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I beat the Lost Levels. by Blackwater 06/10/2019, 8:40am PDT
There is an asterisk next to my victory because I used save states to cheat on world 8-4. I felt like the game was becoming way too much about memorization and repetition at that point.

I learned that on the original Famicom game, you have to beat the game seven times before you can play the last 4 levels. That is a crazy level of cruelty. They added a battery backed save system just to track if you did this (but not to help with anything else.)

This was a little too much Mario even for me, so I switched over to the SNES Lost Levels cart, which does not implement this craziness. And wow, is it easier. It saves your progress after every level you beat. I also think Luigi controls better. On the original cart, playing Luigi is like playing every level as an ice level.

The las 4 levels are ok, but nothing special. There are a few clever and fun things, but also a lot of elements copied from the first 8 normal levels. At least it’s better than World 7, which was just devs fucking around.

Verdict: play the SNES version.
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Super Mario Brothers 2. I mean the Japanese one, aka the "lost levels" by blackwater 11/18/2018, 4:39pm PST NEW
    The update on this (that nobody asked for) by blackwater 12/23/2018, 12:34pm PST NEW
        I beat the Lost Levels. by Blackwater 06/10/2019, 8:40am PDT NEW
    I like it better than the American SMB2. by Dream Cast 12/23/2018, 4:06pm PST NEW
        Your post title and content don't sync at all. NT by RetroRomper 01/06/2019, 9:52pm PST NEW
            I was using definitive in the 'quintessential' sense, of or pertaining to the by aliens known as Quintessons. 01/07/2019, 4:28pm PST NEW
 
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