I actually don't like the All-Stars versions of SMB and TLL because they messed up how bricks work. Instead of being pushed back down after breaking one like they're *supposed* to, instead you go through them like butter.

I've always felt like SMB lost levels is way too overhated. Sure it's underwhelming as a sequel to SMB. And it's level design is pretty much like walking through a path of burning coal. I don't know why but. theres something fun about it. it's brutal but it's not unfair, it's a good challenge for people who mastered the original game. Basically what Shiggy thought in it's development.

The original versions of smb and the lost levels have way more differences than the all stars versions

If you want the best Super Mario Bros 2 experience I suggest playing the All Stars version. It saves with each stage cleared so you can continue from where you left off even if you get a game over and you only need to beat World 8 once to access the letter worlds.

The lost levels is a great example of first impressions do matter the most, that easy to obtain poisonous mushroom and harder to obtain powerups really cemeted the idea of an unfair game right from the get go, which is slightly true.

In retrospect, I view this more like Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and while I think SMB2 US is a more interesting game with more new to offer, and like its strange additions to the cast, perhaps this should’ve still been allowed to release on the NES. Maybe not as SMB2 proper, but under the Lost Levels name still.

The multiple enemies in 1-1 are clealry lined up for you to do a combo and get a 1-up. Using warp doesn't cancel access to the bonus worlds. The fundamental reason that Mario 2 didn't come to the West was that by 1988 NES cartridges were way more advanced so that SMB1's graphics were too basic to impress the market, compared to say Blaster Master, Contra, Life Force or Bionic Commando. 8-3 of For Super Players is unironically the best 2D Mario Level of all time.

If I’m gonna be brutally honest, super Mario bro 2/lost levels is my favourite Mario game aside from super Mario land, it’s rare to see a game (Mario game for that matter) who’s sole purpose for existing is to be an absolute hell hole to play through, and I gotta commend Nintendo for making this kinda game, it’s one they’d never make these days, the most they’d do is make a separate segmented part of a game, or one final level that’s this tricky to over come, so to have a full game with this philosophy appeals to a niche of peeps that like seemingly impossible games (me included), and as it’s a Mario game, it’s my favourite one in the franchise!!

Did you just call Doki Doki Panic Doki Doki Literature Club?

29:00 if Super Mario Bros 2 (USA) never happend we wouldn't have: Birdo Shy Guy Bob-Omb Ninji Snifit Peach's floating mechanic Toads speed slot machines all the music remixes all the things listed have seriously impacted the future of the Mario franchise

The Mario advance series is better than all-stars for two simple reasons: 1. Mario Bros. is included in all of them and 2. E-READER LEVELS.

19:46 Incidentally, before Lost Levels there was an arcade game called VS Super Mario Bros on the VS system. Many levels were reworked to be harder for the arcade experience. Many of Lost Levels's levels originated in Vs SMB.

Welcome back, man!! Great video!

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This video also kicks ass

Ahh yes, doki doki best game

well done video, good job.

I can't believe I genuinely just watched a video trying to tell me Lost Levels is somehow any good

oh fuck me that opening made me remember something cursed I dreamt about I dare not inflict it upon you others. . .

i didn't forget about it

I only played it via the All Stars SNES game while you COULD play the Game Boy Advanced version of Lost Levels World A through D are NOT in THAT version of the game at all World 9 I believe IS on the GBA version but doesn't require you to beat worlds 1 to 8 without warping to DO so.

this game is not forgotten. why do you think it's "forgotten"? It's literally Super Mario Bros 2, it was in lost levels, it's in SMBDX, the poison mushroom is iconic, it infamously inspired "kaizo mario" type games and established what hard Nintendo games are like.... it's anything but forgotten!

Let's not forget that In the og famocom version you had to bet it 4 TIMES WITHOUT WORP ZONES OR DIEING ONES to get the secret worlds

20:14 average Super Mario Bros 35 gameplay

5:40 um actually its kaizo not kazooie 🤓

A bad game, no, but a bad sequel. If it were released today, it would probably be basically "Super Mario Bros.: Hard Mode DLC." It feels like additional content, a continuation of the original adventure, a challenge for those who think they've mastered the original. But a sequel should have its own identity and a fair amount of originality and novelty, which this game lacked, save for a few new elements and (in the original releases) some minor graphical improvements. It is otherwise very much the same, only much more difficult, and I do not think it is good for that to be the defining trait of a sequel. Its release in Western markets very possibly would have hurt the franchise, as it is very popular among young children, and the difficulty of SMB2/TLL would be unreasonable and off-putting for them, and would have left many less than enthusiastic for a "Super Mario Bros. 3." I'm glad it got released in different forms after a little while, but it's a good thing it wasn't the first sequel we got.

So sick of seeing KZfaq videos calling this a bad game. It's not a great game, but it shouldn't be compared to something like Mario is Missing or Mario's Time Machine. In fact, Paper Mario: Sticker Star is a much worse game than SMB2:TLL!

God, I hate TTS

It's not forgotten, and it's not good. SMBLL isn't hard, it's just bullshit, the fact that the first mushroom in a ? block in the game kills you speaks volumes for the rest of the experience.

*s h o u l d ' v e s t a y e d l o s t* I got this from that one Nick Robinson vid lol

MattTrashBoat: I'm sorry to say this but you have a fake version of Super mario bros. All-stars, how do I know it is fake, in Super mario bros. and Super mario bros. the lost level in all-stars if you bonk a block it does not push you down. So your analysis is false already. Nintendo in the All-star version did on purpose to keep the glitch to make it easier. I also agree with your opinion without you influencing my opinion.