Anyway you can get it, I recommend everyone interested in classic side scroller play SMB2. Don’t discount it as a reskin, the influence carried over to SMB3, Wario Woods and even Yoshi’s Island.
This game’s description is really apt, really the only additional thoughts I have to add are a brief explanation of “what is new” and some philosophy.
Advance coins - Collect 5 in a stage to get a 1UP.
Mild changes to levels to accomodate for the GBA screen estate and reordering of World bosses, including a new Robotic Birdo.
Lastly, upon beating the game there are Yoshi’s Eggs to collect, these are hidden in similar places as the Mushrooms.
Now the philosophy, and my review I guess.
The Advance collection of Mario games receive a lot of flack, yes they’re ports of previously released games that at the time were meaningful additions to the Game Boy Advance library.
Continuing from Super Mario Deluxe on the Game Boy, this suffers similar flaws of compromised screen real estate as well as some difficulty position your character on the Y-axis as well when using Potion Doors to maximise your coin collecting potential.
The voices are hit and miss, I know some that absolutely love the voice and in terms of demonstrating the capabilities of the GBA their addition makes sense, however purists prefer the All-Stars remaster or the NES original.
I think it’s a fine way to replay the classic with some new additions. Obviously we’re spoiled for options today and the best version is the one you personally enjoy the most… while Nintendo should use their NSO service to highlight a diverse library of games. They also had to drop something after Mario Movie’s launch.
This game’s description is really apt, really the only additional thoughts I have to add are a brief explanation of “what is new” and some philosophy.
Advance coins - Collect 5 in a stage to get a 1UP.
Mild changes to levels to accomodate for the GBA screen estate and reordering of World bosses, including a new Robotic Birdo.
Lastly, upon beating the game there are Yoshi’s Eggs to collect, these are hidden in similar places as the Mushrooms.
Now the philosophy, and my review I guess.
The Advance collection of Mario games receive a lot of flack, yes they’re ports of previously released games that at the time were meaningful additions to the Game Boy Advance library.
Continuing from Super Mario Deluxe on the Game Boy, this suffers similar flaws of compromised screen real estate as well as some difficulty position your character on the Y-axis as well when using Potion Doors to maximise your coin collecting potential.
The voices are hit and miss, I know some that absolutely love the voice and in terms of demonstrating the capabilities of the GBA their addition makes sense, however purists prefer the All-Stars remaster or the NES original.
I think it’s a fine way to replay the classic with some new additions. Obviously we’re spoiled for options today and the best version is the one you personally enjoy the most… while Nintendo should use their NSO service to highlight a diverse library of games. They also had to drop something after Mario Movie’s launch.