-------------------------------------------------------- "Super Mario Bros. 2 Instruction Booklet" NES-MW-USA Converted to ASCII text by Deezer on 8/20/98 deezer@usa.net -------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS The Story of Super Mario Bros.2 ............................... 3 Know the Basic Rules of the Game .............................. 5 Let's see how Mario and his friends move around ............... 11 Items that help Mario and his friends ......................... 18 A Bonus Chance at the end of an Area .......................... 22 Obstructing your way--gangs of enemy characters ............... 23 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ THE STORY OF SUPER MARIO BROS.2 One evening, Mario had a strange dream. He dreamt of a long, long stairway leading up to a door. As soon as the door opened, he was confronted with a world he had never seen before spreading out as far as his eyes could see. When he strained his ears to listen, he heard a faint voice saying "Welcome to 'Subcon', the land of dreams. We have been cursed by Wart and we are completely under his evil spell. We have been awaiting your arrival. Please defeat Wart and return Subcon to its natural state. The curse Wart has put on you in the real world will not have any effect upon you here. Remember, Wart hates vegetables. Please help us!" At the same time this was heard, a bolt of lightning flashed before Mario's eyes. Stunned, Mario lost his footing and tumbled upside down. He awoke with a start to find himself sitting up in his bed. To clear his head, Mario talked to Luigi, Toad and Princess about the strange dream he had. They decide to go to a nearby 3 ______________________________________________________________________________ mountain for a picnic. After arriving [ PICTURE: Mario ascending a at the picnic area and looking at stairsase leading to a door ] the scenery, they see a small cave nearby. When they enter this cave, to their great surprise, there's a stairway leading up, up and up. It is exactly like the one Mario saw in his dream. They all walk together up the stairs and at the top, find a door just like the one is Mario's dream. When Mario and his friends, in fear, open the door, to their surprise, the world that he saw in his dream spreads out before them!.... 4 ______________________________________________________________________________ KNOW THE BASIC RULES OF THE GAME. * First, pick which character you will play as. [ PICTURE: Controller ] Choose who you are by using the SELECT screen. Pick one of the four characters. [ PICTURE: Please Select Player screen ] Mario Luigi Toad Princess (Toadstool) (Mushroom Retainer) 5 ______________________________________________________________________________ * 7 worlds -- Clear all 20 areas 1 ~ 3 4 ~ 6 7 ~ 9 10 ~ 12 13 ~ 15 16 ~ 18 19 ~ 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Start | | | | | Goal WORLD1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This game is comprised of 20 areas in 7 worlds as shown in the diagram above. There is a little boss at the end of each area. The big boss, Wart is waiting for you at the end of the final area once you've cleared all of the other areas. [ PICTURE: Mario ] [ PICTURE: Princess ] 6 ______________________________________________________________________________ KNOW WHAT EACH CHARACTER CAN DO. * Jumping power Each of the four have different jumping powers and ways of jumping. * Mario Average jumping power in almost all situations. But, the height he can jump decreases a little when he is carrying an item. * Luigi He can jump the highest and can go much farther but he jumps slowly. When he has an item, his power decreases more than Mario. 7 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Toad He has the least jumping power. But since he has lifting power, the height he can jump and the speed he can run does not change even if he is carrying an item. * Princess Toadstool She is No. 3 in jumping power. When you hold down the A button, she can float in the air for about 1.5sec. Her jumping power decreases quite a bit when she is carrying an item. 8 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Running [ PICTURE: All 4 characters running ] They all run at the same speed, but if they are carrying something, the order from slowest to quickest is; Princess Toadstool, Luigi, Mario, Toad. * Picking up mushroom [ PICTURE: All 4 characters picking vegetables ] blocks The speed at which they pick up items in order of the slowest to quickest is: Princess Toadstool, Luigi, Mario, Toad. WATCH OUT FOR GAME OVER. * Your game starts with three lives. You lose a life when your meter becomes 0. The life meter starts from the 2nd mark. When the marks are all white, you loose a life. This meter can increase to a maximum of 4 marks. If you slip up when the number of lives remaining is 0, the game will be over. 9 ______________________________________________________________________________ * You loose a life if you fall down There are holes and waterfalls. You will loose a life if you carelessly fall into one of these. Be careful not to fall when you jump or lose your footing. Also, do not fall when up high in the sky. [ PICTURE: Mario powering down ] * You become smaller when the life meter reads 1 mark. Be careful. RETRY AND CONTINUE The right screen will appear when your game is over. [ PICTURE: Continue / To begin another game from the same world as it Retry screen ] ended, press CONTINUE. Press RETRY to start a completely new game from the beginning. NOTE: GAMES CAN BE CONTINUED ONLY TWICE. 10 ______________________________________________________________________________ LET'S SEE HOW MARIO AND HIS FRIENDS MOVE AROUND. HOW TO USE THE CONTROLLER [ PICTURE: Controller ] A character's response to controls will vary depending on the place and possessions. 11 ______________________________________________________________________________ YOU CAN DO ALL KINDS OF JUMPS [ PICTURE: Mario * A jump on the spot [ PRESS: A ] jumping ] If you press the A button when standing still, you will jump on the spot. However, you cannot jump very high. * Running jump [ PRESS: <- or -> and A ] Jump by pressing either the right or left side of the control pad and using the A [ PICTURE: Mario button while running. You can jump higher than a jumping ] jump on the spot, so it's easier to avoid enemy attacks. * Power squat jump [ PRESS: Down and A ] [ PICTURE: Mario The player will flash when the jumping ] bottom of the control pad is pressed and held. When you jump, you will be able to jump 1.5 times higher than regular jumps. 12 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Try pulling up the grass [ PRESS: B ] When you press the B button when standing on the grass you find growing here and [ PICTURE: Mario picking there, you will pull it out and lift it up. On the a vegetable ] surface of the desert, you can also dig in the soft sand. * Carry a mushroom block When you stand on a mushroom block and press the B button, you can lift it up just like a vegetable. [ PICTURE: Mario picking up Mushroom Block ] 13 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Throw items [Bombs and Mushroom blocks] It can be thrown to a A bomb can be place a little way dropped at the away by [ PRESS: <- and B ] player's feet by [ PRESS: B ] [For other items] Other items can be Other items can be thrown much farther by thrown a shorter [ PRESS: <- and B ] distance away by [ PRESS: B ] 14 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Attack enemies with enemies If you stand on an enemy and press the B button, you will be able to lift up the enemy and can throw him at other enemies. YOU CAN ALSO GO FASTER * Acceleration speed [ PRESS: <- or -> and B ] You can run faster and faster by pressing either the left or right of the control pad and the B button at the same time. 15 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Dodge the enemy skillfully You can duck if you You can control press the bottom of Mario and his the control pad. friends even when With this, you can they are jumping. dodge flying Come down enemies. [ PRESS: Down ] skillfully on top of enemies. [ PRESS: A ] * Try climbing vines and chains. When Mario or one of his friends is over a vine or a chain, they can grasp the vine or chain if the top of the control pad is pressed. They can do it even in the middle of a jump. If you get on an enemy on top of a vine, you can toss him off. [ PRESS: Up ] 16 ______________________________________________________________________________ * Enter open doors To go through a door, stand in front of it and press the top of the control pad. If you haven't got a key, you won't be able to go in locked doors. DESTROY WALLS WITH BOMBS! There are places in caves and towers where brick walls obstruct your path. Use bombs to destroy the walls. 17 ______________________________________________________________________________ ITEMS THAT HELP MARIO AND HIS FRIENDS. Coins Unripened vegetables You can win extra lives They are not fully with luck and the coins grown. Just give them you have collected so far. to the enemies. Vegetables Ripe vegetables. If you Turtle shells pull out a lot of them... When you throw them they slide and hit the enemy. Bomb Mushroom block A few seconds after they They can be used as are picked up, they flicker steps and for attacking and explode. the enemy. 18 ______________________________________________________________________________ Mushrooms 1 UP These appear when you When a 1 UP enter a warp to Sub- mushroom appears, you space at a certain get a new life! place. Your life meter will increase by one mark. Small heart POW This appears when you Power block. When you beat a lot of enemies. throw this, the earth The life meter recovers shakes and you can by one mark. beat all the enemies. Key You need this to open locked doors. Your running speed does not change even if you have the key. 19 ______________________________________________________________________________ REALLY USEFUL ITEMS * Go to Sub-space with magic If you find a magic poition, try throwing it. When you do that a door will appear. You'll enter the sub space if you press the top of the control pad while in front of the door. The grass in Sub-space will turn into coins until you use magic twice in that area. If you place a door in a certain place place, there will be a heart that will increase your life meter. 20 ______________________________________________________________________________ * You'll become invincible by collecting cherries. A Starman will appear when you collect enough cherries. When you pick this up, you will become invincible for a limited time. * Time Stop Vegetables are not only used for attack. If you have already taken four and you take a fifth one, a stopwatch will appear. When you take this, the enemy's movements will stop for a limited time. 21 ______________________________________________________________________________ A BONUS CHANCE AT THE END OF AN AREA * Clear the screen by overthrowing the boss character. At the end of each area, there is a mask that becomes a gate to the next area. In order to open the gate, you must get a hold of the crystal ball. Birdo sometimes has the crystal ball, so get it back by defeating him. At the end of each world, the boss is waiting for you again...! [ PICTURE: Mario fighting Birdo ] Attack the boss character by throwing mushroom blocks. Bonus stage THE BONUS GAME IS ONE OF CHANCE! * Get more lives by collecting [ PICTURE: Cherries ] cherries. You can win extra lives when [ PICTURE: Bonus Chance screen ] you clear each area. You get 1 play for each coin you have collected from the last. Cherries Other Other 1 more life Cherries Cherries Other 2 more lives Cherries Cherries Cherries 3 more lives 3 of any other symbol 1 more life 22 ______________________________________________________________________________ OBSTRUCTING YOUR WAY -- GANGS OF ENEMY CHARACTERS Shyguy - Red Shyguy - Pink A member of the "8 He moves back and bits" ( a club from forth on the hills. evil dreams). He Carefully avoid him. wears a mask because he's shy. Tweeter Snifit - Red It's a bird with a A member of the "8 mask. He hops. Try bits." He wears a to get on top of his mask and spits the head. bullets of evil dreams from his mouth. Snifit - Gray Snifit - Pink He jumps before He moves back and spitting a bullet. forth on the hills. Learn the timing of Avoid his bullets with his bullets. timely jumps. 23 ______________________________________________________________________________ Ninji - 1 Ninji - 2 He is a little devil He stays in one spot who appears in the and jumps dreams of NES repeatedly. A players. He moves strange guy. fast and will persistently chase you. Beezo - Red Beezo - Pink He attacks by diving He attacks by flying at you. Looks like a straight at you. Stay Shyguy with wings. calm and study his movements carefully. Hoopster Phanto He is a creature He is normally at about the size of a rest and waits by basketball. keys. If you take a He resembles a key, he will pursue ladybug. He lives on you. vines and crawls up and down. 24 ______________________________________________________________________________ Trouter Porcupo It's a fish which lives His body is entirely in the world of covered with spines dreams. You'll find i so you can't climb in waterfalls and on his back. rivers. He interferes with Mario. Bob-Omb Albatoss He has a terrible He used to be only temper. When he a resident in the gets angry, he world of dreams. explodes. Now, by order of Wart, he works as a carrier of Bob-Ombs. Pidgit Cobrat He brings evil Usually asleep in a dreams. He can't fly jar, it moves on on his own, so Wart Wart's command, gave him a flying often appearing in carpet. the dreams of Toad. 25 ______________________________________________________________________________ Panser Birdo The only plant life He serves as a Wart created for the means of world of dreams. It transportation in the spouts fire. world of dreams. Shyguys often ride him. Pokey Autobomb It is a walking Shyguy's favorite cactus. Its entire ride. It is also body, except for its referred to as a head, is covered "bad dream with thorns. Thorns machine." will hurt you if you touch them. Flurry Spark Snow monster. He'll He shines and chase you on ice moves in circular skates. motion around the walls and floors of the underground. He moves fast or slow. 26 ______________________________________________________________________________ Ostro Mouser He thinks he is a It is a bomber of girl and he spits bad dreams that eggs from his destroys good mouth. He'd rather dreams. It is proud be called and it doesn't "birdetta." believe that it is just a mouse. Fryguy Tryclyde Wart gave life to He was once an this entity which is outsider, but now created from fire. he is one of Wart's He spits fireballs helpers since he when he is mad. impressed Wart with his cunning brain and offensive capabilities which are three times normal strength. 27 ______________________________________________________________________________ Clawgrip He grows suddenly, and he is surprisingly skilled at throwing rocks. Wart He is the most mischievous of all in the world of dreams. He created monsters by playing with the dream machine. 28 ______________________________________________________________________________