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This copy of Super Mario Bros. 2 for the NES comes complete in box, including the cartridge, the original box, and the manual — the full package that every serious collector wants to see. Having all three pieces together is increasingly rare for a game this beloved and widely played, making this a genuinely exciting find. Coolection has tested the cartridge and it was playing beautifully, though as with any vintage game, performance can vary a little depending on your setup and console. Please refer to the provided photos for the exact details of the item's condition.
Item Description
Super Mario Bros. 2 is one of the most wonderfully strange entries in the entire Mario catalog, and that's a big part of what makes it so endlessly fascinating. Released in North America in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, it arrived as a bold departure from its predecessor — gone were the Goombas and the flagpoles, replaced by a dream-logic world called Subcon filled with shy guys, birdo, and the towering villain Wart. Rather than stomping enemies, you were picking up vegetables and hurling them. It was weird. It was colorful. And it was absolutely brilliant.
One of the game's most celebrated features is its playable character roster. For the first time in the series, you could choose between Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad — each with distinct abilities that genuinely changed how you approached the levels. Peach could float gracefully across wide gaps, Luigi could leap absurdly high, Toad moved with lightning speed, and Mario offered a balanced, reliable all-around game. That kind of character variety was ahead of its time, and it gave Super Mario Bros. 2 a replayability that kept players coming back to discover new strategies and shortcuts.
Visually and musically, the game pushed the NES hardware in impressive ways. The levels are vibrant and imaginative — desert pyramids, icy caves, cloudy heights, and bustling waterfalls — each bursting with personality. The soundtrack, composed by Koji Kondo, is catchy and energetic in a way that still holds up decades later. Many of those melodies have been remixed and revisited throughout the Mario series ever since, a testament to how much they stuck with an entire generation of players.
It's also worth noting the game's fascinating origin story. Super Mario Bros. 2 in North America was built on a reskinned version of a Japanese game called Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic, adapted and rebranded for Western audiences after the original Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 was deemed too difficult to release stateside. That history gives this cartridge a unique place in gaming lore — it's a genuine cultural artifact, not just a great game.
This complete-in-box copy is perfect for the NES collector who wants shelf-worthy pieces alongside playable ones, the Mario fan building out a complete run of the franchise, or anyone who grew up with this game and wants to own it properly — box, manual, and all.
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Super Mario Bros 2
$90.99
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