Super Mario Advance
An updated re-release of Super Mario Bros. 2 (the American reskin of "Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic," later re-released in Japan as "Super Mario USA") as a Game Boy Advance launch title. Based heavily on the…
Super Mario Advance is a platform developed by Nintendo R&D2, released 21 March 2001 on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
What Super Mario Advance is
Super Mario Advance is a platform game developed by Nintendo R&D2 and released in 2001. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Wii U and Game Boy Advance.
The premise, in the publisher's words
An updated re-release of Super Mario Bros. 2 (the American reskin of "Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic," later re-released in Japan as "Super Mario USA") as a Game Boy Advance launch title. Based heavily on the Super Mario All-Stars version of the game, it also features an updated version of the original Mario Bros. arcade game, which can be played with up to three other players via link cable.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Mario series
Super Mario Advance is the 237th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. The next entry was Mario Bros. in 2001. Its critic score of 78 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.
How it was received
Super Mario Advance holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Super Mario Advance launched on 21 March 2001, within three weeks of Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Worms World Party and Cossacks: European Wars. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Worms World Party, Cossacks: European Wars.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Mario Advance yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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