Woah, I never knew Nintendo used to be a competitor to Lego! That's fascinating. They have such a rich history as a company, its crazy to think that their video game hardware and software saga isn't everything they've done.
nice overview on this quirky Mario Bros sequel. I experienced this game a couple of years after its release but nowadays you will find me popping the gba version for a replay
This video is how I realize Nintendo somehow managed to release Mario 2 on all of their streaming emulation services. Nntendo would get this game on the N64 streaming channel if they thought they could get away with it.
GBA version is definitely the definitive one gameplay wise. You literally won't be missing anything by just playing that one instead of the NES or SNES versions in terms of content, but the same isn't true in reverse. NES and SNES are missing the A coins and Yoshi eggs. Honestly though, this is what any remake should strive for, shouldn't it? If it's not aiming to be the definitive version, then what's the point of it existing, lol. SNES was the previous definitive version, due to the fact that you could actually save the game, instead of having to finish it in one sitting like on NES, or leave the console on all night. Now we need a new definitive edition, one that has all the GBA improvements and content, but with higher resolution graphics fit for our modern HD screens, and a higher quality soundtrack :).
@@tamerkoh Right! Saving! I knew I forgot to mention that. And I agree that the GBA has the most content of the lot, making it perhaps the most definitive. Though again, each version has its costs and benefits
@@anotherblowncartridge Each one certainly has historical value =). I doubt most people are gonna play through the game more than once though, since everyone's got a big backlog of games to get through, haha. Due to this, I try to direct people to the most feature complete content rich and polished versions of any game that offer the same content and core gameplay. For example, when it comes to Pokemon, I send friends who want to play Kanto the first time straight to Pokemon FireRed. There's nothing they'll be missing content-wise compared to Red, since all the same maps and puzzles are present, and they can see all the new content in one single playthrough of Kanto. Also the quality of life improvements just make it a no-brainer; the categorized inventory bag alone is a big improvement xD
@@tamerkoh Oh yeah, it's most often best to play the remake over the original to enjoy the quality of life improvements. The new Mario RPG remakes on Switch are another case of this.
"Which is the Best (Official) Way to Play Super Mario Bros. 2?", simple, ANY way and version is the best way to (this answer of mine also goes for Super Mario Bros. 3, ANY video game). I love me the classic Famicom and NES versions, but the SNES and GBA ports are ALSO amazing! But heck, I also dig the "first version / skin" of the game which was Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (as long as people learn of, or know that, it DID start development as a "Mario game", as a prototype before being shelved and the japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 aka The Lost Levels was made instead, and later was finished and turned into Doki Doki Panic when Fuji Television wanted a game for the whole Yume Kojo stuff... seriously, research the game's history, I'm not just making this up, GTV Japan did a good, or some good, videos about it), even though to see the true ending of that version requires beating the game with all 4 characters. I actually did it with the first selectable character, I can't remember his name, Imajin? About a month ago or so. I had gotten going again with the "mama" character, but then I left off, and now / these days I'm bouncing between Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link, and Skyrim.
Thanks for the excellent comment, and bouncing between Zelda II and Skyrim is a CRAZY leap! And very cool that you played through Doki Doki Panic, I'd like to at some point as well.
The only downside I see in Super Mario Bros 2 for the GBA (SUPER MARIO ADVANCE) is the music sounds absolutely awful! Although at the same time it's nostalgic if you played it.The music sounds wayyyy better on the All Stars version
I was a little disappointed you focused on graphics and sound so much; you could have pointed out gameplay changes like adding those 7s to the slot machine or letting you choose your character again after deaths rather than being locked into your first choice until you either beat the level or run out of lives. I actually feel that breaks the flow of the game a little, as it seemed more like the kind of game where you remember how it was to make smarter choices on full replays rather than the modern long game you just bumble through once and then forget about. Though of course, if there's no saving, then they can have limited continues as the ultimate punishment... A lot of the pointless additions on Advance seem to be there just to show off the new GBA's ability to rotate and scale sprites, and it always looked a little ugly to me to do that scaling in the same low resolution that the original graphics were in. Why did the shells have to be scaled up? They don't change size, so they could have just been drawn at that larger size to begin with! And the proliferation of hearts may have been to make up for starting the characters off small, which along with the score system was probably done just to make it more like other Mario games... But this isn't other Mario games! This used to be the GOOD Mario game! And don't act like the second Mouser is a good penultimate boss in a game that used to have 3 Mousers and 2 Triclydes!
I definitely agree that I could have covered more. Advance 1 definitely does have those ugly sprite rotating and scaling effects, but I do feel like sometimes, especially when it's a smoother animation, it can look nice. Thank you for your comment! I always appreciate extensive thoughts and feedback! 🙂
Also, I may be one of the... few? very few? that has conquered the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels), without cheating (save states, rewinding, or any cheat codes like with a Game Genie or any other cheating device). Not to be bragging or anything exactly, but, if I can do it, then ANYONE can. It did take me quite a while, but I just kept at it and was persistent, and yes, "practice makes perfect" as my mom always would tell me.
@@areaman5959 But we do kinda see Birdo in other games. But I suppose it changes depending on what games you consider canon to the mainline 2D Mario platformer games.
@@chaoticblankness Well, thanks for enjoying the video. I looked up what the ongoing definition was before writing the video, and I wrote it after I saw people spamming the live chat of the most recent Nintendo Direct with "WOKE!!" when they announced that Zelda would be the main playable character in the newest Zelda game. The chat also got spammed with "WOKE!!" when they announced the recent Princess Peach game, too... We don't need to explore it, but still... It just worries me how triggered people get when they see stuff that has female main characters in it, nowadays.
Why do you assume birdo is a female just because birdo has a feminine voice, maybe a feminine voice and bow on the head are both signs of masculinity in the birdo species
4:33 I'm personally conservative and I don't think female character is woke. Purposefully making your characters minorities for no reason except to get news praise is woke. Also, people complaining about video games back then are literally why the ESRB exists lol
Very nice. It's not easy for me so far, but I will get through it. I try to get through games pretty casually, without doing too much research on the game itself.
I'm just saying it would be called that. The new Zelda game that actually has the player character being Zelda was called "woke". Not to mention the new Princess Peach game was called "woke", too. People are just way unnecessarily hypersensitive to female protagonists these days.
The fear around this so-called "wokeism" is very real. People think that seeing a female protagonist in a story these days means that men are now second-class citizens 😂
@@anotherblowncartridge Well I would suggest whatever twitter bubble you're in is inflating the one-off opinions of morons and making them look like a widespread thing. We've had female video game protagonists pretty much since video games were a thing (Samus was in 86' and there were plenty more before her), nobody has ever had a problem with female video game protagonists. Edit: I guess my overall point is, if you want a good way to completely tank your channel, making it political is a good way to go about it. Not only do you piss off the people you're trying to dunk on, you also piss off the rest of us who are exhausted by the 24/7 culture wars stuff.
@@BenWillock I didn't think a one-off quick comment like that would bother people so much. Regardless if the people are morons, it is a widespread thing. This is a new age of brain rot social media politics. That recent Nintendo Direct Livestream comment section, and the comment sections on the Princess Peach: Showtime and Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom videos prove it's much bigger than people would like to admit. I didn't think a quick joke about it would be a big deal, nor do I think it would "tank" my channel. But I appreciate your concerns and comments nonetheless. I'll keep making videos the way I like, and I'll face whatever consequences come from it. I wasn't intending to "dunk on" anyone. Just trying to be a little playful. Apologies.
Blue Toad shall have his reckoning.
6:29 those are most likely N & B Blocks, a lego competitor made by nintendo before they made video games. they also appeared in super mario land 2.
Woah, I never knew Nintendo used to be a competitor to Lego! That's fascinating. They have such a rich history as a company, its crazy to think that their video game hardware and software saga isn't everything they've done.
Which is your favourite version of Super Mario Bros. 2?
Mario Advance is the best. Don't @ me
NES is BEST
SNES is SNEST
@@niallmcardle7 BEST IS SNEST
My personal favorite Super Mario Bros. 2 version is The GBA: GameBoyAdvance!
NES has a charm that cannot be denied.
Super Mario Bros. 2 mechanics would later heavily influence the move-set for Princess Peach in the Super Smash Bros. games.
nice overview on this quirky Mario Bros sequel. I experienced this game a couple of years after its release but nowadays you will find me popping the gba version for a replay
@@Crushbandido the GBA version is highly replayable. It's a classic, and, as you said, very quirky.
My personal favorite Super Mario Bros. 2 version is The GameBoyAdvance!
What makes it your favourite version?
@@anotherblowncartridge It’s because of The ✝️Legendary 🏆Charles🌈 Martinet🏆 for 🎙voicing🎙 ❤️🔥Mario❤️🔥 & 🍀Luigi🍀 in Super Mario Bros. 2 GBA Edition!
@@RaheemTheDream That's true! In all it's GBA audio hardware glory!!
This video is how I realize Nintendo somehow managed to release Mario 2 on all of their streaming emulation services. Nntendo would get this game on the N64 streaming channel if they thought they could get away with it.
I could totally see them remaking the trilogy for the next console. Maybe even in a Wonder-esque style.
It’s hard for me to see any other version than the snes one I just grew up with that one
@@PopPunkNerd In my opinion, it doesn't get any better than All Stars!
"ADVANCED-SIZE ENEMIES"
GBA version is definitely the definitive one gameplay wise. You literally won't be missing anything by just playing that one instead of the NES or SNES versions in terms of content, but the same isn't true in reverse. NES and SNES are missing the A coins and Yoshi eggs. Honestly though, this is what any remake should strive for, shouldn't it? If it's not aiming to be the definitive version, then what's the point of it existing, lol. SNES was the previous definitive version, due to the fact that you could actually save the game, instead of having to finish it in one sitting like on NES, or leave the console on all night. Now we need a new definitive edition, one that has all the GBA improvements and content, but with higher resolution graphics fit for our modern HD screens, and a higher quality soundtrack :).
@@tamerkoh Right! Saving! I knew I forgot to mention that. And I agree that the GBA has the most content of the lot, making it perhaps the most definitive. Though again, each version has its costs and benefits
@@anotherblowncartridge Each one certainly has historical value =). I doubt most people are gonna play through the game more than once though, since everyone's got a big backlog of games to get through, haha. Due to this, I try to direct people to the most feature complete content rich and polished versions of any game that offer the same content and core gameplay. For example, when it comes to Pokemon, I send friends who want to play Kanto the first time straight to Pokemon FireRed. There's nothing they'll be missing content-wise compared to Red, since all the same maps and puzzles are present, and they can see all the new content in one single playthrough of Kanto. Also the quality of life improvements just make it a no-brainer; the categorized inventory bag alone is a big improvement xD
@@tamerkoh Oh yeah, it's most often best to play the remake over the original to enjoy the quality of life improvements. The new Mario RPG remakes on Switch are another case of this.
"Which is the Best (Official) Way to Play Super Mario Bros. 2?", simple, ANY way and version is the best way to (this answer of mine also goes for Super Mario Bros. 3, ANY video game). I love me the classic Famicom and NES versions, but the SNES and GBA ports are ALSO amazing! But heck, I also dig the "first version / skin" of the game which was Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (as long as people learn of, or know that, it DID start development as a "Mario game", as a prototype before being shelved and the japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 aka The Lost Levels was made instead, and later was finished and turned into Doki Doki Panic when Fuji Television wanted a game for the whole Yume Kojo stuff... seriously, research the game's history, I'm not just making this up, GTV Japan did a good, or some good, videos about it), even though to see the true ending of that version requires beating the game with all 4 characters. I actually did it with the first selectable character, I can't remember his name, Imajin? About a month ago or so. I had gotten going again with the "mama" character, but then I left off, and now / these days I'm bouncing between Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link, and Skyrim.
Thanks for the excellent comment, and bouncing between Zelda II and Skyrim is a CRAZY leap!
And very cool that you played through Doki Doki Panic, I'd like to at some point as well.
The only downside I see in Super Mario Bros 2 for the GBA (SUPER MARIO ADVANCE) is the music sounds absolutely awful! Although at the same time it's nostalgic if you played it.The music sounds wayyyy better on the All Stars version
The GBA soundchip is always gonna be so rough and compressed. BUT, like you said, nostalgic if you grew up with it.
I was a little disappointed you focused on graphics and sound so much; you could have pointed out gameplay changes like adding those 7s to the slot machine or letting you choose your character again after deaths rather than being locked into your first choice until you either beat the level or run out of lives. I actually feel that breaks the flow of the game a little, as it seemed more like the kind of game where you remember how it was to make smarter choices on full replays rather than the modern long game you just bumble through once and then forget about. Though of course, if there's no saving, then they can have limited continues as the ultimate punishment...
A lot of the pointless additions on Advance seem to be there just to show off the new GBA's ability to rotate and scale sprites, and it always looked a little ugly to me to do that scaling in the same low resolution that the original graphics were in. Why did the shells have to be scaled up? They don't change size, so they could have just been drawn at that larger size to begin with! And the proliferation of hearts may have been to make up for starting the characters off small, which along with the score system was probably done just to make it more like other Mario games... But this isn't other Mario games! This used to be the GOOD Mario game! And don't act like the second Mouser is a good penultimate boss in a game that used to have 3 Mousers and 2 Triclydes!
I definitely agree that I could have covered more. Advance 1 definitely does have those ugly sprite rotating and scaling effects, but I do feel like sometimes, especially when it's a smoother animation, it can look nice.
Thank you for your comment! I always appreciate extensive thoughts and feedback! 🙂
Also, I may be one of the... few? very few? that has conquered the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels), without cheating (save states, rewinding, or any cheat codes like with a Game Genie or any other cheating device). Not to be bragging or anything exactly, but, if I can do it, then ANYONE can. It did take me quite a while, but I just kept at it and was persistent, and yes, "practice makes perfect" as my mom always would tell me.
@@BigHead2615 I'll definitely complete the game at some point, and maybe I'll make a video following up on it! Thanks for the encouragement! 🙏
I use msu1 mods lets me make the audio better on SNES games
Those music mods are awesome. SNES emulation can go so far to make better experiences.
Birdo actually was trans, it said so in the original manual
Here's my question: does that description of Birdo being male count, because it's in a dream?
@@anotherblowncartridge Birdo doesn’t exist, Mario dreamed it
@@areaman5959 But we do kinda see Birdo in other games. But I suppose it changes depending on what games you consider canon to the mainline 2D Mario platformer games.
Enjoyed the video, not what people mean when they say w0ke. Just a misunderstanding we don't need to explore.
@@chaoticblankness Well, thanks for enjoying the video. I looked up what the ongoing definition was before writing the video, and I wrote it after I saw people spamming the live chat of the most recent Nintendo Direct with "WOKE!!" when they announced that Zelda would be the main playable character in the newest Zelda game. The chat also got spammed with "WOKE!!" when they announced the recent Princess Peach game, too...
We don't need to explore it, but still... It just worries me how triggered people get when they see stuff that has female main characters in it, nowadays.
@@anotherblowncartridge Internet's full of foolishness, but South Park pretty much nailed the popular definition. Would hate to conflate the two.
@@chaoticblanknessI haven't seen the South Park episode. What's the definition?
Why do you assume birdo is a female just because birdo has a feminine voice, maybe a feminine voice and bow on the head are both signs of masculinity in the birdo species
Damn, you're completely right. I shall now imprison myself for my assumptive crimes. 😔
I like the detail that each color variant of Birdo has a deeper voice than the previous version!
@@BagOfMagicFood That's interesting! I never noticed that! Gotta review my footage and see for myself!
4:33 I'm personally conservative and I don't think female character is woke. Purposefully making your characters minorities for no reason except to get news praise is woke.
Also, people complaining about video games back then are literally why the ESRB exists lol
Good point about the ESRB lol
So what reason does one need to make their character a minority for it not be considered "woke"?
Super Mario bros 2/lost levels isn't hard I run it once a year
Very nice. It's not easy for me so far, but I will get through it. I try to get through games pretty casually, without doing too much research on the game itself.
I can’t stand the voice acting in the gba games. All Mario advance games suffer from it.
Yeah very understandable. I can't blame anyone for saying they avoid those versions because of it.
They make the games feel more alive to me
@@Sadeness99That's also fair! Especially since we know the characters voices pretty well at this point.
@@anotherblowncartridge they just had to program it to happen periodically is all
@@Sadeness99 Yeah I think if the noises weren't so consistent, it would be better.
Why is being able to play as princess peach "woke"? 🤷♂
Cmon bro don't be that guy.
I'm just saying it would be called that. The new Zelda game that actually has the player character being Zelda was called "woke". Not to mention the new Princess Peach game was called "woke", too.
People are just way unnecessarily hypersensitive to female protagonists these days.
The fear around this so-called "wokeism" is very real. People think that seeing a female protagonist in a story these days means that men are now second-class citizens 😂
@@anotherblowncartridge Well I would suggest whatever twitter bubble you're in is inflating the one-off opinions of morons and making them look like a widespread thing.
We've had female video game protagonists pretty much since video games were a thing (Samus was in 86' and there were plenty more before her), nobody has ever had a problem with female video game protagonists.
Edit: I guess my overall point is, if you want a good way to completely tank your channel, making it political is a good way to go about it. Not only do you piss off the people you're trying to dunk on, you also piss off the rest of us who are exhausted by the 24/7 culture wars stuff.
@@BenWillock I didn't think a one-off quick comment like that would bother people so much.
Regardless if the people are morons, it is a widespread thing. This is a new age of brain rot social media politics. That recent Nintendo Direct Livestream comment section, and the comment sections on the Princess Peach: Showtime and Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom videos prove it's much bigger than people would like to admit.
I didn't think a quick joke about it would be a big deal, nor do I think it would "tank" my channel. But I appreciate your concerns and comments nonetheless. I'll keep making videos the way I like, and I'll face whatever consequences come from it. I wasn't intending to "dunk on" anyone. Just trying to be a little playful.
Apologies.
Felt like a joke to me