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Super Mario Bros. 2 is a 1988 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). It is a retrofitted version of the 1987 Famicom Disk System (FDS) advergame Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic, retooled to feature characters and elements from the Super Mario series. Both Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 feature the player characters as they attempt to defeat the evil King Wart, with the player traversing the characters through a series of side-scrolling levels. Doki Doki Panic stars the mascots of Fuji Television's 1987 Yume Kōjō (lit. "Dream Factory") technology expo, while Super Mario Bros. 2 features Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess Toadstool as its protagonists.

Development and release

 * https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/04/the-secret-history-of-super-mario-bros-2/