Together Retro: Super Mario Bros 2 / Doki Doki Panic

[incominggame]

As a kid, I never got really far into this game. I don't believe I ever got to the fourth world.
Today, after cleaning my nes, I played it a bit and I made it to the fifth world.

Note : Before reading this thread, I had no idea toad was picking-up stuff faster.
I thought he didn't have any advantages over the other characters.

[Nemoide]

I got up to Wart and ran out of lives before successfully damaging him. But now I know what to do!

[alienjesus]

As a kid, I never got really far into this game. I don't believe I ever got to the fourth world.
Today, after cleaning my nes, I played it a bit and I made it to the fifth world.

Note : Before reading this thread, I had no idea toad was picking-up stuff faster.
I thought he didn't have any advantages over the other characters.

He also runs faster than anyone else.

[dsheinem]

So I am not sure I've ever played more than the first few levels of this game. I just beat Super Mario 3D Land, so I think I'm up for more Mario action. I'll jump in this week.

[Zing]

As a kid, I never got really far into this game.

Note : Before reading this thread, I had no idea toad was picking-up stuff faster.
I thought he didn't have any advantages over the other characters.

As a kid, I read the manual over and over. I used to carry it around with me at school! I loved the art. The manual also details the differences between the characters.

[Ivo]

I played this one on the GBA back in 2007, a few months after (finally) playing the first Super Mario Bros. game (All Stars version). Real quality game, hadn't played it before.

Ivo.

[Luke]

Wondering if I should play again with the NES or GBA version.

play the NES version so you can comment on difference in difficulty.

I agree with noise. I kinda want to purchase the GBA version for the GB player just for fun.

I mentioned game themed quilts in the off-topic thread. I think the opening/big drop in smb.2 could make for a sweet design. I also love the design of the warp rocket and the first Mouser fight, so it's a tough call.

[Nemoide]

Playing with the GBA version with a GB Player is great. Even though I commented earlier about kind of wishing I had the NES version, Super Mario Advance adds a lot.

All right, I beat Wart! He was pretty easy the second time around - I finished the game with 11 extra lives.

My final character-use stats are
Mario - 5
Luigi - 1
Toad - 1
Princess - 13

And even though I don't think anyone cares about score (I think it was only in Super Mario Advance) I ended the game with 870,170. And I didn't get all the coins.

I got the Yoshi eggs from 1-1 but I don't know if I'm actually going to bother going through and getting all of them. We'll see how my patience holds up!

[Ivo]

Back when I played, I did get 100 coins in the GBA version. Were the coins not in the original?

Ivo.

[ExedExes]

Back when I played, I did get 100 coins in the GBA version. Were the coins not in the original?

The "Ace" coins are exclusive to Super Mario Advance. That is why I liked playing this after playing the NES original. There's a lot more.