Nobody hated this game until the internet (2024)

I never liked mario 2, all you do is pick turnips and get epilepsy fighting mouser

Nobody hates this game

i hate his stupid fricking penis leg

its great. mario 1 was a great game for its time but its not something i revisit often. mario 2 even though its a le fake mario game is a much grander adventure.

You see a lot of people claim Mario Madness is not a "real Mario game" but I don't think this is an admission that they don't enjoy it.

It, like all the other weird second installments out there of the same general era (DigDug 2, Zelda 2, Castlevania 2, Mappy 2, Final Fantasy 2 etc etc etc) were played and enjoyed but not liked as actual sequels to the games they sprouted from. That's why the third installment, if the series got one, always returned to the original formula but in suped up form (Mario 3, LttP, Castlevania 3, Final Fantasy 3 etc etc etc).
I've had multiple conversations with friends about this back in the day (excluding FF2 and 3, of course, since we didn't know about them at the time) and the opinion was unanimous: it was good but it wasn't Mario. Zelda 2 was good but it wasn't Zelda. Castlevania 2 was the only one that caused disagreement. I liked it. My best friend at the time did not. And our other friends were generally ambivalent.
I find it hard to believe that our opinions could be unique.

Until the internet what?

If no one ever hated it, why there are so many who hate it?

I was really disappointed that SMB3 went backward and didn't have multiple characters.

>Nobody hated this game until the internet
I semi-did. Jumping on the first shy guy I saw and expecting it to be squished like a goomba, only to have Mario stand on its head and be carried around, was truly disconcerting.

Not true, I always hated it.

I didn't like it very much. It didn't feel like Mario for obvious reasons which I didn't know back then. And then Mario 3 came out and 2 was rightly forgotten.

I never knew another kid who played Mario 2. Mario 2 was that weird shit you found in Super Mario All-Stars, that one game you played far less than the others.

I always enjoyed 2 the most out of the NES games.

I always played as the princess because her floating was like easy mode. It was my very first "dad walks in" moment too.

i always hated this game. I distinctly remember getting called a gay because I said I liked mario one better. Thankfully mario three came out and the discussion was over.

I never liked it but I wouldn't say I hate it

It's not the best game ever but it's one of the most flawless. I can't think of any bad aspect to the game.

Same for Donkey Kong Country 3

anon, the time between this game coming out and "the internet" is a blip compared to all the time we've lived with "the internet"
speaking for myself, I played it at the time and I didn't like it as much as smb1 and 3
I didn't hate it, nor did I think it wasn't a "real mario game", but I clearly didn't like it as much
no internet required

I never liked Super Mario Bros 2 or 3.

So the trend of Nintendo fans only accepting remakes of the same game over and over again started all the way back then?

Ehhh, I wouldn't go that far. I've seen some 90s books call Super Mario Land for Game Boy as the "real" Mario 2.

I didn't like it even as a kid, sorry.

unironically better than SMB3 and SMW

I hated this game as a kid, but as I grew up it went high up my list of favorites.

Every time I see a post that's like "I've known this since I was a kid!" and the opinion is eerily similar to e-celebs, I just know the truth is "The e-celeb gave me this opinion and I'm just saying that to pretend it's my own opinion".
Some of them genuinely believe their own lies too, like it's not just about lying to others, it's about lying to one-self and they managed to convince themselves.

If you liked it when you were 6, then it must be a great game.

did you know there was a donkey donkey picnic in japan?

Never understood the online hatred of this game to be honest. As far as I know, when I was a kid everybody I knew loved everything about SM2. Even when I found out that it was a hack of a Japanese game, I still loved it a hell of a lot. Just so much fun to play, man. That said, SMB3 was way better, but we all still went back and played the 2nd game a lot. And I still like to play it to this day.

(video essay begins)
Super Mario Broze 2... Yikes, this one has always been the weird and unpopular one in the series. Many players around the world were confused and angry by how this game destroyed the Mario formula. But today, we're going to finally uncover the origins, mysteries, and secret betrayal surrounding this game. But first, a word from our sponsor Dildo VPN.

I've never had access to it as a child. The game is boring as frick, couldn't continue playing it past 1 hour.

It's a really good game, especially by NES standards. Nobody hated it, they just liked to bring up that it wasn't a Mario game in Japan and therefore not a true Mario game. Nobody thought it was actually a bad game though.
As far as I know it was made by the same people who did Mario Bros anyway so I still consider it a true mario game.

nobody knew this game existed until the 3rd one came out and the 3rd one makes everything that came before it look like shit

i enjoyed the original mario when it was the only one my neighbor had. when i played 2 and 3 at a friend's house (i think it was as part of all-stars), i didnt really like them nearly as much. LOVED world though, and i still feel like it blows the others out of the water.

the Internet was created in 1983 you fricking dunce

Could also be because it's a reskin of another game? You suck the virtual wiener of this game and I bet you didn't even know that.

Ok... thread has died down a little... so I'm going to let you guys on a secret, don't tell anyone ok... promise me. If word about this got out, Nintendo would be finished. I would be finished.
Our Mario 2... is

thinking back on it this is probably the funniest thing nintendo has ever done
>practically save video games with the nes
>release smash hit, pretty much their own mickey mouse
>need a sequel, and fast
>make a rom hack of a random game and call it "mario 2"

SUPAH MARIO BROS TWO BAYBEEEE GAME OF THE YEAR!!!!

People underestimate/ignore how much SMB2 influenced and helped push forward the series.
It introduced many enemies that became recurrent enemies, some very iconic like Shyguys, it introduced picking up & throwing enemies/items (ok, technically this comes from arcade Mario Bros, but this was a neat way to bring this mechanic back, also returning from Mario Bros is the POW block), it introduced the Key item, it just is an awesome game. The addition of the run button from Yume Kojo to SMB2/USA also makes a difference.
And really, Yume Kojo might just have started development as a Mario game anyway. It all came full circle.

Mushroom blocks are fascinating. Why are they mushrooms yet not mushrooms? Contemplate their heft and density

Anyone who says they hate this game is pretending for their daily contrarian points. It's that simple.

>Nobody had this game until the internet
ftfy

The heart pieces remembered me it was not a good zelda.

True.

more like no one loved this game until the internet lmao??