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Super Mario Bros 2 alpha cart discovered photo

Ever wonder what Super Mario Brothers 2 looked like half-way through being converted from the origin game Doki Doki Panic? A recent prototype was found and put side by side with the finished US version of the game and the original to show the subtle differences. Many sprites were changed (note the Aladin's lamp and angry vegetable in the photo) and the music was also changed around a bit. The rare cart is explored inside and out in detail on TMK.

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killaudio's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:07
killaudio
peach is hot
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:17
Darren Nakamura
Ever wondered? Well, no, not really, but this is still pretty cool. I wonder why they figured breaking an Erlenmeyer flask full of some unknown chemical solution was more appropriate than a magic lamp...
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:27
Dale North
nice! good to see more background on one of my fav games
fromagex's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:28
fromagex
angry vegetable!!
dorock's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:28
dorock
Its because Mario is all about drugs! Come on, magic mushrooms, its obvious that the vials were full of K, which Mario & Crew used to enhance their minds and thus entering a new dimension of being!

Interesting to see an early build of on my favorite Mario brothers games.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:29
Niero
I've always wanted to import Doki Doki Panic and play through it but I never get around to buying a Famicom
deaddays's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:31
deaddays
Not again. How many times are people going to do this? I've seen this done, like, 7 times in the last 5 years. Still fun to see though.
bhive01's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:46
bhive01
They're going to do it, until everyone of us has seen it. It's my first time. I'm just glad it was Destructoid popping my cherry.
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 10:50
galagabug
@niero
*cough* emulation *hack* *cough* ugh, had something stuck in my throat.

you aren't missing much, but then again, not a fan of SMB2.
winter123x's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 11:09
winter123x
I find it funny that the "Shy guy" as we know him today was in Doki Doki Panic but not the other two versions... weird. (Top screen)
CrackaSlim's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/05/2007 18:08
CrackaSlim
This alpha cart reminds me. Has a pre-release version of Super Mario Bros. surfaced? That would be interesting to see
ArType's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2007 13:48
ArType
Strange how our beloved Shy Guy could've debuted on a different series other than Mario.
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