Colors yɛ saa SMW hacks no mu baako a nokwarem no ɛma wogyina na wokɔ, "Twɛn, dɛn?" Anyɛ yiye koraa no, mpɛn abien. Ɛfiri aseɛ yɛ te sɛ wo Mario fare a wotaa yɛ no —huruhuruw wɔ goombas, grab coins —nanso afei palette nsakraeɛ no firi aseɛ si. Whole levels flip colors mid-run, na mpofirim ara woreyɛ squinting wɔ neon dae bɔne mu anaasɛ woredi agoru wɔ grayscale te sɛ TV sɔhwɛ dedaw bi.

Platforming no ankasa yɛ tight (ɛda so ara yɛ SMW wɔ ne core mu), nanso asɛnnennen ankasa ne sɛ wobɛsesa w’ani wɔ nwansena no so. Mekɔɔ so dii mfomso wɔ akyi tiles a wɔde yɛ platforms bere a edi kan no mu —ɛda adi sɛ pink a ɛhyerɛn nyɛ kɔla a mfaso wɔ so sen biara ma ahurututu a ɛsɛ sɛ wusi so koraa. Sɛ woabɔ Vanilla Mario World tɔn bi na wopɛ biribi a ɛyɛ basabasa a wo ti yɛ no kakra a, eyi yɛ anigye kwan a ɛkɔ.