Do you consider Super Mario Bros. 2 USA a "real" Mario game?

[Ray Trace]

There has been constant argument on both sides whether Super Mario Bros. 2 USA is a real Mario game or simply a Doki Doki Panic rip-off. I just want your opinion on this whether you believe that Super Mario Bros. 2 USA is a real Mario game or a fake Mario game that is a rip-off of Doki Doki Panic.

Edit: lol first poll I made

 

[Shyghoul]

It really was a rip off of Doki Doki Panic but it did keep Americans interested in Mario Games until Super Mario Bros. 3 as Super Mario Bros:the lost levels wasn't released in the U.S.A. .So, I think it was a rip off off Doki Doki Panic,but neccesary.

 

[Post-Damage Invincibility]

So we should spend our time better playing "real" Mario games as opposed to fake ones?

 

[Verbal Rhythm]

I pretty much consider any Mario game published by Nintendo to be a "real" Mario game.

 

[Dorayaki]

In the view of Mario history, SMB2USA is an important factor to the later Mario history (characters,games,adaptions,popular culture). No matter it's good or bad, it is a process of Mario series.

 

[GalacticPetey]

Of course it's part of the Mario series.

 

[yoshidude99]

I consider it to be a spinoff.

 

[Smashley]

Yes, I do.

 

[Magikrazy]

I consider it a real Mario game (plus, how could Nintendo rip themselves off?)

 

[IceShadow1199]

I consider it a real Mario game. But I prefer the Doki Doki Panic version because YOU CAN SAVE...

 

[Ray Trace]

So we should spend our time better playing "real" Mario games as opposed to fake ones?

That's not the question at all. I wasn't even making that argument.

 

[Toad Eightyfive]

Of course it's a real Mario game. It was produced in a tangible cartridge form, wasn't it?

 

[Awesome Koopa]

Yep.

 

[Ray Trace]

Of course it's a real Mario game. It was produced in a tangible cartridge form, wasn't it?

I know that, but some people claim that the "real" Super Mario Bros. 2 is Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. Which is true, but Super Mario Bros. 2 USA is just as real Mario game as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels.

Which is also why I put "real" in parentheses.

 

[DonnyKD]

I pretty much consider any Mario game published by Nintendo to be a "real" Mario game.

What a paradox.

OT: No, I don't. Its Doki Doki Panic with a run button and reskinned. It doesn't matter if elements or enemies were immigrated into other Mario games, the game itself isn't a Mario game.

 

[bem]

I consider it a mario game, but the only way it fits in with canon is if we treat it like a dream like Super Mario Land for the GB.

Its still pretty fun though

 

[Crackin355]

Sure. It's a Mario game to me.

 

[Cirdec]

Even if it's so different, I consider it as a Mario game, many characters in this one are re-used.

 

[RandomYoshi]

Yes, I do.

Pretty much this.

 

[Time Turner]

Which is also why I put "real" in parentheses.

No, you put real in quotation marks. Parentheses are the curved brackets.

On topic, SMB2USA was made by Nintendo and stars Mario characters. I don't really see why it's not a real Mario game.

 

[Ray Trace]

Which is also why I put "real" in parentheses.

No, you put real in quotation marks. Parentheses are the curved brackets.

Whatever, that's what I meant anyway