Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Super Mario Bros. 2

Title	Super Mario Bros. 2
First release	1988
Developer	Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher	Nintendo of America
Platform	NES / Famicom
Genres	2D platform game, video game with LGBT character
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	NES / Famicom: 1988-10-09 (NTSC), 1989-04-28 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q854479

Super Mario Bros. 2 is a 1988 NES video game developed by Nintendo R&D4 and released by Nintendo of America in the USA on October 9, 1988. Mario’s back! Bigger and badder than ever before! This time it’s a fierce action-packed battle to free the land of Subcon from the curse of the evil Wart. It’s up to you, along with Mario, Luigi, Toad and the Princess, to fight your way through bizarre multi-level worlds and find him! This time you’ve got a brand new kind of power - plucking power - and now anything you find can be a weapon. But beware! You’ve never seen creatures like these! Shyguys and Tweeters! Ninji and Beezos! And you’ve never had an adventure like this! Only cunning and speed can save you now…

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Sources

Wikidata (Q854479) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

TheGamesDB (171,107095) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Nintendo of America · internal use only

1 / 12 Box art Box art (front) (NTSC)

Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Nintendo of America · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo of America · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Sprites (3): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Logo: Nintendo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Super Mario USA transparent logo.png”)

Logo: Nintendo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Super Mario Bros. 2 logo.png”)

Sprites

NES / Famicom version · 3 sheets · Super Mario Bros. 2 on The Spriters Resource ↗ (22 sheets on the site; 3 stored here)

Enemies sprite sheet (NES / Famicom) — Enemies

Enemies NES / Famicom · 168×580

Rip by Jermungandr

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Items sprite sheet (NES / Famicom) — Items

Other NES / Famicom · 177×400

Rip by Jermungandr

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Videos

NES Longplay [070] Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 1:38:47auto-matched
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Super Mario Bros. 2 (Famicom) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

NintendoComplete · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 3:00:34auto-matched
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