Famicom Mini Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 on GBA, the Lost Levels. For seasoned players only: one of the hardest Mario games ever made. Masterful and brutal.
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Compilation1 player3+
Description
GBA version of Super Mario Bros. 2 released on Famicom Disk System, published by Nintendo in Japan in August 2004. Direct and significantly more difficult sequel to the original Super Mario Bros., with new hazards - headwinds, inverted Piranha Plants and deadly Poison Mushrooms. Mirror world to unlock after World 8-4, distinct A and B difficulty modes. Known in the West as The Lost Levels, twenty-first number in the Famicom Mini series.
Famicom Mini 21 - Super Mario Bros. 2 review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Famed for its fearsome difficulty, this second Japanese entry mischievously reuses Koji Kondo's themes, turning every perilous jump into a rhythmic challenge. The familiar melodies, pushed to their limits here, keep a catchy charm. This chiptune classic remains a nostalgic pleasure for purists.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,71 MB📅10/08/2004
Published by Nintendo
Famicom Mini 21 - Super Mario Bros. 2 (GBA) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
GBA reissue of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, opening the Disk System Edition of the Famicom Mini collection, a sub-series with a more restricted print run than the standard volumes. Known in the West as The Lost Levels, this fearsomely difficult Disk System game long remained unreleased outside Japan. The presentation reproduces the original disk's dress, a prized marker of this sub-line. Its collecting interest rests on this relative rarity of the Disk System Edition and on the status of a long-inaccessible Japanese Mario.
Is Famicom Mini 21 - Super Mario Bros. 2 still worth playing in 2026?
A GBA reissue of the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2, this Famicom Mini brings back the direct, notoriously harder sequel to the first, long known in the West as the Lost Levels. The engine remains the classic's, but the sadistic level design, the traps and the poison mushrooms make it a challenge reserved for experts. This version restores all its demand. For a fan of punishing platforming, someone curious about an overlooked slice of Mario history or a collector, the title keeps a strong heritage interest and a fearsome challenge.
