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Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (also called Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World) is a GBA remake of Super Mario World for the Game Boy Advance. The game centers around Mario & Luigi, with the help of Yoshi, rescuing Princess Peach from Bowser on Dinosaur Land.

On May 19, 2023, Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World along with Super Mario Advance and Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 is returning to the Nintendo Switch for Nintendo Switch Online available on May 26, 2023.[1]

Notable differences[]

  • The opening message that appears when you start a new game was changed from "Welcome! This is Dinosaur Land. In this strange land we find that Princess Toadstool is missing again! Looks like Bowser is at it again!" to "Welcome to Dinosaur Land! It seems that Princess Toadstool is missing... and that means Bowser must be up to his old tricks again!".
  • Princess Toadstool is called Princess Peach in this version.
  • Luigi isn't a color palette swap of Mario anymore, he has alternative pixels handles similar to Super Mario Bros. 2. And he resembles the current Luigi look.
  • As with Super Mario Advance, there is a remake of the arcade Mario Bros., which also contains multiplayer support.
  • Yoshi's arms are not orange anymore.
  • If Mario --or Luigi-- gets any other Yoshi --with the color besides green-- then they will also appear in the Question Box where you find Yoshi (but you can still have the Green Yoshi come out of the question box too).
  • On the Coin Heaven levels, the Blue Yoshi can be gotten before getting him in Star World. That was in the SNES version (Super Mario World). In the GBA remake (Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World), it remains Green Yoshi. And Blue Yoshi needs to be hatched for the first time in Star World in order to get him.
  • The Top Secret Area is unlimited in the SNES version (Super Mario World). But in the GBA version (Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World), the player gets 200 seconds to stay there.
  • In the SNES version (Super Mario World), Luigi could only be used for co-op. (That is, for P2.) But in the GBA remake (Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World), the "2 Players" mode did not exist. And so, Luigi is an optional character.
  • In the SNES version (Super Mario World) the Bowser's Castle had no time limit for fighting Bowser. In the GBA remake (Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World), the timer is kept from previous rooms.
    • Because of this, the Front Door was extended from 400 to 800 seconds. In the Back Door, it is 600.
  • Regarding with the end credits and the "The End" screen, on "The End" screen, the player is forced to restart the system. (That was in the SNES version --Super Mario World.) But in the GBA remake, they can continue by pressing "Start" (after the camera takes Mario, Luigi, and Peach's picture).
    • Also Luigi (since he --as the "2 Players" mode did not exist-- is again an optional character in the GBA remake) is now in the credits.

Items[]

In Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2, the player can pick up many items:

Power-ups[]

Cape Feather - A Feather gives Mario and Luigi the ability to fly by way of a cape.

Super Mushroom - A Mushroom makes Mario and Luigi get bigger and stronger.

Fire Flower - A Fire Flower gives Mario and Luigi the power to throw fireballs.

Yoshi Egg - A Yoshi Egg allows Mario and Luigi the ability to ride on a Yoshi. Yoshi can also eat certain Koopas to grant him certain powers. i.e., eating a yellow Koopa allows him to ground-pound, eating a red Koopa allows him to shoot three podoboo-like fireballs, and eating a Blue Koopa allows him to fly.

Items[]

1-Up Mushroom - Gives the player an extra life.

Key and Keyhole - If the player finds the key and puts it in the keyhole, they can go to secret levels.

P-Balloon - When Mario or Luigi touches the balloon, they will inflate like a balloon and can float around to get to new areas.

P-Switches - Touching the blue P-Switch will turn Blocks into Coins or vice versa. Touching the silver P-Switch will turn all enemies except Lakitu into silver coins.

Regional differences[]

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Gallery[]

Hat mario To view Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2's
image gallery, click here.

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