This game came with my hand-me-down DMG I got for my birthday back in 2001. Thankfully I never made it to the final level back then, pretty sure I would’ve tossed the game out the window after losing 50+ lives. Looking for what I should play next, recommendations welcome :)
I don’t think I ever beat it! I got to the final fight with Wario. I figured out I could turn it off right before I would die and not lose my progress. (When you lose all your lives you’d have to redo the boss levels and, you know, get the 6 Golden Coins.)
How many hours did it take? Congrats
Maybe 5 or 6 hours total? One hour was just trying to beat thee Wario level over and over.
The game always reminds me of being in the hospital getting my adenoids removed in 1992.
Kirbys Dreamland
I remember being addicted to the first one until i managed the hard mdoe w.o. dying once. With that i find SML to also have great replay value.
this gives me memories of being at my grams house in rochester during the summer 💕
That sounds like a lovely memory. :)
(i just realised this said part 2 and not 1 but it still applies :))
I never finished this game as a kid . I had this with my original no color gameboy. Not sure how my mom paid for it . But she did go to jail one Christmas for shoplifting so maybe she didn’t lol .
That is great! Never too late to get rid of the old backlog.
I only played the first one now that I remember haha.
I was really hoping this was going to be a patient gamer shitpost lol
Hah! I beat that back in the early 90s when it first came out and again recently using an emulator. It’s a great little game!
Here you go everyone: https://youtu.be/ICXltEUJ41U?si=gZnpuN8A85UKyjyC
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For some reason I thought this was going to have something to do with “Obey Wario, Destroy Mario!”
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Good job! SML2 always felt weird to me mechanics-wise, but the music and levels were really cool.
Oh man I was confused and thought there was a sequel for Super Mario World for a second :(
Wasn’t Yoshis Island the sequel to the original Super Mario World on the SNES?
I’ve heard that super Mario Wonder is more of a sequel but yeah I think you’re right.
I could definitely see this with the map layout and whatnot. Obviously they’ve had the entire super Mario bros (+, 2, etc) series throughout their modern consoles but wonder really, to me, brings back the “woah look at all these new places” type feel back
Say what you will about Nintendo but you gotta admit them keeping around this franchise and keeping it “hot” is pretty impressive
Oh I wish. I think that might be my favourite Mario game of all time. Or maybe Mario 64.
Congratulations! The music will stay with you forever.
I’ll always prefer SML 1.
But I do fondly remember this.
You’re joking
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say this.
SML1 was basically just a proof of concept, it’s so short, lacking graphical detail and proper Mario physics. It’s not awful or anything, but if it didn’t have “Mario” in the title it wouldn’t even be remembered today.
SML2 isn’t perfect but it’s one of the best original Gameboy games, and really shines on its own. They don’t even feel like they’re part of the same series. I highly recommend the SML2 DX hack, played it on my Analogue Pocket and loved it, without the slowdown and with colour it’s very fun.
I think it’s a combination of nostalgia and the fact that SML1 had levels, enemies and music that were super unique compared to other Mario games before or after.
SML2 is a better game on the technical side of things but nothing in it blew me away or was memorable enough for me to recall with super clarity like I do with 1.
SML 1 was my first game, and I love it dearly, but SML 2 is objectively better in almost every way.
This game gave me an uncanny feeling as a kid!