(08-14-2012 11:30 AM)Gardocki Wrote: (08-14-2012 10:24 AM)agentkuo Wrote: If you're not familiar with SMB 2, it's a clone of the game Doki Doki Panic, which was released in Japan only, for the original Famicom (if I'm not mistaken). But when they brought it over to the US, they thought making it a Mario game would appeal to Americans more (If I remember correctly). That's why the gameplay is so drastically different from every other Mario game. Because it's not really a mario game.
My lord this is the first time I've heard of this! Where on earth did you come across this information at?
A long long time ago, actually. This could actually make a pretty good DYKG.
Here's some more info.