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Snowy Super Mario Bros. U

PLEASE read through this Readme/the How-To-Play guide before doing ANYTHING

Snowy Super Mario Bros. U is a 1 world hack/mod for NSMBU

It contains:

  • Custom Music,
  • Custom Levels,
  • An 8-bit Toad hidden in every level.

File Structure:

content

  Here is where stuff like the level files & music file go

Tilesets for Making Levels

  Here is where assorted tilesets used in the making of Snowy U are(incomplete)

README.md

  The file you are reading


Works on Wii U & CEMU. You'll have to use the no custom music version of Snowy U to use it with SDCafiine. If you want to play Snowy U the way it's meant to be played you can use Loadiine GX2. See Below on how to play with both SDCafiine & Loadiine GX2


Continue to here for instructions on how to play Snowy SMBU.

Note: I am considering making an absolute beginner's guide for Snowy but as it takes so much time and effort I may not end up getting around to it, for now I would recommend that those who are new to Wii U hacking find a guide.(Youtube guides are not optimal as they can get outdated, but seeing as the Wii U is discontinued I would be quite shocked if Nintendo released a new patch against homebrew exploits)


IMPORTANT

For some reason, when we left the game on the title screen for 5+ minutes the Wii U hard crashed with a recognizable crash sound. For your Wii U's health please don't leave the game on the title screen for too long.

IMPORTANT: When Downloading from the green "Code" button and choosing to download zip, the bfsar file will lose most of it's data and become invalid. when downloading from there MAKE SURE TO REPLACE THE DOWNLOADED BFSAR WITH ONE DOWNLOADED FROM HERE: bfsar

IMPORTANT: There is an issue where once you use the zoom out feature on the world map the game will lag for a few seconds when either walking up to & entering the castle or when walking to & from the secret level, because of this I would recommend to not use the zoom out feature. When playing with a Wii Remote/Wii U Pro Controller this will always happen due to the gamepad screen automaticly zooming out.

IMPORTANT: If the game crashes after pressing 'A' on the title screen(or when loading 1-tower) you are most likely using an old version of the game, if so please make sure it says 1.3 in the bottom right corner of the title screen. If not please dump the update files for the game with ddd or Dumpling(ddd dumps the update files combined with the game, whilst Dumpling dumps them separately), then merge with your dump(Dumpling only).

IMPORTANT: For those making a playthrough on youtube, DON'T USE SDCAFIINE, Use Loadiine GX2 instead(there's even a guide here on how to setup Snowy on it...). The custom music won't load with SDCafiine and your playthrough just won't be as professional(I would also recommend not using SDCafiine even when not making a youtube playthrough). However, for everyone who is lazy I have made a version of Snowy U without custom music/for SDCafiine. It's still not recommended as it's not how Snowy is intended to be played.

If you're having trouble setting ANYTHING up, please check through all the 'IMPORTANT' sections and the FAQ + Troubleshooting sections(Troubleshooting is in how to play)

         Credits

Earthwise: Level Design

WillyMaker: Daytime Snow Background

Rimea: Mario Saves Christmas Tileset(s), Snowy Mushroom Tileset(Mini SMB2U)


      Special Thanks

Nintendo: Original Game, A section of 1-2, Inspiration for a section in 1-2

AboodXD: Miyamoto! Level Editor

KillzXGaming: Switch-Toolbox

mrbengtsson: Inspiration for a section in 1-2


          FAQ

Q: I want to play the original NSMBU again, how do I do that?

A: Load your disc/download from the Wii U Home Menu, Loadiine is only useful for loading mods.


Q: How did you make this? Can I make something similar?

A: Yes! This was made primarily with the Miyamoto! Level Editor with stuff outside of the levels being possible with Switch Toolbox and the injection of the music with Citric Composer


Q: How might I learn how to use the tools that you made this with?

A: I learned how to use Miyamoto! via tutorials on the internet, but never found one for Switch Toolbox/Citric Composer, It hopefully shouldn't be too hard to figure out though.


Q: Do you have any plans to expand Snowy U?

A: Not really, As making nothing but snow levels can be quite frustrating. However I might end up making another NSMBU hack/mod at some point.


Q: I want to play this on CEMU(Wii U Emulator), How can I do that?

A: I personally don't use CEMU anymore so I'm not heavily considering making a How to Play guide for CEMU, But if you want to do it you can just use tutorials on how to play NSMBU mods on CEMU.


Q: Is this legal?

A: As long as you use your game backup of NSMBU dumped from your Wii U or you use the SDCafiine version of Snowy, This is legal. No game roms are being distributed here.


      Other Stuff

UNUSED LEVELS: In a folder named 'Unused' there are some level files which are unused levels for Snowy U.

8-Bit Toads do NOT hint at star coins.