Ok, I know this is old news but I still find it interesting. And still not a lot of people know it.

Bassically, SMB 2 on the NES was just an exact remake of the game Doki
Doki Panic in Japan. And Nintendo got lazy and just changed the menu
screens and character appearences. Here are articles on it. I find it
funny how they even have the same manual, including some shots of Doki
Doki in the SMB.

http://www.nintendoland.com/home2.htm?funfacts/smb2doki.htm

http://www.nintendoland.com/home2.htm?articles/smb_2_is_different.htm

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Yeah ... everyone knows this already :smile: . They just put in the character sprites and made it a Mario game. But you know what? That's still a fun as hell game.

Also, didn't "Dreamfactory" get scrapped?

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thats funny

but i never really liked that game anyway

Personally I hate SMB 2. And yes Crono, I stated its old news. I just
was watching the old comercial for Doki Doki today and remembered (on
my computer, i dont think its on TV anymore :smile: ). So I decided to tell
anyone who was unaware

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How could you hate Mario 2? Seriously. Even the cartoon was mostly based on Mario 2.



I loved that show so much. Except for the live action part.

Does anyone remember that other Nintendo cartoon? It was about this guy, who played far too much NES and like ... he carried around a NES controller and could merge the Game's reality with ours or something. The point is, he could control game elements in the real world. I remember the guy using Off Road a lot. I think he used a power glove too.

"Captain N & the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3" was the title of the second show.

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I don't I ever watched the Captain N one, but I do know of it and have
seen a few episodes recently. It was all about Zelda back in the days
of the Super Show.

As for Mario 2 being a re-brand. There was still a Mario 2, in NA it's
referred to as "The Lost Levels". Personally I love both. I have the
carts for 1, 2 and 3 sitting not more than 5 feet above me on my shelf.

Yeah, the original SMB 2 was almost the same as the first, but WAY harder. And was only released in Japan.

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ohhhhh so that's why SMB2 is sooo different from the others!! i always wondered why. SMB2 didn't make much sense, i always thought mario had some time to rest and he dreamt that, but still it was weird.

I'm glad it happened, or else we wouldn't have the shyguys and sniffets.

And bomb-ombs, and pokeys, and like more then half of the things you fight in Mario games

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What's really funny is that SMB2 is the best one.

Biological Component said:
What's really funny is that SMB2 is the best one.

:biggrin: you must be kidding :biggrin:

SMB2 is totally the best of all the games.

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Nah, 3 is.

So it's agreed: "Super Mario Brothers 3" is the best Mario game. :smile:

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So it's agreed: "Super Mario Brothers 3" is the best Mario game. :smile:

Hell, it's the best GAME.

I just like to loop the Mario music and get high...

not really, but i do love the music with a passion. that ans tetris music... It is so awesome.

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Nickelplate said:
I just like to loop the Mario music and get high...

not really, but i do love the music with a passion. that ans tetris music... It is so awesome.

so you like 8-bits music? (it's 8-bits right?) so there's actually people that like that music? i thought i was all alone in this world.

Super Mario 64, done and done.

you can FLY! JEEZ!

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GreenDragon said:
Super Mario 64, done and done.

you can FLY! JEEZ!

you can fly in Mario 3 and 4 too.

GreenDragon said:
Super Mario 64, done and done.

you can FLY! JEEZ!

you can fly in Mario 3 and 4 too.

werd

3 was and is the best

no question

i never did like 2 though

I have every single Mario sound/song from 1,2, and 3. I also have every sound/song from Tetris.

I got them here (you need a WinAMP plugin to listen to them though,
because they are ripped straight from the game)
http://www.zophar.net/nsf/

They also have more systems, but they also need more plugins...

http://www.zophar.net/music.html

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Yeah, I have a lot of the SNES music files along with Meridian Advance.
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs has the sweetest soundtrack.

LOL! I liked Battletoads! I remember that game as fun, but only when playing with a friend.

SMB1 makes SMB2 its bitch. I don't think I've played 3 or 4, I had a
Sega Genesis so I didn't play SNES except at friends' houses.

As for Nintendo being Lazy, I have to disagree. They never released
Doki Doki Panic in the US. Nintendo made Doki Doki Panic and released
it in Japan, but I believe they didn't think it would sell in America,
so they modified and improved it into SMB2 which was recognizable to
American gamers. They could have changed the enemies to classic Mario
ones, but as Gorbachev mentioned, if they did we wouldn't have the ones
SMB2 brought to the Mario world.

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