[Great verification on the Switch! The Legendary Backstage Challenge! Vol.4] Now that we're in 2025, we're going to try again! Invincible in the Super Magic Village! & "Will that trauma come back? Star Fox!

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Let's try to recreate and challenge the "backstage tricks" that were the flower of Showa-era games, now that we are in the 2025 era! In this installment of our series, we will introduce you to two new Super NES titles that will suddenly become available in August 2019: an unbelievably invincible technique and a traumatizing and terrifying stage!

The Definition of Uchiwaza

Back in the 1980s, when the search for underhanded tricks was popular, extreme tricks such as shifting the cassette or short-circuiting the peripheral terminals with metal appeared. The following is a list of the techniques that can be used in "Super Makai Mura".

The main character Arthur becomes invincible in "Super Makai Mura"?

The "Super Makai Mura" of the "Makai Mura" series, which appeared on October 4, 1991 as an original title for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), remains a masterpiece with its high level of difficulty, deep gameplay, and presentation that incorporates many of the "rotation and zooming functions" of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The game is a masterpiece.

In this work, the "invincible technique" was discovered!

Invincible technique" is a category of the most powerful technique that has reigned supreme among video game kids of the time. There must be many players who remember the invincibility commands of "XEVIOUS" and "STAR FORCE" on the Famicom (NES) in the old days. Some of you may recall the unusual invincible moves of "Challenger," in which commands were entered in time with the rhythm of the background music.

There are several patterns of such "invincibility techniques," such as "a technique that was planted for debugging and then discovered," "a character was programmed to become invincible in advance," or "a bug caused the character to become invincible. In this case, "Choumakai-mura" falls into the "invincible due to a bug" category.

As for the procedure, you must first advance to Stage 4. By the way, if you are thinking, "That's a lot of work!" If you are saying "That's so hard!", don't worry, because there is a stage select command. Enter the options screen, move the cursor to the EXIT location, and while holding down the L button on controller 2 and the Start button on controller 1, press the Start button on controller 1 to enable round select!

Now, when you arrive at Stage 4, the first thing you need to do is get Arthur into a state where he can use magic with his "magic armor". (That's a lot of work too. ......)

If you're having trouble with that, make use of the "write back" feature that's included in the Switch version!　Or perhaps you don't feel that this feature makes you appreciate the invincible techniques less ......?

And then we move on to this "avalanche" scene!　So, just in time for the avalanche to be approaching (overlapping the main character), he activates his magic!

For a few seconds after activating the magic, Arthur will be invincible. Then he overlaps the timing of the avalanche with it!

Then, Arthur is swept away by the avalanche, but to his surprise, he is now able to slip through the avalanche even if he comes in contact with an enemy like this ....... This completes the invincibility technique!

You can even overlap with the boss!　However, be aware that it is powerless against falling into a hole or time over!　So, let's get rid of our usual grudges to the fullest!

Now it will be easy to clear the whole area!　I was thinking, ....... That's right,...... this invincibility is only effective in this stage 4,...... Mr. Disappointed,.......

Finally, the princess's shocking statement on the first week's clear, and then we move on to the next backstage trick. Princess, I wish you had told me that at the beginning. ......

No longer a horror! Try the "Star Fox" hidden stage!

The "Star Fox" was released on February 21, 1993!　Equipped with a Super SF chip, the game's three-dimensional visual expression using polygons that exceeded the limits of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System's specs blew my mind at the time. As you know, since then, sequels have been made and the Foxes have become popular characters, appearing in the "Smash Brothers" series.

The original "Star Fox" has a "hidden stage of terror" that can traumatize players. This stage was difficult to discover during normal play, and at the time, when convenient tools like the Internet did not exist, it was little more than a "rumor" and something of an urban legend.

So, I'm going to point out how to get to that stage this time!　But be warned, it's seriously scary.

First of all, choose level 3, the highest difficulty level among the levels that can be selected at the start of the game.

Clear the first stage "Cornelia" and go to "Asteroids. Then, attack and destroy the huge meteorite that appears in the middle of the stage. ......

A mysterious huge bird appears. Don't be afraid to hit this bird with your body! Fox!

Then ...... "Where the hell are we?" Yes, this is the hidden stage called "Out of Dimension!

The stage background music is strange music, and there is a background ...... with something like a horrifying face floating in the air. Is it just me or does it remind you of the last part of "MOTHER 2"?

And the boss of this stage is a "giant slot machine!　I would like you to see for yourself what happens from this point on!

I really enjoy the behind-the-scenes tricks, don't you? I hope you all give it a try. Next time, let's try a "Mega Drive Mini" title!

(Text by sukesan)