Game Art Styles

Super Mario Advance

Nintendo R&D2 · 2001

Side-scrolling · Platformer · Console

Dimension
2D
Rendering
Pixel art
Colors
GreenTealWhiteBlue
Linework
Colored outlines
Pixel details
16-bit
Palette
Vibrant
Proportions
Exaggerated, Cute
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About

A side-scrolling platform game in which Mario, Luigi, Peach and Toad explore Subcon, lifting and throwing objects and enemies. This GBA remake adds features to Super Mario Bros. 2 and includes an updated Mario Bros. multiplayer game.

Art style

Super Mario Advance (2001, Nintendo R&D2) is a 2D pixel art game played from a side-scrolling view. Its look is built from colored outlines. The palette is vibrant.

Details

Release
Remake · Game Boy Advance
Developer
Nintendo R&D2
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
2001-03-21 Japan, Game Boy Advance
2001-06-11 North America, Game Boy Advance
2001-06-22 Europe, Game Boy Advance
2004-06 China, Game Boy Advance
2014-07-16 Japan, Wii U
2014-11-06 North America, Wii U
Platforms
Game Boy Advance, Wii U, Nintendo Switch
Also known as
スーパーマリオアドバンス (Japan)
Sūpā Mario Adobansu (Japan)
Credits
Hiroyuki Kimura Art Director
Hiroyasu Kuwabara Character Design
Emi Tomida Character Design
Yoichi Kotabe Illustrator
Yukio Hori Illustrator
Toshiaki Suzuki Director
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mobygames

Screenshots 2

Versions of Super Mario Bros. 2 2

Super Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1988 · Original releaseSuper Mario Bros. 2 NES / FamicomSuper Mario Advance screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, colored outlines (environment)2001 · RemakeSuper Mario Advance Game Boy Advance

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