A Super Mario World

A Super Mario World is a short running Flash-animated, comedy, parody series created by Cleod9 Flash Animation and published by McLeodGaming. It consisted of only three episodes that ran from 2005 to 2006. It is a parody of numerous video game franchises, the most notable is Nintendo's Mario series; the other game franchises also include Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, SEGA's Sonic series; and SQUARE ENIX's KINGDOM HEARTS series. The plot centers on Mario's and Link's quest to infiltrate Bowser's Castle to rescue Princess Zelda from Bowser's clutches, unaware they are heading to a deadly trap set by a more dangerous enemy.

List of episodes

 * Encounter (Episode #1)
 * The Enemy (Episode #2)
 * The Final Battle (Episode #3)

Protagonists

 * Mario: A popularity video game hero of every Super Mario series.
 * Link: The main character from The Legend of Zelda series.
 * Princess Zelda: A protagonist princess character from The Legend of Zelda series.
 * Cloud Strife: One of the protagonist character of FINAL FANTASY VII.

Antagonists

 * Bowser: An evil antagonist character of all time in every Super Mario series.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (Super Sonic): A main protagonist speedy character from the Sonic series.
 * Knuckles the Echidna: Sonic's friendly rival.
 * Doctor Eggman Sonic's evil main antagonist in every Sonic series.
 * Riku (Dark Riku): Sora's best friend in KINGDOM HEARTS series.

Minor characters

 * Luigi: Mario's younger brother.
 * Princess Peach: Mario's love interest.
 * Koopa Paratroopa
 * Monty Mole
 * Flying Goomba
 * Rex
 * Spiny
 * Boo
 * Chargin' Chuck
 * Spike Top
 * Galoomba
 * Morton Koopa Jr.: One of Bowser's Koopalings.
 * Yoshi (in the intro): Mario and Luigi's dinosaur friend.
 * Jigglypuff (cameo): A Balloon Pokémon.
 * Sephiroth (mentioned): Cloud's archenemy.

Reception
Overall reviews for the three episodes has been mixed to positive. Out of the three, Episode 2 was the most acclaimed, it received "Daily 3rd Place" award on August 4, 2005 from the website Newgrounds.com.