Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is a Super Mario video game made by Nintendo. It was released as Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System. 

The Lost Levels was not released in the United States since Nintendo of America felt that Americans would not be happy with the game because they felt it was too hard and too similar to Super Mario Bros. Instead, Nintendo of America took another game, called Doki Doki Panic, and released that under the Super Mario Bros. 2 name.

Gameplay

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels features updated graphics from the original, new items, and new functions. The only new power-up is the Poison Mushroom; normally, a mushroom will make Mario bigger (Super Mushroom) or give him an extra life (1-Up Mushroom), but this one will make Mario smaller or kill him. They are easily distinguishable by their black-dotted mushroom caps. They are re-colored to purple in the Super Mario All-Stars release. There are also red Piranha Plants which will come up even if Mario is on top of them, compared to the green ones that hide when Mario is near them.

Mario and Luigi now act differently. Luigi has a higher jump and skids more when coming to a stop.

Releases
The game was first released around the world in 1993 in Super Mario All-Stars for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System game console. That game had the other three Super Mario Bros. games with better graphics and a save function.

Since then, it has been re-released three more times.  
In 1999, it was packaged in Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the Game Boy Color. After the player earned 300,000 points, it was unlocked and subtitled For Super Players. This version uses the original Super Mario Bros. graphics, does not have wind, and does not have the differences between Mario and Luigi.
In 2004, it was released in Japan as Volume 21 in the Famicom Mini series for the Game Boy Advance. It was not released anywhere else.
In 2007, it was released on the Wii's Virtual Console service.

References

Category:1986 video games
Category:Mario platform games
Category:Famicom Disk System games
Category:Game Boy Color games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development games
Category:Side-scrolling platform games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video game sequels
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Virtual Console games for Wii U