Super Mario Bros. 2

• jmog

  The_Crosby_Show wrote: Mario>Zelda

  Not a chance in Hades.
  
  Zelda was much better than Mario.
  
  On topic, Mario 3 was the best of the 3, but Mario 2 was definitely the hardest to "beat", by far.
• Heretic

  

  I always thought Mario 2 was the easiest to beat. Then again, I remember developing some VERY GOOD timing on the 1-up slot machine you'd do between stages and most games get a lot easier when you've racked up 50+ extra lives.
  
  I believe there was one level (3-1, I think), where you could harvest about 10 coins (at least with Toad and maybe Mario...the weaker characters probably wouldn't have time to pull up that many) TWICE. I vaguely recall getting over 30 extra lives just on that level a couple of times.
  
  *This bit of video game bragging brought to you by COOL STORY BRO, INC (all rights reserved).
• GOONx19

  

  For me the easiest was the second, followed by the third. I never beat the first one.
• sonofsam

  

  I hated that thing that shot eggs out of its mouth... Particularly the one that puked fire as well. Damn thing always tricked me.
• baseballstud24

  Jump on the egg, pick it up, and chuck it back at him!
• jmog

  With no "warping" I think the order of difficulty goes...
  
  Mario 2, Mario 1, then Mario 3.
  
  Mario 1 got easier if you could figure out the turtle on steps extra lives thing.
• baseballstud24

  ^^^ You can do it in level 3-1 and level 7-1 I believe with a hard shell beetle (much harder)...I'm buying a NES on Ebay and I'm going to beat Mario 2 and 3. I hate the digging levels in Mario 2...they get me every time.