Super Mario Bros. 3 World 9: Where did it come from?

[Matt-El]

This shows how clueless I am. When looking at the SMB3 pic on a previous topic it got me thinking about this. Now I'd always heard of this, but I know that the warp pipes are the "world 9", but where did this world 9 thing come from? EGM April Fools Joke? Or am I really clueless and it does exist. x_x What is the matrix neo? I think this is about time for Head explodin' Hitler to make an appearance. Its like Sheng Long for SF2 all over again!

[MegaDrive20XX]

Odd you mention that, in SM Advance 4, they called the Warp Zone "World 9" now

[Matt-El]

See that I knew, but I'd always heard this and with all my darn tootin game knowledge.............. I came out flat. Possibly that picture on the Back of the box? I dunno. :?

[chrisbid]

in the original, when you are in warp zone, it says world 9 in the lower corner

[Matt-El]

yeah, like I said, i knew that, but there was always a rumor that it was a real world. I know it doesn't exist, but am i the only one who's heard of this? I used to know a couple of people who were put over on by some dude too.
like I Said I may be completely clueless on this. This could also be in a bigger topic too, like GAMING MYTHS or some such. You know, like Hidden Palace Zone in Sonic 2 (which BTW, was only in the beta. the code is still present in the final, but you knew that already.)

[JLukas]

http://bmf.rustedmagick.com/cr/supermariobros3.htm

There's a page with some info on unused SMB3 stuff.

[Jive3D]

A Toad suit! how cool! I wonder what that would have been like.

[Jorpho]

See also http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/lostbytes.shtml .