI strength from version 1.6 and before.
Frame Limit
Here you can set the FPS as low as 10 and as high as 500 (!) frames per second, with a default speed of 62, or you can even turn the FPS limitation off altogether. If you have problems running the game at the default, or if you want to practice at a slower or faster speed, you should check this option out. Bear in mind that the game uses 62 as the number of frames per second when calculating things like how long shells last, so if you set the FPS to lower than that then things will last longer, and if you set it higher then things won't last as long.
Point Speed
This can be set to Very Slow, Slow, Moderate, Fast, or Very Fast. It controls how fast players accrue or lose points in point-based modes such as Domination or Tag. Moderate is equivalent to the point speed from version 1.6 and before.
Team [click to view]
Kills
When this is on, you can jump on and shoot your own teammates. When it is off, you and your projectiles will go through your teammates. This does not apply to shells or throw blocks, however!
Team Colors
When this is on, all teammates will be set to the same color. (It is recommended that teammates choose different-looking skins, in this case.) When off, player 1 will always be red, Player 2 will be green, and so on.
Item Selection [click to view]
On this screen, there are 20 sliders, each corresponding to one of the different items that can appear from a "?" block, as well as the relative frequency of that one popping out. Each slider can be set from 0 to 10 inclusive, with 0 meaning the item will not appear at all.
As an example, the defaults for 1UP Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms, POW Blocks, and MOd Blocks are 10, 5, 2, and 2 respectively. That means a 1UP is twice as likely to appear as a Poison Mushroom and 5 times as likely to appear as a POW, by default, and that POWs and MOds appear with equal frequency since they have the same number.
Item Settings [click to view]
Stored Use
This affects how long of a delay there is between pressing the item button and using your stored item. The higher the delay, the more reaction time your opponents have. This can be set to Very Slow (where it takes around two full seconds to use items), Slow, Moderate, Fast, and Very Fast (less than half a second).
Item Spawn
This allows you to set how long it takes for item boxes to generate another item after one gets knocked out of them. It can be set to any value between 5 and 60 seconds, in increments of 5 seconds.
Swap Style
This allows you to change the style of swap used with the Mystery Mushroom. Blink causes the players to blink back and forth. Walk causes them to walk in a straight line to their new destinations. Instant eliminates the delay caused by the other two animations and is the most chaotic of the three options.
Bonus Wheel
This can be set to Tournament Win, Every Game, or Off. When on Tournament Win, the bonus wheel appears after the end of a tournament and grants the winner an item. When on Every Game, the wheel appears after every game instead of just tournament-winning ones. When set to Off, the wheel does not appear.
Bonus Item
When set to Until Next Spin, players will keep items that they won from the bonus wheel until the someone spins the wheel again (i.e. there will only ever be one bonus item in play). When set to Keep Always, players will keep their bonus wheel items until they spin for new ones (so there can be multiple bonus items in play).
Reset Items
If someone has an item from the bonus wheel, this will allow you to get rid of it.
Weapons & Projectiles [click to view]
Fireball Life
This can be set between 1 and 10 seconds, in increments of 1 second. Fireballs will automatically disappear after they have stayed onscreen for this long.
Fireball Limit
This allows you to limit the number of fireballs you can shoot with each flower you get. It can be set to 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, or Unlimited.
Feather Jumps
This can be set between 1 and 5, and it simply determines how many extra midair jumps the Feather grants.
Feather Limit
This allows you to limit the number of midair jumps you can make. It can be set to 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, or Unlimited. Bear in mind that if you do multiple midair jumps in a row (using the Feather Jumps setting above), every single one counts as a separate weapon use.
Boomerang Style
With this, you can switch between Flat, SMB3, and Zelda styles.
Flat style makes the boomerangs travel straight forward until they hit the edge of the screen, after which they "bounce" back and travel straight towards the other edge of the screen. SMB3 style makes the boomerangs travel in a long forward arc before turning around and coming back in a straight line. Zelda style makes the boomerangs travel straight forward for a short distance before turning around and seeking out the player that shot them. Boomerang Life
This can be set between 1 and 10 seconds, in increments of 1 second. Like the Fireball Life setting, boomerangs will automatically disappear after staying onscreen for this long.
Boomerang Limit
This allows you to limit the number of boomerangs you can shoot with each pickup. Like the other Limit options, it can be set to 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, or Unlimited. Unlike other weapons, however, if you don't catch your own boomerangs, you are penalized by an extra shot.
Hammer Life
This can be set between 0.5 and 1.2 seconds, in increments of 0.1 second, or you can set it to No Limit. Like the Fireball Life setting, hammers will automatically disappear after staying onscreen for this long. If you set this to No Limit, then hammers will disappear off the bottom of the screen.
Hammer Delay
Because hammers are so powerful, there is a delay after firing one in which you are not allowed to fire another. Here, you can set this delay to between 0 (none) and 1 second, in increments of 0.1 second.
Hammer Power
When this is set to One Kill, hammers disappear when they hit something. When set to Multiple Kills, hammers will go right through everything they touch!
Hammer Limit
This allows you to limit the number of hammers you can shoot with each item pickup. Like the Fireball limit, it can be set to 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, or Unlimited.
Shell Life
This setting allows you to change how long shells last before they automatically disappear. It can be set to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 seconds, or you can set it to Unlimited.
Blue Block Life
Similar to the Shell Life setting, this allows you to change how long Blue Blocks last before they disappear. Unlike the Shell setting, however, this also affects how long you can hold them before they disappear in your hands. The same options as for Shell Life are available.
Graphics [click to view]
Spawn
This allows you to change the way players appear on the map.
When set to Instant, players will simply appear out of nowhere. When set to Door, players will drop out of doors, as in the original DOS Mario War. The door's appearance causes about one half second of extra delay between the start and end of spawning. When set to Swirl, a large, colorful swirl will appear just before players spawn. This option makes the spawn very easy to spot, but also causes around one full second of extra delay. Awards
This allows you to change the type of extra eyecandy shown on screen when a player gets three or more consecutive kills.
Fireworks causes basic eyecandy to shoot out of the player, like a fireworks display. Spiral causes basic eyecandy to spiral out from the player. Ring causes small icons to circle the player. These icons represent the last 10 kill types (so, for example, when you hit someone with a fireball, you will receive a Fire Flower icon). When the player is killed, these icons will scatter. Souls causes nothing to be displayed until the player's chain of kills is broken, after which several icons will fly out of the dead player, representing the souls of the players he killed. Text causes a simple text indicator to pop out of the player. (This is also the only option which gives an award for only 2 consecutive kills.) None disables all effects. Scores
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