Reception for Lunar Magic has been positive. As of February 2023, it remains the only publicly released level editor for Super Mario World. New releases with improvements have regularly come over the years, with the most recent update coming on October 1, 2022, to version 3.33. FuSoYa, who coded the editor and reverse engineered the base game as a solo developer, also created Super Demo World as a way to showcase what the new editor was capable of creating.
The program is distributed as freeware and runs on Microsoft Windows and, through WINE, Linux.Īccording to FuSoYa, he started the development of Lunar Magic for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Super Mario World, in February 2000, with the first public release coming on September 24, 2000.
Lunar Magic is a level editor created by FuSoYa for Super Mario World that allows the user to edit and create custom graphics, blocks, sprites, levels, backgrounds, music, overworld maps, and full title screen and credits.