The Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 is basically Super Mario Bros. with the difficulty cranked to 11. The expanded space provided by the disk format allowed for longer and more complex levels, several new gimmicks, and a total of 13 worlds...but overall, it's essentially the same game.
Due primarily to its extreme difficulty and similarity to its predecessor, overseas players wouldn't get the chance to play the game until the release of Super Mario All-Stars, albeit in a remade form. The unlockable version included with Super Mario Bros. Deluxe did not have the unique graphics of the original release or anything normally accessible past 8-4, and non-Japanese gamers did not get to play the original unaltered game until it was released internationally on the Wii Virtual Console.
Unused Graphics
Two unused ground tiles and a cactus can be found at the very end of the SM2CHAR1 graphics file. The last tile, a more natural-looking variation of the original Super Mario Bros. ground tile, actually appears in every screenshot in the game's manual, suggesting that it was changed very late in development.
Revisional Differences
In 2004, Super Mario Bros. 2 was rereleased as part of Japan's Famicom Mini series for the Game Boy Advance as Famicom Mini vol. 21. The most significant change in this version is that A + Start allows you to, after getting a Game Over, immediately go back to the start of the world you died in (barring Worlds 9 and A-D). This not only renders the "Continue" option redundant, but has some other effects:
- Using the emulator's menu (accessible by pressing L + R) to save your high score will also save the last world you died on, meaning the A + Start combo still works even after the game is turned off, which makes it possible to complete the game in multiple sessions.
- It is possible to switch between Mario and Luigi mid-game without having to start over, which was not possible in the FDS version.
- After beating 8-4 eight times, the player must press B + Start at the title screen to access World A-1 rather than the FDS version's A + Start.
These changes did not carry over to the 3DS and Wii/Wii U versions, which instead behave the same way as the original FDS version.
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NES/FDS | Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 (FDS) • All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. • Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) (Prototype, Doki Doki Panic) • Super Mario Bros. 3 |
SNES | Super Mario World (Localization Prototype) • Super Mario All-Stars • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Prototypes) |
Satellaview | BS Super Mario USA • BS Super Mario Collection |
Nintendo 64 | Super Mario 64 (iQue Prototypes, 64DD Version) |
GameCube | Super Mario Sunshine (Demo) |
Wii | Super Mario Galaxy • Super Mario Galaxy 2 • New Super Mario Bros. Wii • Super Mario All-Stars |
Wii U | New Super Mario Bros. U • New Super Luigi U • Super Mario 3D World |
Game Boy (Color) | Super Mario Land • Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins • Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 • Super Mario Bros. Deluxe |
Game Boy Advance | Super Mario Advance • Super Mario Advance 2 • Super Mario Advance 3 • Super Mario Advance 4 |
Nintendo DS | Super Mario 64 DS • New Super Mario Bros. |
Nintendo 3DS | Super Mario 3D Land (Demo) • New Super Mario Bros. 2 |
Nintendo Switch | Super Mario Odyssey • New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe • Super Mario 3D All-Stars • Super Mario Bros. 35 • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury • Super Mario Bros. Wonder |
iOS, Android | Super Mario Run |
Game & Watch | Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. |
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Mario Kart |
Console Games | Super Mario Kart (Prototypes) • Mario Kart 64 (iQue Prototype) • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (Demos, Bonus Disc) • Mario Kart Wii (Mario Kart Channel) • Mario Kart 8 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Prototype) |
Handheld Games | Mario Kart: Super Circuit • Mario Kart DS (Demos) • Mario Kart 7 • Mario Kart Tour |
Arcade Games | Mario Kart Arcade GP • Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 • Mario Kart Arcade GP DX |
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Mario RPGs |
Super Mario RPG | Legend of the Seven Stars |
Paper Mario | Paper Mario • The Thousand-Year Door (Paper Mario 2 Demo) • Super Paper Mario • Sticker Star • Color Splash • The Origami King |
Mario & Luigi | Superstar Saga (Prototype, + Bowser's Minions) • Partners in Time • Bowser's Inside Story (+ Bowser Jr.'s Journey) • Dream Team • Paper Jam |
Mario + Rabbids | Kingdom Battle • Sparks of Hope |
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Mario Party |
Console Games | Mario Party • Mario Party 2 • Mario Party 3 (Prototype) • Mario Party 4 (Demo) • Mario Party 5 (Demo) • Mario Party 6 (Demo) • Mario Party 7 • Mario Party 8 • Mario Party 9 • Mario Party 10 • Super Mario Party • Mario Party Superstars |
Handheld Games | Mario Party Advance • Mario Party DS • Mario Party: Island Tour |
Web Games | Mario Party 7: Bowser's Lair Hockey |
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Mario Sports |
Golf | NES Open Tournament Golf • Mario Golf (N64, GBC) • Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour • Mario Golf: Advance Tour • Mobile Golf |
Tennis | Mario's Tennis • Mario Tennis (N64, GBC) • Mario Power Tennis • Mario Tennis: Power Tour • Mario Tennis: Power Tour - Bicep Pump • Mario Tennis Aces |
Strikers | Super Mario Strikers (Demo) • Mario Strikers Charged • Mario Strikers: Battle League |
Baseball | Mario Superstar Baseball (Mario Baseball Demo) • Mario Super Sluggers |
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games | Beijing 2008 (DS, Wii) • Vancouver 2010 (DS, Wii) • London 2012 • Rio 2016 (Wii U, Arcade) |
Other | Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle • Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix • Mario Sports Mix • Mario Pinball Land |
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Dr. Mario |
Console Games | Dr. Mario (Prototypes) • Tetris & Dr. Mario • Dr. Mario 64 • Nintendo Puzzle Collection • Dr. Luigi |
Handheld Games | Dr. Mario • Dr. Mario & Puzzle League • Dr. Mario Express • Dr. Mario World |
Web Games | Dr. Mario: Vitamin Toss |
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Super Mario Maker |
Console Games | Super Mario Maker • Super Mario Maker 2 |
Handheld Games | Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS |
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Mario vs. Donkey Kong |
Handheld Games | Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Demo) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Demo) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini Land Mayhem! • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge |
Console Games | Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge |
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Mario Bros. |
Arcade Games | Mario Bros. • Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros. |
Console Games | Mario Bros. • Kaettekita Mario Bros. |
Handheld Games | Mario Bros. Classic • Mario Clash |
Computer Games | Punch Ball Mario Bros. (PC-88) |
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Mario's Picross |
Console Games | Mario's Super Picross |
Handheld Games | Mario's Picross • Picross 2 |
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Captain Toad |
Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker |
Wii U | Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker |
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Donkey Kong |
Arcade Games | Donkey Kong • Donkey Kong Jr. • Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros. |
Computer Games | Donkey Kong (Atari 8-bit family) (Prototype) |
Console Games | Donkey Kong (NES) • Donkey Kong Jr. (NES) |
Handheld Games | Donkey Kong (Game Boy) |
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Luigi's Mansion |
Console Games | Luigi's Mansion • Luigi's Mansion 3 |
Handheld Games | Luigi's Mansion • Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon |
Arcade Games | Luigi's Mansion Arcade |
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Wrecking Crew |
Console Games | Wrecking Crew • Wrecking Crew '98 |
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Art |
Console Games | Mario Paint (Prototype) • Mario Artist Paint Studio (Prototype) • Mario Artist Talent Studio • Mario Artist Communication Kit • Mario Artist Polygon Studio I am a Teacher: Super Mario no Sweater • Mario no Photopi |
Handheld Games | Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Mario Family • Photos with Mario |
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Educational |
Computer Games | Mario is Missing! (DOS) • Mario's Early Years (DOS) • Mario Teaches Typing (DOS) |
Console Games | Mario is Missing! (SNES) • Mario is Missing! (NES) • Mario's Time Machine (SNES) • Mario's Time Machine (NES) • Mario's Early Years: Fun With Letters (SNES) |
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Miscellaneous |
Arcade Games | Mario Roulette |
Computer Games | Mario's Game Gallery |
Console Games | Super Mario Bros. + Duck Hunt + World Class Track Meet • Nintendo World Championships 1990 • Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 • Nintendo Campus Challenge 1992 • Nintendo PowerFest '94 • Mario & Wario • Undake 30: Same Game Mario Version • Yoshi's Safari • Hotel Mario (Prototype) • Super Mario's Wacky Worlds • Fortune Street |
Handheld Games | Super Princess Peach • Mario Clock • Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition |
Web Games | Super Princess Peach: Parasol Fall |
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See Also |
Donkey Kong • Game & Watch • Wario • Yoshi |