Super Mario Bros. 2
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Super Mario Bros. 2
スーパーマリオブラザーズ2
スーパーマリオブラザーズ2
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Price
¥2500 ($16 USD)
Famicom Disk System release date
Japan June 3, 1986
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Super Mario Bros. 2 (スーパーマリオブラザーズ2) is a platformer video game for the Family Computer Disk System developed and published by Nintendo on June 3, 1986. This is a direct follow-up to Super Mario Bros.. The game is notable for being extremely difficult, and due to its difficulty, was not released in the west until 1993 under the new title, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. The original Famicom Disk System version wouldn't see a release in the west until 2007 for the Wii Virtual Console.
Release
Plans for a Family Computer cartridge release of Super Mario Bros. 2 were announced in Weekly Shonen Jump but was shelved for unknown reasons.
Sales
Famistu Sales Figures
| Issue no. | Ranking | Units sold |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | 1st | 9,552 |
| #4 | 2nd | 2,780 |
| #5 | 3rd | 2,156 |
| #6 | 7th | |
| #7 | 7th | |
| #8 | 8th | |
| #9 | 12th | |
| #10 | 8th | |
| #13 | 14th | |
| #14 | 10th |
Gallery
The commercial for Super Mario Bros. 2 and Zelda no Densetsu.
