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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Super Mario 2
Can't remember for the life of me the story behind why they turned Doki Doki Panic into Super Mario 2 in the states instead of giving the real SMB2 a run?
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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That was intended to be a question. The phone rang and I got distracted.
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Wait, so what is the real SMB2? The Lost Levels?
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I've heard they pulled the original Mario 2, (which was released twice in the US, once in All Stars as The Lost Levels and once for the Gameboy re-release of Mario 1, although they were both cut down) because they thought it would be "too hard".
They called our Mario 2 "Super Mario USA" in Japan. |
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So why not just tone down the difficulty factor and release it, instead of giving that shit job of DDP to us. Although I was too young to care at the time, I bet when it first came out a lot of people were very disappointed with hopes of a real SMB2
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Has an evil monkey...
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Because it's quicker to change the graphics than to change the levels.
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Come on guys, Doki Doki Panic led to the greatest Mario characters ever: the shy guys.
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While I was playing the New Super Mario Brothers game for DS, I kept thinking that Fry Guy should have been a boss.
He was so fucking cool.
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Go forward to Yoshi's Island, and the Shy Guy is basically the Goomba of Yoshi's Island (and 2). Since that was Mario's back/baby story, it explained why Mario dreamed about Shy Guys, thus allowing them to bring them into all Mario games. ![]() (Scary that I know things like that, isn't it?) |
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![]() The game wasn't bad, it just wasn't the real sequel we expected. |
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Birdo's Asexual.
It lays eggs, but looks more like a male. But also has a bow. Maybe the entire species has gender issues. |
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Mr. Slack A Lack Jack!
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The Satanic Mechanic
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Birdo's an asexual transgender.
It lays eggs asexually, looks like a dude, but wears a bow. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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If you don't have a gender or sex, how can you really be transgender?
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I'll go ask Shannon that and get back to you.
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Herp a derp, and so on
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To clarify, yes, "The Lost Levels" was SMB2 in Japan, and SMB2 here was original Doki Doki Panic in Japan, our version being released as SMB USA
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So was Mario in this "Doki Doki Panic" thing? Or was it totally different and he/the others were just placed in it for the US?
Oh, and Mouser = ratings |
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All Part Of The Plan
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They also changed around some of the other graphics.
Was Doki Doki Panic ever released in Japan? I think I heard something about it really being a promotion for a movie or something... |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Well ya, I was just saying it didn't have Mario in it (as per the question). It wasn't a Mario game, they just changed it into one by making the main character Mario. Etc.
DDP was released in Japan, yes. I don't know how well received tho. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doki_Doki_Panic
They should have changed it to Doki Doki AYALLAYALAAA! It would have been a smash it! |
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Herp a derp, and so on
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Khali: BBRRAUABARBABRAURABRAURABRUARB GREAT KHALI BERBARBABRBABRBARBAR MARIO!!
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