• MisterMoo@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’ve always hated the American SMB2. I was surprised when I got older and found that it has a lot of passionate fans. To each their own!

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      2 days ago

      Mario wouldn’t be anywhere near as popular as he is now if the entire world played SMB2 Japan. It’s too derivative and difficult.

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        2 days ago

        I think you’re definitely right.

        There was a year in college where my friends and I grinded the real smb2 when it was available on the Wii shop.

        It destroyed us. I don’t think we ever beat it. We were stuck on the third world for most of the year and it was super deflating.

        I still go back every now and then to get through it and even with save states it’s just a gauntlet.

        I love it for that though.

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          1 day ago

          I played it on SNES as “The Lost Levels” in Super Mario All Stars. Being able to restart at each world & not go back to 1-1 every time probably helped, but I beat it way before I beat American SMB2.

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          I agree, for what it is it’s pretty cool. I’ve never gotten past a certain point either. I have a feeling it’s a big reason for the easier difficulty and extra side challenges in later games.