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The Super Mario remake
series was created by Nintendo as a program to modernize their games for the Game Boy system. The series consists of updates to all the Mario Bros. console games in the Super Mario Bros. series which spanned both the Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom.

Since its handheld technology is always about fifteen years (although the gap is closing) behind its console technology, Nintendo's remake projects equate like this in computing power:

NES — Game Boy Color
(1985 / 1999: 14 years)
SNES — Game Boy Advance
(1988 / 2001: 13 years)
N64
— Nintendo DS
(1996 / 2004: 8 years)

Features

All four Super Mario Advance games feature more enemies, and are updated with character voices, increased color and graphics, new enemies, new bonuses and secrets, more difficult obstacles, and even some new abilities. Super Mario Advance 1 and 4 are based on existing remakes of NES titles found in Super Mario All-Stars, while Super Mario Advance 2 and 3 are faithful ports of their original Super Nintendo versions.

All four of the Super Mario Advance games (including the original game Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga) feature the original Mario Bros. 1983 arcade game. The game features multi-player capibilities, with the additional ability to link-up to any other copy of Mario Bros., regardless of which game it was included with. As the series continued, however, many players voiced their wishes for another game other than Mario Bros. included; IGN said that Yoshi's Island had some mini-games that could have been used .

Out of the new features, the voiceover is by far the most controversial and loathed addition. Many players regarded it as annoying and unnecessary to repeatedly hear Mario or Luigi say "Just what I needed!" (when grabbing a powerup) or saying "Momma Mia!" (when dying). Nintendo did not include an option to disable the voiceovers, something that many nostalgic gamers would have preferred.

Most likely for commercial reasons, the Mario Advance remakes were not released in "correct" chronological order. For instance, Super Mario Bros. 3, the third game in the Mario series, was released as Super Mario Advance 4.

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe is an update of the original 1985 Famicom/NES hit game Super Mario Bros. The update was distributed in 1999 for Game Boy Color.

Super Mario Advance

Super Mario Advance is an update of the 1988 NES/Famicom hit game Super Mario Bros. 2 ("Bros." being omitted in-game), known in Japan as Super Mario USA. Super Mario Bros. 2 is itself a remake of Doki Doki Panic for the Famicom Disk System. The update was distributed in 2001 for Game Boy Advance. Due to its unusual background, the game features gameplay that dramatically differs from other games in the series.

Nintendo's decision to choose it as the Game Boy Advance launch game is seen by many as misguided; many believe that Super Mario World would have been a far better choice for launch, considering its role in selling the SNES. Nonetheless, it was a best-selling launch game. It showed that the GBA didn't have a weak launch and that the game still appealed to Nintendo fans.

This was ported from the Super Mario All-Stars version of the game, with updated graphics and refinements. For this version, voices were added to key characters, as well as new obstacles. Also included was an extra challenge of finding hidden Yoshi eggs in each level. For these reasons, most gamers see this as the definitive version of Super Mario Bros. 2. However, it is sometimes criticized for being too easy because hearts are much more common and easier to obtain.

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