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Do you like the Japanese or US SMB2 better?

SMB2J
16 (41%)
SMB2US
23 (59%)

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DarthTedd64

« on: January 30, 2006, 07:22:39 AM »
I'm wondering which game is more popular...
- The real Super Mario Bros. 2 (aka SMB2J), a game that is very similar to the original game, but is much harder and has poison mushrooms.
Or...
- A version of Doki Doki Panic that had Mario graphics substituted for the original graphics (SMB2US).

I like SMB2J better. I just think it's a better game, and it's a real Mario game. The other SMB2 just doesn't feel like Mario, it feels like another game with Mario graphics (which it is). Also, I was quite angry when I first learned that Nintendo only released the real game in Japan.
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Hydra_Hunter

« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2006, 08:25:59 AM »
me too. i prefered the japan one cuz the smb2 here (called super mario USA) in japan, doesnt seem like a mario game. plus they basically "stole" the game from doki doki panic, cuz most of the enemy sprites were untouched, and the levels were the same. It wasnt really creative and seemed cheep for nintendo to hack and "steal" a game
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Ultima Shadow

« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2006, 05:01:37 PM »
Jap's better, but heaps harder. Mind you, SMB2 did give us Shy Guys, which are really fun... but I still say Japanese version rocks.
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Fifth

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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2006, 05:20:54 PM »
Oi...
It's not as though Nintendo mugged some guy on the streets, stole his game, and put Mario characters in it.  Doki Doki Panic WAS a Nintendo game, and Miyamoto had a larger involvement in it than the actual Japanese SMB2.

I'll vote for the US SMB2; it was always one of my favorites as a li'l-un.
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yoshimastar

« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2006, 05:39:56 PM »
SMB2US.

The other really is just a harder version of SMB and that's it.

The level designs for Doki Doki are incredible. Plus the screen moves up and down instead of just left and right.
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BP

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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2006, 11:19:16 PM »
US. Japan's is good, but way too hard. Not to mention the things we have today, like Shy Guys and Bob-Ombs thanks to it. SMB2USA is pretty funny, too--pull a vegetable out of the ground and throw it at a little animal. Then feed a giant toad vegetables until he dies.
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penguinwizard

« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2006, 05:08:00 PM »
I always wondered why the main enemy in Yoshi games were Shy Guys.

Anyway, I voted for the US version (without even reading the first post - at first I thought J was Doki Doki Panic and not "The Lost Levels", which is how I knew the real SMB2. Nintendo sure had a cool contest about who could reach World 9). And I do like SMB2 better than The Lost Levels. SMB2 did indeed give us Shy Guys and... um... those ninja star guys... and Birdo, can't forget him/her/it. I forget what gender I thought Birdo was when without the hairbowtie thing in the original NES game, probably female because of that pink color.

Mouser was annoying. The masks of vengeance (don't know what else to call them - they chase you as you make away with the key) were creepy. The slithering snake things in the desert world were cool. I didn't understand why back then the SMB2 Player's Guide had to be split into two books.

Are you sure Bob-ombs came from SMB2? If so... cool...

I remember the SMB2 NES box art. Looked a bit strange with a fat Mario carrying a turnip. SMB3 looked great with the simple yellow background and Raccoon Mario. I forget my reaction to SMB2, but I couldn't wait to play SMB3. Those were also the days when I was young enough for my parents to go buy random NES games they came across during the day. Their choices for games were no better than they are today. At least to Dino Riki's credit, it had a cool manual.
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yoshimastar

« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2006, 11:59:45 AM »
Shy Guys, Birdos, Bob ombs, Snifits, Pokeys, pow blocks, all originated from SMB2.
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Vidgmchtr

« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2006, 01:26:54 PM »
I liked both equally.

As you can see I'm not a big fan of playing favorites.
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ILovePeach

« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2006, 03:27:05 PM »
Japan version. It's WAY better. Plus it's not released in the US, because some people thinks it's hard (including big jumps, Bowser's clone in the middle of the castle, etc.).
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mario_luigifan104

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« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2006, 05:19:01 PM »
Tho I think this is a silly topic I still chose SMB2(US) because I liked it better and you have no time limit which makes it easier.
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Kojinka

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« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2006, 07:02:35 PM »
Haven't played either, but I like SMB2(US) cause it's different from the traditional Mario game
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Insane Steve

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« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2006, 07:28:53 PM »
Japan. No question. SMB2US is probably my least favorite mainstream Mario game up until, well, N64. SMB2J is what I was hoping SMB could be, difficulty-wise, and a few of the level designs are absolutely brilliant. (I'm talking about you, 8-2.)

I mean, ya, SMB2US had a few good levels (3-3 comes to mind), but it just seems... I don't know ... not Mario-esque? I mean, ya, Nintendo could've picked a MUCH worse game to sprite-swap than Doki Doki Panic, but still...
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BP

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« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2006, 08:29:57 PM »
I personally like the difference SMB2US was from SMB. But whatever. I've never gotten as far as 8-2. Actually I'm not very good at either SMB2. XD
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AbbaBoy

« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2006, 11:14:49 PM »
Super Mario Bros USA was my favourite game and I always prefered it to SMB 3 when I was little.

Now I started to play SMB USA and SMB3 again and I think that they are the best games ever made.
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