Doki Doki Panic (universe)

Doki Doki Panic (Universe)
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Fuji Television
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Genre(s)	Platformer
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom Disk System)
First installment	Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987)
Latest installment	Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987)

The Doki Doki Panic universe ( 夢工場ドキドキパニック, Dream Factory Heart-Pounding Panic) is a Japan-only video game developed by Nintendo in cooperation with Fuji Television (who also made All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.) for the Famicom Disk System to promote its event called Yume Kōjō '87. It was later released outside of Japan in an altered format under the name Super Mario Bros. 2, since the original Japanese Super Mario Bros. sequel, Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, was deemed too similar to the original and too difficult for overseas players. Eventually, the altered Mario version of Doki Doki Panic was released in Japan as well, under the title Super Mario USA.

Franchise Description

The game takes place inside a book. The book's story tells of the land of Muu, where the quality of dreams determined the quality of the weather the next day. Because of this, the Muu citizens invented a dream machine so they could always have good dreams. One day, an evil toad named Mamu (whose name was changed to Wart for Super Mario Bros. 2) invaded the land and twisted the dream machine into a nightmare machine. However, the Muu people learned of his weakness to vegetables and used them to defeat him.

The book had found its way into an Arabian family. Their pet monkey, Rusa, gives the book to twins Poki and Piki. However, the twins quarrel and end up ripping out the last page of the book, causing its ending to be erased. Mamu, freed, reaches through the pages and grabs the twins, pulling them into the book. Rusa gets the twins' parents, Mama and Papa, their brother, Imajin, and Imajin's girlfriend, Lina, and they enter the book to rescue them.

Gallery

Comparison of Sprites between both versions

Title Screen and Gameplay

Media with elements appearing in the Super Smash Bros. series

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

• Stages:
  • The Mushroom Kingdom II stage is based on Subcon, the setting of this game.
• Items:
  • Bob-ombs appear in all the Super Smash Bros. games as an item.
  • Grass is a world element in this game, and it appears as an item in Smash 4 and Ultimate.
• Stage elements:
  • Birdo and Pidgit appear on Mushroom Kingdom II.
• Enemies:
  • Shy Guys appear as enemies in Smash Run in the colors of red, blue, yellow and green.
• Trophies:
  • Pidgit and a vegetable appear as trophies.
  • Birdo appears as a trophy in Melee, Brawl, and Smash for Wii U.
  • Shy Guy appears as a trophy in Brawl and Smash 4.
  • Pokey appears as a trophy.
• Spirits:
  • Shy Guy, Birdo, Mouser, Wart, Pidgit, and a Bob-omb appear as spirits.
• Music:
  • "Ground Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2": The "Ground Theme" sourced from this game.
  • "Boss Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2": The boss theme sourced from this game.
  • "Ground Theme - Super Mario Bros. 2 (Remix)": A new arrangement of the "Ground Theme" from this game.
  • "Rolling Hills A": Another arrangement of the "Ground Theme" from this game, sourced from Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars.
• Stickers:
  • Snifit and Mouser appear as stickers in Brawl.