Hey guys! How's everybody's week been going? Mine's been pretty great. I hung out with Katie on Facebook Video Chat on Monday and I saw Brad on Tuesday, so that was cool. I'm not completely ready to do my overview of the VHS releases in the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection yet, so that's why you're getting only two posts from me this week. Not to worry though I'll be back in full force next week. Right now though I'm here to do my Video Game Memories post on Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, which was known in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2. So let's get into it.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was originally released as Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Nintendo Famicom Entertainment System in Japan in 1986 as the sequel to the hit Nintendo game, Super Mario Bros. However, the problem with this game is that players found it to be much more difficult than the original game and so Nintendo of America decided not to localize it for the NES, and it remained a Japan exclusive game for the rest of the NES's life.
North America ended up getting the 16-bit version when Nintendo released Super Mario All-Stars for the SNES in 1993. This is how I played it. It's how I and my family attempted to play it. None of us were very successful for the reason Nintendo decided not to release it on the NES in 1986. It's HARD!!! Even my mom couldn't get very far in this game because of how hard it is and she was REALLY good at Super Mario Bros. on the NES. So I honestly don't have much to say about this game because I've played it maybe only once and even today when I get out the Super Nintendo and play Super Mario All-Stars I usually only play Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario Bros. USA in Japan), or Super Mario Bros. 3. Who knows, maybe the next time I get out the Super Nintendo I might try to play this game, just to see if it gets any easier for me now that I'm 28 years older than I was when we first got Super Mario All-Stars. I doubt it because I've seen YouTubers review this game and they all find it really hard still even though they're all adults now.
It was still fun sitting in the living room in our small log farmhouse, watching my mom try to play this game and then giving up in frustration to play one of the other games included in this compilation. One interesting thing is that Nintendo has ported it to the handheld consoles as well as the virtual consoles on the Wii, 3DS, and the Wii U, and to the Nintendo Switch. Though the NES Classic only includes the three Super Mario Bros. games that were originally released on the NES in the 80s. At least here in North America. I'm sure it showed up on the Famicom version in Japan.
Alright guys I think that's going to be it for me for today. I've got a comic book post coming out tomorrow that I'm really excited about because it's not a review. Instead I'm doing a piece on a few comic book series published by DC, Marvel and Image from 1995 to 2003 that I honestly feel don't get talked about very much. So until then have a great day and I will talk to you all later. Take care.
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