Board 8's Top 20 NES Games - The Results

#11. Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)
Total Points: 33
List Appearances: 18
First-Place Votes: 1
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Write-up provided by tazzyboyishere
Perhaps one of the most well-known "fun facts" in gaming is that Super Mario Bros. 2 was actually a title by the name of Doki Doki Panic in Japan before having character sprites swapped to a Super Mario aesthetic for Western release. Which is a shame, not necessarily because the original aesthetic itself was worthwhile in any way, but because the core mechanics of the game are quite fun to play with. Picking things up and throwing them adds a lot of depth to how one can approach levels. Many of the levels are quite memorable, each world having it's own mechanics. They do kinda run short on ideas with a few of the later stages being redundant, but there's a lot of diversity on display here. The boss fights are also great, arguably some of the best on the NES. The franchise would eventually go back to it's roots rather than continue expanding on many of the ideas brought up in this game, but this was for the better. Still, it would've been nice for the original IP to have gained some traction and provide further development of the unique mechanics. This is a fun game.