Tanabe on lack of Mario Bros. 2 support in Super Mario Maker, wants to revisit the title
Super Mario Maker has support for Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. U. But what about Super Mario Bros. 2?
Nintendo’s Kensuke Tanabe addressed this while speaking with USgamer at E3 last week, in which he stated:
“Super Mario Bros. 2, as you know, when we created that game in Japan, it didn’t have Mario as the main character Probably because of that, it’s been overlooked for Super Mario Maker. I didn’t talk to Mr. (Takashi) Tezuka at all about it, actually. It does seem sort of unfortunate.”
Tanabe did give a bit of hope for the future, as he seemed to show some interest in something like a Super Mario Bros. 2-style version of Mario Maker. “If I ever have the chance, yes, it would be interesting to work on something like that,” he said.
Although Super Mario Bros. 2 is missing in Super Mario Maker, Tanabe has a lot of love for the game. In fact, he expressed interest in returning to it at some point in the future – be it a Super Mario Bros. 2 follow-up or something else entirely.
Tanabe said:
“I do still feel like the game mechanics — especially pulling things out of the ground — that’s something I can still make another game out of. It’s just that I’ve been busy with all the other projects I’m working on.
“Even back [in the NES era], I was interested in creating another game in the style of Super Mario Bros. 2, but I never had the opportunity. But you never know. If you look at something like Federation Force, for example, it’s something I had in mind for 10 years, but it’s only now I’ve been able to realize the game idea!”
