Trivia
It was named #108 out of 200 of the "Greatest Games of Their Time" by EGM Issue #200 (Feb. 2006).
Though not originally designed as a Mario game, the further Mario games used many elements from this game, mostly enemies. Shyguy, Bob-omb, and Pokey are notable examples.
By inheriting attributes from the Doki Doki Panic characters they replaced, the appearance of Mario and Luigi are differentiated by more than a palette swap for the first time in this game. Though they were again palette swaps in some later games, Super Mario Bros. 2 set the precedent for Mario to be the shorter brother and for Luigi to be lanky.
The picture used on the cover incorrectly has Marios' shirt as blue and his dungarees as red! This mistake is just on the cover art as Marios' in-game color scheme is the correct blue dungarees/red shirt.
Contributed by
j. jones (1641) on May 14, 2006.
SMB2 replaced Doki Doki Panic's third Mouser boss with a rock-tossing giant crab called Clawgrip.
However, Clawgrip's name is spelled wrong in the SMB2 credits (it's spelled as "Clawglip"). Interestingly enough, this small flub was not fixed in Super Mario All-Stars!
Contributed by
WWWWolf (391) on Mar 11, 2005.
The US version is the only Super Mario game not to have King Bowser appear on it.
Super Mario Bros. 2 was voted #30 in the Top 100 Games of All Time poll published by Game Informer Magazine (Issue 100, August 2001).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Jun 29, 2004.
The Japanese Super Mario Brothers 2 was an updated version of the original title, complete with harder levels and new enemies. The US SMB2 was a conversion of the Nintendo title, Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic, simply replacing the characters in that game with character from the Mario universe.
Nintendo later released the Japanese SMB2 in the US (titled Super Mario Bros. : The Lost Levels) as part of the compilation title, Super Mario All-Stars, on the Super Nintendo (SNES).
Japan gamers would also recieve the US version of Super Mario Bros. 2, released as Super Mario USA in 1992.
Contributed by
Kartanym (9910) on Mar 02, 2003.
