Game Review: Super Mario Bros 2 (All-Stars Version)
2019-Jun-13, Thursday 18:23Hey, did you know that Super Mario Bros 2 was based on a game called Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Pan- 
Super Mario Brothers 2 is another one of the NES games where the sequel was extremely different from the game it followed after, like Castlevania and Simon's Quest, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. That meant that when I first played it, on a rental from whatever video store my parents went to, I didn't think it was anything out of place. Sure, none of the enemies or the music was the same, and the most basic gameplay element of the original Super Mario Bros--jump on enemies to kill them--didn't work anymore, but it had Mario in it. That was enough.
Also, I was able to beat it, so that made me very well-disposed toward it.

Luigi finally gets his due.
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Super Mario Brothers 2 is another one of the NES games where the sequel was extremely different from the game it followed after, like Castlevania and Simon's Quest, The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game. That meant that when I first played it, on a rental from whatever video store my parents went to, I didn't think it was anything out of place. Sure, none of the enemies or the music was the same, and the most basic gameplay element of the original Super Mario Bros--jump on enemies to kill them--didn't work anymore, but it had Mario in it. That was enough.
Also, I was able to beat it, so that made me very well-disposed toward it.

Luigi finally gets his due.
( Read more... )