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Confessing to super nintendo Chalmers (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/retrogaming
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[–] MisterMoo 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] directive0 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

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.