dec 9, 1987 - Super Mario Bros. 2

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Owing to the Western branches of Nintendo feeling that the Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 was too similar to the first game and too difficult for American players, they instead chose to port the Japanese game Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and release it as Super Mario Bros. 2 in their markets for the NES. New species first appear in this game, including Albatoss and Shy Guys, and it introduces Wart and Birdo. Super Mario Bros. 2 is also the first game to feature four distinctly playable characters, as Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad had to save the dream world of Subcon from Wart. After fighting their way through seven strange worlds, they eventually saved Subcon, and Mario woke up from his dream.
Despite being a port of a pre-existing Japanese game, the Western Super Mario Bros. 2 would eventually see release in its own right in Japan as Super Mario USA.

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