/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10703402
... isn't it exactly the same as mario 1?

>>10703414
Enemies are similar. It’s suffers the same fate as Castlevania two and legend of Zelda two.

Is it better than 3? No. Is it better than 1? No. Is it a really good game? Yes.

>>10703414
not at all
unless you mean Mario 2 in Japan, but Mario Madness doesn't have a single enemy in common with Super Mario Bros. 1

>>10703414
I don't think there's any overlap at all, unless you're talking about the Japanese SMB2.

>>10703402
i thought Shy Guys were little Thomas tang engines

>>10703441
Interestingly it has enemies from the arcade games Donkey Kong, Jr. (Spark), and Mario Bros. (POW block, Sidestepper (Clawgrip's true form)).

It may even be more accurate to call the game "Mario Bros. 2" as it's more of a spiritual successor to the arcade series.

>>10703402
Always liked this dude

>>10703496
He's more than just a mouse.

Mario Madness's lore is literal soul.

>>10703442
there's the occasional turtle shell if nothing else (I don't recall any actual turtle though)

>>10703501

I still have a faint patch of wonder attached to my memory of Clawgrip that lingers after my childhood failure to ever understand when or how he might grow suddenly, or what might be meant by that if not what it literally seems to be saying.

>>10703402
They look like the enemies from Doki DOki Panic.

>>10703402
best of any mario game

>>10703635
Growing up it always bothered me that Nintendo didn't bother changing the sprites. Seemed lazy. But other than that, I do love them. Some of them are quite eerie/creepy.

>>10703490
>Source: Supper Mario Broth
Delicious.

>>10703402
Super Mario Bros should have been the last Mario game

>>10703402
Pretty cool, Shyguys are very intriguing enemies and cute at the same time. Glad they brought them back in SMW2.

>>10704227

Agreed. Tryclyde is awesome, Phanto is great, Ninji is mysterious, Birdo is fun, etc. They are good enemies.

I feel like most enemies in SMB2 aren't even trying to be threatening, outside of the bombs and the mask. They're not throwing fireballs or hammers at you, they're just there, minding their own business, and the only threat is their sheer number coupled with sometimes fast movement.

Yet oddly it works.

>>10703402
Love 'em. Really distinctive and interesting. We all know Doki Doki Panic's origins and that exotic appeal really made for some memorable characters.

is this the origin of throwable shells?

>>10703402
Kinda unique enemies. And the reason we got so many different Mario games rather the same game but new levels.

>>10704817

>>10704784
Yes. Without Mario 2 aka Doki Doki Panic you wouldnt be able to throw shells.

>>10703571
It was a normal crab/sidestepper that grew suddenly.
It confused me as a kid too, more so since I almost always skipped 5-3, so I really didn't fight Clawgrip all that much.

>>10703402
It's up there with Bubble Bobble as having my favorite cast of enemies
Love them all.

>Phantos have never made another appearance in the entire franchise outside of Mario Maker 2.
always seemed weird to me considering how infamous they are

>>10704227
Fun fact: unused props and costumes created for an ultimately cancelled sequel to the 1993 film "Super Mario Bros." eventually wound up in Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut."

>>10703501
does Wart ever show up in any other Mario games?

>>10703441
>>10703501
>Mario Madness
I know it's just a tagline and not an actual subtitle but I might start calling Mario USA that because it's kinda soulful and it might make a few autists mad

>>10703564
>turle

Koopa you gay soi

>>10706000
Nope, just Link's Awakening and that's it.

>>10706000
a very quick reference of the Famicom/NES sprite in Super Mario Maker 2 but that's just because there was a power-up that turns Mario into SMB2 Mario

>>10705597
Did they never appear after it? In my memory i think i fought them in another Mario Plattformer.

>>10704817
What versions are the two sets on the left from? I recognize the top right as the original NES version and I THINK the bottom right is the All Stars version although I haven't played that since the 90s so can't say for sure. Bottom left looks like some kinda later Gameboy/Advance thing but the top left looks like if they made SMB2 in the style of SMB1 which is interesting.

>>10704784
>>10705458
>Nintendo invented shells
average intellect of the Basedtendo manchild

>>10703414
im pretty sure theres no common enemies whatsoever

>>10703790
at least we got a run button
the original is a total drag to play without it

>>10705597
he was in simons quest at least

who did you play as /vr/?

princess 4lyfe

>>10705597
>>10707334
The Sun in Mario 3 fills a similar niche.

>>10707916
WHAT

>>10707940
yea if you kill him you get the gold knife iirc
most people just skip him since CV2 was goofy and didnt lock you in boss rooms for some reason

>>10707848
Looks like they're all meant to imitate the styles of Mario 1, Mario 3, and Mario World, in the way Mario Maker does.

>>10705782

>>10703402
hello gais, anomaly;s here

>>10708016
Not sure if same set but there was another anon who was making SMB2 sprites for an All-Stars hack that was using the styles from the U.S. instruction manual.

I knew what doki doki panic was when I was 6 in 1988

>>10703501
>He thinks he is a girl
Fucking ostrotroons.

>>10705782
Based, I wish this was true.

>>10708235
and you weren't the only one

>>10703437
>Is it a really good game?
nah not realy

>>10707848
>>10708016
Yes, thats a fan made sprite sheet for 1, 2 and 3.
I think bottom right is a Superworld variant?

>>10705782
tangential fun fact:
the goofy blue/purple lookin camo that the ruskies wear in the intro of red dawn when theyre parachuting down and magdumping into kindergarteners were eventually re-used in street fighter the movie

>>10707853
You mean Nintendo had the idea of kicking a shell and than carry and throw it.
Noone said they invented shells.

>>10707934
Good point. It really does.