<s>
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
Bros.	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
is	O
a	O
1986	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
as	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
are	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
players	O
controlling	O
Mario	B-Application
or	O
Luigi	O
to	O
rescue	O
Princess	O
Peach	O
from	O
Bowser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
adds	O
a	O
greater	O
level	O
of	O
difficulty	O
and	O
Luigi	O
controls	O
slightly	O
differently	O
from	O
Mario	B-Application
,	O
with	O
reduced	O
ground	O
friction	O
and	O
increased	O
jump	O
height	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
also	O
introduces	O
obstacles	O
such	O
as	O
poison	O
mushroom	O
power-ups	O
,	O
counterproductive	O
level	O
warps	O
,	O
and	O
mid-air	O
wind	O
gusts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
Bros.	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
as	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.2	O
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
1986	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
R&D4the	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Mario	B-Application
creator	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamotoand	O
designed	O
for	O
players	O
who	O
had	O
mastered	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
deemed	O
it	O
too	O
difficult	O
for	O
its	O
North	O
American	O
audience	O
and	O
instead	O
chose	O
another	O
game	O
as	O
the	O
region	O
's	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	O
:	O
a	O
retrofitted	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Doki	O
Doki	O
Panic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
renamed	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
and	O
first	O
released	O
internationally	O
in	O
the	O
1993	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
compilation	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
All-Stars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
(	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
viewed	O
Super	B-Device
Mario	I-Device
Bros.	I-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
as	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
especially	O
its	O
difficulty	O
progression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
sequel	O
gave	O
Luigi	O
his	O
first	O
character	O
traits	O
and	O
introduced	O
the	O
poison	O
mushroom	O
item	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
used	O
throughout	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Disk	B-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
for	O
which	O
it	O
sold	O
about	O
2.5million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
remembered	O
among	O
the	O
most	B-Device
difficult	I-Device
Nintendo	I-Device
games	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
is	O
a	O
2D	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
and	O
gameplay	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
1985	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.	O
,	O
save	O
for	O
an	O
increase	O
in	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
Mario	B-Application
(	O
or	O
Luigi	O
)	O
ventures	O
to	O
rescue	O
the	O
Princess	O
from	O
Bowser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
jumps	O
between	O
platforms	O
,	O
avoids	O
enemies	O
and	O
obstacles	O
,	O
finds	O
secrets	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
warp	O
zones	O
and	O
vertical	O
vines	O
)	O
and	O
collects	O
power-ups	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
mushroom	O
(	O
which	O
makes	O
Mario	B-Application
grow	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Fire	O
Flower	O
(	O
which	O
lets	O
Mario	B-Application
throw	O
fireballs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Invincibility	O
Star	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
two-player	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
the	O
player	O
chooses	O
between	O
Mario	B-Application
or	O
Luigi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
abilities	O
are	O
differentiated	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
:	O
Luigi	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
skilled	O
players	O
,	O
has	O
less	O
ground	O
friction	O
and	O
higher	O
jump	O
height	O
,	O
while	O
Mario	B-Application
is	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
continues	O
the	O
difficulty	O
progression	O
from	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
After	O
each	O
boss	O
fight	O
,	O
Toad	O
tells	O
Mario	B-Application
that	O
"	O
our	O
princess	O
is	O
in	O
another	O
castle	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
October	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
developing	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
coin-operated	O
arcade	O
machine	O
,	O
the	O
VS.	B-Application
System	I-Application
,	O
the	O
team	O
experimented	O
with	O
new	O
,	O
challenging	O
level	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
enjoyed	O
these	O
new	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
thought	O
that	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
devotees	O
would	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
,	O
who	O
created	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
and	O
directed	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.	O
,	O
no	O
longer	O
had	O
time	O
to	O
design	O
games	O
by	O
himself	O
,	O
given	O
his	O
responsibilities	O
leading	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
R&D4	O
division	O
and	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
sequel	O
was	O
delegated	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
's	O
assistant	O
director	O
,	O
Takashi	O
Tezuka	O
,	O
as	O
his	O
directorial	O
debut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
worked	O
with	O
Miyamoto	O
and	O
the	O
R&D4	O
team	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
sequel	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
underlying	O
technology	O
,	O
including	O
some	O
levels	O
directly	O
from	O
Vs.	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
,	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.2	O
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
1986	O
,	O
was	O
similar	O
in	O
style	O
to	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
but	O
much	O
more	O
difficult	O
in	O
gameplay	O
"	O
nails-from-diamonds	O
hard	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
Jon	O
Irwin	O
described	O
it	O
in	O
his	O
book	O
on	O
the	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercials	O
for	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
featured	O
players	O
failing	O
at	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
screaming	O
in	O
frustration	O
at	O
their	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Zelda	O
,	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
the	O
second	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
an	O
add-on	O
external	O
disk	O
drive	O
with	O
more	O
spacious	O
and	O
less	O
expensive	O
disks	O
than	O
the	O
Famicom	O
cartridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
evaluated	O
for	O
release	O
outside	O
of	O
Japan	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
believed	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
too	O
difficult	O
and	O
frustrating	O
for	O
the	O
recovering	O
American	O
market	O
and	O
declined	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Howard	O
Phillips	O
,	O
who	O
evaluated	O
games	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
President	O
Minoru	O
Arakawa	O
,	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
unfairly	O
difficult	O
,	O
even	O
beyond	O
the	O
unofficial	O
moniker	O
of	O
"	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Hard	I-Device
"	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
other	O
games	O
sometimes	O
garnered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
opinion	O
was	O
that	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
would	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
in	O
the	O
American	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
instead	O
released	O
a	O
retrofitted	O
version	O
of	O
Doki	O
Doki	O
Panic	O
as	O
the	O
region	O
's	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
2	O
in	O
October	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doki	O
Doki	O
Panics	O
characters	O
and	O
artwork	O
were	O
modified	O
to	O
match	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
before	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
re-skinned	O
release	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
big	O
aberration	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
American	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros.2	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
"	O
cleaned	O
up	O
"	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.2	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
in	O
later	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
collections	I-Application
as	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
North	O
American	O
debut	O
in	O
the	O
1993	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
All-Stars	I-Application
collection	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
featured	O
updated	O
graphics	O
(	O
including	O
increased	O
visibility	O
for	O
the	O
poison	O
mushroom	O
)	O
and	O
more	O
frequent	O
checkpoints	O
to	O
save	O
player	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
All-Stars	O
developers	O
,	O
the	O
compilation	O
was	O
created	O
because	O
Miyamoto	O
felt	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
had	O
not	O
reached	O
a	O
wide	O
audience	O
and	O
wanted	O
more	O
players	O
to	O
experience	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All-Stars	O
was	O
rereleased	O
as	O
a	O
Limited	O
Edition	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Nintendo	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
console	O
in	O
remembrance	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
25th	O
anniversary	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
edited	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
handheld	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
screen	O
as	O
an	O
unlockable	O
bonus	O
in	O
the	O
1999	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
:	O
the	O
visible	O
screen	O
is	O
cropped	O
and	O
some	O
features	O
are	O
omitted	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
wind	O
and	O
five	O
bonus	O
worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
rereleased	O
in	O
2004	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
the	O
third	O
volume	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Japan-only	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
compilation	O
cartridges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
digital	O
platform	O
introduced	O
North	O
America	O
to	O
the	O
unedited	O
1986	O
Japanese	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
multiple	O
Nintendo	O
platforms	O
:	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
(	O
partially	O
in	O
support	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Hanabi	O
Festival	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
's	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Switch	B-Application
's	O
NES	O
catalog	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
's	O
2014	O
classic	O
game	O
compilations	O
NES	O
Remix	O
2	O
(	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
)	O
and	O
Ultimate	O
NES	O
Remix	O
(	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
)	O
included	O
selections	O
from	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
35th	O
anniversary	O
,	O
in	O
late	O
2020	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
included	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
in	O
a	B-Application
limited	I-Application
edition	I-Application
Game	I-Application
&	I-Application
Watch	I-Application
device	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
topped	O
Famicom	O
Tsūshin	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Disk	B-Device
System	I-Device
,	O
for	O
which	O
it	O
sold	O
about	O
2.5million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrospective	O
critics	O
viewed	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
akin	O
to	O
extra	O
challenge	O
levels	O
tacked	O
on	O
its	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
replaced	O
the	O
original	O
's	O
accessible	O
level	O
designs	O
with	O
"	O
insanely	O
tough	O
obstacle	O
courses	O
"	O
as	O
if	O
designed	O
to	O
intentionally	O
frustrate	O
and	O
punish	O
players	O
beginning	O
with	O
its	O
first	O
poison	O
mushroom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Casual	O
Mario	B-Application
fans	O
,	O
GameZone	O
wrote	O
,	O
would	O
not	O
find	O
much	O
to	O
enjoy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamesRadar	O
and	O
IGN	O
agreed	O
with	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
's	O
choice	O
against	O
releasing	O
the	O
harder	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
though	O
Eurogamer	O
thought	O
that	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
was	O
"	O
technically	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
game	O
"	O
than	O
the	O
Doki	O
Doki	O
Panic-based	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.2	O
the	O
American	O
market	O
received	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
is	O
remembered	O
among	O
the	O
most	O
difficult	O
games	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
decades	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Kotaku	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
demanding	O
player	O
precision	O
required	O
in	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
made	O
fast	O
playthroughs	O
(	O
speedruns	O
)	O
"	O
remarkably	O
fun	O
"	O
to	O
spectate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NES	O
Remix	O
2	O
(	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
compilation	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
,	O
similarly	O
segmented	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
into	O
speedrun	O
challenges	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
the	O
challenging	O
gameplay	O
more	O
palatable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
,	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
would	O
modify	O
Mario	B-Application
games	O
to	O
challenge	O
each	O
other	O
with	O
nearly	O
impossible	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
challenges	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
presaged	O
this	O
Kaizo	O
community	O
,	O
and	O
according	O
to	O
IGN	O
,	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
shares	O
more	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
this	O
subculture	O
than	O
with	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luigi	O
received	O
his	O
first	O
distinctive	O
character	O
traits	O
in	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
:	O
less	O
ground	O
friction	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
jump	O
farther	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
poison	O
mushroom	O
item	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
character-impairing	O
effects	O
,	O
became	O
a	O
staple	O
of	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
franchise	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
appeared	O
in	O
a	O
1986	O
promotional	O
release	O
of	O
Super	O
Mario	O
Bros.	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Nintendo	O
modified	O
in-game	O
assets	O
to	O
fit	O
themes	O
from	O
the	O
Japanese	O
radio	O
show	O
All	O
Night	O
Nippon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
have	O
ranked	O
The	B-Device
Lost	I-Device
Levels	I-Device
among	O
the	O
least	O
important	O
in	O
the	O
Mario	B-Application
series	I-Application
and	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
top	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
