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Hey robots, I'm Excremento, but you cool and old skool Dtoiders know that already, this is merely for the N00BS. I've been a videogamer for as long as I can remember. I have well over 27 years of video game experience that I rely on daily, and a near encyclopedic memory of gaming starting with the Commodore 64 and ending with whatever is the current hotness.

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Let me get this out there right now. There is in my mind, no better example of a platforming game and no "Mario" game that comes as close to perfection than Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo. I love this game like no other, and I'm sure that there are thousands if not millions of gamers out there who would agree with me. However there is something serious that occurs when I play it that makes me despise myself entirely.
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My problem...my "hate" about Super Mario World is that I become a Super Mario World savant because of the OCD that this game brings out of my personality. I can't simply finish a red-dotted level and leave it be...I MUST finish them any and every way possible before I can move onto the next level.

This behavior isn't merely limited to the fact that I can't leave a stage without being satisfied that I've finished it properly. It extends to the my atrocious behavior of having to travel back across the whole fucking map of Super Mario World, just so I can visit the "Top Secret Area"...I even do this in co-op play, much to the chagrin of anyone I've duped into playing with me.



I'm not kidding...I've found myself sometimes travelling from places as far as The Valley of Bowser all the way back to Donut Plains to get Yoshi and some powerups. It's hardcore...and it's completely retarded. In fact, this may have been before I started exhibiting the other OCD tick I have about finishing levels that I mentioned earlier.

Upon realization that the red-dotted levels had secret exits (which in some areas, was pretty damn easy to figure out) and that it meant that there was more than one path that would be cleared once you finished them...the game got busted wide open. Suddenly I found myself in Star World and Special World, which in my tiny, tiny world...I knew that I was seeing areas that few of my friends had ever seen.



I would love it if I could have a playthrough that would emulate that of a normal 'happy-go-lucky' person does, trouncing through Dinosaur Land with no cares at all. Nope, can't ever happen. I am always compelled to play the game with machine precision, otherwise it just doesn't feel right to me.

I love this game, I can't state that enough. It's seriously one of the most perfect games ever made, but I hate myself for loving every single second I spend playing it as soulless gaming machine.



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i never noticed before but the Super Famicom looks like a red and blue Pac-man eating a yellow and green dot. Someone could reach far enough and pull a political statement out of that.
I read it. Fucker.

I do the exact same thing, though I still can't figure out how to get one of the red keyholes and I refuse to ask anyone or look it up.
Really glad to see you blogging again brother.

Good stuff and fapped.
LOL! I'm not that obsessive with any game.... oh look! Something shiny... it's a new game! Yeah, I tend to be a non-completionist! :(
@ Elsa

Seriously, this is the ONLY game where I do crazy shit like this...well that and Super Metroid but thats DIFFERENT!!!
I always feel the need to back track to a secret area to get power ups and Yoshi and what not. But there is a certain point where I look at where I am and look at Donut Plains and think "... Fuck that." My laziness trumps all other impulses.

Also I didn't back then but I have more recently developed that sort of thing with certain games where I can't move on from a level or area until I 100% it. Which is kind of ironic considering I pretty much NEVER finish games as I am highly distractable like Elsa.
the last game to give me the completionist bug was Castlevania SOTN...where I wanted the over 200% completion damnit.
I admire your dedication :p I haven't played through it in its entirety in years, but I fondly remember being positively awestruck by Star Road!
I never knew the red dots revealed secret paths, I still finished it though, by trying every levels.

I remember when I first accessed the star world, and I played the fourth level : HOLY SHIT IT'S THE OPENING LEVEL.

It was hard as shit back in the day. Nowadays, if we play again, a complete playthrough takes only 3 hours. Growing up sucks. XD
@ Nic128

A-FUCKING-MEN brother...it's sad that games that seemed to last weeks now can be done in a short span of time.
This game is the most overrated mario game and one of the most overrated games ever in my opinion. It is nowhere nearly as good as super mario brothers 3 for nes or SMW2: yoshi's island

The sad part is, i actually really really like this game... But seeing people rate it above the other two games i mentioned actually makes me kinda hate it
I remember using the star road entrances and exits to get back to Top Secret faster.

Dude, don't hate yourself or anything else; This game is so good it warrants this type of behavior.
I do the EXACT same thing! I can't just rush through Super Mario World, I have to 100% it.

Oh God Tubular!

Also, blog more.
holyshititsexcremento

I'd like to say you aren't alone, but I'm only partially OCD in Super Mario World. My first playthrough, I blazed through it at a normal pace. The second time? I was an OCD motherfucker who had to get every last thing unlocked and seend. Third time? I wanted to do it as fast as possible.

So maybe I'm just OCD in a different way.
I think most hardcore gamer types play Mario games to 100% completion, gathering every coin, secret and such before moving forward.
Even in New Super Mario Bros. Wii I'll do my OCD best to gather every coin, search out each level's three special coins, destroy all enemies and bash all blocks in my path. Yet, I don't always need to, I just prefer to.
I say, if you're having a good time playing the game "OCD" fashion, do so. Just remember to have fun, don't make the game a chore. I say, so what if you gotta get every coin, kill every enemy and hit every block in your path... It's how we play Mario games.
Except Sunshine... That game was a bitch.
I agree that SM3 > SMW. SMW is a great game, yes, but SM3 has essentially the same massive worlds appeal as World, with secrets galore (mostly coin collection, but still) and fun levels and items, all while on an inferior system.

Also. 5-9. Nuff said.
5-9 was excellent, as was any of the game's amazing Airship levels! That theme music is epic!
Wow. I love a game but ..... okay, maaybe not EVER but I would like to get imersed into the world and complete 110%, if possiable.

That story inspired me to go back and replay Super Mario RPG! thanks!
@Magnalon
Tubular : GAWD! I always cheated that level. I go back to the second level of the star world, get a blue yoshi, get back in Tubular, gobble down a shell and fly the whole way through. The other way (with the "P") is waaay too hard.
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