If you mean the one released in the US, it didn’t even come to Japan until the SNES days, IIRC, at which point it was called “Super Mario USA”. It was a re-skin and some reprogramming of another Japanese game.
I wouldn’t call it “speed running” because I was never that good at it but I got really good at using Luigi to beat SMB2 level 6-2 without waiting for the birds. There’s a sequence of jumps only Luigi can do where you can beat that level and go on with your day.
As with Zelda 2 it’s like its own thing but I believe you’re right that it didn’t have a timer. I grew up with Mario 64 and Sunshine and I’m so glad those don’t have timers either.
Does nobody remember SMB 2?
If you mean the one released in the US, it didn’t even come to Japan until the SNES days, IIRC, at which point it was called “Super Mario USA”. It was a re-skin and some reprogramming of another Japanese game.
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I wouldn’t call it “speed running” because I was never that good at it but I got really good at using Luigi to beat SMB2 level 6-2 without waiting for the birds. There’s a sequence of jumps only Luigi can do where you can beat that level and go on with your day.
I’ll admit I forgot about that game.
As with Zelda 2 it’s like its own thing but I believe you’re right that it didn’t have a timer. I grew up with Mario 64 and Sunshine and I’m so glad those don’t have timers either.
I suspect they mean original mario games
you might need to clarify ‘original’
It was essentially a reskin of Doki Doki Panic, and not an original Mario game. Came to US as SMB2.