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Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 for Game Boy Advance Videos >>
Summary It's the return of one of the best Mario games ever made! For those of you that don't know, Super World: Super Mario Advance 2 is a remake of the SNES classic, Super Mario World...(wow!) Anyway, the game has only been improved, keeping the crisp graphics and the great music, but adding some critical gameplay elements. First, you can now play as Mario's high-jumping brother, Luigi. Luigi offers much different gameplay than Mario, so Super Mario World veterans may want to try and play through the game with him. I personally think Mario is better still, since he is perfectly balanced, but to each his or her own. Also included is the arcade game, Mario Brothers. I personally find this game to be boring and repetitive, but Mario World is so awesome it's almost like the arcade game is just something thrown in for decoration. The only problem with this game is I beat Bowsers castle in under two days. But, hey, there's tons of stuff I missed since I used some of the star roads.Sound The sound in this game is very pleasant to the ears. Use headphones, because the music is great in a lot of the levels!Gameplay Gameplay is quite different from the SNES version. Well, not basic principle, gameplay is typical side-scrolling Mario fare, you hop around like mad and attack koopas and goombas, along with some newcomers, and the levels are the same, but they added some things. First, Luigi is a playable character now. He jumps higher than Mario, and floats better with the cape. His Yoshis also have the ability to spit out enemies to knock out other enemies. Oh yeah, that leads me to an important point I forgot to mention, Yoshi is in this game! Mario and Luigi can ride their dinosaur companion to assist them in the levels. They can use special abilities when they have a turtle shell in their mouth. The next important thing is that there are now Yoshi coins in each level, and you can collect them all to feel special.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Dave GamerFrom Albany, NY Review Date 03/07/2002 Overall Rating  2 of 5 Rate this review? Summary I purchased this game because of its stellar reviews, even though I'm not much into platformers (I've never played a platform game before on any system as they don't look interesting to me). And after spending several hours with the game, I will never buy another platformer again. I love GBA games like Advance Wars and Golden Sun. I can sit back and relax, studying the maps and working out the puzzles before I actually input a move into the game. Super Mario Advance 2 is too much into "twitch", time limits, and frantic jumping around. I like to play relaxing games that will provide me with a challenge without raising my blood pressure. SMB2 is definitely challenging but also highly frustrating to the point that I want to smash the cartridge with a hammer!Sound The sound is the usual "kiddie" Mario tunes. Mario sometimes talks when he gets a power-up ("That's just what I needed!" he exclaims in his Italian\Sicilian accent). I normally use earphones. I've found that since you need to give the screen your full attention every second that you're playing, I don't really notice the music.Gameplay Gameplay consists of running around and jumping on top of enemies to kill them, or just avoiding them. You can also kill enemies by bumping the platform they are walking on from underneath. There are moving platforms, water you can swim through, fences to cling to, items that let you fly, a dragon you can ride on, etc... There are many types of enemies - some can't actually be killed and must be avoided. The manual that comes with the game is fairly thick for a game that seems so simple, and you do need to read it and then reread it after playing the game a bit to pick up hints - there's some instructions given while playing the game itself but there's no real in-game tutorial system so you need the manual. Much of the game is of the "learn by trial-and-error" mode. You start a new level, run into some new baddies, get killed, restart the level, ad nauseum. If you reach the half-way point on a level then you will re-start at that half-way point when you die, instead of at the beginning of the level. Unfortunately there can be quite some distance before you reach the half-way point. If you die just shy of reaching a half-way point you have to go through the *whole* level from the beginning again, and again, and again, etc... And just because you've beaten the enemies earlier in the level 5 retries in a row doesn't mean you won't get killed on the 6th try - a slight misstep or bad timing by a fraction of a second and it's another life lost. I would have liked the game a lot more if there was also a 1/4-way and 3/4-way "goalpost" on each level. As it is I beat the first boss (Iggy) and was 1 level away from the 2nd boss when I got so frustrated I ripped the cartridge out of the GBA and flung it down the hallway. Now if you enjoy this sort gameplay, you'll be happy to know that there are 96 levels and each level has some secret passages leading to "sub-levels". Control is fairly tight although Mario tends to skid when he lands after a jump and flying is kind of an "inexact science". There are also several instances where you need to keep the B button held down (to carry something or run fast) while also tapping the A button (to jump) - I find this difficult and I wish I could swap the functions of the left shoulder button and the B button - it would make things a lot easier.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By JoE CardenasFrom Oregon Review Date 03/05/2002 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This has got to be one of the best games “ever”! This game is extraordinary and is by far, a must get for any person who doesn’t the game for the SNES. Super Mario World offers everything the SNES version did except with more bonus levels, different paths and a multiplayer mode. Also Luigi has altered in this game as well, he can now jump much higher than Mario and throw fire balls farther, the only bad thing is he’s kind of slow. This game is addictingly fun and will keep you entertained for hours!! Once you play it once you’ve got to play it some more this game includes 96 levels!! Yeah you heard me right 96 whole levels. That includes the castles and bonus levels, believe me it will take you more than a week to beat this game, and don’t think that all the levels are easy many are challenging and take a lot of skill to beat. This game also includes the return of many old characters like Yoshi, goombas, capped koopas, All 7 of the koopa kids; Iggy , Lemmy, Morton Jr., Roy, Ludwing Von, Larry , Wendy O !!! Overall if I could give this game more than a five I would.****Spoilers***: Easily Get Yoshi: Go to Yoshi's Island 2, pass the koopas and the first 3 boxes, then hit the next 2 and in 1 of them is Yoshi. Get Fly Power Easily: Go to Donut Land 1 and jump on the first flying guy, then press start and go back; then do the same thing to have an extra feather. Hint: Star Worlds 1. Go to Donut Plains. Hit the green switch, then just go right and up the "!"s at the end. Otherwise, you have to fly. Put the key in the hole. You can now go underwater to a red dot on the map. In this level, go to the P switch and carry it to the next "?". Hit it and then the "?". Put the key in the nearby keyhole. A secret ghost house will appear. Enter it, and locate the room with the door with no platform underneath of it. Get the P switch (to the left) and bring it there. Hop on it. Do not go through any door. Stand directly in front of it and jump. A vine will appear. Quickly climb the vine to reach a platform with a secret blue door. Enter and defeat the Big Boo three times with the blue bricks to open the Star Road. 2. Go to Vanilla Dome 1. You need the red switch; it appears later on in Vanilla Dome. Go to Dome 1 and keep going right up the red "!"s and to the key. Go to Vanilla Secret 1 (which just appeared) and have Yoshi. Find the pipe coming out of the left wall near the top. Use a spring to go up. Jump off Yoshi's back and into the pipe. 3. Finish Soda Lake. 4. Complete Forest Of Illusion 4 the secret way. You must go down a blue pipe near a P switch and complete the Fortress. 5. Use Yoshi to get the key at the end of Valley of Bowser 4. 2. Hint: Super Special Area: Complete Star World 5 with a key (need all switches pushed) and go to the Super Special Area. Beat all the boards in the Super Special Area to get a super ending. At the end of the last special world, the message "YOU ARE A SUPER PLAYER" will be spelled with coins. A teleporter will take Mario to Yoshi's House, with a map in different colors Sound The sound is truly excellent. It’s really cool how the game makes sounds like screeching, jumping, throwing fireballs, grabbing a coin, etc. Almost each action has a specific sound. The music in this game is exceptionally fulfilling, nothing new though. You know it’s the typical “Mario music”.Gameplay The gameplay for this game was smooth and slick. I was astounded by how they were able to make the controlles comfortable but yet so simple. It is incredibly simple to use the controlles it takes nearly instantly to get use to them. What I enjoy about this game is how they made Luigi different in this game, which makes him more suitable for other levels (or maybe just for fun). Also I like the modes that are in the game, for example when you get to a certain level you can actually swim! It’s really sweeet how the gravity changes in the game, you have to keep pressing “A” repeatedly to go up and if you can’t then you fall to the bottom of the ditch and die. Also it’s truly pleasurable how you can fly up in the sky and see the hidden treasures up there, like coins, lives, boxes, clouds….. Yeah, and also creating Yoshi was pure genius. It is fun riding on him and eating things like enemies and apples, also seeing Yoshi fly (when you have a cape) will bring a smile to your face. Also the Map design was enormous and satisfying (espically with 96 levels and all) they truly did a excellent job hiding things and making go back to check what they were. Nearly every level in that game has one secret, that’s what makes the game so lengthy and enjoyable.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Nathan BushFrom Churdan, IA USA Review Date 03/02/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary To tell you the truth, for a GBA game, comparing it to the Super NES, they did a hell of a nice job (comparing how they redid Donkey Kong Country for the GBC). It looks very good. I bought it the day it came out. Well, the day AFTER it came out beacause I bought it on Feb. 15, 2002. For 29.96, that's a good price.Sound The sound is the weak point. I do not like the voices they have in the game. They CHANGED the music a bit. That I don't like.Gameplay It's pretty simple to tell you. If you haven't played a Mario game, you are just plain weird. You know what you do in mario games! But there is a weird thing, you can get any color of Yoshi from any block that a yoshi comes out of. I yet to find out why they did that. It should always be the classic green Yoshi.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By slimshady2099 TimmyFrom Springfield, USA Review Date 02/21/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary This game is great as most of you know from, oh...1993! An old classic ported to GBA which seems to be what Nintendo's secret is with the success of the amazing little pocket SNES. Breath Of Fire, Super Mario Advance (a.k.a. Super Mario Bros. 2), Pitfall, Sonic and the list goes on, all great old games we've come to love from great old sytems that have paved the way for Dreamcast, PS2, XBOX, and Gamecube. Overall this game is wonderful everything you love about the SNES classic with some surprising new little twists. And when you get very pissed off at a level don't break your $100 GBA just go to the main menu and play Super Mario Classic, the arcade favorite that started a revolution.Sound Sound is great with all the great Mario tunes you remember from your days playing this game on SNES.Gameplay Gameplay is great. Lovely animation is brought to this game which has been touched up from the more cartoony look on the SNES to a more faded, realistic look. Also, a great new feature added to this game is the option of playing as the famous plumber's brother who most of us have been looking for alot more in the gaming industry. Well along with Luigi's new game for Nintendo's small but powerful Gamecube he now makes a magical appearance on this now handheld classic. So pick your pony and have a great time with a great old game that you should play again for the first time.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary You remember Super Mario World for the SNES? Well if you do and you liked it then you are going to love this game! This game is simply one of the best Mario games out there. As great as it was 10 years ago it is just as fun to play it today. The added feature of being able to tell if you got all the dragon coins or found all the secrect areas at the map scressn is a Hugh plus. If you have a GBA and you like platformers or Mario, Go buy this game!Sound The sound is a little toned down because of the GBA capabilites. The only thing that this game lacks is in this area. But hey no beef this is a great game.Gameplay Gameplay is modified to fit the GBA button layout, But the gameplay doesn't lack in anway.This time around you get to play as Luigi. He will have the same jump with the feet all wiggling around just like in SMA1(super mario bros. 2). The controls are responsive, and the first time you try out Luigi you will have to get use to his extra jumping capabilites. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Super Mario World, when it came out for the SNES [It was packaged in with the system] was one of my favorite games of all time. I absolutely loved that game. But i was 6 or 7 at the time, so i enjoyed games more back then. Anyway, i absolutely loved this game as a lil' kid and now that i'm older, i can look back. There were some great memories. Anyway, its amazing how great this game was. When i played it for the first time i actually remember the SNES days, when these graphics were state of the art and the best graphics available on any system. Now i understand that nintendo released this game to impress folks with its graphics. Now that the graphics are on a screen 3 inches wide, its just incredible.Sound The sound is great. I love the Mario tunes and everything.Gameplay The gameplay is classical mario gameplay. I absolutely love this game and the gameplay is great, spot on. I loved this gaem as a kid and i love it now [16 y/o]. Great game.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By TerranceFrom Washington Review Date 02/14/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Well, SMA2 is a great game. You can get it for only $18 too. Bestbuy lists it as $22.99, but with teh help of a $5 found in EGM, its only $17.99, which makes it a pretty cool deal for an awesome game. This game is really good. It has 96 levels and multiple ending, plus you can play as Luigi at any level, who now jumps higher and longer. There is also a list of places you've been to and beat. The game is basically the same game from 10 years ago, but that game was a great game, and the fact that you can carry this game with 2 fingers is amazing. The GBA's price has fallen too, so if you want a GBA game and system, its only $60 or $70 now.Sound The Mario music is excellent. The sound effects are there too, but the main draw is classic Mario music.Gameplay Teh gameplay is amazing. This is classic Mario. Its over 10 years old, but damn, it is one great game. You can now save whenever, whereever as it is a portable game now.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary This is the one game i was waiting for for GBA. It's probably the reason i bought one in the first place, bar mario kart! It's a superb choice of game for nintendo to develop, i mean, it's a better option than Yoshi's Island, and far better than super mario advance. If u dont buy this, u dont know how to use a game boy advance properly...!Sound Ah...those classic mario tunes. the moment u switch on this game, the flashbacks to THAT SNES launch day will remind u clearly of why this game is so good. The addictive tunes are pumped out of this game incessantly, but never to the point of tedium. It's all very clear, ocassionally tinny im sure, but improved hugely with the aid of earphones.I particuarly like the addition of those character one-liners, just like in mario advance 1. it adds a bit more depth, a bit more characterisation to the game, (as if nintendo's mascot needed added emphasis..) The sheer diversity of the music is a proud feature of mario world. from plinky plonky tunes of the outside worlds, to spookily enchanting haunted house type music, to the fantastic special effects accompanying turtle bashing and apple munching - its all so effortlessly superb. The bad points? well, its not revolutionary in terms of sound quality - but who really expected that? this is, after all, a port from an old snes game. and why change anything when the established formula is just..PERFECT eh? so to end this review, let me finish with those obligatory words: "its-a-me-mario!" Gameplay Ok so its familiar, so we've all played this game 8 years ago, we've all completed it - but thats not the point! the point is, the gameplay is so good, so satisfying, and so tweaked to perfection, that its worth playing over JUST to re-live those memories. and the levels are so varied that they will still come as a pleasant surprise. The ability to ride Yoshi is just what makes this game peerless, the absolute best 2D platformer ever.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Jon MottFrom Twin Cities, MN Review Date 02/13/2002 Overall Rating  3 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 is a very mixed bag. For those of you who remember the SNES and the original, much of the gameplay from that title is still evident in the 32-bit GBA version. But the extra features aren't really up to par, and really this game, much like Super Mario Advance 1, is something you can totally skip.The same exact Mario Bros. game from SMA1 is present, and although SMA2 does add a couple new wrinkles to the gameplay with Luigi, there's little that's actually new. I have the same overall problem with this title as I did with SMA1: It's a port of a decade old game packaged with an even older title. We've seen new and unique versions of franchises on the GBA, Warioland 4, Castlevania: COTM, F-Zero MV, and brand new stuff like Megaman Battle Network and Golden Sun. Nintendo has shown it can deliver on classic titles, look at all the extras and tracks that went into Mario Kart Super Circuit. But it really annoys me to see Nintendo just throwing a 10 year old title on their new system just to front the Mario name. Maybe if the two SMA titles were on one cartridge, it would be worth it. It's certainly not worth paying $60 for both. Sound The sound here suffers. The GBA is capable of a lot, but the updated music is very tinny and mechanical, even with headphones. It detracts from the organic feel of the game. Voice samples (also lifted directly from SMA1) get annoying quickly, but are well done, much more so than the music. Rating: 2, horrible job on the music.BOTTOM LINE: SMW:SMA2 is a lousy port, considering the A+ job Nintendo did with Super Mario Kart. Perhaps Super Mario World 2 will come across better someday (that's the next title in the series) but what we really need is an all new Mario title. This one doesn't live up to standards that we know Nintendo is capable of. You're better off with the original. Final Rating: 3 minus. Gameplay Gameplay isn't terrible. It's still the same SMW you remember, the Princess is gone, Bowser is responsible, and you have to save her. You meet Yoshi and his friends and must save Dinosaur Island from Bowser's seven nutball kids.However the age really shows here, as the difficulty has been ramped down, and the ability to select Luigi makes some stages MUCH easier. I appreciate the added gameplay of Luigi, but the difficulty should have remained the same. Status screens show where the 96 exits you are still missing are, the boss fights are a joke, and this game isn't nearly as hard as Castlevania or Rayman Advance. The ability to save anywhere is vital (all GBA game makers: Please note that the ability to save almost anywhere is a requirement for any GBA titles in the future. Password BS is unacceptable.) Rating: 3 for average, what little gameplay gains there are are lost with the difficulty being toned down. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Alan Alday SerinoFrom Nogales AZ Review Date 02/12/2002 Overall Rating 5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary One of the best games out there today! You have got to get this game weither you like it or not!This game (Super Mario World :Super Mario Advance 2 is number 2 on my list!The game that takes the cake is non other than Super mario Brothers 3!Keep up the good work Nintendo!!!!!!!!-----------Alan Alday(The Best dawm Video Game Player in America)! Oh it's TRUE, IT'S DAWM TRUE!!! WHAT????? In memory of Antonio "Tony" Serino. Sound The sound is the best Woundeful Music. Just like the original!Gameplay The game play is the best in super mario advance 2. This is what makes up the entire game!Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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