Irwin, Super Mario Bros. 2 (2014)

Cite as: Irwin, Super Mario Bros. 2 (2014)
Original: https://bossfightbooks.com/products/super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin
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Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20140306022602id_/https://bossfightbooks.com/products/super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © Jon Irwin / Boss Fight Books; publisher page archived by the Internet Archive.
Credit: Jon Irwin, with a foreword by Howard Phillips (Nintendo of America's "Game Master").
Notes: The publisher's page gives the book's date, length and thesis: the Japanese SMB2 was "declared 'too hard' by Nintendo of America and replaced with a Mario-ified port of the Famicom hit, Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic." The book itself was not read page by page here; cite the publisher description or read a copy for interior page numbers.

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Retellings agree that Nintendo didn't release the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 in North America and remade Doki Doki Panic as the sequel instead. IGN's 2010 history says Nintendo judged the Japanese game too hard for North American players and cancelled its release there, and Boss Fight Books' description of Jon Irwin's book says Nintendo of America declared it "too hard".	`publisher description`	Web