Super Mario Advance/New features
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While Super Mario All-Stars contained ports that almost identically corresponded to their NES counterparts with the only real change being an audio and graphical upgrade, Super Mario Advance contains numerous differences from its previous incarnations. Here are the primary differences from Super Mario Advance and the NES version.
General Changes[edit]
| Item | NES | SNES | Game Boy Advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Screen resolution | 256 × 240 | 256 × 224 | 240 × 160 |
| Save option | No | Yes | Yes |
Gameplay Changes[edit]
| Item | NES | SNES | Game Boy Advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| During a level | |||
| Heart points when entering | Max | Max | 1 |
| Mushrooms | 2 Mushrooms (max 4 heart points) |
2 Mushrooms (max 4 heart points) |
3 Mushrooms (max 5 heart points) |
| After being defeated | Cannot change character until a level is finished | Can change character | Can change character |
| Super Enemies | No | No | Yes |
| After an enemy is defeated | Reappears when out of the player's view | Reappears when out of the player's view | Reappears upon reentering the enemy's area |
| Points | No | No | Applied to defeated enemies, pulled plants, and collected coins |
| Yoshi's Challenge mode | No | No | Yes |
| Items and objects | |||
| Ace Coins | No | No | Yes |
| 1-Up Mushroom in a bubble | No | No | Yes |
| Super Vegetables | No | No | Yes |
| Heart Radishes | No | No | Yes |
| Super POW Blocks | No | No | Yes |
| Birdo's bow | Not interactable | Not interactable | Interactable (Doesn't work on a Pink Birdo or Robirdo) |
| Koopa Shell | |||
| After defeating enemies | Nothing happens | Nothing happens | Hearts appear |
| Hitting a wall | It disappears | It disappears | It bounces back |
| Harming the player | No | No | Yes |
| Bonus Chance | |||
| Betting more than 1 coin | No | No | Yes |
| "7" icon | No | Yes | Yes |
| Slot stop timing | Instant | Delayed | Delayed |
Audio / Visual Changes[edit]
| Item | NES | SNES | Game Boy Advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| General (Visual) | |||
| Transitions | Color background flash | Fades into black | Quick white flash |
| Toad's head | White cap with blue spots | Light brown cap with red spots | White cap with red spots |
| Koopa Shell's appearance | Small and unpixelated | Small and unpixelated | Large and pixelated |
| Clawgrip's origins | A large crab | A large crab | A large Sidestepper |
| Birdo's bow | No | Yes | Yes |
| New graphics for inside a vase | No | No | Yes |
| General (Audio) | |||
| Voice samples | No | No | Main characters and bosses |
| Boss forewarning music | No | No | Yes |
| New music for inside a vase | No | No | Yes |
| Character selection | |||
| Selection orientation | In a row | In a row | In a circle |
| Character ratings | No | No | Yes |
| Palette changes | |||
| Autobomb | Black | Blue | Grey |
| Hoopster | Red | Red | Yellow |
| Phanto | White and red | Yellow | Yellow |
| Pidget | Black | Blue | Purple |
| Pidget's carpet | White | Yellow | Red |
Naming Changes - Enemies and Bosses[edit]
Note that some official strategy guides may have different names, tending towards what the Game Boy Advance version has.
| Item | NES | SNES | Game Boy Advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladybug insect | Hoopstar (in game) Hoopster (manual) |
Hoopstar | Hoopster |
| Walking bomb | Bob Omb (in game) Bob-Omb (manual) |
Bob Omb | Bob-Omb |
| Large crab boss | Clawglip (in game) Clawgrip (manual) |
Clawglip | Clawgrip |
| Masked robe creature | Shyguy | Shyguy | Shy Guy |
| Pink dinosaur boss | Ostro | Ostro | Birdo |
| Tall bird | Birdo | Birdo | Ostro |
Level Changes[edit]
| Item | NES | SNES | Game Boy Advance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enemies | Less | Less | More |
| Hearts | Less | Less | More |
| Vases | Less | Less | More |
| 1-1: Super Shy Guy and Platform in the first area | No | No | Yes |
| 3-3 Boss | Mouser | Mouser | Robirdo |
| 6-3 Boss | Tryclyde | Tryclyde | Mouser |
