Super Mario Bros. 2 (U)

Super Mario Bros. 2 is the 2nd game in the Super Mario Bros. franchise, except it's technically not. Instead, it's a reskin of a different game called Doki Doki Panic, and was released in North America as the sequel to the original Super Mario Bros., as Nintendo of America thought the actual sequel (which is known as The Lost Levels today) was too similar to its predecessor and too difficult for the American audience.

This is a 00:07.388 second improvement over the previous submission thanks to a new strategy that involves killing the mouser boss with an invincibility star.

For more information about some of the tricks used in this movie, check the Super Mario Bros. 2 tricks page.

This run has been console verified, which you can watch here.

WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.

Super Mario Bros. 2 is a platforming game and the sequel to Super Mario Bros. as it was released outside from the Japan. The original Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Famicom Disk System was deemed too similar to the first game and too difficult, which prompted Nintendo to rebrand an existing Nintendo platformer called Doki Doki Panic as a Mario game. The result was something very different in theme and gameplay, but nonetheless had characters that would go on to appear in later Mario games.

For this run, dillthepill08 takes an unusual approach and beats the game as fast as possible by exploiting a bug in the controller programming and executing arbitrary code via really rapid controller input to allow him to warp directly to the final room from as early as the very first room. For details on how this was done, you can read the author's notes.

You can watch this run being played back on an actual console here.

The concept for this run originated long ago because Princess was the only character not used in the normal run aiming for fastest overall time. (In fact, Princess is the only character not used in the fastest warpless run either.)

This movie improves the previous publication by 00:02.945 seconds, manly due to heavier optimization.

WARNING: This run includes flashing lights that may trigger epilepsy.

You can watch the complete run being played back on a console.