History VideoGame / NewSuperMarioBros2

* MissionPackSequel: Par for the course for the NSMB series, especially as it reuses assets from ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'.

* DevelopersForesight: The Gold Flower power-up gives you coins for every enemy you jump on, and grants a multiplier for combos. So if you were thinking you could totally cash on utilizing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYtUsWEHarI&t=1m11s the classic 1-Up trick]] while Gold Flowered, tough luck--the shell will disappear after the 24th bounce. You can't even abort the trick hoping to reset it and do it again, because the shell actually memorizes how many times you hit it. But at least you get 1050 coins from it and the shell explodes into confetti. You can circumvent this limit if Mario is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVilJZ10F4g&t=0m39s hanging onto a beanstalk]] or if you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGJmQyVjF4&t=0m43s leave and return to the area via warp pipes]].

* TwoAndAHalfD: Just like its [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1 predec]][[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii essors]].

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: [[spoiler:Bowser's giant form chases you up the tower, all while you're dodging his attacks and jumping on bone platforms.]]

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: [[spoiler:The prize for collecting one million coins is an alternate title screen with Gold Mario statue. 9,999,999 coins gets you a gold Raccoon Mario statue.]]

* AscendedExtra: The Koopalings are behind Peach's kidnapping, and are fought in the castles.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Bowser's Dry Bowser form is fought as the TrueFinalBoss.]]
* BackgroundBoss: [[spoiler:Bowser's giant form stays in the background, trying to swipe you on whatever column of platforms you're standing on.]]
* BigBoosHaunt: The Ghost Houses, the first one appearing in World 2.
* BonusDungeon: [[spoiler:World Mushroom and World Flower]].
* BottomlessPits

* BubblyClouds: World 5.

* DeathMountain: World 5.
* DemBones: Now we have Bone Goombas (although this type is more like a [[VideoGame/PaperMario Gloomba]] with skull masks), Bone Piranha Plants, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1 Dry Bowser]]...]]. (Though since when did plants have bones?)
* DevelopersForesight: The Gold Flower power-up gives you coins for every enemy you jump on, and grants a multiplier for combos. So if you were thinking you could totally cash on utilizing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYtUsWEHarI&t=1m11s the classic 1-Up trick]] while Gold Flowered, tough luck--the shell will disappear after the 24th bounce. You can't even abort the trick hoping to reset it and do it again, because the shell actually memorizes how many times you hit it. But at least you get 1050 coins from it and the shell explodes into confetti.
** You can circumvent this limit if Mario is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVilJZ10F4g&t=0m39s hanging onto a beanstalk]] or if you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGGJmQyVjF4&t=0m43s leave and return to the area via warp pipes]].

* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: White Raccoon Mario.
* GoldenSuperMode: Gold Mario and White Raccoon Mario.

* GreenHillZone: World 1.

* InvincibilityPowerUp: The White Raccoon suit.
* ItsAllUpstairsFromHere: The Tower levels. [[spoiler:Also the FinalBoss, which is an AdvancingBossOfDoom.]]
* JungleJapes: World 3.
* LethalLavaLand: World 6.

* PalmtreePanic: World 3.
* PlatformHell: The Impossible DLC pack. There's a huge reliance on wall jumps, and you get no powerups to add a hit point to you.

* RealityWarper: The Gold Flower turns you into a Coin-based version of this.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Considerably easier than its two predecessors.
* SequelNumberSnarl: The game is titled ''New Super Mario Bros. '''2''''', despite being the ''third'' game in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series. The actual second game in the series is ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''[='s=] predecessor, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', which was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii platform rather than a handheld Creator/{{Nintendo}} console.

* ShiftingSandLand: World 2.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: World 4. World Flower also has elements of this.

* UndergroundLevel: It is a Mario game after all.

* DemBones: Now we have Bone Goombas (although this type is more like a [[VideoGame/PaperMario Gloomba]] with skull masks), Bone Piranha Plants, [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1 Dry Bowser]]...]]. (Though since when did plants have bones?)

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Of a sort. If you look at the background during the end credits, you will notice the Koopalings scattered about, topped off with [[spoiler: Bowser stuck in the ground upside down!]]

* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/7/7a/NSMB2_screen3.jpg Sparkly golden variations of regular enemies]], which reward you with coins upon defeating them.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The Koopalings end up taking ''themselves'' out after they use their magic wands on their father.]]
* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The Coin Rush DLC packs all have their difficulty rated by stars (as in, one star is the easiest, five stars is the hardest), all except the [[PlatformHell Impossible Pack]] which is rated [[HarderThanHard DANGER!]]

* MythologyGag: The forms the Gold Flower gives the Mario Bros. are Gold Mario and Silver Luigi. In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'', there were Gold Mario statues and Silver Luigi statues.
** Luigi becomes Silver Luigi instead of gold. Silver medals tend to be given to second place, and it also references Luigi constantly being in Mario's shadow.
** As 90 Star Coins are required to enter World Star and the other nine of all 99 in the game required to enter the Toad House there, the world has no need for Star Coins, having Moon Coins instead. While the coins themselves are new to the series, their design bears a striking resemblance to the 3-up Moons in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld''.

* NeutralFemale: Princess Peach

''New Super Mario Bros 2'' is the direct sequel to ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'', following ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' in that regard, and the third overall game in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series. The first ''New Super Mario Bros.'' game was ''the'' side-scrolling ''Mario'' title for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, just as ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' was for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, and now ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' fills the same role for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. It is the fifteenth ''Franchise/SuperMario'' game in general.

''New Super Mario Bros 2'' is the direct sequel to ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'', following ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' in that regard, and the third overall game in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series. The first ''New Super Mario Bros.'' game was ''the'' side-scrolling ''Mario'' title for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, just as ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' was for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, and now ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' fills the same role for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. It is the thirteenth ''Franchise/SuperMario'' game in general.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros "Grab The Coins!"]] [[UpToEleven taken into]] ''[[SpongeBobSquarePants maximum overdrive.]]'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros "Grab The Coins!"]] [[UpToEleven taken into]] ''[[UpToEleven overdrive.]]'']]

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: World 4.

* VariableMix: Getting a Racoon leaf adds a wood block soundtrack to the mix.

The title was released on July 28th, 2012 in Japan (along with the Nintendo3DS XL) and was released on August 18, 2012 and August 19, 2012 for Europe and North America, respectively. It is notably the first full retail game to become available as a digital download on the Nintendo eShop.

* XMeetsY: The presence of the P-Charge bar alone is enough to declare this game the love child of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'', with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' as the uncle.

* TitleScream: The HOME Menu sound. '''NEW''' SUPER MARIO BROTHERS '''TWO!!!'''

* BridalCarry: A non-romantic example: [[spoiler:during the end credits mini-game, Mario carries Princess Peach from Bowser's castle all the way back to hers.]]

* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: White Raccoon Mario.

''New Super Mario Bros 2'' is the direct sequel to ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros1'', following ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' in that regard, and the third overall game in the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' series. The first ''New Super Mario Bros.'' game was ''the'' side-scrolling ''Mario'' title for the NintendoDS, just as ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' was for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, and now ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'' fills the same role for the Nintendo3DS. It is the thirteenth ''Franchise/SuperMario'' game in general.

* NeutralFemale

* RealityWarper: The Gold Flower turns you into a mild, Coin-based version of this.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bowser Jr. sits this one out after appearing in the first two ''NSMB'' games. Kamek is also nowhere to be found here.

* RealityWarper: The Gold Flower turns you into a mild, coin-based version of this.

* RealityWarper: The Gold Flower -- your "fireballs" turn enemies and blocks into coins.

* RealityWarper: The Gold Flower turns you into a specific version of this -- your fireballs can turn enemies and blocks into coins and even open up item boxes.

* RecycledSoundtrack: With the exception of the themes for [[spoiler:Worlds Mushroom, Flower, and Star]], and the VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld boss theme remix used for the battles with Reznors, the whole soundtrack is recycled from ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.

* UnderTheSea: World 3 combines this with JungleJapes but a few underwater levels are foudn in other worlds.

* WithLyrics: Justified. This time around, the choir "bah"s almost ''every freaking note in the OST''

* DevelopmentGag: In a sense. "New Super Mario Bros. 2" was the WorkingTitle for ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: The Gold Flower power-up gives you coins for every enemy you jump on, and grants a multiplier for combos. So if you were thinking you could totally cash on utilizing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYtUsWEHarI&t=1m11s the classic 1-Up trick]] while Gold Flowered, tough luck--the shell will disappear after the 24th bounce. You can't even abort the trick hoping to reset it and do it again, because the shell actually memorizes how many times you hit it. But at least you get 1050 coins from it and the shell explodes into confetti.

* RecycledPremise: Collecting as many coins as possible was the main goal of ''WarioLand'', though this game gives you a concrete goal to work towards, as opposed to [[UndisclosedFunds "enough to buy a new castle"]].

* TwoAndAHalfD: Just like its [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros predec]][[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii essors]].

* DemBones: Now we have Bone Goombas (although this type is more like a [[VideoGame/PaperMario Gloomba]] with skull masks), Bone Piranha Plants, [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros Dry Bowser]]...]]. (Though since when did plants have bones?)

* NostalgiaLevel: The DLC level pack 'Golden Classics' revives memorable levels from ''VideoGame/MarioBros'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and even ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'' itself. They are not straight ports however, 2 to 3 levels are all remixed into each of the three courses (for example, going underground during what was originally 1-1 from the first game leads to 1-2 rather than a small bonus room), with many new secret areas and ways of getting coins.

* SequelNumberSnarl: The game is titled ''New Super Mario Bros. '''2''''', despite being the ''third'' game in the ''NewSuperMarioBros'' series. The actual second game in the series is ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''[='s=] predecessor, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', which was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii platform rather than a handheld Creator/{{Nintendo}} console.

* {{Numbered Sequel|s}}[=/=]OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: The game is titled ''New Super Mario Bros. '''2''''', despite being the ''third'' game in the ''NewSuperMarioBros'' series. The actual second game in the series is ''New Super Mario Bros. 2''[='s=] predecessor, ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'', which was released on the UsefulNotes/NintendoWii platform rather than a handheld Creator/{{Nintendo}} console.