Shoutouts to UbuntuJackson for the idea.
Every self-respecting SMBX enjoyer has beaten The Invasion 2 at least thrice. Every self-respecting SMBX speedrunner can beat The Invasion 2 five times while enjoying their breakfast and/or doing their laundry. But can they do it backwards? It's time to find out.
Welcome to The Reversion 2: a self-proclaimed so-called "Challenge Episode" that will put your skills to the test and/or momentarily keep your boredom at bay in a familiar setting. Start at the doorstep of The King of Koopas and make your way home to prepare dinner and/or take a nap while a Princess watches.
The Info:
- It's The Invasion 2, except you start at the finale and have to make your way backwards to The Bros. Pad. Talk to the princess there to beat the game.
- Every non-bonus level has its start point and goal (normal exit) swapped; you have to traverse the levels backwards.
- To enable that, all main path warps are inverted as well.
- The original game (The Invasion 2) is modified just about as much as it needs to be to make this beatable and preserve the structure of the levels, with only a few merciful exceptions: expect difficulty, frustration and occasional bullshit.
- As difficult as it may get, you should at no point be required to perform any extremely difficult tricks (such as Peach double jumps or similar). You may however need to switch characters or visit a different level to grab a specific powerup or mount.
- Tested and intended to be played with the legacy five characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Link), but feel free to use the X2 playables as well, if you think that's somehow going to help you.
- A simple life farm is included for your convenience.
- If there's anything weird or broken, let me know.
Original episode by Redigit, of course. (I'm not going to include any screenshots since it is literally just a slightly modified TI2, but if I absolutely have to, do let me know.)
Good luck and have fun!
