New Super Mario Bros. Improvement
A handful of small assembly patches for New Super Mario Bros. that make it smoother to play, above all on emulators: save anywhere, button-only item use and no screen swapping.
What it changes
This improvement patch by Bowser is a short list of tweaks rather than a new adventure. Its goal is to remove the moments where the game needs the touch screen or the second screen, which are awkward to handle on an emulator:
- you can save at any time
- the opening cutscene is skipped
- Star Coins show up on the lower screen faster
- the two screens never swap places, even at entrances set up to do it
- the stored reserve item can be used with the Select button instead of a tap
The levels, physics and difficulty are left as they were.
Playing it
The patch is made for the USA release of the game. Apply it to your own copy following the instructions on its patch database page.