Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Super Mario Bros. 2, known outside of Japan as Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, is a 1986 platform game developed by Nintendo R&D4 for the Famicom Disk System. Like its predecessor, Super Mario Bros., players control Mario or Luigi to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. The Lost Levels has a higher difficulty level, introducing obstacles such as the Poison Mushroom, counterproductive level warps and mid-air wind gusts. Luigi controls differently from Mario, with reduced ground friction and increased jump height. The game contains 32 levels across eight worlds, and 20 bonus levels.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1986
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 3 June 1986 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | Platformer |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q631331, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels? How long to beat it
Total play time for Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is about 5.5 hours to do everything, and around 2.9 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 2.9h | 241 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 3.7h | 78 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 5.5h | 92 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 38ahead of 2% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 61ahead of 96% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
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Common questions about Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
What platforms is Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels on?
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1986.
Who made Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels?
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels was developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels?
about 2.9 hours for the main story, 3.7 hours with the main extras, 5.5 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.