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The new game (dubbed <em>Super Mario USA</em> in Japan) was a huge success for its four playable characters, improved graphics, immersive levels, and catchy music, and eventually became the 3rd bestselling game for the NES.</p> <p>And yet. Because of its strange new villains, its wild gameplay, and its mysterious touches, <em>SMB2</em> has for years been regarded as the Odd Mario Out, even as it has seen popular updates on the Super NES and Game Boy Advance. Irwin’s Mario is not a simple retelling of a 25-year-old story, but instead an examination of the game with fresh eyes: both as a product of its time and as a welcome change from the larger Super Mario franchise. Along the way he searches for clues, pulling up a few vegetables of his own. What he finds is not at all what he expected.</p> <p style="text-align: center;" data-mce-style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;" data-mce-style="color: #000000;"><em> </em></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NMYTCKA" title="Kindle edition of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NMYTCKA">Kindle Store</a> * <a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ" title="Google Play store page for Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin" data-mce-href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ" data-mce-style="color: #000000;">Google Play</a><span style="color: #999999;" data-mce-style="color: #999999;"><span style="color: #666666;" data-mce-style="color: #666666;"><br></span></span></p> <p><em><a href="http://killscreendaily.com/archive/author/jon-irwin/?page=1" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://killscreendaily.com/archive/author/jon-irwin/?page=1">Jon Irwin</a> has published essays in <span style="font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic;">Alimentum</span><span>, </span><span style="font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic;">Billboard Magazine</span><span>, <span style="font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic;">Down East</span><span>, <span style="font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic;">GamePro</span><span>, <span><span style="font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic;">Lumina</span><span>, </span>and <span style="font-style: italic;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic;">Kill Screen</span><span>, where he is a contributing writer. </span></span></span></span></span>In 2009 he received the PEN New England Discovery Award in Nonfiction. He lives near Atlanta but roots for Detroit.</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;" data-mce-style="text-align: center;">*</p> <p>"<em>Super Mario Bros. 2</em> shines a much-needed light on a game whose significance has rarely felt fully understood ... This is required reading for game historians." - <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/09/book_review_boss_fight_books_super_mario_bros_2" title="Tim Latshaw reviews Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin in Nintendo Life">Nintendo Life</a></p> <p>"<em>Super Mario Bros. 2</em> is an extensive critique that explores the history, production ecology, and player experiences of that game. ... All of these things, impossibly, flow together. ... <em>Super Mario Bros. 2</em> is an excellent example of the Boss Fight Books model of game criticism." - <a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/10/super-mario-bros-2.html" title="Cameron Kunzelman's Paste Magazine review of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin">Paste</a></p> <p>"A good Mario game is always about the secrets, about the warp zones, trick quicksand and Yoshi waiting atop the castle. Moments both humorous and poignant characterize this surprisingly human account… but I’ll leave you to discover them yourself." - <a href="http://entropymag.org/super-mario-bros-2/" title="Byron Campbell review Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in Entropy Magazine">Entropy</a></p> <p>"A fascinating account of a moment in gaming’s past that most of us don’t know nearly about." - <a href="http://cliqist.com/2014/10/08/boss-fight-books-super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin/" title="Marcus Estrada reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin for Cliqist">Cliqist</a></p> <p>"There is a joy to this game - and to Irwin's writing about it - that feels very rare ... It's everything I hoped this series would be." - <a title="Drew Broussard reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in The Next Best Book Blog" href="http://thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/drew-reviews-super-mario-bros-2.html">The Next Best Book Blog</a></p> <p>Excerpt: <a href="http://kotaku.com/how-nintendo-convinced-the-world-to-buy-a-weird-mario-g-1640568634/all" title="Kotaku excerpt of Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin" target="_blank">Kotaku</a></p> <p>Interview and Excerpt: <a href="http://geekdad.com/2014/12/super-mario-bros-2-book/" title="Interview with Jon Irwin about Super Mario Bros. 2 at GeekDad">Geek Dad</a></p>  </div>  <div class="social"> <div id="social" class="clearfix"> <p class="share-this">Share this item:</p> <div class="google-plus"><g:plusone size="medium" annotation="none"></g:plusone></div> <div class="tweet-btn"> <a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="https://bossfightbooks.com/products/super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin" data-count="none" data-via="">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </div> <div class="pinterest"> <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://bossfightbooks.com/products/super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin&media=//bossfightbooks.com/cdn/shop/files/BFB_Covers_with_Color_Background_34_large.png?v=1721360879" class="pin-it-button" count-layout="horizontal">Pin It</a> <script type="text/javascript" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script> </div> <div class="facebook-like"><iframe src="//www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https://bossfightbooks.com/products/super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin&send=false&layout=button_count&width=120&show_faces=false&action=like&colorscheme=light&font&height=21" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:120px; height:21px;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); po.type = 'text/javascript'; po.async = true; po.src = 'https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); </script> </div>  </div>  <div class="span12"></div> </div>  <div class="row"> <div class="span12"> <h3 class="collection-title">Related products</h3> </div> </div> <div class="row products"> <div class="product span4"> <div class="image"> <a href="/collections/books-1-12/products/spelunky-by-derek-yu"> <img src="//bossfightbooks.com/cdn/shop/files/BFB_Covers_with_Color_Background_28_large.png?v=1721357791" alt="Spelunky by Derek Yu" /> </a> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/collections/books-1-12/products/spelunky-by-derek-yu" class="clearfix"> <h4 class="title">Spelunky by Derek Yu</h4> <span class="price"> <small><em>from</em></small> $ 4.95 </span> <div class="shopify-product-reviews-badge" data-id="390894952"></div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="product span4"> <div class="image"> <a href="/collections/books-1-12/products/earthbound-by-ken-baumann"> <img src="//bossfightbooks.com/cdn/shop/files/BFB_Covers_with_Color_Background_39_large.png?v=1721360878" alt="EarthBound by Ken Baumann" /> </a> </div> <div class="details"> <a href="/collections/books-1-12/products/earthbound-by-ken-baumann" class="clearfix"> <h4 class="title">EarthBound by Ken Baumann</h4> <span class="price"> <small><em>from</em></small> $ 4.95 </span> <div class="shopify-product-reviews-badge" data-id="189652893"></div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="product span4"> <div class="image"> <a href="/collections/books-1-12/products/chrono-trigger-by-michael-p-williams"> <img src="//bossfightbooks.com/cdn/shop/files/BFB_Covers_with_Color_Background_38_large.png?v=1721360880" alt="Chrono Trigger by Michael P. 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What he finds is not at all what he expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\" title=\"Kindle edition of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/a\u003e * \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" title=\"Google Play store page for Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #999999;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\"\u003eJon Irwin\u003c\/a\u003e has published essays in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAlimentum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBillboard Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDown East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGamePro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLumina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKill Screen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where he is a contributing writer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIn 2009 he received the PEN New England Discovery Award in Nonfiction. He lives near Atlanta but roots for Detroit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e shines a much-needed light on a game whose significance has rarely felt fully understood ... This is required reading for game historians.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2014\/09\/book_review_boss_fight_books_super_mario_bros_2\" title=\"Tim Latshaw reviews Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin in Nintendo Life\"\u003eNintendo Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an extensive critique that explores the history, production ecology, and player experiences of that game. ... 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Moments both humorous and poignant characterize this surprisingly human account… but I’ll leave you to discover them yourself.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/entropymag.org\/super-mario-bros-2\/\" title=\"Byron Campbell review Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in Entropy Magazine\"\u003eEntropy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating account of a moment in gaming’s past that most of us don’t know nearly about.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cliqist.com\/2014\/10\/08\/boss-fight-books-super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin\/\" title=\"Marcus Estrada reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin for Cliqist\"\u003eCliqist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a joy to this game - and to Irwin's writing about it - that feels very rare ... 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The new game (dubbed \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario USA\u003c\/em\u003e in Japan) was a huge success for its four playable characters, improved graphics, immersive levels, and catchy music, and eventually became the 3rd bestselling game for the NES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet. Because of its strange new villains, its wild gameplay, and its mysterious touches, \u003cem\u003eSMB2\u003c\/em\u003e has for years been regarded as the Odd Mario Out, even as it has seen popular updates on the Super NES and Game Boy Advance. Irwin’s Mario is not a simple retelling of a 25-year-old story, but instead an examination of the game with fresh eyes: both as a product of its time and as a welcome change from the larger Super Mario franchise. Along the way he searches for clues, pulling up a few vegetables of his own. What he finds is not at all what he expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\" title=\"Kindle edition of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/a\u003e * \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" title=\"Google Play store page for Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #999999;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\"\u003eJon Irwin\u003c\/a\u003e has published essays in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAlimentum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBillboard Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDown East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGamePro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLumina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKill Screen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where he is a contributing writer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIn 2009 he received the PEN New England Discovery Award in Nonfiction. He lives near Atlanta but roots for Detroit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e shines a much-needed light on a game whose significance has rarely felt fully understood ... This is required reading for game historians.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2014\/09\/book_review_boss_fight_books_super_mario_bros_2\" title=\"Tim Latshaw reviews Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin in Nintendo Life\"\u003eNintendo Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an extensive critique that explores the history, production ecology, and player experiences of that game. ... All of these things, impossibly, flow together. ... \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent example of the Boss Fight Books model of game criticism.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/super-mario-bros-2.html\" title=\"Cameron Kunzelman's Paste Magazine review of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\"\u003ePaste\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A good Mario game is always about the secrets, about the warp zones, trick quicksand and Yoshi waiting atop the castle. Moments both humorous and poignant characterize this surprisingly human account… but I’ll leave you to discover them yourself.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/entropymag.org\/super-mario-bros-2\/\" title=\"Byron Campbell review Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in Entropy Magazine\"\u003eEntropy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating account of a moment in gaming’s past that most of us don’t know nearly about.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cliqist.com\/2014\/10\/08\/boss-fight-books-super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin\/\" title=\"Marcus Estrada reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin for Cliqist\"\u003eCliqist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a joy to this game - and to Irwin's writing about it - that feels very rare ... It's everything I hoped this series would be.\" - \u003ca title=\"Drew Broussard reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in The Next Best Book Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/drew-reviews-super-mario-bros-2.html\"\u003eThe Next Best Book Blog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/how-nintendo-convinced-the-world-to-buy-a-weird-mario-g-1640568634\/all\" title=\"Kotaku excerpt of Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterview and Excerpt: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/geekdad.com\/2014\/12\/super-mario-bros-2-book\/\" title=\"Interview with Jon Irwin about Super Mario Bros. 2 at GeekDad\"\u003eGeek Dad\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Google Code for Book Purchase Conversion Page --\u003e"}, onVariantSelected: selectCallback }); // Add label if only one product option and it isn't 'Title'. // Auto-select first available variant on page load. $('.single-option-selector:eq(0)').val("eBook").trigger('change'); }); </script> <div id="shopify-block-11853685111505846332" class="shopify-block shopify-app-block"><div id="goodappsw-product-status" style="visibility: hidden;"> true </div> <div id="goodappsw-products-availablity" style="display: none"> true true true false </div> <script> window.goodAppsData = { customerId: null, customerTags: ''.split(',') || [], product: {"id":189654773,"title":"Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin","handle":"super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eRelease Date: October 6, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e184 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: 978-1-940535-05-0\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eForeword by Howard Phillips the Game Master\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn perhaps the most famous switcheroo in all of game history, the Japanese version of \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e was declared “too hard” by Nintendo of America and replaced with a Mario-ified port of the Famicom hit, \u003cem\u003eYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic\u003c\/em\u003e. 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What he finds is not at all what he expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\" title=\"Kindle edition of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/a\u003e * \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" title=\"Google Play store page for Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #999999;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\"\u003eJon Irwin\u003c\/a\u003e has published essays in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAlimentum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBillboard Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDown East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGamePro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLumina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKill Screen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where he is a contributing writer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIn 2009 he received the PEN New England Discovery Award in Nonfiction. He lives near Atlanta but roots for Detroit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e shines a much-needed light on a game whose significance has rarely felt fully understood ... This is required reading for game historians.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2014\/09\/book_review_boss_fight_books_super_mario_bros_2\" title=\"Tim Latshaw reviews Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin in Nintendo Life\"\u003eNintendo Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an extensive critique that explores the history, production ecology, and player experiences of that game. ... All of these things, impossibly, flow together. ... \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent example of the Boss Fight Books model of game criticism.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/super-mario-bros-2.html\" title=\"Cameron Kunzelman's Paste Magazine review of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\"\u003ePaste\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A good Mario game is always about the secrets, about the warp zones, trick quicksand and Yoshi waiting atop the castle. Moments both humorous and poignant characterize this surprisingly human account… but I’ll leave you to discover them yourself.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/entropymag.org\/super-mario-bros-2\/\" title=\"Byron Campbell review Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in Entropy Magazine\"\u003eEntropy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating account of a moment in gaming’s past that most of us don’t know nearly about.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cliqist.com\/2014\/10\/08\/boss-fight-books-super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin\/\" title=\"Marcus Estrada reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin for Cliqist\"\u003eCliqist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a joy to this game - and to Irwin's writing about it - that feels very rare ... It's everything I hoped this series would be.\" - \u003ca title=\"Drew Broussard reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in The Next Best Book Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/drew-reviews-super-mario-bros-2.html\"\u003eThe Next Best Book Blog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/how-nintendo-convinced-the-world-to-buy-a-weird-mario-g-1640568634\/all\" title=\"Kotaku excerpt of Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterview and Excerpt: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/geekdad.com\/2014\/12\/super-mario-bros-2-book\/\" title=\"Interview with Jon Irwin about Super Mario Bros. 2 at GeekDad\"\u003eGeek Dad\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Google Code for Book Purchase Conversion Page --\u003e","published_at":"2013-12-13T18:25:00-08:00","created_at":"2013-12-06T16:05:10-08:00","vendor":"Boss Fight Books","type":"Book","tags":[],"price":495,"price_min":495,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":434619373,"title":"eBook","option1":"eBook","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"403","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin - 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The new game (dubbed \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario USA\u003c\/em\u003e in Japan) was a huge success for its four playable characters, improved graphics, immersive levels, and catchy music, and eventually became the 3rd bestselling game for the NES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet. Because of its strange new villains, its wild gameplay, and its mysterious touches, \u003cem\u003eSMB2\u003c\/em\u003e has for years been regarded as the Odd Mario Out, even as it has seen popular updates on the Super NES and Game Boy Advance. Irwin’s Mario is not a simple retelling of a 25-year-old story, but instead an examination of the game with fresh eyes: both as a product of its time and as a welcome change from the larger Super Mario franchise. Along the way he searches for clues, pulling up a few vegetables of his own. What he finds is not at all what he expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\" title=\"Kindle edition of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00NMYTCKA\"\u003eKindle Store\u003c\/a\u003e * \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" title=\"Google Play store page for Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jon_Irwin_Super_Mario_Bros_2?id=oPuEDwAAQBAJ\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #999999;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #999999;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #666666;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #666666;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/killscreendaily.com\/archive\/author\/jon-irwin\/?page=1\"\u003eJon Irwin\u003c\/a\u003e has published essays in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAlimentum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBillboard Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDown East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGamePro\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLumina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\" data-mce-style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKill Screen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where he is a contributing writer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eIn 2009 he received the PEN New England Discovery Award in Nonfiction. He lives near Atlanta but roots for Detroit.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e shines a much-needed light on a game whose significance has rarely felt fully understood ... This is required reading for game historians.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2014\/09\/book_review_boss_fight_books_super_mario_bros_2\" title=\"Tim Latshaw reviews Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin in Nintendo Life\"\u003eNintendo Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an extensive critique that explores the history, production ecology, and player experiences of that game. ... All of these things, impossibly, flow together. ... \u003cem\u003eSuper Mario Bros. 2\u003c\/em\u003e is an excellent example of the Boss Fight Books model of game criticism.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2014\/10\/super-mario-bros-2.html\" title=\"Cameron Kunzelman's Paste Magazine review of Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin\"\u003ePaste\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A good Mario game is always about the secrets, about the warp zones, trick quicksand and Yoshi waiting atop the castle. Moments both humorous and poignant characterize this surprisingly human account… but I’ll leave you to discover them yourself.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/entropymag.org\/super-mario-bros-2\/\" title=\"Byron Campbell review Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in Entropy Magazine\"\u003eEntropy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating account of a moment in gaming’s past that most of us don’t know nearly about.\" - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/cliqist.com\/2014\/10\/08\/boss-fight-books-super-mario-bros-2-by-jon-irwin\/\" title=\"Marcus Estrada reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin for Cliqist\"\u003eCliqist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is a joy to this game - and to Irwin's writing about it - that feels very rare ... It's everything I hoped this series would be.\" - \u003ca title=\"Drew Broussard reviews Super Mario Bros. 2 by Jon Irwin in The Next Best Book Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/thenextbestbookblog.blogspot.com\/2015\/06\/drew-reviews-super-mario-bros-2.html\"\u003eThe Next Best Book Blog\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/how-nintendo-convinced-the-world-to-buy-a-weird-mario-g-1640568634\/all\" title=\"Kotaku excerpt of Super Mario Bros 2 by Jon Irwin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterview and Excerpt: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/geekdad.com\/2014\/12\/super-mario-bros-2-book\/\" title=\"Interview with Jon Irwin about Super Mario Bros. 2 at GeekDad\"\u003eGeek Dad\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- Google Code for Book Purchase Conversion Page --\u003e"} } </script> <script async src="https://wholesale.good-apps.co/storage/js/goodpa_wholesale-boss-fight-books.myshopify.com.js?ver=1732477225&shop=boss-fight-books.myshopify.com"></script> </div></body> </html>