Kaizo Mario World (series)

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**Kaizo Mario World** (*JP*Japanese: 改造マリオワールド

Romaji: Kaizō Mario Wārudo) is a series of three extremely hard ROM hacks of *Super Mario World*, created by T. Takemoto. Kaizo Mario World completely reworks the Super Mario World level designs to make them extremely difficult.

The hack deliberately breaks all normal rules of "good practice" level design, for example by placing invisible blocks where the player is likely to jump. This cruelty and the resulting frustration, as well as the skill level required, is part of the appeal of Kaizo Mario World Let's Play videos.

All in all, Takemoto has created three Kaizo Mario World games: Kaizo Mario World 1, Kaizo Mario World 2, and Kaizo Mario World 3.

## List of ROM Hacks

### Kaizo Mario World

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*Main article: Kaizo Mario World*
The original **Kaizo Mario World** was released in 2007. The original title of Kaizo Mario World was "**Making my friend play through my Mario hack (Super Mario World)**", as it was created by Takemoto for his friend R. Kiba.

The ROM hack first game gained popularity after being uploaded on YouTube under the title **Asshole Mario**.

### Kaizo Mario World 2

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*Main article: Kaizo Mario World 2*
The sequel **Kaizo Mario World 2** was released in 2007. The game is also sometimes refered to as **Asshole Mario 2**.

### Kaizo Mario World 3

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*Main article: Kaizo Mario World 3*
**Kaizo Mario World 3**, the final installment in the series, was released in 2012. It is also sometimes referred to as **Asshole Mario 3**

## Meaning of the word Kaizo

The Japanese word "改造" (kaizō) translates into English as "restructure" or "hack".

## Reception

In 2015, IGN stated about *Kaizo Mario World* - "It’s funny, impressive, and extremely entertaining. Kaizo Mario wasn’t the first mean Mario hack, but it was the most polished, and the first to understand that it’s not just about being as hard as possible. Punishing players is an art form."

### Legacy

*Kaizo Mario World'*s prominence has lead to the Kaizo name being reused by many other games not made by Takemoto as a way to indicate a sadistic level of difficulty. This has also lead to the term Kaizo Hack, meaning a ROM hack of a game intended to be extremely difficult or unfair, that is intended to push the difficulty to the limits of human capabilities. Excessively hard hacks, such as the *Item Abuse* series, that go very far beyond human skills, are referred to as Pit Hacks.

*Kaizo Mario World* has also been the inspiration for many levels created within *Super Mario Maker*. One of the most notable is a level created by PangaeaPanga titled "Pit of Panga: P-Break", which was for a long time considered to be the hardest level in *Super Mario Maker*. It is also the inspiration for the weekly Blind Kaizo Races.

## See Also

• Level 2 (Death Palace)
• Level 3 (Everywhere-Hurts River)
• Level 4 (Cerulean Cave)
• Level 5 (Aneha's House)
• Level 6 (Dead Sea)
• Level 7 (Hell or Heaven)
• Level 8 (Ultra Star)
• Level 9 (Cultural Importance)
Special World
Special Stage 1
• Special Stage 2
• Special Stage 3
• Final Special Stage
 **Kaizo Mario World 2** | Level 1 (Archway Mountains)
• Level 2 (Silver Mountain)
• Level 3 (Screw City)
• Level 4 (Queen Elizabeth)
• Level 5 (Mt. Everest)
• Level 6 (Norfair)
• Level 7 (City Sky)
• Level 8 (Pandemonium)
• Level 9 (Labrinth)
• Level 10 (Ultra Star Return)
 **Kaizo Mario World 3** | • Level 1 (Wakayama)
• Level 2 (Death Peak)
• Level 3 (Nabana no Sato)
• Level 4 (High-Class Estate)
• Level 5 (Hakata Bay)
• Level 6 (Skytree)
• Level 7 (Koopa Keep - Tokyo)
• Level 8 (Umeda Undermall)
• Level 9 (Hell)
• Level 10 (Heaven)
• Level 11 (Koopa Keep - Kyoto)
Special World
Special Level 1 (Colosseum)
• Special Level 2 (Break Room)