10 things you didn't know about Super Mario Bros 2

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Other than it being a re-skinned Japanese game


Above: Albatoss from Doki Doki on left, Super Mario 2 on the right [Source]

For starters, players were finally given the B button to run, because what would a 2D Mario be without that feature. And beyond the player re-skins, the entire world received a significant visual overhaul as well.


Above: The plants... they move?

Everything from vines to cherries, on down to vegetable leaves and enemies, received extra frames of animation, giving give SMB2 a far more vibrant feeling than the game on which it’s based. And to avoid repetition the sunglasses-sporting Mouser boss from World 3 was removed entirely, and replaced with the ferocious crustacean Clawgrip… which makes him a US exclusive, bitch!


Above: ONLY IN AMERICA, BITCH!

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