Super Mario Bros. X : The Invasion Walkthrough - Part 2

FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/DanielsGameVault Here's the long awaited walkthrough : Super Mario Bros. X on the PC. It could also be Super Mario Bros 10, if X is a roman number, but anyway. It's a fan-made game, and a very good one I might add : it's actually a compilation of several games on several consoles, like Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3 on NES, Super Mario World on the SNES, Legend of Zelda and Metroid on the NES. You can play as 5 different characters : Mario, Luigi, Toad, Princess Peach and Link, yes, Link from Legend of Zelda. Mario, Luigi and Toad are identical outside their appearance - they just run, jump and can shoot fireballs if they collect the fire flower. Princess Peach can hover in the air after jumping by holding down the jump button, and Link can use his sword to defeat enemies as well as to smash blocks. Like in Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World, there's a map screen where you go from level to level and where you can change characters by hitting "Esc" and then pressing left or right to cycle between them. You can also go back to a completed level if you want to collect more coins or get powerups again - they'll respawn. There are 8 worlds, represented by 8 islands each with a distinct theme (overworld, Yoshi's island, Hell, etc) . In the last level of each island you fight a boss - either Birdo from SMB 2 or a Koopa-Kid from SMB3. In the last level of the game you fight Bowser, obviously. The levels have no timer, just like in SMB 2, so you don't have to rush, as some levels require some analysis. The coin system is also present - every 100 coins awards you with an extra life. The powerups are also reused : you got the mushroom, fire flower, leaf, tanooki suit and hammer suit, though the last two are only found in a few levels, and even then they're hidden. One item that's missing is the invincibility star - I've only seen it like once or twice in the entire game, which is odd, because in the original SMB they were all over the place, usually in hidden blocks. It doesn't matter too much, because the other weapons are plenty, making it easy to survive. The difficulty is appropriate for a Mario game and it increases gradually as the game progresses, which is how it should be, but most of the time there's a perfect balance between challenge and fun - this game is mostly fun. Sure, there were some annoying levels which seemed to last forever and kicked my ass, but this is actually what keeps the game from getting too easy, and once I got past those, it gave me a huge sense of accomplishment and success. The same thing happens with the final boss, Bowser : at first he's a tough bastard and he seems impossible to beat, but with practice and patience you'll finally defeat him, and feel on the top of the friggin' world. So that's about it for the actual game - it's a very enjoyable title that will certainly appeal to everybody out there, even if they're not fans of the Mario Bros. or have never played a Mario game, it doesn't matter - you can pick this one up and play it right away. One last thing I need to mention is that I had lots of copyright issues with this walkthrough because of the soundtracks in certain levels - the videos got removed many times, so to prevent that from happening, certain portions of the video have the audio altered - I do apologize for that, but it was the best I could do to post the videos while maintaining the integrity of my channel. Don't blame me, blame the people who made the rules and those who run Youtube. Anyway, enjoy the walkthrough and game on ! :D