Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels - Holy Cow, It's Hard!

[racketboy]

Aka the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros 2.

My wife and I (mostly my wife) have been playing The Lost Levels on Super Mario All-Stars.
My wife is a big 2D Mario fan and I knew this game wasn't initially brought to the US because of the difficulty level, but this this is insane.

Anybody else played this?

I'll probably be doing a review of it soon.
I'm watching my wife attempt to beat the thing

[grittykitty]

it's been years since i've played it. i remember when it first came out, nintendo power did a feature/contest for the lost levels (included in super mario all-stars, of course) - if you beat each world without using warp pipes, you would get to a world 9! if you took a picture of mario standing in front of bowser and sent it in to the magazine, they would send you an embroidered patch. damn, i tried so hard and finally did it, but i can't remember what happened. it was either just after the deadline, or my lazy parents didn't develop the film fast enough

[lordofduct]

The only Mario I've yet to beat as the difficulty was high enough for me to get annoyed and not bother anymore.

Never was a huge mario fan so my interest is lost very quickly. It doesn't give me that 'I'm gonna beat this game if it's the last thing I do'. I just don't care enough about Mario games.

[Espio 1919]

I am proud to say that I beat this game, it took me a few solid weeks of playing this past summer, but that's because I've never gottenpast world 2 in my other numerous attempts.

[racketboy]

My wife and I finished it all last night (with save state cheating)
Here's my write-up:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2007/04/ ... eview.html

As I mentioned in the article, we hope to play though it again soon without cheats