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vince89 · 05-22-2008, 11:12 AM

Super Punch Out is the best SNES game.

Chaos Mitten · 05-22-2008, 11:14 AM

Did any of you have a game genie? That thing was awesome.

Donut62 · 05-22-2008, 11:15 AM

Speaking of old Nintendo, I still want to know what kind of drugs they were on when they brewed up Mario 2.

Saith · 05-22-2008, 11:15 AM

I had the game genie for SNES. Definitely made some games way more fun.

Saith · 05-22-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Donut62

Speaking of old Nintendo, I still want to know what kind of drugs they were on when they brewed up Mario 2.

Mario 2 was originally released in Japan as a non-Mario game. They changed it to Mario when they brought it to the US. Still a fun game though.

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SMB2 did not begin life as a Mario title; instead, it is a remake of the Japanese Famicom Disk System title Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (DDP). Nintendo's own sequel to Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan as "Super Mario Bros. 2" in 1986. However, because of that game's extreme difficulty and its close similarity to the original game, Nintendo decided not to release it to the western world at that time, instead releasing DDP with Mario characters under the "Super Mario Bros. 2" label. Japan later saw the western SMB2 release in 1992 under the title of "Super Mario USA" (スーパーマリオUSA(ユーエスエー) Sūpā Mario Yū Esu Ē?). The Japanese version was released to the rest of the world as "Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels" as part of the Super Mario All-Stars collection for the Super NES in 1993.

Because it was not originally a Mario title, this game differs greatly from the original Super Mario Bros. However, despite its status as the black sheep of the series [1], many elements from SMB2 have become part of the Mario series canon and the repertoire of recurring elements. The game also sold well in its own right and was critically acclaimed at the time.