Mario and his brother Luigi are back for this second Super Mario Advance title: the first being a remake of Super Mario Bros. 2. The brothers, along with Princess Peach, are vacationing in Dinosaur Island. Then when they least expect it, Bowser once again kidnaps Peach and takes her to his castle. On the way to rescue her, the plumbers find Yoshi, who tells them that Bowser has also turned his friends into eggs. So the Mario brothers, with the help of Yoshi, must rescue the princess and Yoshi's pals.

Mario and Luigi can run and jump through each level. They can also collect power-ups to gain new skills. The Super Mushroom makes them grow and gain more defense. The Fire Flower lets the brothers throw fireballs to defeat enemies. The Starman makes them invincible. The plumbers can gain the ability of flight with the Cape Feather.

Yoshi can help Mario and Luigi if they find an egg. The green dinosaur can use his tongue to eat enemies or grab power-ups. He can walk across certain enemies with his shoes. Yoshi can eat differently colored Koopa shells to briefly gain more abilities. For instance, the blue shell gives him wings, red shells let him spit fireballs, and the yellow shell allows him to stomp the ground.

This update over the original Super Nintendo version adds characters' speech (as heard in Super Mario games since Super Mario 64). Up to four players can compete in a modernised version of the classic Mario Bros. game, included as an extra to the main game.

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Alternate Titles

"スーパーマリオアドバンス２" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	$12.30
	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	$12.30
	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	$12.30
	Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2	Game Boy Advance	$12.30
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User Reviews

This classic gem remains just as good as it was in the early 90's. In fact it's even better than before!	Rensch (203)
The SNES Classic revived on the GBA - with a few differences	Ryu (50)	unrated
More then just a remake	ThE oNe (178)	unrated
THE MOST OVERRATED GAME EVER!	J W (101)

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The Press Says

UOL Jogos	Mar 07, 2002		100
Gaming Target	Feb 20, 2002	10 out of 10	100
Game Informer Magazine	Apr, 2002	9.5 out of 10	95
GameSpot	Feb 12, 2002	9.4 out of 10	94
IGN	Feb 11, 2002	9.3 out of 10	93
Yahoo! Games	Feb 12, 2002		90
Portable Review	Oct 23, 2005	36 out of 40	90
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Apr 02, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Game Over Online	Feb 20, 2002	90 out of 100	90
TotalVideoGames (TVG)	Apr 02, 2002	9 out of 10	90