9.5/10 — A masterpiece hiding inside a mistake. Essential for ROM hackers and Mario lore enthusiasts alike.

: It was built from scratch after the original creator of its predecessor abandoned their project due to community pressure.

What shocks most players is that runs on a real SNES. The developers used a combination of CA65 assembler and custom tools to decompile the original Mario Is Missing! code (based on the same engine as Mario Paint ). They then expanded the ROM from 4 megabits to 32 megabits — the same size as Super Mario RPG .

New features include:

Mario Is Missing: Peach's Untold Tale (often referred to as version 2.0.2.0) is a mature, fan-made adult parody game created by developer Ivan Adler. It is distinct from the official 1993 educational game Mario Is Missing!