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The 12 Differences of Super Mario Brothers 2 and Doki Doki Panic (Part I)

From Aaron Stanton, for About.com

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Difference 1: Mario vs. Thief

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What makes a Mario game a Mario game? Mario, of course. The first thing that had to be changed in order to convert Doki Doki Panic into a Mario title was to replace the main characters with Mario type characters. Doki Doki Panic had four characters, and so Mario Brothers 2 has four as well. The first character is Mario, of course. In the next four screenshots you’ll see both the original Doki Doki Panic characters, and the Mario characters they evolved into.

Interesting Notes:
  • 1. The powers of each of the characters in Mario Brothers 2 came from their equivalents in Doki Doki Panic. In other words, the princess can hover because the Doki Doki character she replaced could hover. Same with Luigi and his running hover. Those are not Mario game dynamics, but Doki Doki Panic game dynamics.
  • 2. Most online reports of Doki Doki Panic say that it featured a Persian thief. In truth, he was just one of the characters, and you could play through the story as each of them.

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