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Platform: Arcade

Region: NTSC

Country: United States of America

Developer(s): Nintendo

Publishers(s): Nintendo

ReleaseDate: 1988-10-01

Players: 2

Co-op: No

Super Mario Bros. 2

After the smash hit Super Mario Bros. in 1985, Nintendo quickly released a minor adaptation of the original with advanced difficulty titled Super Mario Bros. 2, for its mature market in Japan in 1986. However, Nintendo of America found this sequel too similar to its predecessor, and its difficulty too frustrating, for the nascent American market. This prompted a second Super Mario Bros. sequel based on Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, Nintendo's 1987 Family Computer Disk System game which had been based on a prototype platforming game and released as an advergame for Fuji Television's Yume Kōjō '87 media technology expo. The characters, enemies, and themes in Doki Doki Panic have the mascots and theme of the festival, and were adapted into the Super Mario theme to make a second Super Mario Bros. sequel.

ESRB Rating: Not Rated

Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Platform

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