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TEG
Oct 12, 2005, 12:56 AM
I'm looking for a copy of Super Mario Bros. 2 (AKA SMB: The Lost Levels) from the Famicom Mini Series for Game Boy Advance. Unfortunately, living in the US, I was screwed by Howard Lincoln from being able to experience this excellent game until Super Mario All Stars. Thanks to the Famicom Mini Series in Japan (The Equivalent to the US's Classic NES Series or Europe's NES Classics) it is now available for everyone with a GBA (thanks to no region encoding). However, I can't find an online store with it in stock, or anyone on eBay selling it.

Any Help you may be able to engender would be appreciated.

Thanks,

TEG


mad cow disease
Oct 12, 2005, 08:09 AM
I live in Japan. Is that good enough for you? :P
TEG
Oct 13, 2005, 12:38 AM
That could help, if you're interested in helping.

TEG
mad cow disease
Oct 13, 2005, 05:30 AM
If you can provide an image of said game I can see what I can dig up over here.

The game in question is the GBA version of SMW:2 on the original NES, right? The one where Princess flies and you toss turnips?
kineticpast
Oct 13, 2005, 06:10 AM
The game in question is the GBA version of SMW:2 on the original NES, right? The one where Princess flies and you toss turnips?
Actually, you're describing the American SMB2, whereas TEG wants the original Japanese SMB2.

For those not in the know, SMB2 was released in Japan, but surveys showed about 95% of Americans thought it was too hard to play, so it was never released there.

A while later America received 'SMB2', but really it was another Japanese game called Dream Factory Doki Doki Panic (which I believe was in turn a promotion for a radio station), but with the main character graphics changed to represent the Mario characters. It is this reason that the gameplay in SMB2 is so different to the rest of the series. This is also the reason Luigi was taller than Mario, because the original characters were different heights before the new graphics was pasted in.

I guess this (http://www.toysnjoys.com/gbadvance/famicom_21supermariobros2.jpg) is what the game's cover looks like.
TEG
Oct 14, 2005, 01:05 PM
That is exactly what I'm looking for.

TEG