Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Japanese boxart of The Lost Levels.
Developer(s)	Nintendo EAD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Released	June 3, 1986
Genre(s)	Puzzle
Platform(s)	Famicom Disk System Virtual Console
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (スーパーマリオブラザーズ 2, Super Mario Bros. 2) is the second installment of the Super Mario Bros. series, released in 1986 only in Japan and later brought into international market in several remakes and rereleases. It features mostly the same gameplay of its predecessor, but is overall harder. Its numerical place was taken internationally by a different Super Mario Bros. 2.

It is available by default as a Masterpiece in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Gameplay of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

Characters

While Luigi appeared in previous games, he was just a simple palette swap of Mario. Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was the first game to introduce his trademark physics differences, a higher jump and less agility, which carried over to his appearance in Super Smash Bros..

Items

The Poison Mushroom debuted in this game. Its appearance was very similar to the Super Mushroom but with darker colors, much like in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Music

The track "Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels Medley" is one of the default choices in Mushroom Kingdom U. However, despite its title, all the tracks part of the medley originated in the prior Super Mario Bros..

Miscellaneous

Bowser's blue alternate costume in Super Smash Bros. 4 is based on a Bowser Impostor in this game.