Super Mario Bros. 2

A side-scrolling platformer about Mario and friends picking up enemies in the dream world of Subcon.

Nintendo R&D4 · Nintendo · 3–5 hrs

Difficulty

The American sequel that is secretly Doki Doki Panic with Mario paint. Four characters, a pull-from-the-ground combat system, and a slot machine between worlds. Luigi's float is the real easy mode.

Tips

Start here
Luigi for height, Princess for float
Luigi's jump clears the vertical rooms. Princess floats over pits Toad would eat. Toad pulls vegetables fastest — use him on boss rooms where the mushroom is the fight.
Secrets
The potion makes a door
Throw a potion to spawn a door into subspace for coins and mushrooms. Do it on a cherry for the slot bonus. Wart hates vegetables; the health bar is a throw count.

Walkthrough

Walkthroughs that already exist

Written guides and videos are listed separately. The first time a game is opened, the web is searched once. Later visits reuse that result. Six of each show here.

The first visit searches the web. Rate a result from 1 to 5 so the next person can skip the wait.