"Can you beat this hack WITHOUT pressing LEFT ?" No because you must go left.
The progress of this hack is currently paused. I'll return on it once I'll have more spare time.
Backwards Super Mario Bros. U is a "full" modification of New Super Mario Bros. U, I got this idea from Nathaniel Bandy's videos about New Super Luigi U Backwards on his Backwards series so I was thinking "Why not doing the same thing for nsmbu ?". By the way the mod NSLU Backwards was done by MayroSMM so I got the inspiration from these both cool peoples!
The concept of this hack is simple, all levels are the "same" levels than the original game except one thing : You start at the end of the stage and you must go back to the begining to clear the level. The flagpole is unreachable due to a giant wall of blocks and the only way is enter to a pipe at the begining to go to the end directly.
When it completely finished the game will contain :
- All levels modified to make it possible backwards. Some levels will be more modified than others, it depends of the level !
- Time limits for almost all levels reduced for more challenge.
- No checkpoint flags.
- (Planned) Mid-bosses, Koopalings, Bowser Jr. fights, final boss more harder
- (Planned) Custom levels/World names.
- Level edition : Miyamoto v26.0 by AboodXD
- Text edition : Kuriimu by IcySon55
Q : When the first version is released, the full game can be played ?
A : No, When the first version cames out, only the levels to beat the game in the fastest way can be played (for a total of 22 levels), so some exits will be blocked until new levels are done backwards. But on each update, more levels are added to the hack, so keep an eye to this project ! (You can watch the hack on GitHub to recieve notifications when a new update is ready)
Q : Do you have anyone with you on this project ?
A : No, I'm alone
Q : What are the platforms/regions supported ?
A : Wii U only. If you want to play this hack, you must have a Wii U with a New Super Mario Bros U disc/copy or play on emulator. All regions are supported (EU, US, JP)
Q : How to play this hack ?
A : Since v1.1, I put a readme.txt with setup guides for emulator and console. Read it.
Q : The game crashes on loading.
A : If the game crashes on loading, it seems you use an old version of nsmbu (1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0). If you want to play on these versions, delete a folder named "layout" and reload the hack, the vanilla logo will show up but the hack will work perfectly. If you are on 1.3.0 you don't need to do that.
Q : I found a bug or I have an idea...
A : You can go here to report bugs or request features/suggestions.
Q : Can I contact you ?
A : Sure yes, If you have questions about this hack you can send me a DM or a friend request on Discord. My username is Romain#0001
Q : Have you planned to do the same with an other game on the nsmb series ?
A : At this time, I have no plans to do the same thing with another games on the series. But maybe one day if I have the motivation.