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{{italic title|World 9 (''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'')}}
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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.
'''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>


The mechanics of World 9 differ depending on the version of the game. In the original release, the player is given one life to get through World 9; if the player dies at any point in this world, they automatically receive a game over (although the life counter can still be raised by collecting 100 coins), while in the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version, the player retains all the lives they had upon completing World 8-4. Additionally, in the original version, the four levels of World 9 loop endlessly each time World 9-4 is cleared until the player receives a Game Over, while in the ''All-Stars'' version, clearing World 9 allows the player to advance on to [[World A (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World A]]. World 9 is unused in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' version, along with [[World A (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|Worlds A]], [[World B (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|B]], [[World C (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|C]] and [[World D (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|D]].
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]].


==Level Information==
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.
==={{world|9|1}}===
[[File:SMBTLL World 9-1.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}}===
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:SMBTLL World 9-2.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 [[Pit (obstacle)|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}}===
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:World9-3 TLL.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. Despite being a normal overworld level, the level is in the castle style and plays the castle BGM. 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}}===
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.
[[File:SMBTLL World 9-4.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==
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]].'' Level 9-3 does, however, have a similar theme to the castle levels.
 
==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
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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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Gameplay elements Coin Heaven • Extra life • Game Over • Hard Mode • Minus World • Point • Sub-area • Time Limit • Warp Zone
Music compositions "Ground BGM" • "Underground BGM" • "Underwater BGM" • "Castle BGM" • "Invincibility BGM"
Rereleases and remakes 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.
Further info Gallery (The Lost Levels · Deluxe) • Glitches (The Lost Levels) • How to win at Super Mario Bros. • Media • Pre-release and unused content • References in later media • Staff (Deluxe) • Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary • Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary • Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary • Super Mario Bros.: Mario Syndrome • Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! • Super Mario World
a Introduced in Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
b Exclusive to All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.
c Exclusive to Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
d Exclusive to Super Mario Bros. 35
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