1. Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is the portable port of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Having a long full title apparently runs in the family. Because it is for the most part a straight port, most if not all of the unused graphics from the original game remain.
2. I wondered if maybe the Japanese version has a slower timer too. If anyone has ever played the Japanese version of Yoshi's Island (any version) let me know! Same curiosity with the transformation intervals. I had a chuckle when you discovered the US version has easier button combinations with the Throwing balloon mini game.

May 01, 2015 Here is a comparison of the openings of Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2 for Super Nintendo and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 for Gameboy Advance. Couldn't find any videos of a good.

This page is to compare the different versions of Super Mario World.

• 1Versions
  • 1.2Releases
• 3J Version Advantages

There are six versions of Super Mario World that are currently allowed on the leaderboards.

Version Differences

Releases

Super Mario World has been released on 6 systems, but not every version is available on every system. Here is a chart that shows which versions exists on each system.

* While PAL 3DS, WiiU, and SNES Classic releases exist, they are actually the U version, since the 50 Hz versions are of no use anymore.

How to Tell Which Version You are Playing

If you aren't sure which version your cartridge is, just follow this questionaire:

1. Is the text in Japanese?
   • Yes - J version
   • No - continue...
2. What system are you playing on?
   • 3DS VC, WiiU VC, SNES Classic, or Nintendo Switch Online - U version
   • Super NES or Wii VC - continue...
3. When the title screen shows, does the ground take up 2 or 3 logs vertically? (see right)
   • 3 - E1 version
   • 2 on Wii VC - U version
   • 2 on Super NES - continue...
4. Are you playing a version of All-Stars + World?
   • No - go to 6.
   • Yes - continue...
5. When the title screen shows, does the ground take up 2 or 3 logs vertically? (see right)
   • 3 - EW version
   • 2 - UW version
6. Go to Yoshi's Island 1 and hold run and right as the level loads. What happens?
   • Mario hits the Koopa and dies - U version
   • Mario runs under the Koopa and survives - E0 version

To compensate for the PAL system that runs at 50fps opposed to 60fps - developers made Mario run faster in the PAL rom to offset the difference. As a result Mario can make jumps that are not possible in the NTSC version, so different routes would be taken. It is difficult to compare runs between these two versions. Even though Mario's running speed was increased to make up for the slower framerate, other parts of the game like cutscenes and the overworld were not sped up, so generally runs on PAL versions will be much slower because of this.

This video demonstrates some of the speed differences between PAL and NTSC versions of the game:

• J version is 0.267 seconds faster for each save message.
• J version is 3.2 seconds faster for each switch palace.

Taking into account these differences this is how it affects some main categories:

Level Differences

• The message at the end of Funky reads 'YOU ARE SUPER PLAYER!!' on the J version instead of 'YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER!!' like the other versions.
• There is no yellow ! block at the beginning of Donut Plains 2 in the J version.
• There is visible cut-off on the J version on the right side of Donut Secret House if you scroll the screen to the right.
• The time limit was changed to 400 seconds from 300 seconds in the J version of Lemmy's Castle.
• There are fewer arrow signs at the end of Chocolate Island 3 in the J version.
• The 3 extra lives below the orb in Sunken Ghost Ship are not present in the J version.
• There are fewer green berries in Funky in the J version.
• There is no cape near the beginning of Vanilla Dome 1 in the J version.

There is a relatively little known arcade release of Super Mario World for the Nintendo Super System. Released only in the US, the Nintendo Super System is essentially a Super Nintendo in an arcade cabinet. This version can be differentiated from all others by the title screen (shown right). The Nintendo Super System version of the game is identical in physics and in all levels to the U version of the game, except that the message box in Yoshi's Island 4 is no longer present (because Start+Select is disabled). Most glitches also function identically.

There are several changes which make this version technically the fastest official release of Super Mario World. For one, the game does not save, so save prompts never appear. The intro cutscene can be skipped immediately after the message box text appears. Castle cutscenes can be scrolled by the player by mashing, drastically reducing their length. Finally, the player may choose to start in any one of the seven 'zones', with previous levels already completed. The only change which could adversely affect speedruns is that Start+Select is disabled. Overall, this version would save several minutes compared to the versions above in a 96 exit run.

For the leaderboards, this version is not currently allowed. This version can be run on a standard SNES (or emulator) through a flashcart, but obtaining a legitimate copy is prohibitively expensive. Additionally, only a very small number of such units were produced, while all the above versions have millions of sales. Finally, because of the massive time savings, allowing this version would essentially invalidate all historic runs.