
Nonetheless, IGN praised the choice, calling it "one of the most polished and creative platformers of the era," and it was a best-selling GBA launch game. 3 or Super Mario World would have been far better choices for a launch title considering their popularity (both of these titles would ultimately be remade as part of the SMA series). Nintendo's decision to choose this title as a Game Boy Advance launch game was seen by some as misguided GameSpot in particular thought that Super Mario Bros. 2, based heavily on the Super Mario All-Stars port of the game, although in the game it is referred to as Super Mario 2. Super Mario Advance features the classic game Super Mario Bros. There are very minor differences between this version, the one found in the first Super Mario Advance, and the rest of the games in the Super Mario Advance series.


This mode is also included in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The Egg can yield either a coin, a Heart, or a Starman. Players can receive a Koopa Shell, POW Block, Fish Skeleton, or an Egg. A player in the garbage can is stuck there for several seconds, putting them at a disadvantage, but they will come out with an item that may help them fight their rival. Players can be thrown in the garbage can. If there are only two players in the Battle Mode, there will be a garbage can at the bottom. An invincible, flame-throwing Bowser appears in bonus rounds. In "Battle Mode", the players start off as Super Marios and compete against each other to collect five coins first by defeating enemies or being the last one standing. In "Classic Mode", the players cooperate in defeating the enemies like in the single player mode. Players can pick each other up and throw each other, though a grabbed player can escape another's grasp. All players are Marios, but they wear different colored uniforms (red, yellow, green, and blue), though they still have the letter "M" on their caps. This allows two to four people to play a version of Mario Bros., with upgraded graphics, control, and sound.
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MICROSOFT PINBALL ARCADE gives players the classic game with enough boards and extras to keep even the experts busy for quite a while.Any game in the Super Mario Advance series can link up to other Game Boy Advances that also have any of the said four games.

The cartridge also contains a short but detailed history of pinball and how it has evolved over the years. The sound effects and music remain largely the same, adding to the game's arcade feel. The graphics in this version are not as shiny as its computer counterpart, but they do translate well to the small color screen. The boards also contain a varying number of paddles and paddle locations to make each a different playing experience. Each board carries a different theme, whether it is space travel or a haunted house.

There are seven different tables that are actually representative of real boards made by pinball giant Gottlieb throughout the last century. This pinball game was great fun on the PC, and now it is in a form that can be taken anywhere. The programmers at Microsoft are porting a game from their operating system over to the Game Boy Color with MICROSOFT PINBALL ARCADE.
