Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2

by Nintendo

Product Features

• 1 - 4 Players Simultaneously

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005UK88
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches ; 0.5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 11, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (287 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,135 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo sits at or near the top of most "best video games" lists for a reason. At the time of its release, it was a dramatic evolution of the side-scrolling Mario series of action-adventure games, incorporating every gameplay element that worked in the older titles while adding a seemingly endless supply of new tricks. This new feature-complete version of Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance proves just how timeless designer Shigeru Miyamoto's 1991 classic really is.

In true Miyamoto fashion, the game starts with simple running and jumping and gradually gets more complex. Soon, you're swimming, flying, tossing fireballs, and riding one of several Yoshis--cute little dinosaurs--that appear throughout the game. The overall level design has yet to be exceeded in a 2-D platformer, with each colorful level packed with enough secrets to keep players busy for weeks. A lot of precision jumping is required, but the controls are so tight that directing Mario (or even Luigi, who wasn't playable in the original) becomes as natural as breathing within a few minutes of playing.

As if packing the entire original game onto the tiny cartridge wasn't enough, Nintendo also put two multiplayer versions of the original Mario Brothers in there, which are playable solo or with up to three other people using Game Link cables to connect all your Game Boy Advance systems. Both variants are a blast, but the single-player adventure is what kept us coming back for more. If you missed it 10 years ago when Super Mario World appeared on the Super Nintendo, don't make the same mistake twice. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• The game is very replayable thanks to multiple level exits
• Surgically precise controls
• Outstanding level designs that never get old

Cons:

• Speech effects that were added for Mario and Luigi get old fast

Product Description

On vacation in Dinosaur Land, Mario and Luigi get word of Bowser-brewed trouble afoot. With help from Yoshi, the helpful little dinosaur who joins them for the first time, they set out to save Princess Peach from the Koopa King. They'll have their work cut out for them as they travel through nine huge worlds to hunt down Bowser and his evil Koopalings: Wendy O., Iggy, Larry, Ludwig Von, Lemmy, Morton Jr., and Roy. Along the way, Mario and Luigi will ride Yoshi, search for P-Switches, find secret paths, blast fireballs and soar into the skies with the help of the Cape. Their quest won't be easy: Dino Rhino, Chargin' Chuck and a host of unforgettable enemies await in one of the Mario Bros. biggest and most challenging adventures ever. Note: All 96 levels from the original Super NES game are included, from the eerie Forest of Illusion to super-tough Star Road and powered-up Special World! Also includes the classic Mario Bros. arcade game! You can team up and work together or jump into a battle with up to four players! It's also compatible with Super Mario Advance for single or multi-pak four-player action.

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New challenges 100s of new details, not as good of graphics, February 20, 2002

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Jeff Johnson "Jeff Johnson" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

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Nintendo decided to skip Super Mario 3, and go for 96 level Super Mario World, in the second installment of Mario on Gameboy Advance. The game starts with a new intro of Mario, Luigi and Peach out in a hot air balloon, where Mario and Luigi go off flying with their caps, when they return, the Princess has disappeared! For those of you who have played Super Mario World for the Super Nintendo, nothing big has changed, but there are 100s of details which have improved, which most people would never notice, such as the ability to save anywhere (because this is portable), more sound effects like the voices of Mario and Luigi and also hold 999 lives! An amazing new feature is the colored Yoshi's! Once you find a colored Yoshi in the hidden Special World, you can find them everywhere at random. The graphics however are not as bold and bright as Super Mario World, instead they are light and dull. The sound really is not up to par with the original game either. There are new controls as well, such as the jump and run are still the A and B buttons, but now the spin jump is the R button. There are also new intros and finishes to the game. Like Super Mario Advance, there are several new challenges, such as there are now 350 dragon coins in the game, get them all, and see a little scene where Princess Peach turns them into Princess coins. For every 1 million points you earn a star is added to the start screen. Silly little challenges that will keep people working for years to come.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome back to Dinosaur Land, June 8, 2004

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A. Stepaniak (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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Has it really been 14 years? The same game that I remembered getting the Christmas it came out, it bundled with the Super Nintendo, it being the game I was unable to put down? The same game I played at 6 or 7, coming back to me now at 20?

Yes. And still every bit as enjoyable - though easier to clear this time around.

The shining masterpiece of Mario gameplay, the pinnacle of platform gaming: Super Mario World. Why didn't I buy you sooner? I missed your fun gameplay, your expansive levels, your multicolored Yoshi pals, your secrets, your everything.

Oh, hi. Buy this game.

Why? It is everything a platform game should be, and now it can fit in the palm of your hand (or you can stick it in your Gameboy Player and remember the olden golden days). 96 goals to clear, hundreds of Dragon Coins to collect, a huge worldmap.. SMW should be in every game enthusiast's library. The colorful graphics are top-notch, the controls are so tight they're second nature, the music is fun and takes a while to get on your nerves (especially in the @&@#(!## Special World level where you have to float Balloon Mario across the map and no I swear it didn't take me over 30 tries).

Updates. Luigi is no longer purple! There's a new intro explaining how Peach gets captured this time. The majority of levels have Dragon Coins, including castles and ghost houses, and the game keeps track of them. Once you collect them all, you'll get a neato surprise. You can now modify the color of Yoshi you get. Once you clear all 96 goals, you can warp to whatever level you wish using the new staus screen that shows you how many Dragon Coins you've collected on each level, all the goals you've gone through, and if you beat the level using Mario or Luigi. Yeah, you can choose to play as Luigi now. He's got his wiggly jump from the GBA Super Mario 2. I haven't used him cos it's akin to sacrilige, so I can't tell you if playing him is any fun or not.

But this game is most certainly fun. Please, please buy it if you haven't already. I personally guarantee you will not regret owning this classic piece of console history.

46 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is one of the reasons I'm still a gamer at 32., February 6, 2002

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D. K. Malone (earth) - See all my reviews
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When I bought my SNES back in 1991, it was only because I needed to establish credit and I couldn't think of anything else to buy. I'd seen a commercial for a game called F-Zero and was shocked to see how far games had come in the seven or so years since I'd lost all interest in them. That was why I bought the system. I had no intention of really getting back into gaming. But as fate would have it, that SNES system came bundled with a copy of Super Mario World. I remembered Mario from Donkey Kong and the original Mario Brothers arcade game, and I was aware of the Super Mario NES games, though I'd never played them. I think I had the SNES for a few weeks before I was finally bored enough to play SMW. Well, that was the end for me. I became a born-again gamer on the spot and I played SMW religiously for over two years. I'm still gaming more than ever, over 11 years later.

This game isn't going to impress anyone on a technical level today, but I think that as far as gameplay is concerned, this can still compete in today's market. It's a timeless classic, the sort of game that will truly never go out of style. I never would have guessed I'd be able to hold this massive masterpiece in the palm of my hand. I'm reserving my copy of the GameBoy Ultima version of Mario 64 right now...