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Super Mario Bros. 2
Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Platform: NES This game has a prototype article

Super Mario Bros. 2 is the black sheep of the Mario series... at least before Super Mario Sunshine came along.

Contents 1 Prototype version 1.1 Debugging features 1.2 General changes 1.3 Music 1.4 Ending 2 Unused graphics 2.1 Desert tileset 2.2 Eighth animation frame 3 Placeholder proto-final differences 4 Prototype Title and Story colors

Prototype version

During a series of unfortunate incidents, a prototype dump of this game was released.

This has a bunch of differences and blah blah balhdlfkshfdsf

Debugging features

• A on title screen: Selects world (can go above 7, which leads to various bugs/crashes)
• Select during gameplay: Gives you 16 HP and breaks the life counter. This is actually shown in some commercial

General changes

• Title screen palette is different
• The story is different
• Some minor changes here and there
• You can't run, like in Doki Doki Panic
• Eyeballs aren't white
• Hold positions are totally wrong
• Good lord this list is long
• 7-1 and 7-2 have some minor changes
• No animations

Music

• The underground theme is an earlier version of Super Mario Bros. 3's with LOUD drum samples; it was reverted to the Doki Doki Panic version pre-release.
• The invincibility theme uses noise-based drums (like SMB1), rather than the drum samples as found in the final.

Ending

• You get prize money based on how many times you died
• Game ends on a simple THE END screen after the congratulations

Unused graphics

Desert tileset

SMB2 has a :) in the desert tileset. It is indeed very happy, and the artist who put it there is good people.

Eighth animation frame

Eight different animation frames exist; due to a bug, however, only the first seven are used.

Placeholder proto-final differences

To be used with a comparison between the proto and final versions.

Prototype 7-1	Final 7-1, with platform moved back
Prototype 7-1; no Phanto	Final 7-1, with Phanto added

Prototype Title and Story colors

The Prototype`s Title Screen and Story had a Yellow,Brownish Yellow,and a Peach Color.

Prototype Title