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Super Mario Bros. 2
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	NES  October, 1988  April 28, 1989  May, 1989  September 14, 1992 Game Boy Advance  March 21, 2001  June 10, 2001  June 22, 2001 Wii Virtual Console  May 25, 2007  July 2, 2007  August 10, 2007
Genre(s)	Platform
System(s)	NES, Game Boy Advance, Wii Virtual Console
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone
Preceded by	Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
Followed by	Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros. 2 (Super Mario USA in Japan, and Super Mario Advance on the Game Boy Advance) is a platform game by Nintendo for the NES.

The game did not begin life as a Super Mario Bros. title; it is a remake of the Japanese Famicom Disk System title Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Nintendo's original sequel to Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan in 1986. However, because of that game's extreme difficulty and its close similarity to the original game, Nintendo decided not to release it in the United States, instead releasing Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic with Mario characters.

Because it was not originally a Mario title, this game differs greatly from the original Super Mario Bros. However, despite its status as the black sheep of the series, many elements from Super Mario Bros. 2 have become part of the series canon and the repertoire of recurring elements. The game also sold well in its own right and was critically acclaimed at the time.

The Game Boy Advance version is largely identical to the Super Mario All-Stars version, with a sprinkling of new features such as hidden coins and a battle mode homage to the original Mario Bros. game (which was included in every Super Mario Advance title).

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