So I just played Super Mario Bros 2 on NES for the first time....

What do you guys think about Super Mario Bros 2? I have played Super Mario Bros 1 a good amount although I have not beat it yet. In the last 2 days I played a ton of Super Mario Bros. 1. Tonight I decided to finally try my copy of Super Mario Bros 2 which I had never played.

That game is so freaking nuts. I know it is basically just some other Japanese game with Mario sprites injected in it. And that explains the craziness of it I guess, but that game still is just blowing my mind.The enemies and environments are just so ridiculous.

Also, I think the gameplay in the first Super Mario Bros game is like 100 times better. However, the crazy enemies, environments, and bosses in SMB2 is making me want to beat it just so I can see all the trippy crap in that game lol.

Super Mario Bros. 2 is my favorite Mario game. Seriously. I love the craziness of it.

It's a massive deviation from the rest of the series, but I like it. It was nice too see a villian besides Bowser for once.

Right after Super Mario Bros. 3 SMB2 is my favorite Mariogame of all time. I found it oddly relaxing ^^

Even though Super Mario Bros. 2 is referred to as the "Black sheep" of the Mario series, I quite enjoyed it. For one reason in particular, the fact that everyone had their own character specific sprite, so Luigi was no longer a palette swap of Mario.

Even though Super Mario Bros. 2 is referred to as the "Black sheep" of the Mario series, I quite enjoyed it. For one reason in particular, the fact that everyone had their own character specific sprite, so Luigi was no longer a palette swap of Mario.

kitchenwindow

yeah and the fact that each character behaves differently. mario is my favorite to use, but sometimes it is easier to beat a level using Toad, Luigi or Princess. That ICE level really drives me nuts though. I hate the slipping and sliding all over the place. But yeah, its definately the black sheep, but in a good way. sometimes a change of pace is nice.

When Supermario Brothers 2 was first released. My game pal way back in 1986 got a copy on launch day. The verdict was that the game sucked. At the time it just wasn't the standard mario game that we had expected. However this game does grow on you some what.

SMB2 is A Marioized eddtiion of Doki Doki Panic from Fuji Television in Japan

Game Spot Doki Doki Panic:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/company/index.php?company=73277

YouTube SMB2 vs Doki Doki (Very Informative)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdjYYFOGE3k

I adored SMB2. I found it to be very different and neat. You will also notice it has a Middle-Eastern theme which is interesting and different. Did this game inspire the Prince of Persia? The only thing is I worried all this cooky stuff was the future of Mario.

The truly unique aspect of SMB2 that I appreciated was you could throw game elements you find at enemies (including the boss eggs they throw at you). The concept of using lots of unique found wepons them is well loved in Kirby and MegaMan.

And what is cooler than forgetting about saving the princess again, and instead, and flying through an entire level floating on her dress?

mario madness FTW!!!:P the best thing about Doki doki panic is that all the enemies are reused in the other mario games and some music is placed in those games

You've got to see the comparison in the Doki Doki vs SMB2 video. They took the origional Doki Doki and replaced the sprites with Mario characters. The game isn't really a mario game!

You've got to see the comparison in the Doki Doki vs SMB2 video. They took the origional Doki Doki and replaced the sprites with Mario characters. The game isn't really a mario game!

TigerCatBrandon

Oh, and could you please, as a favor to me, change your font/color. It burns my eyes trying to read your opinions.

I adored SMB2. I found it to be very different and neat. You will also notice it has a Middle-Eastern theme which is interesting and different. Did this game inspire the Prince of Persia? The only thing is I worried all this cooky stuff was the future of Mario.

TigerCatBrandon

history fail, if anything the original prince of persia inspired doki doki panic as the original prince of persia was one of the first pc games..... (and seeing as how they're nothing at all alike, i don't think it did)it also inspired, well, all the other prince of persias too.

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I adored SMB2. I found it to be very different and neat. You will also notice it has a Middle-Eastern theme which is interesting and different. Did this game inspire the Prince of Persia? The only thing is I worried all this cooky stuff was the future of Mario.

z4twenny

history fail, if anything the original prince of persia inspired doki doki panic as the original prince of persia was one of the first pc games..... (and seeing as how they're nothing at all alike, i don't think it did)it also inspired, well, all the other prince of persias too.

Introducing Doki Doki Panic as Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Western markets was a very wise decision. Something about introducing Mario and his friends to that weird setting simply worked. I don't think porting the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 to the Western markets would have worked as well as mixing Mario and Doki Doki Panic.