Something Else (ROM Hack)

Something Else is the name of a Super Mario World Rom Hack by Yogui. It is a sequel to Something that focuses on Luigi and his adventures in another world.

The patch can be found here.

Not to be confused with Something Else ...else.


 * Added Alliterative Appeal: Kabu Katakomb achieves this with a bit of Xtreme Kool Letterz.
 * Ancient Tomb: Kabu Katakomb is an Auto-Scrolling Level where Luigi has to dodge Kabus and bats, and includes a water-based section where he has to keep with the scrolling screen or die.
 * Author Avatar: As with the previous game, Yogui's Avatar shows up and congratulates you upon reaching 100% Completion.
 * Auto-Scrolling Level: The aforementioned water segment of Kabu Katakomb.
 * Vile Vine, where Luigi has to climb a green apple vine while dodging enemies. To get the secret exit, Luigi has to beat the green apple vine in a race. If Luigi loses, the apple devours the door to the secret exit.
 * Above the World is found in the Special World. Luigi has to dodge Flying Wigglers and Fire Bars while climbing to the top using the tiny acorns that cover the level. The second section is horizontally-scrolling and changes up the enemies. At one point, the game lies to the player and announces that it will be a Marathon Level, but another message box tells the player that the first message box is lying.


 * Big Bad: The Evil Guy kidnapped the Village Elder, who is the only one that can send Luigi back home.
 * Blackout Basement: The primary gimmick of Darkave in Something Else. Fortunately, there are blocks that light up certain parts of the level.
 * Block Puzzle: The primary gimmick of Flower Tower, where Luigi has to push giant pots around obstacle-filled courses in order to reach the end of the level.
 * Breath Weapon: The Dark Green Baby Yoshis are sprite-swaps of the fire-breathing Dino Torches.
 * Brutal Bonus Level: There's a Secret World full of them in particular. One of the levels features the return of the boss from Yosu no Tera, one of the previous game's levels.
 * Boss Room: The boss levels in Something Else have an area where Luigi prepare for the boss.
 * Boss Arena Idiocy: Subverted with the Big Boo of Chateau de la Terre, who still has the throw block "problem" - but there's only three throw blocks in said arena.
 * Bubbly Clouds: World 2 takes place in a cloudy area, and as an homage to Kirby's Dream Land 3, the actual Bubbly Clouds map BGM is used for the world map.
 * Cherry Blossoms: World 3 takes place in a forest of cherry blossom trees, with one of the levels even featuring petals blowing away in the wind.
 * Cute Kitten: Cat Beach has the gimmick of collecting 75 kittens before he allows Luigi to move onto the next level. The cat even does a cute smile at Luigi when Luigi completes this task.
 * A Day in the Limelight: The entire game is one for Luigi.
 * Death Mountain: Worlds 4 and 6 take place on a giant mountain.
 * In World 4, Luigi has to deal with Yoshis and Killer Bills while navigating a very dark cave and an underground mine. Then, Luigi has to stop the invasion of the mountain village by Von Toad II and his frog cronies.
 * In World 6, Luigi has two ways to approach the last castle. On one path, Luigi has to deal with exploding bullet birds and slippery ice blocks. On the other path, Luigi has to deal with more slippery ice physics and plenty of platforming perils.
 * Demonic Possession: The Miko leader is possessed by a Big Boo, and Luigi must fight her as the boss of World 3, receiving a "reward" for rescuing her.
 * Difficulty Spike: Twice. The redux of Dat Bass fom Something (which in turn is essentially World 3-3 from Super Mario Bros. 3) is very difficult, but this time Boss Bass is immune to fire. The game undergoes another one during Chateau de La Terre, where Luigi has to face the Big Boo in an arena with only three throw blocks.
 * Disc One Final Dungeon: The Last Castle in Something Else. After reaching the end of the level, the game reveals that.
 * Double Jump: One of the abilities granted by the Athletic Peach (which replaces the Cape Feather).
 * Dude in Distress: The leader of the bears gets kidnapped by the Evil Guy because he can open a portal to ultimate power.