Game Art Styles

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES)

Nintendo EAD · 1993

Side-scrolling · Platformer · Console

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

About

A side-scrolling platformer in which Mario or Luigi traverses obstacle-filled levels, known for its demanding difficulty and hazards such as poison mushrooms. This SNES remake debuted within Super Mario All-Stars with new graphics and save support.

Art style

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES) (1993, Nintendo EAD) is a 2D pixel art game played from a side-scrolling view. Its look is built from black outlines and colored outlines. The palette is vibrant.

Details

Release
Remake · SNES / Super Famicom
Developer
Nintendo EAD
Publisher
Nintendo
Released
1993 South Korea, Super Famicom
1993-07-14 Japan, Super Famicom
1993-08 North America, SNES
1993-12 Europe, SNES
1993-12 Brazil, SNES
1993-12-16 Australia, SNES
Platforms
SNES / Super Famicom, Wii, Nintendo Switch
Also known as
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Japan)
Super Mario Bros. 2: For Super Players (Japan)
Credits
Naoki Mori Designer; backgrounds for Super Mario Bros. and The Lost Levels
Tadashi Sugiyama Assistant director and designer
Shigefumi Hino Artist
Soichiro Tomita Artist
Kenta Usui Artist
Takashi Tezuka Director
Shigeru Miyamoto Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · wikipedia · mariowiki.com

Screenshots 4

Versions of Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 2

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)1986 · Original releaseSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels NES / FamicomSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES) screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines (environment)1993 · RemakeSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES) SNES / Super Famicom

Related

Mario series 28 games

Super Mario Bros. screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1985Super Mario Bros.All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1986All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.Super Mario Bros. Special screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, dithered shading (environment)1986Super Mario Bros. SpecialSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)1986Super Mario Bros.: The Lost LevelsSuper Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1988Super Mario Bros. 2Super Mario Bros. 3 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)1988Super Mario Bros. 3Super Mario Land screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1989Super Mario LandSuper Mario World screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1990Super Mario WorldSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)1992Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden CoinsSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES) screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines (environment)1993Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (SNES)Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island screenshot: pixel art, hand-drawn, side-scrolling, black outlines, hatching (environment)1995Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandSuper Mario 64 screenshot: low-poly, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)1996Super Mario 64Super Mario Advance screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, colored outlines (environment)2001Super Mario AdvanceSuper Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, character)2001Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2Super Mario Sunshine screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2002Super Mario SunshineSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, dithered shading (environment)2003Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3Super Mario Galaxy screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2007Super Mario GalaxyNew Super Mario Bros. Wii screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, combat)2009New Super Mario Bros. WiiSuper Mario Galaxy 2 screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character, combat)2010Super Mario Galaxy 2New Super Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2012New Super Mario Bros. 2New Super Mario Bros. U screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, combat)2012New Super Mario Bros. USuper Mario 3D World screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, combat)2013Super Mario 3D WorldSuper Mario Odyssey screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2017Super Mario OdysseyNew Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe screenshot: stylized 3d, painterly, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)2019New Super Mario Bros. U DeluxeSuper Mario Maker 2 screenshot: pixel art, stylized 3d, side-scrolling, flat / unlit (environment)2019Super Mario Maker 2Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, three-quarter, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2021Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's FurySuper Mario Bros. Wonder screenshot: stylized 3d, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2023Super Mario Bros. WonderSuper Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch) screenshot: stylized 3d, third-person, no outlines, soft gradient (environment, character)2025Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo Switch)

How the Mario art style changed over time →

Similar art style

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, dithered shading (environment)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Pixel art · 2D · 2003
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island screenshot: pixel art, hand-drawn, side-scrolling, black outlines, hatching (environment)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Pixel art · 2D · 1995
Super Mario World screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario World
Pixel art · 2D · 1990
Super Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario Bros. 2
Pixel art · 2D · 1988
Super Mario Bros. 3 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Pixel art · 2D · 1988
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Pixel art · 2D · 1987
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
Pixel art · 2D · 1986
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Pixel art · 2D · 1986