Super Mario 2

NES 1988

7.1 / 10

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Rating Breakdown

Gameplay 18% weight

8/10

Depth 12% weight

3/10

Challenge 15% weight

8/10

Graphics 8% weight

5/10

Music 8% weight

7/10

Story 11% weight

6/10

Multiplayer 8% weight

—/10

Impact 9% weight

9/10

Nostalgia 11% weight

9/10

            Score history
            
                7.29 → 7.19

2026-05-05 7.19

2026-05-04 7.29 Initial rating

External Links

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About

Super Mario Bros. 2 is a 1988 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. After the smash hit Super Mario Bros. in 1985, Nintendo quickly released an adaptation of the original with advanced difficulty titled Super Mario Bros. 2 for its 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 that 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 Western Super Mario Bros. sequel.

Source: Wikipedia

Highlighted Credits

Koji Kondo ↗ Composer
Kensuke Tanabe ↗ Director
Shigeru Miyamoto ↗ Producer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development ↗ developer
Fuji Television ↗ publisher
Nintendo of America ↗ publisher

Reviewed January 1, 2021 · Last updated May 5, 2026