Difference between Super Mario World versions?

[Red Hedgehog]

I finally got around to getting some decent storage for my loose games and noticed something as I was putting away my two Super Mario Worlds - they are different!

The outside, anyway. While one has the SNS-MW-USA part number listed in the rarity guide, the other has SNS-MW-USA-1 as its part number. The former has the title center-aligned on top, and all one one line the front label. The latter has the title left-aligned on top, the word "Super" above "Mario World" on the front, thus making Mario and Yoshi a little smaller. The colors are also brighter and the Nintendo seal of Quality is a little smaller and centered in the left column.

Does anyone know:
A) Why there are two different versions?
B) If there are any gameplay differences between the two?

Edit: Here are pictures of the two different versions.

Top: SNS-MW-USA, Bottom: SNS-MW-USA-1
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~goldberg/SMWdiffs/SNS-MW-USA-top.jpg
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~goldberg/SMWdiffs/SNS-MW-USA-front.jpg

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~goldberg/SMWdiffs/SNS-MW-USA-1-top.jpg
http://www.cs.utah.edu/~goldberg/SMWdiffs/SNS-MW-USA-1-front.jpg

[James]

I've wondered this myself before. Both versions are equally as unrare except more people seem to own the later one. I think they are different revisions, checking GameFAQs would explain it better. Also I think they decided to make the lettering bigger so people would be able to pick it out more easily and therefore buy it over something else, the boxes share the same differences if you happen to have them or see them at some time. Also I believe the later one mentioned is the only one that got packaged within the SNES Super Set.

[SkiDragon]

Are there pictures we can see of the difference?

[calthaer]

Ah...and here I thought this was talking about the difference between the GBA version of SMW and the SNES one. There are quite a few differences there, mostly having to do with Luigi.

[Cthulhu]

Sounds like different production runs of the game, one with revised packaging. They did make a -LOT- of copies of SMW ya know LOL

[Red Hedgehog]

Added pictures to the original post.

[SkiDragon]

I have the upper version. I never noticed this variation. Now Ill probably want the other version.

[MegaDrive20XX]

Interesting and all this time I thought you were talking about SMW Vs. Mario All-Stars+ SMW (5 in 1 cart)

[Videogamerdaryll]

I also have these two cart variations and only noticed it until recently..

I have no clue why they are different and wanted to ask here as you did..
So thanks for starting the thread.. :)

[FlufflePuff]

Possibly the difference between the pack-in version and the boxed complete version?

[Famidrive-16]

Interesting and all this time I thought you were talking about SMW Vs. Mario All-Stars+ SMW (5 in 1 cart)

Yeah, there's a difference in this game where Luigi looks more like Luigi and not just a green mario. This also goes with the GBA version.

[Ruudos]

No idea why, but this happens more. That's where the "-1" is used for mostly.

[XJR15]

I noticed this a while back too. It seems that the larger yoshi version is more common. Ive had around 10 copies, let alone only one or 2 of the smaller kind.

[johno590]

Bumping an older topic... I was reading about this on GameFAQS this morning and I read that the single lined text for Super Mario World was verison 1.0. The SMW with text on 2 different lines is verision 1.1. I don't know of the actual gameplay differences, or anything like that. It would be interesting to find out though.

[ZidanaX]

Bumping an older topic... I was reading about this on GameFAQS this morning and I read that the single lined text for Super Mario World was verison 1.0. The SMW with text on 2 different lines is verision 1.1. I don't know of the actual gameplay differences, or anything like that. It would be interesting to find out though.

I have both SNS-MW-USA and SNS-MW-USA-1, and an SNES copier. I dumped both of my carts, but there were no differences in the resulting ROMs when checked with NSRT (Nach's Snes Rom Tools). There are two versions of the European ROM, but AFAIK, there's only one version of the US ROM.

[ZidanaX]

EDIT: Argh, double post, please delete

[badinsults]

Label variants do not mean that there will be changes in the actual game rom. Likewise, having an identical cart label does not guarantee that a game will have the same game rom.

Anyways, I think there are three SMW label variants in the US, those two (where the difference is in the title layout), and the players choice version. I also have one known Canadian variant:

http://snescentral.edgeemu.com/cart.php?id=0000&num=0

[phreak97]

anything with an added number at the end is a revision number, also with consoles, the first of the numbers is the revision number iirc. eg. sns-101 as apposed to sns-001.. theres more, but i dont remember.. this is just from memory.. correct me if i am wrong.

[ZidanaX]

If you want to find the revision number of an SNES game, look on the back label. Next to "IMPORTANT", there is a number "stamped" onto the label. It will be difficult to see, so you may have adjust your viewing angle. It will say something like "07" or "01A". If there is a letter on the end, that means that the game is a revision other than 1.0, with "A" meaning 1.1, "B" meaning 1.2, and so on. Note that on some games, like Majesco rereleases, there is no paper backlabel; the information is simply printed in relief. In this case, you'll have to try another method.
If you can open up SNES carts, you can try looking at the ROM chip(s) on the PCB. There will be a serial, with something like "SNS-MW-0". The number at the end indicates the revision of the game, with 0 meaing "1.0", 1 meaning "1.1", and so on. For example, my version 1.1 Fighter's History cart says "SNS-YH-1" on the PCB chips.
If you have a copier or other such method of dumping ROMs, you can try dumping a ROM image of the cartridge and checking it with a ROM auditing program that can detect the revision of the ROM, like NSRT.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

¡Cool!, i never noticed about this. I have the second version, now i want the first one!!! :angry:

Matías

[ZidanaX]

¡Cool!, i never noticed about this. I have the second version, now i want the first one!!! :angry:

Matías

I assume you have the European cart, then?