SMS Launcher v0.1.56 · Game 2026.10.09.2
Big performance boost
The game now needs less than half the CPU time per frame. Measured in heavy scenes at 120 fps:
- Delfino Plaza: 9.5 → 3.5 ms per frame (2.7× faster)
- 2× resolution + 4× MSAA: 11.6 → 4.0 ms (2.9× faster)
- Every stage tested gets the same boost: Bianco, Ricco, Gelato, Pianta, Noki, and Eclipse's Fire Petey.
- Much less stutter: compiled shaders are saved, so areas you've visited before load without compile hitches.
If your CPU has been holding you back (older PCs, handhelds), expect a much steadier 60 and 120 fps.
Launcher
- Show on Discord: your profile shows where you are, your Shine count and playtime (Eclipse gets its own art). Turn it off under Manage game.
- Changelog button beside Settings; it opens once by itself after each update.
- HD texture extras download on their own (~65 MB) instead of the whole pack.
- Fixed the launcher's size on Windows displays with high scaling.
Game
- HD textures cover 208 more textures, including counters, pause maps, menus and Peach.
- Bosses animate at their original speed at 60/120 fps, and Wiggler's music reacts like on GameCube.
- Fixed Noki Bay's undersea fog bands and texture shimmer.
- The episode select background is back (it was black).
- Portal movies keep playing with Skip cutscenes on.
Super Mario Eclipse
- Fixed crashes entering Bianco Hills and Erto Rock.
- Fixed Shadow Mario never taking Peach in Delfino Plaza.
- Fixed the camera staying tilted after Delfino Plaza's opening cutscene.
- Eclipse downloads from new mirrors with fallback.
What's Changed
- Fix Windows high-DPI scaling on 1440p displays by @saulob in #72
- Show the game on Discord while it runs by @chasem-dev in #74
- Download the HD texture extras on their own, again for each new release by @chasem-dev in #76
- Add a launcher-read changelog with a main menu button and post-update popup by @chasem-dev in #75
- Announce each new Beta in Discord with its launcher and game versions by @chasem-dev in #78
- Announce only the Beta notes that are new since the last Beta by @chasem-dev in #80
- Add the Eclipse stage crash and camera fixes to Beta's notes by @chasem-dev in #81
- Release launcher v0.1.56 with game 2026.10.09.2 by @chasem-dev in #83
New Contributors
Full Changelog: v0.1.55...v0.1.56