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Title: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: David on October 01, 2007, 06:29:05 AM

Yes, the real Super Mario Bros. 2 (http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/smb2j) is being released to the North American Virtual Console this week, for 600 points.  Now you too can play the infamously difficult chapter of the Super Mario Bros. series, for a mere 100 point markup.

While later ports of the game have been released in the Americas before (as "The Lost Levels" in Super Mario All-Stars (http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/smas) and in a rather chopped up and altered version in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/smbdx)'s extra mode), the original Famicom/NES version has never hit our shores... until now.

While the European VC release has disappeared from the European Shop Channel, it sounds as though the North American release will remain available permanently.

(Oh, yeah, Sin and Punishment for the N64 is available too. 1200 points, no Mario, but supposedly fantastic.  In fact, I'll probably buy that first, given that I've played the SMAS port of SMB2j before.  Beating any version of SMB2j just seems to make me never want to play it again.)

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: silverstarman on October 01, 2007, 01:38:12 PM

Wow, unbelievable! Sin and Punishment too!!! Took me by suprise.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: N64 Chick on October 01, 2007, 06:50:24 PM

Neat. Have fun torturing yourselves. I try to avoid games that make me what to rip my ponytail out, but I know that some people like their games tough.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: silverstarman on October 01, 2007, 07:49:59 PM

Nice!! I downloaded Sin + Punishment already. I have SMB2J on an emulator.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 02, 2007, 01:13:18 AM

And now you have Sin and Punishment on an emulator too! Isn't that great.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: silverstarman on October 02, 2007, 12:45:31 PM

Yeah, I guess you could concider the wii an emulator ^_^

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 02, 2007, 04:16:50 PM

Uh, no, it literally is just running emulators with specific ROMs built in.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: silverstarman on October 02, 2007, 05:18:13 PM

Really?

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: MaxVance on October 02, 2007, 05:50:43 PM

Yes.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: thesnake383 on October 04, 2007, 04:30:39 PM

Is there any word straight from Nintendo on whether SMB2j will remain permanently available in America's VC shop?

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 04, 2007, 06:46:39 PM

No but,

No News Is Good News

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 04, 2007, 06:47:35 PM

'Bout dang time! Let's cross our fingers for more.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: Luigison on October 04, 2007, 09:14:33 PM

Every SMB fan should have this.  I like how it quickly shot up the VC popular games list, but what's up with Yoshi Story being so popular.  It's one of the few N64 games (along with Donkey Kong 64) that I sold shortly after purchasing them.  I thought it sucked then, but would reconsider it if it had got decent reviews or wasn't so expensive point and block wise. 

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 05, 2007, 05:16:42 PM

I like Yoshi's Story. Nothing really in the game to make me dislike it, I guess.

Anyway, I think SMB2J, when I actually play it (as I have been), rockets up to being one of my favorite games ever. Its incredible difficulty and ingenious level design make it so endearing.

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: thesnake383 on October 11, 2007, 11:33:57 AM

I got an email from Nintendo saying that SMB2J will stay in the US VC Shop. :D

Title: Re: Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japanese) released on North American Virtual Console
Post by: BP on October 11, 2007, 05:01:38 PM

Yes, I like the "imported" VC games, too. Europe should be happy about what this means, that Super Mario RPG will finally (eventually) be played there without piracy. Congratulations.
Perhaps this is how we'll be getting Mother 3? I don't see a GBA release for it happening...