Super Mario Bros. Crossover/Difficulties

The choice of difficulty can be selected at the very beginning of your adventure. There are 5 difficulties in total, from Very Easy to Very Hard.

Very Easy

• You start with 10 lives and extra time.
• Enemies take only 1-2 hits to kill.
• If you are hit while powered up with a Fire Flower you go back to Mushroom status.
• You keep your missiles when you lose a life.
• When playing as Mario, Bowser will only take 1 hit from Mario's fireballs before dying.

Easy

• You start with 5 lives.
• If you are hit while powered up with a Fire Flower you go back to Mushroom status.
• You keep your missiles when you lose a life.

Normal

• You start with 3 lives.
• If you are hit while powered up with a Fire Flower you go back to basic status.
• You lose your missiles when you lose a life.

Hard

• You start with 3 lives.
• If you are hit while powered up with a Fire Flower you go back to basic status.
• All Goombas are replaced with Buzzy Beetles (like the second quest in the original Super Mario Bros.)
• Beating the game on Hard unlocks the All Hammer Bros. cheat.

Very Hard

• You start with 3 lives.
• Enemies take 3-6 hits to kill.
• If you are hit at all, even while powered up, you die. (Invincibility Stars still work.)
• All Goombas are replaced with Spike Tops.
• Floating platforms are small.
• Beating the game on Extreme unlocks the Level Select cheat (available from the Pause menu) and unlocks the All Hammer Bros. cheat.
• When playing as Mario, Bloopers and Hammer Bros. take not 1, but TWO hits from Mario's fireballs before dying.