I'm glad this became Mario 2. It made Nintendo's library more diverse and combined with Zelda 2 shows that sequels can be good without being identical to the games before them.
3 should have been 2. Unless the Japan version of 2 was released here. There is nothing good about this being the second Mario game or the second Zelda game.
I used to have a book called how to beat nes games and it was seriously just like this a legit paperback novel of just walkthroughs with comments and quotes from "experts".
The real Mario bros 2 was way to hard and they didn't want people getting mad and quit. The person testing died within first few minutes of game by eating poison mushroom
I've suffered and been in the grasp of addiction, for years the last few days I've been coming off subutex. I still have to have my xanax. But your videos help me though the withdrawal. Thank you I've even started playing my hard nes games. Thank you my doggo friend.
Please friends if you have a drug problem. You can get clean dont substitute what you taking with sub. Its amazing drug but take it no longer than 3 weeks. And never take xanax unless you have crippling anxiety. I do but drugs arent the answer. Ive wasted close to 100k. In 8 years.. i love you all, and your not alone
I did too guys! Personally, I like it better than SB3. I’m gonna get hate for it but I like being able to play 4 different characters with different special jumps.
I’m on 7-2… by using UA-cam to figure out where all the mushrooms are in 7-2 I found out that this is the finale and I was like holy shit I’ve never been here before😂
Whether intended or not, the fact that you can skip certain areas of the game based on the character you select for the stage, is WAY advanced for an 80s gaming mechanic. I REALLY love this often misunderstood game in the franchise.
This game is a milestone. It gave the Mario cast some of their trademark moves and abilities, like Luigi's floatier jumps and Peach's hover, and introduced enemies that would later become used in the rest of the Mario series like Bob-ombs, Shy Guys, Snifits and Birdo
At first i thought it was so stupid because i doubt anyone really comes here for the “strategy”. But there is so much passion and love behind these that it reminds me of how I felt about all of these games when they were new. This channel proves that it’s not the content that matters, it’s the heart of the creator. There are a millions other channels but not many with the same amount of heart.
Toad is The best character at the beginning and princess at the end because she can float. Luigi is too tough to control, Mario doesn’t do anything well but he isn’t bad at anything either.
@@wjb4578 for sure! Toad nearly 99% of the game. He picks stuff up the fastesr and the princess for one or 2 levels. But yeah Toad for pros! Luigis jump is so sloppy and slow!
Got this game when it first came out and it was the first game I beat. This is one of my favorite games,so much nostalgia for me. Thanks for showing this game the respect it deserves.
@@UCanBeatVideoGames: *Fun Fact:* The sound Birdo makes when spitting eggs or fire?? The same sound is heard in The Legend of Zelda (1986 NES) when Wizzrobes fire at Link!
These videos are great. Most of these on your channel I've beaten multiple times, however it's great to see new techniques and easier ways of doing things. I've beaten some games "the hard way" and you show easier ways to do it. There's also hidden things I never really knew existed before.
If you get a star while in subcon and the star fades out as you leave it, it will play the subcon Mario themed music on repeat and you'll hear more parts of the song.
Man this brings back memories. It got to where I could time it right and get more cherries than not. This and Megaman 2 were the only NES games I completely mastered.
Feels odd commenting on an old post video but like to anyways. If it wasn't noted before, one cool thing you will note that if you play all the levels its equal to a count of 20 thus allowing you to play each character 5 times. If you do this at the end screen when it shows the contributor it will actually cycle through all four names equally on repeat until the screen changes to sleeping Mario. I found this back in the day when I was trying all different ways to beat the game then I had before. Also love the channel and have sub'd since I found it. You are one of the few people that imo have the perfect narration, Tone, pitch, speed, clarity etc , most excellent gift. I hope you continue to post as long as you can.
I've never been able to beat this Mario game until I watched your tutorial of this game. As soon as I watched you and utilized everything I finally beat this game. I have always loved this Mario and Mario 3 about the same but am glad to finally say I beat Mario 2 after all these years
That's so awesome - congratulations! I love hearing when people are able to beat a game after watching one of my videos - thank you so much for telling me about it!
The evolution of Mario games never disappointed and always added something new. I am glad they chose this to be Mario 2, The Lost Levels seems too much like an extension of the Super Mario Bros. game. I feel Mario 2 set the bar for future Mario games having different mechanics, level design, and possibilities of what a Mario game could be. This game helped shape this franchise into my favorite franchise in gaming.
Out of all three Super Mario Bros. games, this is the only one that I could beat. I became so good at the slot machine that I could earn over 90 extra lives. I was easily able to beat SMB 2 with that many lives. This is my favorite SMB game.
In mario 3 save all your p wings and clouds for the final area and you can cheese the hardest levels in the game. Also on level 2 there is a trick involving the leaf powerup and a tube of infinite spawning Goombas that you can repeatedly exploit for infinite lives.
One thing I really love about this channel is not only that he goes through the game showing strategies on how to beat the game but the history about the game at the beginning. BTW, I thought 2 cherries u get 3 extra lives not 2.
Thanks, Bobby! I put a lot of extra work into those history parts, but I think its important to give the game some context. Definitely 2 Cherries = 2 lives, except in the SatellaView version, where you get 4.
@@UCanBeatVideoGames Thx for your response and clarifying the whole cherry deal. I for some reason thought it was 1,3,5. Lol Probably cause my favorite numbers are all odds. Who knows, but keep up the great work and looking forward to more.
Agreed. Not sure why he said Luigi is a good digger. He is the second worst. Only princess is slower. Toad, Mario, Luigi and princess in order of fastest digger to slowest.
@@alwillk yeah, this was the only mistake i noticed. i guess he is good at getting back up with the key, but he’s terrible at digging and lifting. must’ve gotten the info from an old guide and never got corrected on it
Of all your videos this game is probably the easiest. However, I am appreciative of you saying the names of all the enemies and bosses in these games. So many games had very odd names for things. And, even a game like this that I can beat I still get to learn something.
@@UCanBeatVideoGames lol yea would seem like the video to do would be on the real super mario 2 since its so much harder, but i prefer this one alot more and enjoy your channel alot because 90% of the games are ones i had in my childhood, and many i find out things i never knew back then so i never beat them. They were very bad at explaining things back then like zelda 2 i never knew you leveled up anything etc.
I love how, as kids, we never questioned the differences between Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros 2... yet as adults, we can see the quirky differences so clearly... .Yet still never question them 😆 I loved this game back when it was released 😍
This is tied with Super Mario Odyssey as my favorite Mario. People today discount it but SMB2 was THE game that propelled Nintendo into the stratosphere in the USA. It totally expanded the idea of what the Mario games could be in a way the series hasn’t seen since Odyssey, imo.
These are awesome videos! I love that it's not just a bunch of speedrunning strategies, just how to beat the game. Keep them coming, and as a request I would love to see Faxanadu played
This was the game my family got with the NES. It was a pack in title and boy oh boy did i spend hours and hours of my childhood playing this awesome game. I dont care if it is “a real mario game” it was the 1st game i ever played with the name mario attached to it and it will always be my favourite mario game
i think dixie in dkc2 is inspired from peach in super mario usa, cause they both have ability to fly. this game was indeed easier than smb1 and 3, cause it's the only one i've finished being a kid.
I remember hearing stories about how hard it was for parents to find this game at christmas time. Some drove to other states only to be shut out and have to drive 5 hours back with nothing to show for it.
We got lucky here in NJ, ALL the stores were sold out BUT Service Merchandise. They had BOXES of Mario 2 and Zelda 2! Guess noone figured to check that little store outside the mall. (I bought 2 copies each and kept a sealed copy of each to just have since there were so many)
That 'phanto' mask scared the shit out of me when I was a kid! The idea of some kind of ghost-like monster that can phase through matter relentlessly hunting you down for taking something that didn't belong to you was just terrifying!
Hi, first of all thank you for your channel! I'm appreciating your job and it so exciting to know there are many people who really does like old NES video games. I'm 40 and wondering how I could beat games when I was 13-14 years old. So I feel like gamer retired, however your videos help me to remember how beat the games. It reminds me of that times we played together with friends or were watching for experienced gamers, sometimes I showed how beat the game. As for Super Mario Bros 2 there's another patient strategy to stand on the 2nd platform and waiting for vegetables from horn heading under your feet without necessity of avoiding bubbles. Kind regards, Max.
Those are exactly the games I like to play here! Mostly NES for now, but I've done one SNES game, and will definitely do some Sega and Atari at some point.
@@UCanBeatVideoGames But in the final release NES version, we cannot choose between all 4 characters every time we die Untill game over, was that just a oversight?
Had your channel recommended a couple of days ago. I love when channels cover the game history. Star tropics is my favorite game ever. Yes, even more than Mario and Zelda. 😁 I see you did part 1. Will you be doing star tropics 2? I think it is underrated.
Thanks, Starla! StarTropics is one of my favorite games, too, and I'm very excited to cover StarTropics 2. Not sure when, but I expect within the next month or two!
I grew up with this game and didn't think I'd learn much, but I actually did! I had no clue you could really hit Wart from behind like that!!! Well done video overall!
Extra nice job on the opening retrospective with this one! Also it's funny that in a Mario game, Mario himself is the only character who's never used in speedruns
He's like the veteran mode character: hardest to use well but can pull off the most fancy tricks if you master him. Ironically Mario's probably the worst character: a slower Toad that can jump about 1 pixel higher.
Just found your channel yesterday it's great to see this kind of gameplays now days it brings such good old memories love your videos keep up the good work saludos Desde 🇲🇽 👏👌
Tip on wart. You can stand on the third block of the platform over the first horn. Wart’s bubbles are trivial to dodge from there compared to standing below, as only one bubble out of all his possible bubbles even clips that space, and if you are patient, eventually you’ll catch a vegetable there.
This was one of the few games I owned as a kid, the system being my brothers. I've never seen whats inside the high up room in 3-1, or beaten 3-2. I definately didn't know about vegetables besides the big turnip and the onion, how the Starman worked, where the warps were (tho I was convinced there was something past the 1st warp pot), the rocketships, Bob ombs, or how you could only get coins twice. Glad this is an all luigi/peach game. It seems a lot more fun now! That whale level is the cutest! I'm glad we got this instead of lost levels.
I am currently playing this one having not been able to get far as a kid and got really frustrated at the time! Your guide is very helpful! It never occurred to me to buy the Nintendo walk through as as a kid!
I've used the jump-off-the-chain trick, but one problem is it means you skip long and interesting parts of some levels. Also, it means you end up fighting Wart with only two health units. Another trick not used here is that mushroom blocks can rest on background graphics elements like clouds, which can be used in places to create alternate shortcuts, like using the one in 3-1 with characters that don't have a long jump.
as a kid i loved experimenting with the potions and being excited when i found a mushroom! it was like a scientist playing with a potion and failing until the EUREKA moment always made long car rides exciting even on the 100th playthrough! and the mario arcade port was really addicting too!
I'm 46 now but as a kid when I beat this game it felt like such a HUGE accomplishment 🤘💯 I beat it again recently on my nes classic mini and it has save states so I have it saved at the boss gauntlet and various castle parts so I can just jump right in and do it again whenever I'm feeling nostalgic 😁
Every time I played this as a kid, I always got sick to my stomach lmao. Until one day, I decided to play it when I stayed home from school with a migraine and I didn’t get sick to my stomach because the TV was muted so mom wouldn’t hear it. There must have been some resonant frequency in this game that my ears didn’t like. Wow. Flash backs. However, I’m not sick to my stomach now as a 42 year old lololol. I’m watching this whole thing. You’re an amazing dude with how you explain everything ❤️
I usually play through most of this game as Toad. The ability to pick up items can be more important than jumping in many instances, especially during boss fights. Mario can be good for that as well, but I like how fast Toad is. Luigi and Peach are good on levels with a lot of death pits, but for me that's about it.
He he mentions in the video Luigi is a good digger but he is actually the 2nd worst. Toad and Mario are faster runners and diggers. Princess and Luigi I feel better later in the game becuae he have to make some hard jumps but early on toad toad is the best.
I love how the coin count goes into hexidecimal after you break 10 coins. I would guess that 16 coins is the max allowed per level. Great video on my favourite NES game of all time!
I just want to mention that if the you time the coin so that it flips in the real world, it counts double. Also, when fighting Wart, there is a spot on the first platform that is out of range of the bubbles, if you stand there patiently a vegetable will eventually land in your hands. You can then jump behind him and hit him as shown in the video. This slight tweak reduces your chance of taking damage to essentially zero.
Howard Phillip's rocked and make a good choice! I love super mario 2! Mario 3 was my favorite though. Even up until now my favorite is Super mario bros 3! Super mario world was great but it could have been so much more and was a bit rushed.
I had a neighbor who had Mario 2 and the booklet. I was so happy to play it back then. Eventually, I had to return it... despite really not wanting to. Lol.
I'm glad this became Mario 2. It made Nintendo's library more diverse and combined with Zelda 2 shows that sequels can be good without being identical to the games before them.
Same. Mario 3, SMWorld are basically remakes of of what came before with better technology. This is at least an original story with a different boss.
@@davidm4566 yeah original story rofl
3 should have been 2. Unless the Japan version of 2 was released here. There is nothing good about this being the second Mario game or the second Zelda game.
This channel is like the modern equivalent of an improved version of the "The Official Nintendo Player's Guide"
1st time I saw someone say this you are so right thank you
I used to have a book called how to beat nes games and it was seriously just like this a legit paperback novel of just walkthroughs with comments and quotes from "experts".
My new favorite channel
The official Nintendo players guide digital version
Or "Nintendo Power" 😀
This guy is basically Bob Ross of gaming.
Most of these games I don't know nor beaten but just hearing his calm commentary makes me chill.
Mario 2 always felt like the Mario Bros game that was on a completely different level of creativity, to this day it's still my fav.
My thoughts exactly. Loved it so much
That's because it isn't a Mario game. It's Doki Doki Panic. But they put Mario sprites on it to sell to the US. The Lost Levels is the real Mario 2.
The real Mario bros 2 was way to hard and they didn't want people getting mad and quit. The person testing died within first few minutes of game by eating poison mushroom
@@nathanpickering7312 yeah and I'm happy they dumbed it down cuz "not the real" mario 2 is the only one i was ever able to finish haha
and all it took was realizing !MER!KAN!s are lazy whiney gits and a quick pallet swap latter... history.
I've suffered and been in the grasp of addiction, for years the last few days I've been coming off subutex. I still have to have my xanax. But your videos help me though the withdrawal. Thank you I've even started playing my hard nes games. Thank you my doggo friend.
Please friends if you have a drug problem. You can get clean dont substitute what you taking with sub. Its amazing drug but take it no longer than 3 weeks. And never take xanax unless you have crippling anxiety. I do but drugs arent the answer. Ive wasted close to 100k. In 8 years.. i love you all, and your not alone
I hope you are still doing good!!
Beat Mario 2 for the first time today, thanks to this guide. 33 years was too long for that to sit in the backlog!
Yeah, I just completed this last night! 30 plus years of regret just ended. Happily
I did too guys! Personally, I like it better than SB3. I’m gonna get hate for it but I like being able to play 4 different characters with different special jumps.
Congratulations. I'm glad you finally did it. 🙂
I’m on 7-2… by using UA-cam to figure out where all the mushrooms are in 7-2 I found out that this is the finale and I was like holy shit I’ve never been here before😂
@@Crypt0_cunt I remember 7-2 was rough. I beat this game as a kid, circa 1990~91, and that last dungeon was a huge b!tch lol
Whether intended or not, the fact that you can skip certain areas of the game based on the character you select for the stage, is WAY advanced for an 80s gaming mechanic.
I REALLY love this often misunderstood game in the franchise.
I’ve never seen this bc I always play with peach 😂
This game is a milestone. It gave the Mario cast some of their trademark moves and abilities, like Luigi's floatier jumps and Peach's hover, and introduced enemies that would later become used in the rest of the Mario series like Bob-ombs, Shy Guys, Snifits and Birdo
And Ninjis?
@@Nestalgba92023 And Pokeys too!
And Jeff Bezos!
P I D G I T S
It's criminal this channel doesn't have over a million subscribers
This is my new favorite channel. Thanks a lot for making these, they’re a lot of fun to watch.
I concur..
You’re welcome a lot
At first i thought it was so stupid because i doubt anyone really comes here for the “strategy”. But there is so much passion and love behind these that it reminds me of how I felt about all of these games when they were new. This channel proves that it’s not the content that matters, it’s the heart of the creator. There are a millions other channels but not many with the same amount of heart.
@@adventureoflinkmk2 me too
@@adventureoflinkmk2 BB
Wow. The first 10 minutes of this video was glorious. Now I get to watch and listen to the walk through. Well done mate.
I just joined and I'm adoring this channel!!
I nearly forgot this was a walkthrough video!
Agreed, the intro was a good treat on the game's history.
I do the whole game with Princess Peach. I was so excited as a kid to be able to play as her. I really enjoy this channel 🤩
Her float was awesome. I used her a lot too.
Yes she was great that floating came in handy.
Nah, Toad is the way to go, hands down. He may not jump high but his speed makes the game literally a breeze.
Toad is
The best character at the beginning and princess at the end because she can float. Luigi is too tough to control, Mario doesn’t do anything well but he isn’t bad at anything either.
@@wjb4578 for sure! Toad nearly 99% of the game. He picks stuff up the fastesr and the princess for one or 2 levels.
But yeah Toad for pros!
Luigis jump is so sloppy and slow!
Got this game when it first came out and it was the first game I beat. This is one of my favorite games,so much nostalgia for me. Thanks for showing this game the respect it deserves.
Love this game!! So many good memories!
@@UCanBeatVideoGames:
*Fun Fact:* The sound Birdo makes when spitting eggs or fire?? The same sound is heard in The Legend of Zelda (1986 NES) when Wizzrobes fire at Link!
I will be damned. I thought I knew every secret to this game! I've been playing it for 35 years but this guy showed me some I never knew! Awesome!
These videos are great. Most of these on your channel I've beaten multiple times, however it's great to see new techniques and easier ways of doing things. I've beaten some games "the hard way" and you show easier ways to do it. There's also hidden things I never really knew existed before.
One of my all time favorite NES games. I wish Nintendo would revisit the characters and style of the game for future games.
Okay, that explanation of why Mario Bros. 2 was so completely different makes more sense than "they just ripped off an existing game and resigned it"
We always knew there was something very weird about SMB2 as kids but never knew why until years later
Wart: to protect myself, I´ll just place an infinite anti-Wart ammo generation machine a few meters before where I am. Sure it will be fine.
I assume that is the titular Dream Machine and Wart does not have full control over it.
I usually played the whole game as princess. Her gliding mechanic made all the platforming a lot easier on me as a kid.
Hi UCBVG, what i like most about your channel is that at its core it maintains its educational integrity.
If you get a star while in subcon and the star fades out as you leave it, it will play the subcon Mario themed music on repeat and you'll hear more parts of the song.
Man this brings back memories. It got to where I could time it right and get more cherries than not. This and Megaman 2 were the only NES games I completely mastered.
Those are two of the best! Thanks, Mr Clean!
Feels odd commenting on an old post video but like to anyways. If it wasn't noted before, one cool thing you will note that if you play all the levels its equal to a count of 20 thus allowing you to play each character 5 times. If you do this at the end screen when it shows the contributor it will actually cycle through all four names equally on repeat until the screen changes to sleeping Mario.
I found this back in the day when I was trying all different ways to beat the game then I had before.
Also love the channel and have sub'd since I found it. You are one of the few people that imo have the perfect narration, Tone, pitch, speed, clarity etc , most excellent gift. I hope you continue to post as long as you can.
I would luv to see such an in-depth playthrough of Super Mario Bros. 3 (with all secrets, all items, all hidden blocks, etc.). :)
I've never been able to beat this Mario game until I watched your tutorial of this game. As soon as I watched you and utilized everything I finally beat this game. I have always loved this Mario and Mario 3 about the same but am glad to finally say I beat Mario 2 after all these years
That's so awesome - congratulations! I love hearing when people are able to beat a game after watching one of my videos - thank you so much for telling me about it!
Another old favorite! We just did a Toad-only run recently
Another trick for Phanto is to set down the key for about 20 seconds; he won't come back
This game was one of me and my sibling's favorite games growing up.
The evolution of Mario games never disappointed and always added something new. I am glad they chose this to be Mario 2, The Lost Levels seems too much like an extension of the Super Mario Bros. game. I feel Mario 2 set the bar for future Mario games having different mechanics, level design, and possibilities of what a Mario game could be. This game helped shape this franchise into my favorite franchise in gaming.
Birdo has the dreamiest eyelashes.
Your videos and guides are top drawer. This channel is going to go BIG.
Thank you so much, Scottie!!
I surprisingly knew nearly all of these secrets. While not as efficient as Luigi, Peach is a pretty close second.
Peach is quite good, and certainly has some areas where she's just the best!
@@UCanBeatVideoGames Do you know what happens if you tie all the contributors at the end? (5 each)
It's a beautiful game too.
Out of all three Super Mario Bros. games, this is the only one that I could beat. I became so good at the slot machine that I could earn over 90 extra lives. I was easily able to beat SMB 2 with that many lives. This is my favorite SMB game.
Wow, I didn't know anyone was that good at the slot machine - too bad you can't translate those skill to help you win in Vegas, lol
In mario 3 save all your p wings and clouds for the final area and you can cheese the hardest levels in the game. Also on level 2 there is a trick involving the leaf powerup and a tube of infinite spawning Goombas that you can repeatedly exploit for infinite lives.
This is the only one I couldn't beat. Funny how that works!
One thing I really love about this channel is not only that he goes through the game showing strategies on how to beat the game but the history about the game at the beginning. BTW, I thought 2 cherries u get 3 extra lives not 2.
Thanks, Bobby! I put a lot of extra work into those history parts, but I think its important to give the game some context.
Definitely 2 Cherries = 2 lives, except in the SatellaView version, where you get 4.
@@UCanBeatVideoGames Thx for your response and clarifying the whole cherry deal. I for some reason thought it was 1,3,5. Lol Probably cause my favorite numbers are all odds. Who knows, but keep up the great work and looking forward to more.
Bro, I was listening to the backstory for 10 minutes. And completely forgot I was watching a tutorial on how to beat the game until he said something.
@@RancidAim lol 😆
Toad is amazing at digging in the desert levels
Agreed. Not sure why he said Luigi is a good digger. He is the second worst. Only princess is slower. Toad, Mario, Luigi and princess in order of fastest digger to slowest.
@@alwillk yeah, this was the only mistake i noticed. i guess he is good at getting back up with the key, but he’s terrible at digging and lifting. must’ve gotten the info from an old guide and never got corrected on it
U Can Beat Video Games is always here for me when I just need to zone out and chill. ❤
Of all your videos this game is probably the easiest. However, I am appreciative of you saying the names of all the enemies and bosses in these games. So many games had very odd names for things. And, even a game like this that I can beat I still get to learn something.
Thanks man! I wanted to do a Mario game, and this one had a lot of cool tricks that I think a lot of people haven't seen. Glad you enjoyed it!
@@UCanBeatVideoGames lol yea would seem like the video to do would be on the real super mario 2 since its so much harder, but i prefer this one alot more and enjoy your channel alot because 90% of the games are ones i had in my childhood, and many i find out things i never knew back then so i never beat them. They were very bad at explaining things back then like zelda 2 i never knew you leveled up anything etc.
I love how, as kids, we never questioned the differences between Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros 2... yet as adults, we can see the quirky differences so clearly... .Yet still never question them 😆 I loved this game back when it was released 😍
I have recommended this channel to my brother and other people that I used to play video games with and they all love this channel. This is so awesome
Thank you so much, Chad!!
started watching your vids since i got recommended the TMNT one, and been binge watching since. your voice reminds me of hirumaredx/TheDuelLogs
Thanks, Moonie! Glad you're enjoying it!
I also thought of Hirumardex. I started too with the TMNT video.
lol i watch at 1.25 speed to make his voice more like a normal human XD
Another man of culture, I see.
My friends and I called Luigi "Twinkle Toes" when this game came out.
1st game I ever beat. Could run through with warps in about 30 minutes great game.
Your walkthroughs are epic, your corny jokes just make it all the better! Thanks so much!
Amazing stuff. I hope you’re able to do this full time. I’m sure pumping out a video a week like this is a full time job
Level 4-2 when you dodge the beezos, we used to call that “the slick n’ chick” when we were kids.
much like the zigzag digging should be called the digzag
Jeff Bezzos is in SMB2 😱 😯
i've just noticed that you're the human version of a player's guide that was popular back in the '80s '90s and early 2000s. keep up the great work :)
This is tied with Super Mario Odyssey as my favorite Mario. People today discount it but SMB2 was THE game that propelled Nintendo into the stratosphere in the USA. It totally expanded the idea of what the Mario games could be in a way the series hasn’t seen since Odyssey, imo.
For the 1st time you cover a game that I can complete.
These are awesome videos! I love that it's not just a bunch of speedrunning strategies, just how to beat the game. Keep them coming, and as a request I would love to see Faxanadu played
Clawgrip? No I think you mean Clawglip 😂
Gotta love the credits. They even swap Ostro and Birdo...
This was the game my family got with the NES. It was a pack in title and boy oh boy did i spend hours and hours of my childhood playing this awesome game. I dont care if it is “a real mario game” it was the 1st game i ever played with the name mario attached to it and it will always be my favourite mario game
Watched almost all your videos. We really need to hit the like on these and get you more subs. Great channel. It’s strangely calming and addictive.
Thanks a lot!!
i think dixie in dkc2 is inspired from peach in super mario usa, cause they both have ability to fly. this game was indeed easier than smb1 and 3, cause it's the only one i've finished being a kid.
I love love love your videos. Would you think about doing a run through of Mario RPG?
I played the Arabian theme one. It felt amazing I loved it. Didn't know it's called super Mario 2 until today.
Awesome run. I am loving your work man. Devouring this content of yours.
Thanks, Jamie!!
I used to get Nintendo power.. I loved getting new issues, man..good times.. ill bet there still at my dads house somewhere
I remember hearing stories about how hard it was for parents to find this game at christmas time. Some drove to other states only to be shut out and have to drive 5 hours back with nothing to show for it.
I was lucky enough to get it for Christmas! I'll never forget it. My Dad was a hero!
We got lucky here in NJ, ALL the stores were sold out BUT Service Merchandise. They had BOXES of Mario 2 and Zelda 2! Guess noone figured to check that little store outside the mall. (I bought 2 copies each and kept a sealed copy of each to just have since there were so many)
Sadly I sold the 2 sealed ones in 2012. If only I still had them now...
My preference was always the princess. I used Luigi for a world or two and toad for the same thing you did. Brings back memories thx for the video
That 'phanto' mask scared the shit out of me when I was a kid! The idea of some kind of ghost-like monster that can phase through matter relentlessly hunting you down for taking something that didn't belong to you was just terrifying!
Hi, first of all thank you for your channel! I'm appreciating your job and it so exciting to know there are many people who really does like old NES video games. I'm 40 and wondering how I could beat games when I was 13-14 years old. So I feel like gamer retired, however your videos help me to remember how beat the games. It reminds me of that times we played together with friends or were watching for experienced gamers, sometimes I showed how beat the game. As for Super Mario Bros 2 there's another patient strategy to stand on the 2nd platform and waiting for vegetables from horn heading under your feet without necessity of avoiding bubbles. Kind regards, Max.
New Channel? Cool I love the old Nes, Snes & Genesis games, the games I grew up on along with Atari 2600
Those are exactly the games I like to play here! Mostly NES for now, but I've done one SNES game, and will definitely do some Sega and Atari at some point.
Me 2. Started off with the 2600, nes, then Genesis.
Demon Attack, Adventure, Night Rider, Missle Command, Circus Atari and Spiderman were my FAVORITES!!!
Toad was always my main because of his speedy onion-pulling ability
Toad is really good! I always liked being able to get lots of coins for the slot machines with him.
I mean, that's what I look for in a companion too - some speedy onion-pulling. lol
A lot of the kids on the schoolyard liked princess. I honestly couldn’t stand Luigi because of the slow jump.
Mario 3 gets all the glory but, 2 is such a unique and bad ass entry in the franchise.
Mario 3 is great, but this game is def amazing in its own right!
@Drew5876 I agree
You do such an amazing job with these videos! 🎉
This game was and is awesome. I thought it was so cool you could choose between the four characters.
Right? That was so advanced for the time!
@@UCanBeatVideoGames But in the final release NES version, we cannot choose between all 4 characters every time we die Untill game over, was that just a oversight?
Had your channel recommended a couple of days ago. I love when channels cover the game history. Star tropics is my favorite game ever. Yes, even more than Mario and Zelda. 😁 I see you did part 1. Will you be doing star tropics 2? I think it is underrated.
Thanks, Starla! StarTropics is one of my favorite games, too, and I'm very excited to cover StarTropics 2. Not sure when, but I expect within the next month or two!
@@UCanBeatVideoGames loved the star tropics 2 vieo! Watched it twice. 😁
I grew up with this game and didn't think I'd learn much, but I actually did! I had no clue you could really hit Wart from behind like that!!!
Well done video overall!
Extra nice job on the opening retrospective with this one! Also it's funny that in a Mario game, Mario himself is the only character who's never used in speedruns
Mario doesn’t do anything special in the game but he isn’t bad at anything either.
I always wondered how well received 'Doki Doki Panic' was in Japan, before it was ever considered to become a Mario Title.
They ought to make a sequel to this and just call it Luigi's Panic.
🤣🤣🤣 Seriously!
The Donatello of this game 😂
He's like the veteran mode character: hardest to use well but can pull off the most fancy tricks if you master him. Ironically Mario's probably the worst character: a slower Toad that can jump about 1 pixel higher.
Would that not be Luigi's Mansion?
My new fav channel. This game was no where to be found for like 6 months after X-mas when it came out but i eventually got it. One of my favs.
59:16 to the left. ^^
I'm some kind of addicted to your videos... Thank you so much for your work and all the effort.
Just found your channel yesterday it's great to see this kind of gameplays now days it brings such good old memories love your videos keep up the good work saludos Desde 🇲🇽 👏👌
Thank you!! Glad you're enjoying it! This was one of my games, I still can't believe how many secrets this decades old game has.
Another one beat finally after all these years, never new how close I actually was this whole time lol, another great video!!!!
Congratulations!!
Binge watching these, you cover my favorite games ever.
4 dash 2 was my favorite level with pricess. It became muscle memory to duck and jump over every little thing. Loved it.
SMB 2 is my FAVORITE Mario release.
My too
If I remember correctly if you take a magic carpet and position yourself at the bottom of the screen so you only see half your body, you move faster.
I should that and record it. Could probably figure out if its faster pretty easily on video, just count the frames.
Tip on wart. You can stand on the third block of the platform over the first horn. Wart’s bubbles are trivial to dodge from there compared to standing below, as only one bubble out of all his possible bubbles even clips that space, and if you are patient, eventually you’ll catch a vegetable there.
This was one of the few games I owned as a kid, the system being my brothers. I've never seen whats inside the high up room in 3-1, or beaten 3-2. I definately didn't know about vegetables besides the big turnip and the onion, how the Starman worked, where the warps were (tho I was convinced there was something past the 1st warp pot), the rocketships, Bob ombs, or how you could only get coins twice. Glad this is an all luigi/peach game. It seems a lot more fun now! That whale level is the cutest! I'm glad we got this instead of lost levels.
This channel is so cool! I'm on a binge with these videos.
I am currently playing this one having not been able to get far as a kid and got really frustrated at the time! Your guide is very helpful! It never occurred to me to buy the Nintendo walk through as as a kid!
I've used the jump-off-the-chain trick, but one problem is it means you skip long and interesting parts of some levels. Also, it means you end up fighting Wart with only two health units.
Another trick not used here is that mushroom blocks can rest on background graphics elements like clouds, which can be used in places to create alternate shortcuts, like using the one in 3-1 with characters that don't have a long jump.
as a kid i loved experimenting with the potions and being excited when i found a mushroom! it was like a scientist playing with a potion and failing until the EUREKA moment always made long car rides exciting even on the 100th playthrough! and the mario arcade port was really addicting too!
Can’t wait for link to the past 😊
I'm 46 now but as a kid when I beat this game it felt like such a HUGE accomplishment 🤘💯 I beat it again recently on my nes classic mini and it has save states so I have it saved at the boss gauntlet and various castle parts so I can just jump right in and do it again whenever I'm feeling nostalgic 😁
Awesome channel. Very entertaining and informative, keep the videos coming!
Thanks!!
Great format and aesthetic. I absolutely love this content.
Thank you!!
Every time I played this as a kid, I always got sick to my stomach lmao. Until one day, I decided to play it when I stayed home from school with a migraine and I didn’t get sick to my stomach because the TV was muted so mom wouldn’t hear it. There must have been some resonant frequency in this game that my ears didn’t like. Wow. Flash backs. However, I’m not sick to my stomach now as a 42 year old lololol. I’m watching this whole thing. You’re an amazing dude with how you explain everything ❤️
thank you!!
I wonder what it was about this one that made you sick? Crazy!
I usually play through most of this game as Toad. The ability to pick up items can be more important than jumping in many instances, especially during boss fights. Mario can be good for that as well, but I like how fast Toad is.
Luigi and Peach are good on levels with a lot of death pits, but for me that's about it.
He he mentions in the video Luigi is a good digger but he is actually the 2nd worst. Toad and Mario are faster runners and diggers. Princess and Luigi I feel better later in the game becuae he have to make some hard jumps but early on toad toad is the best.
I love how the coin count goes into hexidecimal after you break 10 coins. I would guess that 16 coins is the max allowed per level. Great video on my favourite NES game of all time!
You’re the Bob Ross of video games! Please don’t stop!
I was terrible at jumping in this game so I always used Princess Peach. The ability to float slower if need be was priceless. LoL 🙂👍
Love the Luigi damage boost. Everyone can get a little boost by sacrificing a hit but Luigi's mechanics make him the best at it.
super mario bros 2 is my favorite mario game. loved it when it came out. and still do.
I just want to mention that if the you time the coin so that it flips in the real world, it counts double.
Also, when fighting Wart, there is a spot on the first platform that is out of range of the bubbles, if you stand there patiently a vegetable will eventually land in your hands. You can then jump behind him and hit him as shown in the video. This slight tweak reduces your chance of taking damage to essentially zero.
Howard Phillip's rocked and make a good choice! I love super mario 2! Mario 3 was my favorite though. Even up until now my favorite is Super mario bros 3! Super mario world was great but it could have been so much more and was a bit rushed.
I love your video editing and this is one of my favorite games. Nice work! ❤❤❤
I had a neighbor who had Mario 2 and the booklet. I was so happy to play it back then. Eventually, I had to return it... despite really not wanting to. Lol.