Of all the platform genre love Super Meat Boy shows, no mascot is given more tribute than Super Mario. It’s probably no coincidence that Super Meat Boy shares the same initials as Super Mario Bros, or that Meat Boy hit XBLA just in time for Super Mario Bros 25th Anniversary. From beginning to end, Meat Boy wears its affection for Mario on its sl𓃲eeve. Here’s just some of the meaty love, both great and small.

Warp Zones

When you open up a Warp Zone, Mario love hits you from all sides. The name itself references Super Mario&༺rsquo;s innovative use of the cleverly hidden spots that open up new places to explore, though Mario’s warps skip levels, while Meat Boy’s just open up an extra level. Oh, and the Warp Zone specific Achievement is a double whammy of NES worship, referring to Super Mario and Legend of Zelda in one small description.

The Warp Zones are really varied in their styles. Some look like Atari games, other✤s old PC 🔜games, NES titles, and our personal favorites are the Game Boy levels.

Once a levels start, you’ll notice how Meat Boy now has a set numbe🔯r of lives via the famil✨iar HUD:

That same display also goes for the random Minus Warp Zones, which refer to Super Mario Bro𒊎s famous Minus World.

Speaki☂ng of HUDs, check oꦡut the Character Select screen:

Once you beat a Warp Zone, Meat Bo♛😼y can reference Mario in obvious ways:

And in slightly more obscure ways:

Like a boss

Supe🌺r Meat Boy looks to Super Mario when you take down bosses too. For every world, oncꦆe the boss is defeated, fireworks go off and a flag appears over the space, same as in Mario:

Even the skull emb💮lem match😼es, though the nose is removed for Meat Boy.

Speꦓaking of the bosses, the one for World 4 reminds us of Game Boy Donkey Kong. Do you see the similarities?

And the way you finally overcome that as💃shole Dr. Fetus? You hit a switch to take dow💯n a bridge and send him to his defeat.

Remind you of anything? Perhaps one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码♏历史查询:top 7 most satisfying one-hit🅰 boss kills?

So did we miss any old school references? Are you screaming at your monitor about how we missed X, Y and Z from some old NES game? Welꦑl then✃, please tell us how stupid we are in the comments.

Nov 2, 2010

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