
That invisible block that should contain a 1-up mushroom? Contains poison mushrooms and kills you. That star that should make you invincible? Kills you. For example, that pipe that should lead to a secret area? Kills you. Death by Genre Savviness: The player, assuming that he/she is familiar with the general gameplay of Super Mario Bros., will die over and over again precisely because the entire game is devoted to subverting that Genre Savviness and killing you.Bloodless Carnage: No blood or gore, although you die over and over."Congratulations on making it this far! This stage's difficulty is far easier than the previous, so don't hesitate to take your time to enjoy it." Blatant Lies: While many hint boxes are technically true, some are blatantly lying.Black Comedy: Many seemingly harmless objects in the game can kill you, and there are horribly creative death traps everywhere.Thank you for playing." (translated from Japanese). A Winner Is You: Clearing the game results in you coming a halt in front of the Sacred Artichoke, and the player is greeted with the message "Game clear.All There in the Manual: Apparently, you're out to retrieve the Sacred Artichoke from the Muscular Evil Chicken, as said in the description of the game.The same lead developer would go on to make Eryi's Action, a Spiritual Successor to this game. For those interested in playing Syobon Action 2, this page, as well as Open Syobon Action includes it in its entirety. Since Adobe Flash player is no longer supported, it can alternatively be played here.

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You can download or play an official Java-embedded version of the original game here. The game has become fairly popular for Let's Players on YouTube because the extreme difficulty of the game causes players to die repeatedly, often causing rage, fails, hilarity, or some combination of those.

The game has also garnered a number of unofficial sequels, such as Syobon Action 2.

The game is considered very similar in gameplay to I Wanna Be the Guy, but not as brutal on the difficulty. In addition to having a lot of skill, a player must memorize the only safe way to get through the level and avoid all of the many death traps. It has tons of cruel deaths, from platforms falling immediately when touched, to being shot out of pipes, to the freaking clouds killing you. Syobon Action (also known as Cat Mario, note Completely unrelated to the real Cat Mario from Super Mario 3D World Neko Mario, Dongs.exe, and Shobon no Akushon) is a Japanese Platform Hell freeware game developed by "Chiku".
