tdark987 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

@StarkMaximum
Probably either that’s the 2 places I’ve seen it at recently.

I’m not sure why it surprised so many people thought, since it was parodied in both Paper Mario games. Maybe most are too young to remember those games.

Introbulus on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

I always figured that the events of Super Mario Bros 3 were a staged performance of what actually happened in the first Super Mario Bros. Like, Mario beat up Bowser and his 7 children in the first game, and then in-universe, they made a play based on it, with creative license applied to several things – They added modern-day powerups into the adventure, and replaced the 7 disguised henchmen with Bowser’s children as a bit of social commentary.

So yeah, it’s a play based on “real” events.

redfalconfox on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

I love you transcribe audio from google speech recognizer.

TTTTTsd on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

if it’s a play, how does mario change so fast? He must be a quick change artist or something like that, still, that blew my mind.

BiddyBBiddy on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Lost Levels is that not the real SMB2?

RunandGunPictures on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Plus both games were designed by the same guy and he approved of the rehash and wasn’t very happy with how Secret levels game out.

RunandGunPictures on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Well you are right and kind of wrong. The truth of the matter is Japan DID get our version of SMB2 as Super Mario Brothers USA. It wasn’t just a sprite swap with Doki Doki, they improved the game play and tweaked the hell out of it. Honestly, we got the better game no matter how you look at it. Improved version of Doki Doki, or a more updated version of SMB with some interesting innovations.

JarrettM1 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

mind = blown, zeta

Norphax on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

mario 3 was not a hard game, they gave you enough P wings on most hammer Bros by world 5 or 6.
Lost levels does count, it is a legitimate game, Takashi Tezuka (手塚卓志) designed it.

Skorn811 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Just to clarify to people who may take offence to this, the satan message is an In joke to when AVGN reviewed this

VForceWave on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

NEVER HAPPENED.

Thanos6 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

For shame, Zeta, you mentioned exiting stage left WITHOUT a Snagglepuss reference!

Koster93 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

theerrree now im talking! umm.. wait wut?

MachRiderZero on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

@mastatsan But it was like playing SMB1 with slightly harder (read: mostly annoying) gameplay mechanics.

So really, no, it doesn’t count, especially when I still consider the game really easy. Even I find SMB3 more difficult than Lost Levels, and that’s not saying much.

MachRiderZero on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

@Norphax Lost Levels don’t count.

Hell, even those were easy. They were just stupid at points.

Norphax on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

mario 2 ( the lost levels )

JohnRichard1991 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Everyone like Ludwig, but I prefer Roy or Larry.

MachRiderZero on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

What’s sad is that this is considered the hardest Super Mario Bros. game.

Crowley9 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Why not kill the sun with a Koopa shell? I seem to remember that working…

wolfenjosh on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Even if it WAS all just an act, its better then SMB 2 being just a dream… And a ripoff of Doki Doki Panic…

EcstaCiiCCChaK on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

hahaha, and also John D Rockefeller

StarkMaximum on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Also, Zeta, did you get that “Mario 3 is a staged play” theory from TV Tropes’ Wild Mass Guess section or somewhere else? Because I think that’s where I remember reading it.

StarkMaximum on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

Quick poll: Who’s the best Koopaling?

I like Ludwig and Lemmy best, they’ve always stuck out in my head when I was a kid.

Skorn811 on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Javeton on Aug 1, 2010 Said:

just like paper mario 64 and thousand year door…
the first one is a bit of a puppet play “sort of”
and the other one is a play