Wetland Trials - Full Playthrough (a challenging SMB3 hack)

Hack download: https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthr... (will be uploading to Romhacking.net soon as well) (10/4/2024 edit: rip)

Wetland Trials is an SMB3 hack that I started back in October last year. I randomly decided to try out SMB3, and the editor turned out to be really easy to use. Messing around and making a few levels quickly spiraled into a full-fledged hack (these things tend to happen don't they). Wetland Trials (named after the homeland of Venus Fly Traps, as well as the aerial view of a wetland being quite similar to an SMB3 map) is a 39 stage, 5 world non-kaizo hack that focuses primarily on hard platforming. The hack features a blend of traditional style (inspired by hacks like SUPER and SMW: Gaiden) along with some of the creative style I've picked up from my experience in Kaizo hacking.

Within the download, you'll find 4 different versions of the romhack. These versions are all completely identical except for the life count. You can choose whether you want to play with limited lives (25, 50, or 90) or with infinite lives. I would recommend that anyone not super familiar with the mechanics of SMB3 to play on infinite lives or on 90 lives. The 25 and 50 life modes should probably be reserved for people who are heavily experienced with playing SMB3 hacks.

0:08 - World 1
11:45 - World 2
25:54 - World 3
41:36 - World 4
55:19 - World 8