SMB - 256W (World 256 / World 0)

 

Quoted Summary:

"In Super Mario Bros, there are eight naturally accessible worlds, and to most people, they believe that's all the game has to offer for worlds. That isn't the case however, as there are actually two hundred and fifty six worlds! There's World 0, World X, World ®, etc. Some of them even consists of more or less than four levels, despite the norm being four levels per world." 

For this blog, I'll be talking about World 0. The (real) final world in Super Mario Bros.

Why is it called World 0?

The number 256 is three digits, and the game wasn't programmed to go one number up per level. It goes one placeholder up. '0' Is the final placeholder the game has, looping back to before World 1's placeholder, the number '1'.

What levels are there?

There is only one level you can enter in World 0. The first level you enter is an underwater castle level which is a duplicate of 4-4. When you complete the level, it softlocks. It does this because it doesn't know what to do next, and because you went to a castle level on the first level and not the fourth. There are ways to bypass the softlock, but you would need to find cheat codes somewhere on the internet that explains how you skip levels.

Final Words.

There really wasn't much to say about World 0 since it's shorter than regular levels, but I hope you found this interesting. I'll try to do more blogs about negative Worlds like the Minus World, the Minus Minus World and World 0. Until then, that's it for this week.

(Credit to Youtubers "lothrazer" and "Typhlosion4President" for these images.)