While the final version of Super Mario Bros. 2 Director Kensuke Tanabe told Wired back in 2011. 2’s (then under development as Doki Doki Panic) prototype, “the idea was that you would have people vertically ascending, and you would have items and blocks that you could pile up to go higher, or you could grab your friend that you were playing with and throw them to try and continue to ascend,” Super Mario Bros. 2 focused on around the time of its inception. I say that because verticality was one of the biggest core concepts that Super Mario Bros. The announcement also took place within the clouds in a sky level, a clear reference to Super Mario Bros. 2 style would work in Super Mario Maker 2. One of these new tools is Vertical Sub Areas, which allows players to diversify the levels they are building with smaller sub areas. While only touched on briefly, this feature is one of the biggest indicators that a Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Maker 2 is going all out with giving players all the tools they’d ever want to create unique levels. 2 game style could be included, or at least has the potential to be added to the game in the future.
That being said, this latest Direct houses some evidence that makes me believe a Super Mario Bros. It was sorely missing from the original and that once again seems to be the case with its sequel. 2, also known as Super Mario Bros USA in Japan, is one of the quirkiest entries in the entire Super Mario Bros.
That being said, there is still one major sore spot for me with S uper Mario Maker 2: there is still no Super Mario Bros. Yesterday, Nintendo held a new Direct solely focusing on the Nintendo Switch exclusive Super Mario Maker 2, and it revealed almost everything I could have wanted in a sequel to one of my favorite Wii U games.