Current Events > Have you beaten Super Mario Bros 2j (The Lost Levels)?

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This game is frustrating as hell. They made the right decision to not localize it honestly.

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No, I tried playing it as a kid when I had Mario All Stars but I remember it being way too hard. That poison mushroom at the beginning definitely got me a few times just because it was instinctual due to similar layout of the first level of the first game and my reflexes kept making me get it and I'd always get pissed

I might see if adult me can tackle that game now that I think about it.

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yes i did beat the game once as a kid
but just the one time i just never cared for the first mario game and lost levels was just a harder version of that
i mainly played 2 and 3 on my copy of mario all stars

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'2j'? what is this, 2001?

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16-BITTER posted...

I beat it legit, but only the allstars version

Did the all-stars version have world 9 I can't remember

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I made it to World 9 once, but gave up. I just remember clouds and Hammer Bros. in flat areas, and a serious dearth of power-ups. Hope you got through 8-4 as Fire Mario, 'cause otherwise you're dancing through hammers and hoping you didn't screw up the timing on your jump(you will).

That could have just been World 8 though, but I can swear I remember being weirded out by there being a 9th world.

I beat it on all stars. I recall that if you ran out of lives youd just restart the last level rather than going to the beginning of the world again so that helped.

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Was it part of Super Mario Deluxe for the GBC? Because if that's what those levels were, then yes I beat it.

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16-BITTER posted...

It did, but you didnt have to beat the game 8 times to get there or whatever the absurd thing in the original was.

You just had to not use warps IIRC

Or maybe I'm thinking if the A-D worlds

You just had to not use warps.

World A-D are the "beat game 8 times" and they're accessed separately from the main game.

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I've never actually beaten a Super Mario Bros or Zelda game. The closest I've ever come was getting to the final castle in New Super Mario Bros (DS) >_>

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Long time ago, plus the extra levels.

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I've beaten it legitimately. This is the SNES version. I have no means of playing the Famicom version. I doubt I would've made it far in that one. Though I am curious how the sprites compare to the original Mario.

FortuneCookie posted...

I've beaten it legitimately. This is the SNES version. I have no means of playing the Famicom version. I doubt I would've made it far in that one. Though I am curious how the sprites compare to the original Mario.

The FDS version is on the game and watch system which I'm playing now and the enemies / mario are mostly the same but the terrain is all different. I made it to 9-2 x_x

6 more times to unlock world A.

This game is so unfair.

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The SNES version went to D-4 iirc and yes I beat it when I was a kid. Probably couldn't do it now.
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voldothegr8 posted...

The SNES version went to D-4 iirc and yes I beat it when I was a kid. Probably couldn't do it now.

The FDS version still goes to D-4 but you had to beat the game 8 times in one sitting.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

The FDS version still goes to D-4 but you had to beat the game 8 times in one sitting.

i'm assuming they took that out of the all stars version? i don't remember having to beat it that many times to get there.

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DarthDemented posted...

i'm assuming they took that out of the all stars version? i don't remember having to beat it that many times to get there.

SNES All Stars the game just flows directly into world 9 / A and you get a save at every level. It also has slightly better physics.

The FDS version is way harder.


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I have had it installed on my Wii since it was released on the Virtual Console. I've tried many times but never beat it and I consider myself a decent Super Mario player.

The puzzle levels are pretty wack and the hidden block trolling by the developers is not appreciated. At least I get to play as my dude, Luigi.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

I have had it installed on my Wii since it was released on the Virtual Console. I've tried many times but never beat it and I consider myself a decent Super Mario player.

The puzzle levels are pretty wack and the hidden block trolling by the developers is not appreciated. At least I get to play as my dude, Luigi.

There's way too many endless mazes and too few powerups with lots of them being in invisible blocks.

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Uggghhh 8-4 is fucking impossible as luigi

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Yes, it was meh

Not even close, but I did enjoy playing it.

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This game is fucking shit. This is like a passive aggressive troll Miyamoto did because they cancelled his original vertical scrolling Mario 2

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Tyranthraxus posted...

The FDS version still goes to D-4 but you had to beat the game 8 times in one sitting.

It doesn't have to be in one sitting. The game keeps track of how many times you beat it.

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Midcore posted...

It doesn't have to be in one sitting. The game keeps track of how many times you beat it.

Ah I figured it would lose that memory if you reset it.

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16-BITTER posted...

One of the appeals of the original FDS hardware was the ability to save, the version of Metroid on it had save slots instead of the unwieldy passwords

I kinda wish they would have just skipped the original famicom and give us the FDS straight away. By the time the NES went international, Japan was getting the FDS. They could have just made the FDS a worldwide release instead.

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always the nerds calling it smb2j

Illuminoius posted...

always the nerds calling it smb2j

Because the real Super Mario Bros 2 is on the NES

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I beat the one on All Stars. It has unlimited continues, so I was able to beat it eventually.

Never played much of the NES/FDS version.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Because the real Super Mario Bros 2 is on the NES

it was on neither the nes or the original famicom

Illuminoius posted...

it was on neither the nes or the original famicom

Miyamoto disagrees and he overrides you.

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