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Does Yoshi eating apples do anything?
There are three types of Berries (apples) that Yoshi can eat with varying effects. In all cases, any berry eaten will add one coin to the player's coin count and can cause the coin counter to rollover....
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How many different colored Yoshis are there?
According to the wiki, there are four colors of Yoshi:
Red, which spits fireballs when spitting out a Koopa shell,
Blue, which will grow wings to fly when holding a Koopa shell in its mouth,
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Didn't caped Mario turn to Super Mario after damage?
This is a bit of a weird topic, because what exactly happens to Mario upon taking damage with a power-up has indeed changed across different releases of games. I found this reference on the Super ...
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How Many levels are in Super Mario World?
Actually, you're dad was probably referring to finding all the exits from all the levels in the game
In the Super Nintendo version of the game, there are 96 exits total. These are tracked on the ...
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Fastest route to 99 lives in Super Mario World
Assuming you want to get 99 lives as fast as possible from a fresh start, I believe the optimal solution is not to race to later levels but to spam Yoshi's Island 2, where you can quickly get several ...
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How to get a blue Yoshi in Super Mario World?
It is possible. There is a green (standard) Yoshi, Blue Yoshi, Yellow Yoshi, and Red Yoshi. The Blue Yoshi will fly when it has a Koopa shell or whole Koopa in it's mouth. The Yellow will be able to ...
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Why do Super Mushrooms sometimes appear at the end of Super Mario World levels?
Super Mushrooms (and other power-ups) will appear if Mario crosses the Giant Gate with a non-enemy object in his hands. Where as Enemies will turn into coins/1-ups.
There are a few stages though ...
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What does each level icon size mean on Super Mario World's map?
There is no known reason why some levels have larger map icons.
On the SMW map there are three levels with large red icons (Vanilla Dome 1, Forest of Illusion 1, Valley of Bowser 2) and one with a ...
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What's the order of power-ups in Super Mario World?
All power-ups besides the mushroom are equal. So if you have a fire flower, it wont be replaced by a feather, or vice-versa. The only power-up that just gets replaced is the mushroom. If you want to ...
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Fill in red boxes
In Super Mario World those dashed in boxes only appear after hitting the appropriately colored button of that color.
In this case you'll find that button here
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How to get a blue Yoshi in Super Mario World?
If you play the Game Boy Advance version you can get a blue Yoshi anytime after beating the star level by wearing a cape when opening an egg (red Yoshi with fire flower)
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How do I get rid of the "THE END" screen in Super Mario World?
There is no way to make the screen go away with your controller. You will have to quit the game through the Wii menu or reset your system.
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Fastest route to 99 lives in Super Mario World
Vanilla Secret 2, but just jump on the koopa paratroopas back and forth with the cape equipped. Don't use Yoshi because he'll destroy them.
Jump on the paratroopas and regular koopas, but do not land ...
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Fastest route to 99 lives in Super Mario World
I think the fastest way is grey coins in Vanilla Secret 2. Get the gray P button near the Spinys, hit the button at the beginning of the level, collect the grey coins, gain a lot of lives. This isn't ...
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Didn't caped Mario turn to Super Mario after damage?
Like Toomai, I can't find any SNES version of Super Mario World that has the behaviour that you recall, but I've found that the GBA versions do.
When the player gets hurt with Cape or Fire power, ...
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Save battery on SNES Super Mario World cartridge?
Simply put, this is a counterfeit cartridge. That black spot contains a tiny chip under it which contains the ROM data.
This was likely created (guesstimate) well after the lifecycle of the SNES. ...
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Existence of different Super Mario World versions
According to Fandom:
There [are] eleven known colors. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Light Blue, Blue, Pink, Purple, White, Black and Brown.
The Yoshi Clan, with every colour except Brown Yoshi.
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What does each level icon size mean on Super Mario World's map?
As sloth mentioned in their comment, the size of the level icons don't seem to have any reasoning. This GameFAQs question essentially has the same answer (although keep in mind that it is for Super ...
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RetroPie iBuffalo usb controller can't hold down y button
The iBuffalo USB SNES controller issues are rather common, particularly in RetroPie and with ZSNES.
Several users in various forums (too many to cite specifically) report ghost button presses and the ...
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