NES classic · 1988 North American release · Nintendo
Super Mario Bros. 2
This hub is the North American Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988): pick up and throw, four playable characters, Subcon. The walkthrough covers all 20 areas. It is not Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Nintendo’s NES – Nintendo Classics app lists both games separately. Do not mix their warps, enemies, or endings.
Current official play path: Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Classics, with a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership.
Last checked: 2026-08-26
Nintendo of America one-line: Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad save the day against Wart by picking up items — and enemies — and throwing them.
20-area walkthrough
Worlds 1–6 have three areas each. World 7 has two. Birdo, keys, jars, Sub-space, and Wart. Start at 1-1.
CONFIRMED stage set — 20 NES areas; StrategyWiki + NESMapsCharacter differences
Luigi jumps higher and farther. Toad pulls items fastest. The Princess can hover. Mario is the middle option. There is no universal “best.”
CONFIRMED — Nintendo of America NSO description + NES instruction bookletMagic Potion / Sub-space
Throw a Magic Potion to make a door. Sub-space is where grass becomes coins and a heart can appear. Not a warp map.
CONFIRMED — Super Mario Bros. 2 NES instruction bookletNot in this cluster
- A complete warp-vase coordinate farm. The four verified NES warps sit in the walkthrough on 1-3, 3-1, 4-2, and 5-3.
- Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario USA Japanese-name trivia presented as NES-USA gameplay.
- Lost Levels mechanics (poison mushroom, wind, five lives) mixed into this game.
- Super Mario Advance Yoshi Challenge treated as NES.