Super Mario Bros. 2 Ending

[@daveeeed99]

Said my cousin to his little sister when he beat this game in the 80's: "If we leave the Nintendo on all night, Mario will wake up in the morning and it will be Super Mario 3!" He shuts off the game. She cries for an hour.

[@davidthecommenter]

what a cute imagination...

[@richardgibson8403]

dAvId rObInSoN But a satanic cousin

[@randomrandom8297]

Sorry for taking 7 years to answer but thinking of it. She one day in 1989 woke up to that game being released. She might of not known it, but it happened. I hope that you and your siblings enjoyed that game for the 2 years under the spotlight.

[@gochem3013]

😢

[@patriksvensson2360]

I loled. Fantastic setup and delivery.

[@droogling]

Mario was playing too much Doki Doki Panic!, and then he took a nap, and that's where we get Super Mario Bros 2.

[@epicness_gamer]

He played doki doki panic to much he wish to be like them but he took a nap he dreamed about it the end

[@emptyspotlight]

Sounds believable I've watched certain movies or tv shows and I've dreamt i was in them

[@xFrostyCake123]

fun fact: heart-pounding panic

[@danyhunselar9654]

That... Makes too much sense

[@carcerharlson9767]

I'm happy this ended up being considered a canonical Mario entry since it popularized Shy Guys. They're adorable!

[@TheLarryburns84]

That animation looks quite good for somewhat early NES.

[@petecooked7125]

JJUSSSTTT BEECAAUSSEE ITTTSSS OLLLDDD DDOSSSSEEENNNTTT MEEEANNN IT CANT HAAAVEEE GOOD ANNIIMAATIONNNN

[@scipion3679]

Well for a NES that is quite surprising it sounded like a SNES animation

[@Pie-jacker875]

The animation of wart being carried away looks better in the original game. Wart is right at the level of their hands rather than floating above their heads. There's also no cutoff graphics because the heroes stand on a cage suspended from the ceiling.

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

Thought the same, a few minutes ago... Just finished it :)

[@yeminine348]

@@scipion3679 sounded

[@cyber-thundr_]

Yeah, we know that the ending was the uninteresting concept. but the 8 bit animation of Mario snoring on his bed was amazing.

[@AddMoreQuarters]

If you lack imagination then yes it would be I suppose but no it's captures mine.

[@bendurden9477]

I loved that he was dreaming.

[@killertrip10]

this ending always made me feel sad as a kid because i always thought what if my whole life, my world. was just a dream. and to this day it still do's...

[@miracat2895]

+killertrip10 dream or life simulation maybe

[@Kaisuke971]

+killertrip10 That's called Cartesian Doubt ;) I remember having this a lot when i was a kid, (though i didn't have this game).

[@akaMouse]

Life is a dream, whats sad about that ?

[@eagleman5138]

killertrip10 kinda like the movie Matrix

[@KnifePlushie]

Ness Melee Your comment is formatted unusually... just saying. o_o

[@Dom-Fera]

Is anyone else notice that birdo is credited as OSTRO at the end of this and ostro is credited as birdo?

[@MrBannermc]

I saw on my switch

[@braintwo3398]

And they spelled Clawgrip as Clawglip

[@yuriravanal6543]

Si, es un error pero en el manual sale la informacion correcta y lo corrigieron en la version de gameboy advance

[@Scwarzkop]

@@braintwo3398 And spelled Tryclyde as Triclyde

[@braintwo3398]

@@Scwarzkop XD oh man, they didn't even Try didn't they

[@ThrilloVanHouten]

This ending blew my mind when I first earned & saw it back in the early '90s. Imagine, battling weird enemies in far out worlds in order to restore a princess to her throne, and winning it all! And then at the end, the entire experience was just a mere dream...

[@rtedlock4624]

I get why people hated it but I loved this ending when I was a kid...I love the dream world!

[@joshtheegotist]

Yeah and that is what life is. An effing dream.

[@cwtrain]

It's one of the laziest writing tropes in creation. "It was all a dream." Is the fast track to a failing grade. That's why it's hated. It is just lazy. Worse than lazy.

[@JohnRyder-]

When I completed this game as a kid I ate gingerbread cookies. I can feel the taste watching this. So nostalgic

[@ultimatekai589]

Very nostalgic

[@GoombaKiller171]

Say what you will about this ending, but the song that plays during the whole sequence is always going to be one of my favorite gaming tunes of all time.

[@morpheusmeebus1398]

It’s a FANTASTIC ENDING!! And song!! 😊

[@WhyDidntIInventYT]

unironically one of the greatest chiptunes of all time.

[@Kevin_tx]

Me too

[@Navilian]

Same

[@xZippy]

Luigi: Sleep good? Mario: I had *THE* strangest wet dream.

[@justisaac35]

😂

[@matto1111]

Slept* and Yes i know 4 years ago

[@zls_paladin6472]

W- Wet...?

[@davidtomasovitch874]

abcdmarioefghluigiijkltoadmnopprincessqrstuvwxyz

[@W.2026]

Can't blame him wart is a dilf

[@THectOrtiz]

To this day, I get a little emotional hearing this song. Beautiful music.

[@mistert7615]

Won this game when i was a child, 26 today and still feel emotional listening to the theme as well 😭

[@MegamanX18]

You are not alone

[@IAmKrow]

Studz Ramrod same here. It just brings tears to my eyes every freaking time. It's that beautiful. That's our childhood right there!

[@pixelpugg676]

I dunno why but it makes me emotional as well and I didn’t even grow up playing it.

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@pixelpugg676 Sympathy pains? Or is that pangs?

[@xFrostyCake123]

You gotta admit, even if SMB3 is more surprisning than this, that mario sleeping animation is really well made, especially for the NES

[@blockyvids2]

Mario 3’s ending made me mad.

[@TheZonda5002]

i always cry at the ending music. idk why but it touches my heart. Koji Kondo is a genius and the way he expresses emotions from music

[@ferretna6054]

yo u still alive?

[@lr6648]

Same. The first time I heard this song it made me cry, idk why

[@TheZonda5002]

@@ferretna6054 Yee I'm still kicking lmao

[@ferretna6054]

@@TheZonda5002 yayyy

[@SlisaurChan]

Probably what moves us about this ending is that Mario, like us, also dreams of adventures, which gives this character more humanity.

[@bryandegante7654]

Man this ending is so beautiful.. I cry at times haha. Never will I forget these beautiful games. RIP iwata

[@likeia7967]

PRAISE IWATA

[@ChristopherMichael-dw4wt]

Yep!!!

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

I don't think Iwata worked on this game...

[@mattjackstands]

Why is this true

[@epicfilmslol]

0:58 nostalgia: the song.

[@guisoneka]

the feels '^'

[@TFD500Official]

Fun fact: This is actually a slowed down remix of the story from Doki Doki Panic.

[@derrickschaefer7425]

TheFearlessDeath500 the song is Mary France by Jean Jacques Perrey.

[@dianemckimmy5701]

😌😴💤

[@BienNewsWorldInfrigment23]

Try 0.75x slow

[@Ixapter]

When I conquered SMB 2, this was one of the most amazing endings I ever saw. :)

[@tomfetherston5833]

Well, it turned out that on the ending sequence, Mario had been dreaming about saving the world of Subcon.

[@haloboi7693]

Me to

[@heidiclaes166]

Me too!

[@gusfalkenhagen]

and still makes me emotional...! I wish I can go back in time...

[@carcerharlson9767]

For those of us that saw this ending ,regardless of whether it was through legitimate or illegitimate endings, it was still pretty gosh darn magical. For me, personally, I used a Game Genie.

[@djgynee]

That was the best ending ever. For the time of 8bit that was freaking a masterpiece. One of very few games where the ending was well worth the struggle

[@Loveaya-q2w]

I use to beat this game all the time before bed as a child so the music would play all night while I slept...now you can just click on KZbin and find it lol

[@littlebluemoon267f]

Guys using savestate on an emulator: laughs from a distance

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

It's all way too adorable.

[@LuigiLaker]

Uhh ok...this game isn't meant to be "adorable"...amazingly beautiful, yes..adorable NO.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

Cat Mario says Cat Mario with the adorable avatar, lol Yep, it's adorable.

[@LuigiLaker]

Bonnie Hundley Thanks..you're still a fucking idiot, but thank you.

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

Cat Mario lol! Endearing. It's still cute.

[@rickmartinez3268]

This is so good

[@unknownunknown7393]

That Mario sleeping animation is totally amazing during the 8 bit days.That's hard to pull off

[@BlueFlame17]

So what if its a dream? Here is a man that for the last 25+ years has given us endless imaginative adventures. Even in his dreams: he's still giving us an adventure to go with him on. Personally: I say let him sleep. This adventure is over and he deserves a good rest. I'm going to let him sleep, so I can join him again next time.

[@lordmegatron2039]

When I finally finished this game, the ending and the song hit so hard in my experience I cried from emotion and it still gives me the feels

[@24105]

I'm 29 years old, I have never played mario bros. but when I listen this song by chance, I almost cried. I can imagine people older than me listening to this song and reminiscing about their childhood. I have a similar memory and emotions.

[@gamingwithgavin3316]

Mario: wait it was all a dream?! Luigi: always has been

[@hubbyhub2050]

this song will be played at my funeral

[@JonathonPlaysGames]

same!

[@JonDGAF]

BEST SONG EVER!

[@johnmuller2756]

Same here

[@Jojomojo202]

Same! Celebrating the fact that I lived a few years and hopefully died doing what I loved doing.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Hard-core gamer!

[@yoshkabosh7979]

This ending might SEEM like a dream, but the land of Subcon can only be visited THROUGH dreams. So everything in the game still happened, Mario just didn't do it physically.

[@Nic_2751]

Honestly this is my favorite ending of the trilogy for the build up and the absolutely perfect score

[@mraaronhd]

I don't know if its just me, but is anybody else just amazed by how cool the sleeping mario animation at the end is? I mean, that was made on a 8-bit catridge and you just didn't see animation like that in a video game at that time! Its looks like it was hand drawn and its so smooth, not choppy. I know i'm making a big deal about it, but from a technical side, thats still pretty cool to see!

[@2IdiotPlay]

it wasn't a dream it was mario sleeping after being tired and thinking of what happened

[@ItalianDude13]

8Bit-StarFox Well, the world is called "Subcon", as in "subconscious". He likely was just dreaming.

[@2IdiotPlay]

NO! NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! METAL GEAR SOLID REFERENCE

[@_pumpiii]

DeWaeFan2018 said the one who is called da wae fan,and using caps everytime,and plays roblox everytime.

[@crazor205]

all that working hard and levels plus travel.

[@themisbabalis]

I cried when I beat this game. I had invested so much time, and they were tears of joy.

[@ferretna6054]

the memorys

[@critchblackpoolful]

Ditto

[@Wesley-76]

Guess what? This wasn't a dream after all! The game has an obscure sequel for the Satellaview called BS Super Mario USA (or BS Super Mario Bros 2). It's mainly a reskin of the original game (with added audio drama) but the story says that Mario and friends move on, thinking Subcon was a dream, however, they find that Wart returned and overthrew the King of Subcon, and are able to head back there and defeat Wart again.

[@Gukworks]

Infamous "birdo" "ostro" mix up...

[@Timesmanify]

If this was all a dream..... WHY DO SHYGUYS AND BIRDO EXIST?!!

[@TheLonesomeRanger596]

You should read the intro of the game, not completely a dream

[@DarksideEXE]

Well suposidly the land they came from Mario can get through while dreaming, but it is a real place....it's Mario, don't ask questions, otherwise Game Theory will tell you how Peach is dead and Luigi is both Mario's brother and father.

[@TheLonesomeRanger596]

and at the same time game theory will lower your iq by making shrek and hl3 confirmed jokes like the cancerous fucks they are

[@MagcargoMan]

Because you can still dream about stuff that's around in the real world?

[@evilspin]

Timesmanify I used to play this game a lot back in the day (Super Mario 3 more) and this was one of the games that was frustrating to beat till the end due to starting over when you lost. Super Mario 3 although more complex felt easier and you didn't have to start over. During the 80's since I didn't get to see the ending of SM2, since I ended up playing others and SM3 more, if I had seen this ending I would have been pissed that its all I get after the trouble of this game.

[@markusanthonygriego6204]

This is the first time Nintendo decided to tug at your emotions. After they learned their impact, currently, they just straight out make you cry.

[@Jimbobowitz]

I know a lot of people didn't like this ending, but I was just blown away by sleeping Mario in the end. It was the sort of thing I didn't expect to see on the NES, it was like cartoon show quality.

[@Raven-gx4kj]

That animation of mario sleeping is actually incredible for nes

[@Mil_Bixby]

I felt so accomplished when I beat this game the first time

[@Ayumuobsessed]

Me too and I was crying when this song played

[@srenhaandbk7904]

i like the detail of mario sleeping with his hands under the sheets.

[@Azdrerios]

God dammit, the credits song always brings tears to my eyes.

[@stufficreatedonmywiiu3154]

0:58 f to pay respects

[@shinpathome]

subcon---> subconscious...man, I just figured that out...i'm slow. LOL

[@LB030377]

2:55 "HEE HEE HEE! You haven't seen the last of me!" Never appears in any other games again.

[@salsagal]

He does appear in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. They are different names in the US version, but the Japanese version gives them the same name.

[@wshaffer79]

The ending makes sense to me. Basically the entire environment in the game including the enemies, landscape, door style, and even picking and throwing veggies don't seem to exist in the other Mario games. SMB2 starts with your character falling into a strange new world, similar to a dream. Plus I read somewhere that Nintendo purchased some other game as a quick way to push out SMB2 on a tight schedule and budget. Change the main characters, add perhaps some other Mario items, put it all in a dream, and done.

[@onerandomguy7989]

He appears in the squeal BS Super Mario USA.

[@TheAeolys]

He also appears as a Spirit in Super Smash Ultimate giving the fighter extra fighting power.

[@KingSmoothcheeksPig]

Mamu in Link's Awakening is him.

[@JonDGAF]

TAKES ME BACK TO A BETTER TIME, A SIMPLER TIME, WHEN ALL SEEMED RIGHT....I SURE DO MISS THE GLORY DAYS.

[@JonDGAF]

It was all a dream!

[@carcerharlson9767]

Before the dark days of MTXions and Seasonal Passes...

[@alijahroman7298]

Some errors can be found in the credits of the game: Ostro and Birdo have their names swapped. Hoopster is spelled "Hoopstar". Clawgrip is spelled "Clawglip". Tryclyde is spelled "Triclyde". These errors remain in Super Mario All-Stars, but are fixed in Super Mario Advance. However, all Japanese releases (dubbed Super Mario USA) do not change the names in the credits, instead keeping the Western localizations

[@deraouihocine6861]

When you complete studying in school and you go to the university. And you remember your memories from the beginning of primary school until now

[@supermariobro93]

Mario’s sleeping animation sure is quite impressive for NES.

[@oliverpony]

Mario stayed up late playing Doki Doki Panic so now he had a dream of it but instead he put him in his friends in place

[@SmithsNYI]

When Mario woke up he said “Good morning. It was all a dream. None of that ever happened”.

[@neilpapier7384]

KZbin is the closest thing we'll ever have to a time machine

[@matthewwyman1581]

And emulators, as well as actual official hardware

[@thehiddenlego9662]

i actually cried when i saw this ending first

[@CapcomFanBoy]

Mario 1: An actual adventure Mario 2: A dream Mario 3: A stage play

[@Ragitsu]

Awesome FanBoy.

[@araigumakiruno]

I still remeber how happy i am after beating the game after a months of trying,such a nostalgic

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

What if life itself is just a childhood dream we're having and we didn't wake up yet, and we wake back up in the bed where we slept when we were kids?

[@edwardgaines6561]

As classic as this ending is, I always felt short-changed by it. It just ends with him sleeping! _"It was all a dream, Piasanos!"_

[@kirbo4252]

Well lore wise, the place Mario was dreaming, subcon, was indeed a real place, a place in the dream world, so mario saved a place that was in the dream world

[@morpheusmeebus1398]

One of my favorite game “endings” of all time… 🤗😌

[@jessecamper2633]

Good times man. Such a sentimental ending. They way I saw it. He he must have been in some spiritual dimension.

[@ehrenzoner]

That is one impressive animation of Mario sleeping. It must have taken up a big chunk of the game programming.

[@davidchristopher420]

This just brings back so many memories growing up. Love Mario Bros . The ending was genius!

[@xaviongs]

This was one of the biggest WTF endings for as a kid. I mean, so many hours of playing in one seating and he was sleep the whole time.

[@billny33]

Was this the first video game ever to have an ending that rolls out all the badguys you fight one by one and names them in a roll call manner? That's become pretty popular over the years.

[@LuigiLaker]

Super Mario Bros has ALWAYS been groundbreaking like that.

[@strategist32]

I'm not complaining. It's always been one of my favorite bits of Super Mario World especially. Granted, the entirety of Super Mario World is my favorite bits, but still.

[@Thelodis]

The sleeping animation is so good that I had a Mandela effect of hearing him snoring.

[@mcsqurmy2287]

2:29 pay attention to names

[@sonomavalleytech9298]

I came here looking for this comment.

[@KingSmoothcheeksPig]

knew it myself.....

[@mariodykstra6555]

Ostro mislabeled as Birdo and Vice Versa.

[@Ayumuobsessed]

Suddenly Mario had a nightmare of being stabbed by Sephiroth

[@andressennn7893]

Godamn that animation is so good for an old mario game!

[@abcdef27669]

Mario's reaction is relatable: "Oh, it was all a dream? Whatever, still have some time to sleep, until morning..."

[@Jebuz713]

The ending music is epic!

[@thedigitalismserver9560]

A big plot twist when you realize the game you were playing was just a dream Mario was having.

[@Clacker7]

I always cry when the music of the credits play

[@adelia_maii]

reading your comment made me cry

[@fabiomgm1293]

Came here to see the infamous ending I could never get to as a kid. My first reaction is that sleeping animation is incredible for the NES.

[@slainedale8032]

This reminds me of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. As a kid, I always thought it was based on one game, but now I realized it's based on two.

[@nagilumsnangilima]

Sweet dreams Mario...good night.

[@ThrilloVanHouten]

This is one of the best endings ever: for one thing, it was one of the first videogames to have an actual ending besides "Game Over", and it was quite possibly the first game or movie to have a "it was all a dream" ending.

[@glennsutter9533]

Yes! I think many people take for granted that type of ending for a game or movie as an unremarkable and common ending, but back in that time, it was sheer genius!

[@masonasaro2118]

lost levels had a neat poem as all the toads you rescued appeared on screen… so there was that…

[@angus80w]

It was all just a dream.

[@TheDarkness0ne]

Such Nostalgia... I loved this game growing up, never really did beat it when I was younger but when I did, it gave me such feelings... I wonder to this day if Mario knew about this dream, went on this adventure, or even knew who it was that he faced as the final boss...

[@Cooldude6348]

They dragged his dead body across the crowd. What a violent game!

[@themisbabalis]

I still get emotional. I grew up on NES. I loved my childhood.

[@carcerharlson9767]

Same. Along with all of those incedible Saturday morning cartoons. Ren & Stimpy, Exo Squad, Double Dragon, etc...

[@Wizardof]

*After it ends, puts Super Mario Brothers 3 cartridge in as fast as the hand can move...*

[@kyleross6286]

Me: *beats final boss* Game: YEAH WELL IT NEVER REALLY HAPPENED MARIO JUST HAD A REALLY CRAZY DREAM Me: ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME? Me: *throws NES out the window*

[@LuigiLaker]

+Bella, The Hero of Time How many of you idiots are going to come out of the woodworks with your constant pissing and moaning about this legendary title? Just shut up!

[@LuigiLaker]

+Evelyn Banegas as for YOU, well..lay off the acid..

[@AlphaUmbreon]

Mario Bros. One is Mario's first adventure. He had so much fun saving the princess that he dreamed up another adventure. The next day he wakes up to see the princess is gone (smb3)

[@Doogie7626]

I have to say this is my fave Super Mario Ending of all time. For me in 1988 to see that being an Atari Kid where there were no endings to video games at all, that blew my mind. And in the day and age of Fallout 3 and other games to have real actors doing the voices to the end of video games rules.

[@duckotaco]

When I reached the ending as a kid I left my NES playing the Mario sleeping scene with music on the whole day. Which I loved. I knew I would have never seen it again. It was terribly hard a game to beat, for me.

[@awesomebeast5799]

If your wondering about the few mistakes in the credits well here it Birdo is named Ostro and Ostro is named Birdo. Lastly Peach is named as Princess when really its either toadstool or Peach

[@officertom6751]

I just adore this music and also the animation of Mario sleeping in his bed and the whole idea of this game just being a dream.

[@MikeOShay]

God, Koji Kondo is an end theme genius.

[@RobCardIV]

i remember leaving the nintendo on for almost 5 minutes. just to continue listening to this lovely lullaby.

[@anotheronebitesthedust6100]

2:25 still funny to this day.

[@manidavis4126]

Typos

[@jaym5118]

+HoundBlue And Nintendo still didn't fix that typo even in the All-Stars version of this game.

[@HarmonyBunny]

Yet they did in the GBA port.

[@MrSean2543]

🤔

[@_pulstar]

BIRDO OSTRO ok so the egg-shooting boss we all know and love is named ostro.

[@VertedDingoDog]

Twas all but a dream. . .

[@TheStupidestManEver]

2:30 OSTRO is BIRDO and vice versa?

[@ShinobiWan1]

I just beat the game and saw that, came to KZbin to check and it's the same!

[@murderwasthebass1]

I wanna say I was 8 years old when I played this game. When I finally beat it I cried. For two reasons. The whole game and that last boss was HARD. And that ending music.

[@kylemulvey9613]

0:58 Sleep in peace Iwata. We understand.

[@Flatworldfilms]

This is one of my favorite games ever, if not the one. Good or bad, it will always have a special place in my heart. And that music...that music.

[@OKG2000]

i loved this version of Mario..totally different from the 1st and the dream made it all make sense...im still shocked they didnt make another version lie this

[@Snagman67]

I found out that this was never actually a Mario game to begin with. Google “Doki Doki Panic”, it’ll change your perspective on this game. They used the platform for Doki Doki Panic because they were in a hurry to get a sequel out by Christmas I believe.

[@glenbarratt1257]

I think I am going to put a version of this song on when I go to sleep. Maybe I'll have a zany dream.

[@DemonkaiMugen]

definitely the childhood right here....cant go wrong with a mario classic

[@vailhalla79]

This is the litmus test of all video game endings

[@shooby9496]

DOES ANYONE ELSE WAKE UP WITH THE CREDITS MUSIC IN THEIR HEAD?? I feel like it happens to me way too often.

[@SlimKim3]

Man this song has Tunes so similar to the older Pokemon Gameboy games

[@beaujoleau]

Still my favourite game ending...

[@missxgoldenweek]

mario's dreaming song and the victory theme is beautiful!

[@DarthJoshReturns]

Unless the final boss was Freddy Kruger, it being just a dream was a massive copout.

[@ShadowSonic2]

It's all the mushrooms Mario uses. Finally caught up with him.

[@someoneelse5020]

A wet dream about a frog

[@baronvonpiano7625]

That would actually be awesome.