This game is awesome! I really enjoyed playing it. Unfortunately, it was too short. But there is a bonus round, where you get to collect yoshi eggs by playing all the levels all over again. So far, I've collected all 6 eggs in level one. I'm currently working on level 2...This is an alright game to have in your collection, for Mario fans!!!

The game is good - I love all the Mario games. The game is fun - I haven't beaten it yet, but then again, I'm a college student, so when do I have time? :) Anyway, I recommend this game!

Based off of the classic SMB2, I bought this thinking it was just stupid. After playing it, I couldn't stop. The gameplay is neat and the challenges give you something to really work on and some secrets can get you in on some good stuff. Occasionally, the graphics look recycled from Super Mario World, especially Luigi. In fact, Mario and Luigi look like they are the SMW sprites but Mario's head is weirder. The shrunken versions are the same as the GBA version of Mario Bros. as well. One concept from Mario Bros. is the super jump. You still duck for a period of time, and you still flash. And, of course, you backflip up into the air. The character stats system was excellent. Mario for beginners, Luigi for jumpers, Toad for speed-runners, and Peach for the ladies (And a relief for people tired of rescuing Peach). All fits in well. Overall, it is a good game. A bit reused, but in a good way. Some add-ons and graphic changes give you the feel of the 1993 hit Super Mario-All Stars but with the play of a 2001 GBA game. Recommended for classic gamers and Mario fans.

Downsides:

You can't switch characters after each level.
There's a new theme of carrying things. Stomping is never used.
Extra Life system is somewhat different. I can't put my finger on it, but...

When I purchased this game, I was expecting something on par with the NES release that I had hours of fun with when I was younger. This game is fun, and is perfectly capable of allowing you to waste many hours searching for the secrets hidden in each level, but it is not the same as the NES release because it was not ported over to GBA very well.

As others have mentioned, the scrolling is a big problem. If an enemy is coming at you from the left (particularly out of the sky), your chances for survival are approximately 0.01%, since you cannot see them coming and therefore have no time to react, unless you constantly use the annoying L button. The "slot machine" extra life game has also been altered - but not for the better, since your chances of winning an extra life (to replace the one you lost when you were done in by that enemy coming from the left) are again 0.01%.

The original Mario Brothers arcade game, however, is true to the original and will be enjoyed by anyone who appreciated it in the arcade or on the NES. The scrolling is not a problem for the original and there are no annoying changes to note.

My son loves it I don't know any specifics but it is one of his favorite games.

Good price however I don't like Amazon though becuase I put things in my shopping bag in early Decmber and each week they went UP in price as it got closer to Christmas. THe shipping took a while and everything seemed to come in separate boxes. I have had better luck with Ebay or other retailers through Amazon.

I dont know I never recieved the game after ordering it twice.... the shipping kept gettin put off 2 week I finally got sick of it and canceled the order...they lasts over about 2 or 3 months .....

This game is sortta boring. There are not many glitches in this game, but most of the glitches from the SMB2 NES version have somewhat got copied into this game. The bosses and baddies are VERY LAME and VERY STUPID!!! Don't care about them, and just beat the crap out of them so you can get it over with! The characters also make stupid coments. This game is VERY wierd.

This game is a big disappointment from Nintendo. First off, the original game wasn't all that great to begin with due to its tiny worlds, nonexistant powerups, and simple boss characters. However, what makes this game a real loser is that it's worse than the the SNES remake on the Super Mario All-Stars game and even the original NES game!

The game does have some advantages over previous versions:
1) The graphics are taken from Super Mario All-Stars and therefore are an improvement over the original.
2) The mindnumbingly boring slot machine scene after each tiny world have been made more tolerable since you can now bet a group of coins instead of making individual bets for each and every coin you have.
3) Like All-Stars, you can pick a different character after each tiny level instead of waiting until an entire world was cleared.


What makes this game worse than All-Stars?
1) The horrible scrolling engine! SMB2 had a unique scrolling style on vertical levels which remains, but the horizontal levels are torture too. You can literally tap your character one direction or the other and the entire screen will scroll so that your character is near either the left or right edge. The scrolling engine alone makes this game unplayable. What is it with Nintendo and its policy of using lousy camera work for its Mario games? I thought that was just for their 3D Mario games.

2) The annoying vocal work from the 3D games has been added here to make the experience as unpleasant as possible. Do we really need to hear "Lucky" after collecting a cherry? Battle scenes with Birdo have some sort of annoying speech that I haven't made out quite yet, and it freezes the action while the dialog is being spoken.

3) Weird tacked-on stuff: the game has a lot of little new things that just feel totally out of place. Anyone familiar with the real version of the game is familiar with the inital drop that happens when you start world 1-1. The new version is totally different and this new little vertical area is littered with everything that will annoy you about this game.


My recommendation? DO NOT BUY.

Nintendo needs to know that terrible ports like this are totally unacceptable! I recommend waiting for the Nintendo Revolution (aka the poorly named "Wii") and obtain the NES original or the superior SNES Super Mario All-Stars version on the virtual console instead.

i was blown away at SMB2 on the NES, and on SMB ALL STARS ON THE SNES, but on the gameboy, I still love it! the only thing i have a problem with are the voices, and the amount of space you have on the screen, it's so small, but overall, THIS GAME IS A MUST BUY FOR ALL! i love it!

One of my favorite games was SMB2 and now it's back with better graphics and new feaatures. The mario bros. game is great fun too! I recommend this to people who liked the original.

One of my favorite games was SMB2 and now it's back with better graphics and new feaatures. The mario bros. game is gret fun too! I recommend this to people who liked the original.

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this game rocks! I never like jumping on enimies that much but picking them up is the best, and throwing them away like throwing away trash. The vegies are really funny, It made me laugh when I picked one up. And I could be as Toad he's my all time favorite thats how i found out mario by Toad! And no more goombas! I never liked those little brown guys, always in the way they are. And now more koopa troopas! NO more shells that will knock you out! Since this game was redone they also kept the old charm like Birdo. She has a womens voice and talks! So does Toad, Luigi, Mario, and Peach, they say so many different things like "thank-you" "peice of cake" and many others. This game i would put as the BEST SUPER MARIO BROS GAME EVER! Everythings great about this game you will love it the minute you flip the on switch.

:D Yahoo, Mama-mia, Piece of cake, thankyou, owowowowowo, :D

While I admit this isn't the best Mario game, it is my favorite. "Why?", you might ask. For one thing, it gives us a break from the traditional "jump-on-the-enemies'-heads-and-succeed" gameplay. While jumping on something is probably a better way to defeat things then having to have to look around for something to throw at them (and I'm not the type who likes the idea that you have to depend on some form of item), but Super Mario Advance (which is conviently 2 games in one pack) keeps the veggies abundant and provides other ways to defeat enemies. You can pick them up and hurtle them. I will first describe the new-and-improved Super Mario Bros. 2, then I will describe the second game (which has also ben modified) the Mario Bros. arcade game.


Super Mario Bros. 2 is the main part of the game. This is a noticeably better version of Super Mario Bros. 2, due to the giant vegetables and larger enemies (that supply hearts whenever you throw them or hit them with something). Though it is rare to find these giant creatures, I like them. The giant vegetables take out so many more enemies at a time, that I can't believe it.

The game is creative in it's design, as each world is very rich and cartoonish, though I imagine it could be more of a dream. And it turns out that the whole game is a dream that Mario is having. However, there are only 3 designs and 7 worlds. The designs are, grass lands (sort of), deserts, and a castle. The grass lands I prefer, but I have a few favorites in the deserts. All the worlds are very rich and very beautiful, especially the castle which is built on the clouds.

You'd also think that they're fairly peaceful, but the number of enemies and creatures running around is insanely high. luckily, you always have something to defeat them with, including their allies. Yes, you can pick enemies up and throw them. Sometimes you even have to ride on their heads to get over a platform covered with spikes. Yes, enemies don't get any better then this.

Graphics are marvelous as far as the characters' designs are and the platfomrs. The upsetting thing about the graphics is how tight the screen gets, especially when you're carrying a giant vegetable or a giant enemy. Also, the design of the castle is astonishingly beautiful. Too bad it belongs to such an evil toad.

Each character is different.
Mario - 4/5 Speed, 4/5 Power, 4/5 Jump
Luigi - 3/5 Speed, 3/5 Power, 5/5 Jump
Peach - 2/5 Speed, 2/5 Power, 3/5 Jump
Toad - 5/5 Speed, 5/5 Power, 2/5 Jump
Now, don't freak out if you're a Peach fan. she's an excellent choice for almost any level because of her ability to float through the air for a short time. I used Peach more then any other character. Don't think that you're rare chance to play as Toad is spoiled either. While his jump is noticeably weaker, I wouldn't say that Toad's jump is really any different then Mario's. Luigi has an annoying flutter to his jump that makes him hard to time and somewhat loose in control. Luigi is still and excellent choice for most levels, as long as he isn't facing a Birdo.

Finally, I will discuss the enemies. Shy-Guy is a very typical enemy. Most of the time, giant enemies are giant Shy-Guys. Blue Shy-Guys are confined only to the platform that they are on. Red Shy-Guys can walk off the platform that they're on and roam around almost anywhere. Gray Snifits shoot bullets out of their mouths. The Blue and Red rule for the Shy-Guys applies for the Gray Snifits. Beezos are flying enemies with forks. Flurrys are ice-skaters. Pidgits are little birds on magic carpets. Sparks circle platforms and just fly and are so annoying. Phantos come to life whenever you pick up their key. They guard keys. Pansers spit fire balls out of their heads. Hoopsters climb on vines, ropes, ladders, and chains. Trouters are fish. Porcupos are sharp cookies. Albatosses carry Bob-ombs. Tweeters are great for defeating bosses, s use them. Cobrats are a type of snake. Pokeys are layered cactuses like from Super Mario World. Autobombs are cannons with wheels. Shy-Guys usually drive them. Ostros are also riden by Shy-Guys. Birdo is the most common boss. There are pink, red, and green Birdos. Fry Guy is a flying fireball. Mouser is a bomb-throwing mouse with sunglasses. Tryclyde is my favorite 3-headed snake. Clawgrip is a mutated crab with a passion for rock throwing. There's an unnamed creature in the game in the last level. It is a flying hawk head, like the ones that eat you when you complete a level. Wart is the main bad guy who hates vegetables. So why are they growing all ove Subcon if he's taken over?

That is my favorite Super Mario Bros. 2 version. Sure the NES version was good, but this is the best.


Mario Bros. was once an arcade game. Players would jump up and bump the enemies above them and thenkick them off the screen. That's great fun, but the main reason I think that Nintendo put this on was to give the game a multiplayer feature. I'm not too keen on it, but it is pretty neat.

Spineys are turtles with spikey shells. Fighter Flies are hopping flies. Crabs have to be bumped twice. Fireballs fly all over. There are red and green fireballs. Freezies freeze the platform.

Single Player mode is simple. You run along and bump enemies, then you kick 'em off them screen. Easy.

Multiplayer I'm not going to go into. My review is long enough now.


So, I know this is a hard to find game. But, if you want it, find it used. It probably won't come with an instruction booklet or a box. I just ordered a book from the Nintendo online store and I got the actual game on eBay. If you need a box, i'm sure you can find one on Nintendo's online store, but I just keep mine mostly in my Game Boy Advance, or my GBA kit. I recommend this game if you can ignore the few problems. Oh, and I forgot to mention the wacky camera. It's wacky, but workable.

Super Mario 2 is the Stupid Mario Game but it does bring back alot of memorys. It is neat that games that I grew up with are now coming out on the GBA.

This super mario advance is an updated version of the NES classic Super mario bros. 2. While it is still a good game, this updated version is ruined in a couple of ways. 1, They made Mario and the other characters talk which is annoying. 2. there are vegetables that can be picked up to throw at your enemies. They made those veggies Gigantic. they take up too much of the screen. they made Super mario bros. 1 on GBA a "Classic NES series" which left the game unmodified and the same as it was on the NES system near 20 years ago. S.M.B. 2 AND S.M.B. 3 should have been unmodified and "Classic NES Series" as well

This game is great! The first game is the SMB 2. A very fun game. But why the heck are vegtables items? Why can't it be jumping or fireballs? Luigi is free in this game. This is where Luigi really comes in. Mario is supposed to be the best character,but he is'nt. It's actulay Peach. Floating can be very helpful at times. The other game on here is the original game of Mario Bros. It's a very fun game,but gets boring and repetive. I'd recommend this game,becuase it's 1 of the best portable games out there.

The story is that Mario is asleep and is having a nightmare. You are in a land where there is an evil king who hates vegetables.
First thing you do is choose a character.
1.Mario-Well balanced.
2.Luigi-Highest jumper.
3.Peach-Can float if you hold the jump button while in the air.
4.Toad-Fastest and the strongest, but also the worst jumper.

Your objective is to go through a level and try to get to the end. You press the b-button to lift whatever you are standing on. May it be a enemy, item, or a plant sticking out of the ground. You can pick up potions with allow you to warp to the other "mirror" side of the level. There you can heal yourself and get an extra bar of health if you find a mushroom. Or you can collect money for the end-of-the-level slot.
The plants sticking out of the ground are your main weapon. They vary from small plants to huge plants to bombs. Now size only matters in your chance on how many enemies you can hit at once.
At the end of each level you get to fight Birdo, a pink monster that shoots eggs at you. You lift these eggs and throw them back. Once you get to the last level of the world, you fight Birdo and a world boss.
The problem with the game is that it just is uninteresting to me.
The music is fine, the graphics are fine. The problem is, it is just fine.

Overall, I can say it is good for kids.

Just kidding! Though it's quite odd that this time the Mario World has an obsession of pulling out something out of the ground, and it being a deadly turnip, bombs, and a power-up.
Anyway....

Pros-You can play as Mario, Luigi, TOAD, AND PEACH! They each have things they are best out, my favorite is toad, I mean is so cute, he's a little mushroom dude! Hes so gibberty gib, gushy blah nighkj me! Sorry it's so odd. Peach isn't good, bad stats.

-Challenging gameplay! Unlike most Mario games I've played, this is VERY challenging! I love challenging games, you can't put them down! You HAVE to beat the level! Keeps you intested.

-Health! You have a health bar! Not a bar, but hearts like Zelda! Except you only have 1 to start but you acquire more!

- No timed levels, just longer levels! This is a great feature, so you don't die having run out of time.

Cons-Not enough power-ups....Sadly you can't be Fire Mario, Luigi, Peach or Toad, neither Raccoon, or cape, or any of the other games.

-Challenging levels. I know, I know, it was a pro, but it is also a con. You can get frustrated sometimes, because you think something was "cheap" WELL SORRY, this is Mario the game that is STONED!

It's a pretty good game but I liked Super Mario Advance 2 and 3 the best but this one was pretty cool.

I love this game. I personaly think this is one of the best games of all nintendo platforms. I can't get tired of this game no matter what. You should buy this one aling with SUPER MARIO WORLD, the sequel to this game from the SNES platform. I suggest you buy this one immediatly. I really do. Go buy this one. Donkey Kong Country 2 is another great choice of a great SNES video game. BUY IT NOW !

I often have been enjoying a lot of classic video games from the 80's that have really been resurfacing over the past few years. It really is wonderful to see older games feel fresh and newly exciting again. That truly has been the case for one lucky plumber, Mario. Nintendo really has done a remarkable job of reintroducing Mario games to the Game Boy Advance audience. It has done very much wonders for a lot of people, who are now enjoying the feeling of the most groundbreaking entertainment that has ever brought games to the home. Nintendo did it originally with Super Mario Brothers, and their sequel was opposite any of the classic Mario stories that had ever been told.

Super Mario Advance: Super Mario Brothers 2, is a restored version to the classic video game from the late 80's. The game features your option of one of four characters to control, Mario or Luigi, Toad or Princess Toadstool. The game is located through seven dream world stages and 20 different levels. The gameplay focuses in on a nightmare Mario has as he and his pals stop Wart and his henchmen including Birdo, Mouser, Fryguy and many shyguys from ruining the dream world Mario is stuck in. The game doesn't feature the traditional Super Mario gameplay, where instead you dig deep to pick up items to hurl at your opponents.

Yet, with all the goodsides, there really are a few downsides to this game. The graphics do seem a little bit out of tune, unlike their original NES gameplay, or even the remastered gameplay from the 1993 Super Mario All-Stars compilation for the Super Nintendo. Another problem is the controls. They sometimes can make it very difficult for you to hurl bombs and vegetables when need ed at your foes. Sadly, that does bring unfortunate problems in gameplay at times.

All in all, Super Mario Advance: Super Mario 2 is a great exciting twist to the original Super Mario Brothers saga. For anybody who hasn't tried this Mario game, it really just is worth it for the Game Boy Advance. It really is a surprise that just is a delight.

Graphics: C+

Sound: C+

Control: B-

Gameplay: B+

Overall: B-

This game is the same as super mario bros. 2 on NES. It's back and it's better on Game Boy Advance because you can save. Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad adventure through an incredible fantasy world on a quest to save the day, with little more than vegetables with which to defend themselves by throwing them at enemies! Open secret doors with a special poition or by going in a vase, it may give an extra heart(if you have none left you lose a life) which could add to the max hearts at a time. If the door or vase is near a pipe then you can go in it and then you can warp to a higher level. Also fight bosses such as Birdo.
Certain characters have different special abilities, so certain characters have to do certain things. Use your judgement and try to figure out the best character to use.
As an added bonus, Super Mario Advance will also include the original Mario Bros. game.
This game is very fun, very addictive, and has good graphics.

Like Mario?Like Luigi?Well Luigi is in this game too.Like a Princess?Like a mushroom girl?Well they are the chararcters of this game!This is a brand new world for Mario!

Melissa

This review may be slightly biased since I'm an old fan of the NES Super Mario Brothers 2. The GBA version is almost a replica of the NES version. There are some differences (not many at all), but they don't change the scope of the game. It is not that difficult, but it can bring hours of fun. This is one of the neatest GBA games (if you like these kind of games). Some annoyances are the voices of the characters played, but it doesn't change the game play.

another classic that is great from nintendo so this is a most have fo collectors or fans of mario advance series i like this game is entreteining and nice

Nintendo is taking all their Mario games from the Nintendo, tweaking them ever so little, and then re-packaging them as new, original games. I loved the Mario games when I was a kid (still do!), but all these games are much more difficult on the GBA then the Nintendo. I've beat all the original Mario games, but it was difficult for me to do with the GBA. I wouldn't recommend this game for children, as they may find it too difficult to control.

You've played it on the NES, as part of Super Mario All-Stars on Super NES, and maybe some of you have played it when it was Doki Doki Panic on the Famicom Disk System. Now you'll be able to play Super Mario Bros. 2 on the Game Boy Advance!

This game is entirely different from the original mario bros. but in a good way.This game does not follow the same guide lines as the other mario games. Instead of saving the princess you work with her.Along with other familiar characters such as Luigi and Toad.The bosses are really cool and instead of fighting King Koopa you fight Wart the most devious frog in all the land.The cast of characters are different too. Like instead of koopas [the most common bad guy] there are shy guys.This game also introduces famous characters like bob-bombs and Birdo in 3 different colors.This is a huge leap from other mario games but if I was you I'd buy it this instant.

This game is a nice game...I say it is really fun but not as much as others I have...It is hard when the mouse dude throws grenades at you or when the Cobra tries to bite your head off or when the guy with the keys tries to kill you, but what I really like about it is that you can get more hearts on every level.

Playability: really easy to learn and really fun. but I only like playing it a few times a day. It gets a little boring sometimes when you keep dying, but it is a good game overall.

THis was the first game I got for my Game Boy Advance ,actally , my parents bought it with my GBA. It's pretty cool. I downloaded the SNES version on a computer it has 0 heart radishes small amounts of enemies , and less graphiics. This game is kinda hard and easy at the same time. I got stuck on world 7-2 for a couple months. Now there is an extra thing at the end of the game called Yoshi's challenge. You have to beat the whole game over again but master it by getting two Yoshi eggs instead of a full five hearts inthe heart meter. the bosses are kind of easy. The voices are a bit annoying but at first, I didn't notice that. Right now, I have my GBA in my pocket with all my games ( Super Mario Advance , Digimon Battle Spirit , and Pokemon Blue.) in my pocket longing for Sonic Advance 2 and needing some new batteries. So far now , I have 36 Yoshi eggs out of 40. I need the second egg for world 5-1 , the eggs for world 5-3, and the second egg in world 5-3. So I have 30 hatched Yoshi eggs. THe hardest worlds for me to beat are worlds 5-3 , and 7-2. But I haave almost mastered 7-2 right now. I recommend this game for people who are looking for a game to kill some time.

I'd want to play this mario game more than any other. It's very fun! I think it's funny to pull off birdo's bow. The only disadvantage is that it's very hard at times. The last boss doesn't make sense. His name is toad, and he has to be fed vegetables to be beaten. The shy guys are fun when they're huge, and my favorite boss is the giant fireball, fry guy. If you need a tip, the best character is peach, because of her great special jump and fast movement. I THINK YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GET THIS GAME!!!!!

Another great game with Mario,Luigi,Peach, and Toad.

I rate video games useing a scale of 1 to 5. 1 being the worst and 5 being the best.

Graphics-5/5
The Grpahics for Super Mario Advance are surberb! All the characters are clear and easy to see.

Sound-3/5
The music gets really boreing after awile. Every level is the same music and when your character gets hurt it makes a "oh!" sound that gets old.

Gameplay-5/5
Super Mario Advance will keep you playing for hours. The levels are good lengths and have more enemies in the levels that the nes version.

Grade:B+
This game is a really good game, don't let the B+ grade stop you from getting it. The bad sound hit it really hard.

Commonly, Nintendo releases a Mario game with each new console (Super Mario Bros. 1 for the NES, MArio World for the SNES, Mario Land for the original GB, Mario 64 for N64), but instead of releasing a "new" Mario game for the GBA, they decided made another remake from an old game (the third)

This game is a remake of the SNES version that came with the "Super Mario all Stars", this was the remake of the original "Super Mario Bros. 2" for the NES, and that was the remake of "Doki Doki Panic", that was only released in japan, they just added the Mario characters and violá! Super Mario Bros 2.

The japanese Super Mario Bros 2 was very similar to SMB1 (in graphics and sound) but one of the hardest mario games outthere (maybe the hardest of all)... i don't know if that game was "to difficult" for america, or maybe because it used a peripheral that never arrive here (Famicom Disk System), but it never arrived for the old NES, instead of that, Nintendo of america took Doki Doki and made some changes here and there and released the new game as SMB2 (in japan, this game was released 4 years later with the name "Super Mario USA").

Don't get me wrong, the original SMB2 is a good game in the tradition of the Mario franchise (not as good as SMB3, but certainly far superior to Doki Doki), and the SNES remake was very faithful to the original; i mean, the game is fun, but the GBA version is VERY modified from the original SMB2 (and the added voices are anoying) but the challenge is almost the same than the original, so, i only recomend this game if, and only if, you lived in a cave the last two decades and NEVER played this game, but i doubt it so much.

I recommend Super MArio advance 3 instead of this game (is almost a carbon copy to the original Yoshi's island, and less known than SMB2, so maybe a lot of people never have played it), or maybe SM Advance 4 (SMB3) that is a much better game than this.

This game was okay but was a little hard at times. Sometimes when you would jump or run on to something it seemed you were on ice. This is a good game for Mario Fans, But I think that the Mario advance 2 and 3 are better.

This game was pretty good, but super mario advanced 2&3 definately surpass it. I do recomend it though.