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'''''Super Mario Advance''''' is a [[Reissue#Remakes|remake]] of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' developed by [[Nintendo Research & Development 2]] as a launch title for the [[Game Boy Advance]], released in Japan in March 2001 and in North America and Europe in June of the same year. It is based on the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' remaster, and also contains a [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|remake]] of the original ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' arcade game. ''Super Mario Advance'' includes many new features, gameplay mechanic changes, graphical and audio enhancements, and stylistic and aesthetic alterations from the ''All-Stars'' edition, with the most significant changes being the addition of the enemy [[Robirdo]], a robotic [[Birdo]], replacing [[Mouser]] as the boss of World 3; the addition of the "[[Yoshi]] Challenge," in which players may revisit stages to search for [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Egg]]s; a new point-scoring system; multiple hit combos; enlarged sprites; and digital voice acting.
'''''Super Mario Advance''''' is the port remake of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' made for the handheld [[Game Boy Advance]] and released in 2001. Like the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' port for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]], ''Super Mario Advance'' had updated graphics, as well as many other changes from the original [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game, listed below. Of the four [[Super Mario Advance (series)|''Super Mario Advance'' series]] ports, this game experienced the most changes from the original. A remake of the original ''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'' game was included with every ''Super Mario Advance'' game, including this first installment. ''Super Mario Advance'' was re-released on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console]] in Japan on July 16, 2014, and in North America on November 6, 2014.


The game was rereleased on the [[Wii U]]'s [[Virtual Console#Wii U|Virtual Console]] in Japan on July 16, 2014; in North America on November 6 of the same year; and in Europe and Australia in March 2016. It was later rereleased on the [[Nintendo Switch]]'s [[Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online]] service in May 2023.
==List of changes from previous versions==
===Gameplay changes===
[[File:SMA_Yoshi's_Challenge.png|thumb|Mario finding the first hidden Yoshi Egg, as part of the "Yoshi's Challenge."]]
*Starting the level, the player starts out with two hearts in the original and the SNES versions, while in ''Super Mario Advance'', they start with only 1 heart filled out of 2 in the heart meter.
*The player can save their game and continue or quit at any point during a level by selecting the option on the pause menu.
*A "Try Again" feature has been added to the pause menu; this allows the player to restart the level from the beginning, also resetting their score and any collectibles that they obtained before restarting, as well as reverting the character to their small size.
*Hearts appear much more frequently than in the original. Whenever three or more vegetables or enemies are involved in a collision, a heart appears. Items called Heart Radishes can also be pulled from the ground.
*A point system has been added. Players get more points for making one thrown object hit lots of enemies. If enough enemies are hit, an extra life is awarded.
*Roulette balls have been added.  They give the player a bomb, heart, or [[Starman]] after being thrown.
*A new [[Ball (Super Mario Advance)|ball]] item can be found in some [[vase]]s. It can be used to clear enemies on the walls, ground, and ceiling.
*In each level, there are five red [[Ace Coin]]s. If all are collected, the player receives an extra life, and the level gets a star on it on the map screen.
*Enemies no longer reappear after they are defeated unless characters leave and reenter the area (even if they were previously in the Subspace).
*After the game is beaten, a new "Yoshi's Challenge" mode appears. In this mode, there are two [[Yoshi Egg|eggs]] hidden in [[Subspace]] in each level, in the locations of two [[Super Mushroom]]s, and the player must find and collect them all. Additionally, the player is free to select any level to play in this mode.
*The title screen to ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' is no longer used when players start up the game. Instead players select a file before choosing the characters.
*Large [[carrot]]s spring from under hills to help the heroes get to higher places.
*Some vases have a large blue spike that is harmful when touched.  While animated, it doesn't move from its location.
*[[Red Shell]]s are larger, and now bounce off walls and yield hearts whenever they collide with enemies. They also now take longer to pick up, and appear in a few more levels. However, they can hurt players like in ''Super Mario'' games.
*It is possible to remove Green and Red Birdo's ribbon by jumping on them and picking it up; the player can either throw it away or put it back on Birdo by throwing it back at them. None of this has any effect on the Birdo aside from altering her appearance.
*Giant Vegetables, enemies, and POW Blocks have been added.
**The giant vegetables take a longer time to pull out of the ground, but function normally otherwise (apart from having a larger area to hit enemies with).
**The giant enemies take a longer time to pick up, and whenever they are thrown or hit, they yield a heart.
**The giant [[POW Block]]s bounce several times, each time having the effect of a normal POW Block.
*More bosses were added in the game.
**[[Robirdo]], a new boss, replaces [[Mouser]] as the boss of World 3.
**[[Mouser]] replaces [[Tryclyde]] as the boss of World 6. As a result, Tryclyde only appears once in the game.
*An extra Super Mushroom is added to each level.
*Some 1-up mushrooms have been moved, and some are sitting on the surface, but not in the ground. The surface ones are usually contained within bubbles, which the player can pop by hitting it three times with an item.


==Story==
===Level design changes===
The story is the same as in the original release of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', written in the North American manual as follows:<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Instruction Booklet|page=13}}</ref>
*The beginning area in World 1-1, where the player starts before entering a door, has been redesigned, now featuring cloud platforms, a giant Shy Guy and a strange hill that catapults when stood on. The door leading to the next part of the level has also been moved up, onto a hill.
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*The jar interiors have new music, and most of them have been redesigned, some featuring Shy Guys riding Ferris Wheel platforms.
One night, Mario had a mysterious dream. He dreamed he was climbing a long stairway that led up and up to a closed door. When he reached the top and opened the door, he found himself gazing out at a world he had never seen, stretching out to the horizon. Then he heard a voice say, “This is Subcon, the land of dreams. The evil toad, Wart, has used his magic to lay a curse upon the land. Please defeat Wart and free us from his spell. Oh - and remember that Wart hates vegetables. Hurry! We need your help!” And then a bolt of lightning suddenly split the sky, and Mario woke up to find himself on the floor. He had fallen out of bed!


A few days later, Mario and his friends hiked to some nearby mountains for a picnic. Upon reaching their picnic spot, they looked around and found a small cave. When they entered the cave, they were amazed to discover the land Mario had seen in his dream stretching out before them.
===Graphical changes===
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*Some things in the game, such as the Subspaces, were completely changed in art, with both the graphics and music being heavily changed for the areas within vases.
*A circular character select screen is shown, instead of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad having to line up in a row.
*Luigi's overalls are now a similar color to Mario's; in the SNES remakes, they were purple.
*Toad's shirt is now purple similar to Luigi in the SNES version.
*Water gets a new design.
*Touching a [[Spark]] will make the screen flash for a brief second.
*When entering a door, the character is actually seen going through. In earlier versions, the character was caught in their current pose.
*When the player throws the key down or loses a life, the pursuing Phanto exit the screen while moving forward, making them appear considerably larger than usual.


==List of changes==
===Textual changes===
===Changes to ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' from the previous editions===
*Slight changes were made to the game's storyline.
====Graphical changes====
**Fry Guy and Clawgrip's origins are seen before the heroes battle them. Fry Guy was a pair of eyes, while Clawgrip was a normal [[Sidestepper]]. A pair of four bubbles are transforming them before their fights.
The developers reduced the display resolution to fit better on the GBA screen, and brightened most of the original color palettes to combat the handheld's lack of a backlight.<ref>The extent to which color palettes were brightened is inconsistent and varies widely throughout the game. Some palettes, such as those used for the tilesets in the ending cutscenes, were not brightened at all.</ref> In the process, [[Subspace]] lost its ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' dark blue tint, and is now only slightly darker than [[Subcon]]. Additionally, many sprites are stretched, shrunk, recolored, and rotated, due to the GBA's technical powers.
**During the ending sequence, where Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad are standing before the crowd of [[Subcon (species)|Subcon Fairies]], the number of times each character was used by the player only appears after Wart is passed across the screen. Also, the character used the most is declared the "MVP" instead of "Contributor" as in the NES and SNES versions.
*Pidgits and their carpets, [[Hoopster]]s, and [[Autobomb]]s were recolored purple, red, yellow, and gray, respectively; and there are no red [[Beezo]]s, only yellow.
*Unlike the NES version, SNES version, and subsequent ''Super Mario Advance'' installments, the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' title screen is not displayed when the game is selected, instead immediately displaying the file selection, followed by the character selection screen.
**[[Pidgit]]'s [[magic carpet|carpet]]s appear stretched, and as such, larger.
*Errors present in the original credits were corrected for ''Super Mario Advance''.
*[[Bomb]]s and [[Bob-omb]]s now pulsate when they're about to explode; explosions also do so.
**[[Clawgrip]] is now spelled correctly in the cast list; in previous versions, it was misspelled as "Clawglip." The Japanese release of this game, however, does not have the error corrected.
*Enemies now rotate when thrown.
**Birdo and Ostro's names are now placed underneath the correct profile art during the credits, unlike the original or the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version.
*[[Birdo]]'s eggs now rotate upon hitting a wall.
*[[Cherry|Cherries]] and [[Small heart|Heart]]s rotate and shrink when collected; the former poofs away, while the latter enlarges and floats to the Health Meter afterwards if it is not full. Also, Hearts are bigger, and now pulsate as they float.
*[[Trouter]]s enlarge as they reach the peak of their jumps and shrink while falling back down.
*The "[[1UP]]" sprite is redesigned, and it now gets bigger before exploding into particles.
*[[Phanto]]s use a larger sprite, which appears shrunk down to the original sprite's size in most cases; they appear in full size when they exit the screen upon the player's throwing the key or losing a life. The original Phanto graphic is used for the lifeless ones.
*[[Luigi]]'s overalls (which were purple in ''All-Stars'') and [[Toad]]'s vest (which was blue) swapped colors.
*Toad's cap spots were edited to match [[Toad (species)|his kind's]] modern appearance, though this does not apply to the sprite in the cast list.
*Front- and back-view "door entry" sprites, backflipping sprites for the [[Crouching High Jump|Power Squat Jump]], and skidding sprites were added for the player characters. Their throwing sprites (which were only used in midair in the ''All-Stars'' version) are used again when standing on ground.
*A "static" effect appears when the player touches a [[Spark]].
*Characters, items, and enemies fall in front of the water in [[World 4 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4]], as in the NES version.
Along with the character and enemy sprites, many of the scenes and background have also been updated, altered, or modified for the GBA's hardware. While some have been small graphical updates, others added/removed major things to/from the game.
*The ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' title/story screen is removed. Instead, there is a brand new introduction sequence, which appears as soon as the player turns on the game.
**Because of this, the explanation of the story is confined to the manual. In the original game, it had been seen by waiting on the title screen.
**The old title screen's design is retained on the [[Bonus Chance]], Subspace Warp, and Game Over screens. However, the character and item sprites on the bottom are now gold, like the border, and the black background now fades to blue on the bottom.
*The level intro screen is now preceded by a level chart (like that of ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe''{{'}}s Challenge Mode) which shows what levels the player has cleared and how many total Ace Coins they have as a percentage (the Pause screen also has this total); when all five Ace Coins have been collected and the level is cleared, a star is added to the corresponding panel.
*The character select screen is changed to a three-dimensional circular screen similar to that used for the [[Tag Barrel]]s in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. Additionally, it now displays "Choose a Player" instead of "Please Select Player."
*The slots on the Bonus Chance screen are now shaded to look more 3D.
*The background does not flash during explosions, likely to avoid risk of epileptic seizures.
*The "Contributor" screen only shows the lower half of the original screen, alongside shorter windows.
*If the player does not get any coins before clearing a level, "No Bonus" appears on the Bonus Chance screen alongside everything else without flashing.
*[[Fryguy]] and [[Clawgrip]] have cutscenes before their fights showing their original forms (respectively, his mask and a normal [[Sidestepper]]) being transformed by four giant bubbles into their boss forms.
*In levels, a full HUD is shown on the top of the screen (as in most other 2D ''Super Mario'' games), displaying the player's current world and level, lives (with character symbols similar to those in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''), [[Ace Coin]]s, [[Yoshi Egg]]s (in Yoshi Challenge mode only), and score, alongside the [[Health Meter]].
**Due to this change, the current world and level and the player's extra lives are no longer shown on the Pause screen.
*[[Jar]] interiors have new colorful backgrounds, with a black background outside the jar walls and floor.
*The sky in the background of the corked jar room now scrolls, and the row of stained glass near the top of the room is now centered.
*On the cast list screen, the black border is absent, and the view is widened (due to the GBA's resolution).
*In the cast list, [[Robirdo]] is added between Clawgrip and [[Tryclyde]], and like Birdo's sprite, it too lacks its bow.


====Textual changes====
===Audio changes===
[[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] is now referred to as "Peach" (her original Japanese name and the current universal standard, as introduced to Western territories in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]'' and re-introduced and popularized by ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' onwards) as opposed to just simply "Princess". Toad is now referred to as "Kinopio", his original Japanese name in that country's version. The [[Ostro]]/Birdo mix-up is corrected in the cast list, in addition to misspellings in the international version.
*Voices for [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Princess Peach]], and [[Toad]] were added, and an announcer shouts "Choose a player!" at the appearance of the character select screen.
*Each time the character collects a [[cherry]], he or she would say, "Lucky!" and the fifth one has an additional sound effect to indicate the [[Starman]].
*[[Phanto]]s now make noises when they move around the screen.
*Before battling a boss, he or she will say something:
**Pink Birdo: "This is as far as you go!" and "Well, hello there."
**Mouser: "Here! Have some bombs!"
**Red Birdo: "I'm going to finish you off!" and "You've come a long way!"
**Tryclyde: "Step right up, if you're ready to get toasted!"
**Robirdo: "You've come a long way!"
**Fry Guy: "I'm too hot to touch!"
**Green Birdo: "I'm ready for you this time!" and "You've got a lot of nerve!"
**Clawgrip: "Arrr! You'll make a tasty treat!"
**Wart: "I am the Great Wart! Ha ha ha!"


Additionally, some text on the screens has also been changed.
==Gallery==
*On the Pause and Game Over screens, the "&" symbols in "Save & Quit" and "Save & Continue" became "and". The former screen is now headed with "PAUSE".
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*The player's score is displayed on the level intro screen and both it and the current level are displayed on the Game Over screen.
File:Prima Guide-SMA.jpg|[[Prima Games]] official guide
**On the latter screen, the options from the ''All-Stars'' version do not appear until {{button|gba|A}} or {{button|gba|start}} is pressed.
File:Super Mario Advance logo.png|American logo of ''Super Mario Advance''
*The stats of each character are shown on the character select screen.
File:LogoChinese_SMAdvance.png|Chinese logo of ''Super Mario Advance''
*"COURSE CLEAR!" (using the same font as in the ''All-Stars'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'') is now displayed upon clearing a level.
File:Box JP - Super Mario Advance.png|The Japanese game cover for ''Super Mario Advance''
*On the Contributor screen, the character used the most times is declared the "MVP" rather than the "Contributor," and the number of times each character was used does not appear until after [[Wart]] passes across the screen.
File:SMAWiiUIcon.jpg|''Super Mario Advance'' [[Wii U]] [[Virtual Console|VC]] Icon
</gallery></center>


====Gameplay changes====
==Reception==
[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Toad]], and [[Princess Peach|Peach]] now start the game and each life in their [[Small Mario|Small forms]] with only one hit point of the current maximum remaining, and their Small forms persist between levels (as in the other 2D ''Super Mario'' titles), whereas in the original and ''All-Stars'' remaster, they always start each life and level in their Super forms with full health regardless of whether they were in their Small or Super forms upon completion of the previous level. Also, a "Try Again" feature was added to the Pause Screen that allows the player to restart levels from the beginning in Small form.
''Super Mario Advance'' received generally positive reviews, gaining a score of 84% on Metacritic.
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The controls of the characters have had slight changes made.
==References to other games==
*While climbing vines, chains, or ladders, {{button|gba|A}} can be used to drop off at any point.
For references also present in the original game, see [[Super Mario Bros. 2#References to Other Games|here]].
*{{button|gba|R}} can be used as an additional run button, but not a grab/throw button, making it possible to start running while holding an item.
*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'': Clawgrip is revealed to be a [[Sidestepper]]. A remake of this game is included.
*{{button|gba|L}} and {{button|gba|select}} can be used to pan the camera vertically and horizontally, respectively, though the latter button can only be used in vertical sections.
*Toad only runs faster if he's holding a normal-sized [[POW Block]] or [[Mushroom Block]].
*The game can be saved at any time. It saves the current level, like the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', as opposed to just the current world.
The levels have had many updates to their designs, and many levels have had their objects relocated. Some features and items have been added or changed from the original, while others have had their functions slightly changed.
*An extra Mushroom was added to all levels except for 4-1, raising the maximum hit points per level to five.
*The placement of certain [[1-Up Mushroom]]s is changed, and there are also 1-Up Mushrooms sitting on the surface; these ones are usually contained within [[bubble]]s, which the player can pop with three hits.
*The boss order is slightly altered: a new enemy named [[Robirdo]], a robotic [[Birdo]], acts as the new boss of World 3; and the second [[Mouser]] battle is moved to World 6, where it replaces [[Tryclyde]]'s second battle.
*In horizontal sections, the camera is usually panned ahead of the playable character, rather than centered.
*After the game is beaten, a "[[Yoshi]] Challenge" mode is added; the player may revisit the levels to search for two [[Yoshi Egg]]s per stage, hidden in [[Subspace]] where they replace two of the [[Mushroom]]s, and is allowed to select any level to play regardless of whether or not they played them before beating the final boss.
*An all-new [[Point|scoring system]] is introduced, similar to that used in the ''[[BS Super Mario USA]]'' Power Challenge; players get more points for making one thrown object hit lots of enemies, and are awarded [[extra life|extra lives]] if they eliminate eight or more in a short time.
*This game features "giant" variants of vegetables, enemies, and POW Blocks, with enlarged sprites and larger areas of reach. The giant POW Blocks bounce around and shake enemies off the screen four times as opposed to just once.
**[[Red Shell]]s are enlarged as well, and are now capable of bouncing off walls and hurting the player.
*[[Small heart|Hearts]] (here resized) appear much more frequently than in the original; they appear when two or more objects are involved in a collision, when giant enemies are thrown to the ground or beaten, when Red Shells defeat enemies, when [[Ostro]]s are beaten, simply floating in midair (mainly in boss rooms), and as special radishes that can be pulled up from the ground.  
*Two new objects are introduced: the [[Hidden Item Container]], which gives the player either a Heart, a bomb, or a [[Super Star|Starman]] after being thrown; and the [[Spark Chaser]], located inside jars, which clears [[Spark]]s on the walls, ground, and ceiling.
*Five red [[Ace Coin]]s are added to each level, which reward an extra life if all are collected in a single level playthrough.
*[[Elevator Platform]]s are added to [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|Worlds 1-1]] and [[World 1-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|1-3]], which spring from under hills to catapult the player to higher places.
*The ribbons of red and green [[Birdo]]s are removable.
*Bombs are bouncier, taking longer to stop moving than in the original or ''All-Stars'' versions.
*Players can now bet more than one coin per spin in the [[Bonus Chance]] game to earn more extra lives (the coin amount used times the normal amount of lives gained). Lining up three "7" symbols now gives five extra lives, rather than ten.
*New jars were added to levels; some incorporate Ferris wheel platforms with [[Shy Guy|Shyguy]]s riding them, and one in World 5-2 has a [[bouncing blade]] that expands and contracts.
**Some of these are jars that were previously inaccessible in prior versions, namely those in [[World 6-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6-1]].
**A jar was added in [[World 2-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 2-2]] to prevent players from [[unwinnable state|softlocking]] themselves after digging through all the [[soft sand]] above them.
*Most glitches have been fixed, including the [[Magical Potion]] jump glitch. Thrown potions can no longer be jumped on in mid-air, preventing shortcuts such as the jump over the left wall at the start of [[World 6-3 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6-3]].
Some of the enemies are easier to beat compared to the original NES version.
*Generally, enemies do not respawn unless the player leaves and reenters the area.
*[[Cobrat]] and [[Snifit]] bullets travel slower.
*[[Panser]]s shoot fireballs less frequently.
*Running [[Ninji]]s don't turn around as quickly.
*Swooping [[Beezo]]s charge forward above magic carpet-riding player characters.
*[[Phanto]]s are now beaten by [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]] alone, without the need of a [[Stop Watch]].
*If the player gets rid of a key, they cannot be hurt by the Phanto, as it flies towards the screen.


====Audio changes====
==References in later games==
The entire soundtrack has its quality downgraded for the GBA's sound chip, and many of the tracks in the game have been altered or replaced to fit on the GBA.
For references also present in the original game, see [[Super Mario Bros. 2#References in Later Games|here]].
*The original ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' title/story screen music is replaced by a new jazz arrangement of the underwater theme from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'' that is similar to ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''{{'}}s title screen music from the ''All-Stars'' version.
*''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'': One of [[18-Volt]]'s [[Microgame]]s is directly based on ''Super Mario Advance'', entitled [[Mario Adv.]].
*The Subspace music now has same length as the NES version, therefore most of parts from the ''All-Stars'' version and the original ''Super Mario Bros.'' are removed.
*Whenever the player enters a boss room, a new foreboding track plays, switching to the boss theme once the battle begins.
*The final levels of Worlds 2 through 5 use the boss theme for the rooms immediately preceding the bosses' arenas (as in the NES version).
*[[World 4-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 4-2]] now plays the ground theme in its first room (as in the NES version), even though the underground background was not changed.
*Jar interiors have new music, instead of the underground theme.
Digital voice acting is added for the four playable characters (who are given voice samples for such situations as being chosen, picking up items like Mushrooms or [[Crystal Ball]]s, gaining an extra life, clearing a level, and losing a life) and the bosses, who are given lines of dialogue for when they begin their respective battles and when they are defeated. An announcer also shouts "Choose a player!" at the character select screen.
 
Some of the game's sound effects have been altered to fit the GBA's hardware.
*Mouser's "bomb throw" sound, Tryclyde and Fryguy's "fireball spit" sound, and Clawgrip's "rock throw" sound are all changed to Birdo's "egg spit" sound.
*The "enemy hit" sound is replaced by its ''[[Super Mario World]]'' counterpart, and like that game, it increases in pitch during a point chain until [[Extra Life|extra lives]] are earned, at which point the ''All-Stars'' sound returns (though only for lives gained by shells). However, this does not occur for enemies defeated by [[Invincible Mario|invincibility]].
*The drumroll that starts when two of the same picture are lined up in the Bonus Chance minigame now loops until the third slot stops.
*A chime is added to announce [[Super Star|Starmen]].
*Phantos now make the same noises as the larger [[Phanto]] in the background of the key rooms as they move around.
**The [[Mask Gate]] in [[World 7-2 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 7-2]] also makes this sound as it turns around.
 
===''Mario Bros.'' remake===
The game features a [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|''Mario Bros.'' remake]] also present in the other ''Advance'' games, as well as ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. The remake features a "Classic Mode" based on the original game's co-op mode, and a "Battle Mode" similar to that used in the ''All-Stars'' remake of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Changes to the original game come in the form of enhanced graphics, the addition of music where it was originally absent, an extra POW Block in every stage, the addition of the Power Squat Jump, and the replacement of [[Shellcreeper]]s with [[Spiny|Spinies]].
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==Development==
''Super Mario Advance'' was developed due to the success of ''[[Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]]'' for the [[Game Boy Color]] in 1999,<ref name="Nintendo jp">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20021208222825/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0103/031/index.html|title=３．開発者インタビュー『スーパーマリオアドバンス』|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref> and had the tentative names ''Super Mario USA: Advance'' for the Japanese market and ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe 2'' or ''Super Mario Bros. 2 Deluxe'' for the international market.<ref>{{cite|author=Marionova64|language=en|date=July 30, 2020|url=x.com/Marionova64/status/1288818364132057093|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Unused Title Screen Voicelines|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=August 6, 2020}}</ref> Despite the use of most graphical and audio assets from the ''All-Stars'' remaster, the game was coded from scratch; new sprites and audio cues were created because their existing counterparts were "not good enough". The development team purposefully decided to add "large" versions of enemies and increase the number of enemies on-screen as a means of highlighting the Game Boy Advance's processing power.<ref name="Nintendo jp"></ref> The [[Mario Bros. (Game Boy Advance)|''Mario Bros.'' remake]] was initially a separate project designed to experiment with four players, but it was eventually decided to include it as an extra.<ref name="Nintendo jp"></ref>
 
==Reception==
''Super Mario Advance'' received generally positive reviews, garnering an aggregate score of 84% on {{wp|Metacritic}}.<ref>{{cite|url=www.metacritic.com/game/super-mario-advance|title=''Super Mario Advance''|publisher=Metacritic|language=en-us|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref> When {{wp|GameSpot}} reviewed the game, it thought that ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' or ''[[Super Mario World]]'' would have been a better choice for a launch game considering their respective popularity;<ref>{{cite|author=Ahmed, Shahed|date=June 5, 2001|language=en|url=www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-advance-review/1900-2769417|title=''Super Mario Advance'' Review|publisher=GameSpot|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref> both titles were eventually also remade as part of the ''[[Super Mario Advance (series)|Super Mario Advance]]'' series. Conversely, {{wp|IGN}} praised the choice, calling it "one of the most polished and creative platformers of the era".<ref>{{cite|author=Nix|date=June 14, 2001|url=www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/14/super-mario-advance|title=''Super Mario Advance''|publisher=IGN|accessdate=June 28, 2024|language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable reviews"
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|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
|Release
|Reviewer, Publication
|Score
|Comment
|-
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|Craig "Talon" Wessel, [https://web.archive.org/web/20020202220746/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/january02/supermarioadvancegba/ Gamespy]
|90/100
|align="left"|"''It's Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Toad…sound familiar? It should. This remake of the NES classic Super Mario Brothers 2 doesn't break any new ground, but it's still a good title to pick up for the GBA.''"
|-
|Game Boy Advance
|Shahed Ahmed, [https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/super-mario-advance-review/1900-2769417/ GameSpot]
|8.2/10
|align="left"|"''Those interested in single-player platformer gameplay, albeit with relatively loose controls, will find Super Mario Bros. 2 both unique and highly challenging, while those looking to link up their GBAs and taking part in multiplayer action will crave the lively, fast-paced gameplay in Mario Bros. The fact that Nintendo decided against packing the GBA game with added features, as in Super Mario DX for the [[Game Boy Color|GBC]], is disappointing, but Super Mario Advance deserves a close look among the crowded crop of software for the handheld, if for its multiplayer mode alone.''"
|-
|Game Boy Advance
|Marc Nix, [https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/14/super-mario-advance IGN]
|8.2/10
|align="left"|"''If you do pick up Super Mario Advance, I can pretty much promise you won't regret it for a second. It's probably the most immediately satisfying game on the Game Boy Advance right now... until, of course, the next Mario adventure.''"
|-
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|-style="background-color:#E6E6E6"
|colspan=2|Compiler
|colspan=2|Platform / Score
|-
|colspan=2|Metacritic
|colspan=2 style="background-color:LimeGreen"|[https://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/super-mario-advance 84]
|-
|colspan=2|GameRankings
|colspan=2|[https://www.gamerankings.com/gba/457772-super-mario-advance/index.html 82.17%]
|}
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==Pre-release and unused content==
{{main|List of Super Mario Advance pre-release and unused content}}


==Staff==
==Staff==
{{main|List of Super Mario Advance staff}}
{{main|List of Super Mario Advance staff}}
The game includes director Toshiaki Suzuki, producer Masayuki Uemura, and assistant director Hiroaki Sakagami. The team was supervised by [[Takashi Tezuka]], [[Toshihiko Nakago]], and [[Kensuke Tanabe]], respectively the motion designer, lead programmer, and director of the original NES game.
The directors for this game were [[Satoru Iwata]] and Masayuki Uemura, with Hiroaki Sakagami as the assistant director and [[Hiroshi Yamauchi]] as the executive director.


==Glitches==
==Glitches==
{{main|List of Super Mario Advance glitches}}
{{main|List of glitches in Super Mario Advance}}
===Floating Pokey===
In [[Fryguy (boss)|Fryguy]]'s boss fight area, if the player slides underneath one of the Flying Mushroom Blocks and releases the down button the character's body will be stuck inside the block. The player can get out of it by sliding again.
In [[World 6-1 (Super Mario Bros. 2)|World 6-1]], if the player navigates the [[Pokey]] off of the ledge, it will float in midair, with no change in behavior. The player can navigate the Pokey back onto the ledge.
 
==Gallery==
{{main-gallery}}
<gallery>
SMA Art - Mario.png|Artwork of [[Mario]] as seen on the box
SMA Prima Guide.jpg|[[Prima Games]] official guide
Super Mario Advance logo.png|International logo
LogoChinese SMAdvance.png|Chinese logo
SMA Japanese Box Art.png|Japanese game cover
SMA PC Cover.jpg|[[Player's Choice]]
SMA iQue Boxart Thumbnail.jpg|Chinese boxart
SMA Mario Bros.png|The title screen for the ''Mario Bros.'' remake, featuring Mario and Luigi with the enemies they encounter in-game
</gallery>
 
==Media==
{{main-media}}
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|title4=''Mario Bros.'' Title Theme
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==References to other games==
*''[[Mario Bros. (game)|Mario Bros.]]'': Clawgrip is depicted as a [[Sidestepper]]. A remake of this game is included.
 
==References in later games==
*''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'': One of Birdo's lines, "This is as far as you go!", is used in her boss encounter in this game: "You may have defeated my [[Popple|darling]], but that's as far as you go!"
*''[[WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase]]'': One of [[18-Volt]]'s [[Mario Adv.|microgame]]s is directly based on ''Super Mario Advance''.
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=スーパーマリオアドバンス
|JapR=Sūpā Mario Adobansu
|JapM=Super Mario Advance
|ChiS=超级马力欧2
|ChiSN=iQue
|ChiSR=Chāojí Mǎlìōu Èr
|ChiSM=Super Mario 2
|ChiT=超級瑪利歐ADVANCE
|ChiTR=Chāojí Mǎlìōu ADVANCE
|ChiTM=Super Mario Advance
}}
 
==Trivia==
*In the intro of this game, a portion of the screen is light while the borders are darkened, which remains that way until the characters are positioned above the grass to pick them up, where the darkened parts are brightened. The resolution of the bright portion is the same resolution as the Game Boy, at 160 x 144 pixels.
*This game has several differences from the later games in the ''Super Mario Advance'' series.
**It is the only game to have an international logo that matches the Japanese logo. In international markets, the other three games reduce ''Super Mario Advance [number]'' to a smaller-sized subtitle and incorporate the titles and logos of their respective originals.
**It is the only game to not feature a prologue cutscene that depicts the story from the game's manual (or its original opening cutscene in the case of ''Super Mario Advance 3'').
***This distinction is shared with the [[Donkey Kong Country 3 (Game Boy Advance)|Game Boy Advance remake]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''
**It is the only game to not feature the original game's opening when selecting the game.
**It is the only game to, when selecting the main game, have the chorus (consisting of all playable characters) declare the title in full (in the second and fourth games, the chorus is truncated to just "Super Mario," preceded by Mario only saying "Here we go!", and in ''Super Mario Advance 3'', due to the main game being ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', it is replaced with a shout of "[[Yoshi]]!").
**It is the only game to not have French, German, and Spanish translations, possibly due to not having any amount of screen text substantial enough to warrant such translations.
*Unlike the majority of Nintendo-published games of the era, the instruction booklet's copyright page does not have the [[Official Nintendo Seal|Official Nintendo Seal of Quality]] in its normal certificate text box, even though the manual for the GBA system does use the seal's box in its design from {{wp|Fifth generation of video game consoles|the previous hardware generation}}. Instead, the seal is presented with small text below it, as it would be in a third-party game's manual. An updated design for the seal's text box was introduced with ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', the following first-party GBA title.


==References==
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*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/amaj/index.html Official Japanese website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010623095755/http://www.gameboy.com/supermarioadvance/ Official American English website] <small>(Internet Archive: Wayback Machine)</small>
 
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