While this is undeniably the year of Luigi (who got a gun in Mario + Rabbids), let us celebrate MAR 10 with a showcase of spectacular stuff the Mario fan-scene have made! Starting with Mario Eclipse, a mega-mod for Sunshine that *more than doubles* the size of the game. gamebanana.com/mods/536309 - ThreadSky

dominictarason.com • 1 day ago

While this is undeniably the year of Luigi (who got a gun in Mario + Rabbids), let us celebrate MAR 10 with a showcase of spectacular stuff the Mario fan-scene have made!

Starting with Mario Eclipse, a mega-mod for Sunshine that *more than doubles* the size of the game.

https://gamebanana.com/mods/536309

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danielplatt.bsky.social•1 day ago

I love these threads by you, these kinds of deep dives into scenes I had no idea of the size of make me very happy!

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

The amount of stuff coming out for Super Mario World alone is mindbending. They've got multiple judged mod-making and level design competitions each year and the overall quality AND quantity of stuff only grows.

Same applies for Mario 64 too.

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

Mushroom Kingdom Fusion is a fan-game that has been in the works longer than I have been writing about games. A preposterously ambitious mega-crossover mod that has some REAL deep cuts. XCom: TFTD, anyone?

It's still getting regular, major content updates.

https://fusion-fangaming.itch.io/mushroom-kingdom-fusion

tronknotts.bsky.social•1 day ago

I made some sprites for this game back in like 2008 and I think they are still using them? Definitely one of the things I am most proud to have been a small part of

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

There's only a demo available currently, but Mario And The Rainbow Stars is an amazingly promising fangame in the works

As well as having a gorgeous art style inspired by the Mario RPG series, it 2D'ifies a bunch of mechanics from newer 3D Mario games to great effect

https://superstarshi.github.io/smatrs/

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

Before Mario Maker, there was Super Mario Bros X, a fangame engine created originally by the people who went on to make a little game called Terraria.

The community took over the work and it is alive, kicking and being used for great things. You can do some WILD stuff with it.

https://codehaus.wohlsoft.ru/

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

Case in point, Betterified VI: Bestified, which is simultaneously an elaborate community shitpost and an enormously high-effort, massive and deeply creative exploration of all things Mario.

Features mid-level character switching and a functional religion system.

https://www.smbxgame.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29122

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

There's more Mario 64 romhacks than I could ever highlight, but one of the biggest collaboration projects completed recently - B3313.

Framed as a mysterious beta cart dump. What starts as a raw, unfnished game blossoms into a near-endless Yume Nikki like oneiric dive

https://romhacking.com/hack/b3313-super-mario-64-internal-plexus

dominictarason.com•1 day ago

Another monster-size collaboration is Mario In The Multiverse. A mariotroidvania where Mario goes visiting worlds from other games, collecting new powers from them, and using them to access areas elsewhere.

Featuring Katana Zero, Bioshock & Walking Dead VR worlds.

https://romhacking.com/hack/mario-in-the-multiverse

ninebr34ker.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also shoutout to super mario war, it was kicking around the same circles at the time.

emotion-engine.bsky.social•1 day ago

I remember watching a bunch of demo videos for this like 18 years ago and thinking it was such an ambitious mess that it would never actually see release, so finding out that it exists has truly made my day.

radiantg.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

jc-ok.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

azzurraleamonde.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

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