Review Information
Game Reviewed Normal Super Mario Bros. 2, by gamester
Review Author RandomClam
Created Sep 25 2011, 11:46 PM

General Commentary and Game Overview
Normal Super Mario Bros. 2 is a faithful fangame adaptation of the actual Super Mario 2 released in 1988 for the NES. As the title implies, this game is a perfectly normal Mario game, with all of the normal mario gameplay mechanics.
 
Pros - Faithful replication of SMB2 gameplay
- Graphics are also replicated normally
- Music as well
 
Cons - Filesize is large, and it may not work on some computers
 
Impressions
Gameplay
10 / 10
I've certainly had a hankering to play a normal Mario game for a while, and this fangame fulfilled my desires. Playing this game was just like playing SMB2 on my NES. Sadly, you can't select your character, but that's okay as this streamlines the normal experience, and Toad was my favorite character to play as anyway. All of the normal SMB2 gameplay mechanics are here. All of the throwable vegetables are in the game, like the turnips, carrots, nukes, onions, miyamoto heads, and pumpkins. You can also use powblocks to defeat enemies and potions to travel to SubSpace like normal. The cherry collecting and the spaceship smiley sequence is also here. Even the Birdo boss battle at the end is as normal as it should be. All in all, a great, but normal, experience. The only real problem with the game is the filesize, which is large due to the game being so normal. Also, the normalness of the game might be too much for some computers to handle. I myself couldn't play this game on my desktop and had to on my laptop.
 
Graphics
10 / 10
The graphics are the normal 8-bit graphics you'd expect. Toad, and the shyguys, cherries, vegetables, smifits, and tingle are replicated in all of their normal glory. Its nice to see such great graphics replicated in such a completely normal way.
 
Sound
10 / 10
The sound quality is fantastic. All of the normal music from the actual game is here again. The songs from the overworld, underground, boss battles, and the Donkey Kong Country 2 levels all play in the right places. Wonderful.
 
Replay
10 / 10
Replay is great. The game is such a fantastic example of a normal Mario game that you'd be crazy not to play it again.
 
Final Words
10 / 10
A wonderful example of a normal Mario game. If you yearn for the normal Mario games of the NES days, play this game.

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