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Super Mario Bros 2 US box art from 1988. Even though Mario's sprite actually has blue overalls in the game. But this was localized during the development of Super Mario Bros 3 in Japan. The US marketing still went with the red overalls.

Mario madness was a great game but I don't see any reason to even pick Mario as the only thing he excelled at is sucking dick.

>>10173579

Super Mario Bros. 2 - Mario Madness aka Doki Doki Panic Aka Untitled Mario Brothers sequel

The gameplay was better than SMB1 and the level style was better than SMB1.
Instead, for SMB3, we got SMB1 but on steroids and there has never really been a continuation.
Remember the first time you went under the wall with quicksand? Or found the shortcut in level 2 by using Luigi? Or pulled the rocket from the ground? Incredible moments.

That's not to say SMB3 was bad or anything, but to completely throw away SMB2's gameplay style is silly.
I wonder why they completely abandoned this style of game?

Be honest, you only dislike this because it's too hard for you.

okay, but what was REALLY the black sheep of the Mario series?

>mario madness

Wait... It was called Super Mario Bros. 2: Mario Madness? Is this some Mandela effect shit?

>>9292629
>Mario is wearing red overalls with a blue shirt
Dag, Mary being a Dobson to her kid.
>>9292705
And at long last the Wind Waker bandaid is ripped off. The letters page going forward might be interesting, though with Nintendo Power curating I'm sure we'll see more support than ire about the new visual look for the Zelda series.

Was this game ever considered weird on release, or is this a retcon invented later?

Is SMB2 the most obvious proof that irrational biases/manipulation exists in video games? You can tell a completely normal person that "SMB2 isn't a real Mario game" and it totally changes their opinion of it, even though it doesn't matter what the name is or if it's Mario.

Oh shit its the best one wtf

why was it so different from the first one? it would have been fine if they just made something like the original but with more levels and maybe new mechanics.

>>8723958
Not the anon you quoted but "The Dragon's Trap" is clearly part of the name, There's no need to be facetious to try to make a shitty point.

In SMB2's case the Mario Madness part is pretty clearly separate, but with where it's placed on the cover, I do understand how people would read it as a subtitle.

Was the whole game just Mario suffering from "Mario Madness?"

>>7998781

Super Mario Bros 2 is better than Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World

>>8006164
And

Picrel, arguably.
>>7945686
I concur.

>>7915073
Pixelated covers for the orginal line of nintendo games was to up consumer confidence. Nintendo didn't want consumers buying games with cool box art and being disappointed. They didn't care with later releases because their console and franchises were a big hit

For me, its Super Mario Bros 2: Mario Madness

Did the mod really delete my SMB2: Mario Madness thread?
Is it a rule now that we can’t talk about retro games on the fucking retro games board?