My Neighbour Totoro: Mei is Missing – Studio Ghibli Super Mario Hack | GBA

My Neighbour Totoro: Mei is Missing – A Studio Ghibli Super Mario Bros. Hack for GBA
Mei has gone missing — again. This time it’s up to Totoro himself to set out across 14 brand-new levels to find her. My Neighbour Totoro: Mei is Missing by Cakewarden is a complete overhaul of Super Mario Bros. for the GBA that replaces Mario with Totoro and transforms the Mushroom Kingdom into a lovingly crafted world drawn from Hayao Miyazaki’s most beloved films. Graphics, levels, and music have all been reworked to bring the soft, earthy aesthetic of Studio Ghibli to a Nintendo handheld — and the result is one of the warmest, most charming fan hacks in the GBA library.
The enemy roster pulls from both My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away, populating the levels with creatures that Ghibli fans will immediately recognise and that fit surprisingly naturally into the SMB platforming framework. The 14 new stages are built to stand on their own rather than simply redecorating the originals, giving the hack a genuine identity beyond its source material inspiration.
As a gift for a Studio Ghibli fan who also games — or simply for anyone who grew up with both Nintendo and Miyazaki — this is an unusually thoughtful cartridge. It’s the kind of crossover that feels like it should have existed officially, and the care put into the presentation makes it easy to see why it’s found a dedicated following.
Credits: Cakewarden
🎮 Compatible with: Game Boy Advance · GBA SP · DS · Game Boy Micro
✅ Available in 6 shell colors: Clear Green, Gray, Red, Clear Blue, Green, Clear Red