Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Super Mario Bros. 2

Super Mario Bros. 2, 2D platformer and sequel to Super Mario Bros. (1985), features 4 selectable characters (Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Toad) as they navigate the dream world of Subcon to defeat the evil…

9 October 1988

What Super Mario Bros. 2 is

Super Mario Bros. 2 is an adventure game developed by Nintendo R&D4 and released in 1988. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

One evening, Mario had a strange dream. He dreamt of a long, long stairway leading up to a door. As soon as the door opened, he was confronted with a world he had never seen before spreading out as far as his eyes could see. When he strained his ears to listen, he heard a faint voice saying, "Welcome to Subcon, the land of dreams. We have been cursed by Wart and we are completely under his evil spell. We have been awaiting your arrival. Please defeat Wart and return Subcon to its natural state. The curse Wart has put on you in the real world will not have any effect upon you here. Remember, Wart hates vegetables. Please help us!" At the same time this was heard, a bolt of lightning flashed…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Super Mario Bros. 2 is the fourth of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. It arrived 2 years after Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. The next entry was Super Mario Bros. 3 in 1988.

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Cheats and codes

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Official trailer