12/14/2001

Overview

System: NES Developer: Nintendo: EAD Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Platformer Number of Players: 1 Peripherals: None Cartridge Size: 1 megabit ESRB: NR

One evening, Mario had a bizarre dream. He climbed up a long staircase and found himself a strange new world. The world was called Subcon, the land of dreams. The evil toad Wart used his magic to lay a curse on the land. A bolt of lighting suddenly split across the sky and Mario woke up to find himself on the floor. He fell off his bed! A few days later, Mario and his friends (Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool) are having a picnic. As they settled to eat their food, they found a small cave. When they entered the cave, Mario's dream had become a reality. Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess Toadstool set off to free the people of Subcon of Wart's evil magic.

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Tidbits

• Super Mario Bros. 2 was originally a game called "Doki Doki Panic" that was released on the Japanese Famicom Disk-System.
• In Japan, Super Mario Bros. 2 was an extension of Super Mario Bros. with extremely difficult levels.
• The Japanese version of Super Mario Bros 2 was included in Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES as "The Lost Levels". The Lost Levels are also available in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the GameBoy Color.
• In the original Super Mario Bros. Toad was called the "Mushroom Retainer". He was re-named in Super Mario Bros. 2.
• The North American version of Super Mario Bros. 2 was released in Japan in 1992. It was called Super Mario USA.
• Super Mario Bros. 2 allowed travel backwards through the level for the first time in Mario side-scrollers.

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