Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)

Super Mario Bros. 2
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Publisher:	Nintendo
Developer:	Nintendo
Platform:	NES
Genre:	Platformer
Release Date:	July 14, 1992 October 1988 April 28, 1989

For the Japanese only Super Mario Bros. 2, see Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Super Mario Bros. 2 is the sequel to Super Mario Bros. for the NES. It features new playable characters such as Princess Peach and Toad. The game is a remake of an unpopular game in Japan titled Doki Doki Panic, just with Mario Characters. The game later got released in Japan under the name of Super Mario USA (スーパーマリオUSA, Sūpā Mario Yūesuei).

Innovations

• It was the first Mario game to feature Luigi as being taller and slimmer than Mario due to the character models they had to work with. It was also the first game to feature Peach and Toad as playable characters, as well as the first to feature Peach as not being the damsel in distress.
• It marked the return of the POW block from Mario Bros.

Plot

Taken directly from Instruction Booklet-

One evening, Mario had a strange dream. He dreamt of a long, long stairway leading up to a door. As soon as the door opened, he was confronted with a world he had never seen before spreading out as far as his eyes could see. When he strained his ears to listen, he heard a faint voice saying "Welcome to 'Subcon', the land of dreams. We have been cursed by Wart and we are completely under his evil spell. We have been awaiting your arrival. Please defeat Wart and return Subcon to its natural state. The curse Wart has put on you in the real world will not have any effect upon you here. Remember, Wart hates vegetables. Please help us!" At the same time this was heard, a bolt of lightning flashed before Mario's eyes. Stunned, Mario lost his footing and tumbled upside down. He awoke with a start to find himself sitting up in his bed. To clear his head, Mario talked to Luigi, Toad and Princess Peach about the strange dream he had. They decide to go to a nearby

Characters

Playable

• Mario
• Luigi
• Toad
• Princess Peach

Non-Playable

• Wart
• Birdo
• Mouser
• Tryclyde
• Clawgrip
• Fryguy

Enemies

• Albatoss
• Autobomb
• Beezo
• Bob-omb
• Cobrat
• Flurry
• Hawkmouth
• Hoopster
• Ninji
• Ostro
• Panser
• Phanto
• Pidgit
• Pokey
• Porcupo
• Shy Guy
• Snifit
• Spark
• Trouter
• Tweeter

List of Levels

World	Terrain	Level	Enemies found
World 1	Grass	1	Shy Guy, Tweeter, Ninji, Hoopster, Pink Birdo, Hawkmouth
		2	Pidgit, Beezo, Phanto, Ninji, Shy Guy, Tweeter, Snifit, Pink Birdo, Hawkmouth
		3	Snifit, Shy Guy, Trouter, Ninji, Spark, Phanto, Tweeter, Hawkmouth, Mouser
World 2	Desert	1	Cobrat, Snifit, Shy Guy, Panser, Pink Birdo, Hawkmouth
		2	Cobrat, Beezo, Shy Guy, Pokey, Panser, Ninji, Snifit, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth
		3	Shy Guy, Beezo, Cobrat, Pokey, Tweeter, Phanto, Spark, Panser, Hawkmouth, Tryclyde
World 3	Grass	1	Shy Guy, Pidgit, Beezo, Panser, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth
		2	Shy Guy, Ostro, Beezo, Snifit, Tweeter, Porcupo, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth
		3	Albatoss, Bob-omb, Shy Guy, Ostro, Ninji, Spark, Snifit, Phanto, Tweeter, Panser, Hawkmouth, Mouser
World 4	Ice / Snow	1	Flurry, Trouter, Shy Guy, Autobomb, Hawkmouth
		2	Beezo, Flurry, Snifit, Shy Guy, Autobomb, Porcupo, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth
		3	Pink Birdo, Flurry, Shy Guy, Phanto, Beezo, Hawkmouth, Fryguy, Mini Fryguy
World 5	Grass (night)	1	Shy Guy, Ostro, Panser, Trouter, Gray Birdo, Hawkmouth
		2	Bob-omb, Hoopster, Shy Guy, Ostro, Porcupo, Panser, Ninji, Beezo, Snifit, Trouter, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth
		3	Albatoss, Bob-omb, Panser, Spark, Shy Guy, Snifit, Pidgit, Beezo, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth, Clawgrip
World 6	Desert	1	Cobrat, Shy Guy, Pokey, Panser, Phanto, Green Birdo, Hawkmouth
		2 (night)	Albatoss, Panser, Beezo, Green Birdo, Hawkmouth
		3	Shy Guy, Pokey, Cobrat, Bob-omb, Ninji, Hoopster, Snifit, Red Birdo, Hawkmouth, Tryclyde
World 7	Cloud	1	Albatoss, Bob-omb, Ninji, Shy Guy, Spark, Tweeter, Snifit, Hoopster, Gray Birdo, Hawkmouth
		2	Snifit, Ninji, Shy Guy, Bob-omb, Panser, Spark, Tweeter, Red Birdo, Phanto, Hawkmouth (Villain), Wart

Oddities

• In the instruction manual, Birdo's description is "He thinks he's a girl and shoots eggs from his mouth. He'd rather be called Birdetta". Ever since, Birdo has been depicted as female.
• In the manual and the end credits, the names of Birdo and Ostro were switched.

Robirdo

• Robirdo version in Super Mario Advance in December 31, 2001

Refenced in

• Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (2007)

- Robirdo character of boss.

See Also

• Gameplay