/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6177979
As a kid you probably just didn't know that Mario could go down pipes, or the "try everything to uncover every possible place there may be a secret" Zelda logic. Super Mario World is intended for people that are either familiar with the mechanics of 1 and 3 or read the instruction manual. These are the only two ways to know about how Mario can go down pipes by holding down, which is the only way to find the exit in the level that lets you clear Forest of Illusion. If it were made now there would be a text box over every pipe that would say, "Try pressing down when you are on the pipe! You might just be able to go down it!" But it was always assumed players had read the manual with all games from back then.