Review: Super Mario Advance
The GBA version of Mario 2 brings back heavy ?80s 8-bit flashbacks?and then some.
For those of you too young to remember Mario 2 for the NES, here?s a quick primer: A bloated frog named King Wart has taken control of the world of dreams. You get to control Mario, Luigi, Toad, and Princess?each with their own very distinct strengths and weaknesses?as they run around seven worlds uprooting plants and hurling them at enemies. This GBA version features nice improvements to the original graphics and sounds like independently scrolling multi-layered backgrounds, as well as new animations, sound effects, and even speech?though its simple 8-bit roots are still pretty obvious. And even in its diminutive form, the game feels exactly the same as it always has?pros, cons, and all.
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