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'''World 9''', also known as '''Fantasy World''' or "'''9 World'''", is the first secret [[world]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', unlocked when the player defeats [[Bowser]] without using any [[Warp Zone]]s to advance during the game. This world has three [[level]]s that take place underwater. This world has been removed in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'', along with [[World A|Worlds A]], [[World B|B]], [[World C|C]] and [[World D|D]].
'''World 9''', also presented in the in-game text as '''Fantasy World''' and “'''9 World'''”, is the first secret [[world]] and the ninth world in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', unlocked when the player defeats [[Bowser]] while clearing all 32 of the game's standard levels in that playthrough. Usually, this entails using no [[Warp Zone]]s, though it is possible to use the backward Warp Zone in 3-1 to return to 1-1, then warp from 1-2 forward to 3-1 again, or use the backward Warp Zone in 8-1 to return to 5-1, then warp from 5-2 forward to 8-1 again and still unlock World 9. Unlike all other worlds in the game, this world has three [[level]]s that take place underwater, as well as a castle that is not the last level of the world. According to an interview given in Family Computer Magazine, [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] added World 9 to the game due to interest in a glitch exclusively absent from international releases of ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', where using said glitch to access that game's nonexistent World 9 would load the overworld level [[World 6-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|6-2]] with the underwater palette and physics, creating a [[Minus World]]-esque effect.<ref>{{cite|url=https://legendsoflocalization.com/comparisons/super-mario-bros/misc/|publisher=Legends of Localization|title=''Super Mario Bros.'': Miscellaneous|accessdate=July 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/family-computer-magazine-issue-9-april-1986/Family%20Computer%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%209%20-%20April%201986%20%28Compressed%29/page/69/mode/2up|title=''Famimaga'' issue 9|date=April 1986|page=68-69}}</ref>


==Level Information==
The player is given only one life to get through World 9 (though they keep their score, coins, and power-up status from World 8-4), though they can still gain more lives by gaining enough coins and from reaching the flagpole under certain conditions. If the player clears World 9-4, the game goes back to World 9-1 and the four levels of World 9 loop endlessly until the player receives a Game Over. In the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' remake, the player retains all the lives they had upon completing World 8-4, and clearing World 9 advances the player onward to [[World A]].
==={{world|9|1}}===
[[File:World 9-1 TLL.png|250px|left|thumb|World 9-1]]
The first level of world 9 starts out with the player having to jump up a staircase of blocks; on the other side of the staircase resides a [[Warp Pipe]], (hosting a [[Piranha Plant]]), that will take the [[player]] to the underwater section of the level. Once in the underwater section, the player will encounter a few [[Koopa Paratroopa]]s and a [[Bill Blaster]] amidst a row of [[Question Block|? Block]]s. As the player progresses, he or she will have to swim through a few Warp Pipes to continue. Past this point, several more [[Koopa]]s and a [[Lakitu]] will be encountered. The player must either defeat them with [[fireball]]s or swim away from them to progress in the level. Several more enemies (such as [[Goomba]]s, [[Hammer Bro.|Hammer Bros.]], and [[Blooper]]s will be found towards the end of the level. After an encounter with two [[Buzzy Beetle]]s and another Koopa Paratroopa, the player will pass up another staircase. Past here is the [[Flagpole]]; once touched, the level ends.


==={{world|9|2}}===
World 9 is one of only two playable worlds in the ''Super Mario'' side-scrolling games to not include a true castle level, the other being [[World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', which is also a bonus world that unlocks after completing the game. However, World 9-3 does have a similar theme to the castle levels, though it takes place outside.
[[File:World 9-2 TLL.png|right|250px|left|thumb|World 9-2]]
To surpass this level, the player must swim through many mazes of Warp Pipes and Piranha Plants while being chased by a Lakitu. Very few portions of this level have a sea bed; as such, the player must swim almost nonstop to avoid falling into the ocean's [[abyss]] and losing a [[Extra Life|life]]. Once the player reaches the three-fourths mark of the level, the Lakitu will go away (if not defeated already).<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iGsnWTI_vU World 9 video on YouTube]</ref> The player will find a small section of platforms hosting several [[coin]]s. After this point resides a staircase and the end-of-level Flagpole.


==={{world|9|3}}===
The [[Game Over]] screen for World 9 in the Family Computer Disk System version only is unique compared to the other Worlds. Specifically, the world's Game Over lacks the options for continuing the current level or retrying the game, requiring the player to go back to [[World 1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 1]]. Instead, in its place, there is a message attributed to Mario as well as the staff for the game telling the player that they are a "super player", and that they hope they will see the player again.
[[File:World9-3TLL.png|250px|left|thumb|World 9-3]]
Just as the previous one was, this level is relatively short. In this level, the player is once again on dry land. The player must run through various mazes of bricks and [[lava]] pits to get to [[Bowser]]. There is a [[Coin Heaven]] located in this level, via the access of a Brick Block Vine and Warp Pipe (both Coin Heavens are the same and drops players off in the same area). The player is not required to fight a false Bowser to complete the level; rather, he or she can run along a brick path hovering high above the false Bowser. The player can then access the Flagpole past here, thus ending the level.


==={{world|9|4}}===
Aesthetically, Worlds 9-1 and 9-2 in the original FDS version appear as flooded overworld levels with some underwater tiles and underwater palettes, causing parts of the landscape to appear out of place and very discolored (intentionally matching the Minus World glitch effect mentioned above). In the SNES version, overworld tiles are still used, but with more accurate palettes.
[[File:World 9-4 TLL.png|right|250px|left|thumb|World 9-4]]
The final level in world 9 is once again located underwater. The player must swim through mazes of bricks to surpass this level; however, many enemies (including a [[Podoboo]]) block many of the narrow paths that the player must take in order to continue throughout the level. Once the player makes it through the massive cluster of enemies and blocks, there is an empty space located just before a staircase. After the staircase, a Flagpole can be found. Once the player touches the Flagpole, the level ends. Once this world is completed, [[World A]] is unlocked. Some of the blocks in this level are arranged in Japanese; they read "アリガトウ!" ''Arigatou!'', meaning "Thank You!" in Japanese.


==Trivia==
In Volume 52 for ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', a contest was held where the player needed to get to World 9 in ''Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels'', and supply photographic proof that they did so. Anyone who succeeded in doing so would be supplied with {{file link|World-9-patch.png|an iron-on patch}} commemorating the occasion.
*The All-Stars version is a bit less trippy, and looks a tad more conventional. Originally, a slightly funky color pallette and smiling clouds also pervaded the landscape.
 
*The All-Stars version skips the special level intro and game over screen. Also, the All-Stars version is considered a hidden part of the set of later levels; in the original, clearing World 9-4 does not progress to World A-1. Instead, the world is repeated until the player gets a game over. Mario/Luigi also starts with one life in the original incarnation, although it can still be raised with 100 [[Coin]]s.
All secret worlds are inaccessible in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' port, World 9 included, although their data still remains in the game.
*This is one of only 2 worlds in the Mario side scrolling games to not include a castle level. The other is [[World 9 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros Wii]].''
 
*The [[Bowser]] in World 9-3 is actually an [[False Bowser|imposter]], which makes sense given that he was just defeated in World 8-4. This detail is left out of the All-Stars version, as duplicate Bowsers look identical in that version.
==Levels==
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|image1=[[File:SMAS LL World 9-1 Title Card.png]]
|description1=The first level of World 9 and the first of the world's underwater levels, containing many enemies not normally found underwater such as [[Lakitu]] and a [[Hammer Bro]].
|name2=[[World 9-2 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-2]]
|image2=[[File:SMAS LL World 9-2 Title Card.png]]
|description2=The second level of World 9 and the second of the world's underwater levels. The level is one large chasm with several pipe platforms.
|name3=[[World 9-3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-3]]
|image3=[[File:SMAS LL World 9-3 Title Card.png]]
|description3=The third level of World 9, with the only enemy being [[Bowser's Brother]] in a closed space.
|name4=[[World 9-4 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-4]]
|image4=[[File:SMAS LL World 9-4 Title Card.png]]
|description4=The fourth and final level of World 9 and the third of the world's underwater levels, containing few enemies and no obstacles. Blocks in the form of the Japanese word 「アリガトウ！」 (''Arigatō!'', "Thank you!") appears in the level.
}}
 
==Gallery==
===Level maps===
====''The Lost Levels''====
<gallery widths="500px" heights="40px">
NES LL World 9-1 Map.png|World 9-1
NES LL World 9-2 Map.png|World 9-2
NES LL World 9-3 Map.png|World 9-3
NES LL World 9-4 Map.png|World 9-4
</gallery>
 
====''All-Stars''====
<gallery widths="500px" heights="40px">
SMAS LL World 9-1 Map.png|World 9-1
SMAS LL World 9-2 Map.png|World 9-2
SMAS LL World 9-3 Map.png|World 9-3
SMAS LL World 9-4 Map.png|World 9-4
</gallery>
 
===Screenshots===
<gallery>
SMBLL World 9-1 Screenshot.png|World 9-1 (original)
SMAS LL World 9-1 Screenshot.png|World 9-1 (''All-Stars'')
SMAS LL World 9-2 Screenshot.png|World 9-2
SMAS LL World 9-3 Screenshot.png|World 9-3
SMBLL World 9-4 Screenshot.png|World 9-4 (original)
SMAS LL World 9-4 Screenshot.png|World 9-4 (''All-Stars'')
Special Game Over.png|World 9 Game Over screen
</gallery>


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Latest revision as of 20:44, December 11, 2024

World 9
SMB NES World 9-1 Title Card.png
Game Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Level(s) 4
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World 9, also presented in the in-game text as Fantasy World and “9 World”, is the first secret world and the ninth world in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, unlocked when the player defeats Bowser while clearing all 32 of the game's standard levels in that playthrough. Usually, this entails using no Warp Zones, though it is possible to use the backward Warp Zone in 3-1 to return to 1-1, then warp from 1-2 forward to 3-1 again, or use the backward Warp Zone in 8-1 to return to 5-1, then warp from 5-2 forward to 8-1 again and still unlock World 9. Unlike all other worlds in the game, this world has three levels that take place underwater, as well as a castle that is not the last level of the world. According to an interview given in Family Computer Magazine, Shigeru Miyamoto added World 9 to the game due to interest in a glitch exclusively absent from international releases of Super Mario Bros., where using said glitch to access that game's nonexistent World 9 would load the overworld level 6-2 with the underwater palette and physics, creating a Minus World-esque effect.[1][2]

The player is given only one life to get through World 9 (though they keep their score, coins, and power-up status from World 8-4), though they can still gain more lives by gaining enough coins and from reaching the flagpole under certain conditions. If the player clears World 9-4, the game goes back to World 9-1 and the four levels of World 9 loop endlessly until the player receives a Game Over. In the Super Mario All-Stars remake, the player retains all the lives they had upon completing World 8-4, and clearing World 9 advances the player onward to World A.

World 9 is one of only two playable worlds in the Super Mario side-scrolling games to not include a true castle level, the other being World 9 in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which is also a bonus world that unlocks after completing the game. However, World 9-3 does have a similar theme to the castle levels, though it takes place outside.

The Game Over screen for World 9 in the Family Computer Disk System version only is unique compared to the other Worlds. Specifically, the world's Game Over lacks the options for continuing the current level or retrying the game, requiring the player to go back to World 1. Instead, in its place, there is a message attributed to Mario as well as the staff for the game telling the player that they are a "super player", and that they hope they will see the player again.

Aesthetically, Worlds 9-1 and 9-2 in the original FDS version appear as flooded overworld levels with some underwater tiles and underwater palettes, causing parts of the landscape to appear out of place and very discolored (intentionally matching the Minus World glitch effect mentioned above). In the SNES version, overworld tiles are still used, but with more accurate palettes.

In Volume 52 for Nintendo Power, a contest was held where the player needed to get to World 9 in Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels, and supply photographic proof that they did so. Anyone who succeeded in doing so would be supplied with an iron-on patchMedia:World-9-patch.png commemorating the occasion.

All secret worlds are inaccessible in the Super Mario Bros. Deluxe port, World 9 included, although their data still remains in the game.

Levels[edit]

Image Name Description

SMAS LL World 9-1 Title Card.png World 9-1 The first level of World 9 and the first of the world's underwater levels, containing many enemies not normally found underwater such as Lakitu and a Hammer Bro.
SMAS LL World 9-2 Title Card.png World 9-2 The second level of World 9 and the second of the world's underwater levels. The level is one large chasm with several pipe platforms.
SMAS LL World 9-3 Title Card.png World 9-3 The third level of World 9, with the only enemy being Bowser's Brother in a closed space.
SMAS LL World 9-4 Title Card.png World 9-4 The fourth and final level of World 9 and the third of the world's underwater levels, containing few enemies and no obstacles. Blocks in the form of the Japanese word 「アリガトウ！」 (Arigatō!, "Thank you!") appears in the level.

Gallery[edit]

Level maps[edit]

The Lost Levels[edit]

  • World 9-1

    World 9-1

  • World 9-2

    World 9-2

  • World 9-3

    World 9-3

  • World 9-4

    World 9-4

All-Stars[edit]

  • World 9-1

    World 9-1

  • World 9-2

    World 9-2

  • World 9-3

    World 9-3

  • World 9-4

    World 9-4

Screenshots[edit]

  • World 9-1 (original)

    World 9-1 (original)

  • World 9-1 (All-Stars)

    World 9-1 (All-Stars)

  • World 9-2

    World 9-2

  • World 9-3

    World 9-3

  • World 9-4 (original)

    World 9-4 (original)

  • World 9-4 (All-Stars)

    World 9-4 (All-Stars)

  • World 9 Game Over screen

    World 9 Game Over screen

References[edit]

  1. ^ Super Mario Bros.: Miscellaneous. Legends of Localization. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  2. ^ April 1986. Famimaga issue 9. Page 68-69.
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Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels levels
World 1 World 1-1 • World 1-2 • World 1-3 • World 1-4
World 2 World 2-1 • World 2-2 • World 2-3 • World 2-4
World 3 World 3-1 • World 3-2 • World 3-3 • World 3-4
World 4 World 4-1 • World 4-2 • World 4-3 • World 4-4
World 5 World 5-1 • World 5-2 • World 5-3 • World 5-4
World 6 World 6-1 • World 6-2 • World 6-3 • World 6-4
World 7 World 7-1 • World 7-2 • World 7-3 • World 7-4
World 8 World 8-1 • World 8-2 • World 8-3 • World 8-4
World 9 World 9-1 • World 9-2 • World 9-3 • World 9-4
World A World A-1 • World A-2 • World A-3 • World A-4
World B World B-1 • World B-2 • World B-3 • World B-4
World C World C-1 • World C-2 • World C-3 • World C-4
World D World D-1 • World D-2 • World D-3 • World D-4
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Characters Playable Mario • Luigi
Unplayable Mushroom King • Mushroom retainer • Princess Toadstool • Boo2 • Yoshi2
Worlds Super Mario Bros. World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • Hard Mode
The Lost Levels World 1 • World 2 • World 3 • World 4 • World 5 • World 6 • World 7 • World 8 • World 9 • World A • World B • World C • World D
Misc. Coin Heaven • Minus World • Sub-area • Warp Zone
Items 1 up Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Magic Mushroom • Poisonous Mushroom1,2 • Red Coin2 • Starman • Yoshi Egg2
Objects ? Block • 3-2-1 Block2 • Ax • Balance Scale • Beanstalk • Brick Block • Bridge • Buzzy shell • Cloud • Coral • Door1 • Dotted-Line Block2 • Face Block2 • Fireworks • Flagpole • Flimsy Lift • Hidden Block • Horsehair plant • Jumping board • Koopa shell • Lift • Pipe • POW Block3 • Small cloud • Staircase • Super Mushroom • Super Spring1,2 • Water • Wind1
Forms Fiery Mario • Invincible Mario • Regular Mario • Super Mario
Enemies and obstacles Bloober • Bottomless pit • Bowser's Brother1,2 • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cheep-cheep • Enemy clone3 • Fire-Bar • Hammer Brother • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa's fire • Lakitu • Lava • Little Goomba • Piranha Plant • Podoboo • Sky Blooper1,2 • Spike Trap2 • Spiny • Spiny's egg • Turtle Cannon
Bosses Bowser • Fake Bowser
Miscellaneous Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome
Related games All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. • BS Super Mario Collection • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario All-Stars (+ Super Mario World · Limited Edition) • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario Bros. Special • VS. Super Mario Bros.
1 Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
2 Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
3 Super Mario Bros. 35
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