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Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

Doki Doki Panic BoxYume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic is a platforming video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer Disk System video game console.  It was released in Japan on July 10, 1987 and would later be released in an altered form worldwide.

The North American version of Super Mario Bros. 2 did not begin life as a Super Mario Bros. title, it is a remake of the Japanese Famicom Disk System title Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Nintendo’s own sequel to Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2 in 1986. However, because of that game’s extreme difficulty and its close similarity to the original game, Nintendo decided not to release it in the United States, instead releasing Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic with Mario characters under the title of Super Mario Bros. 2. Japan later saw the modified release under the title of Super Mario USA.

Because it was not originally a Mario title, this game differs greatly from the original Super Mario Bros. However, despite its status as the black sheep of the series, many elements from Super Mario Bros. 2 have become part of the Mario series canon and the repertoire of recurring elements. The game also sold well in its own right and was critically acclaimed at the time.

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Developer(s)Nintendo R&D4
Publisher(s)Nintendo
LicenseYume Kōjō
License OwnerFuji TV (Characters)
SeriesN/A
PredecessorNone
SuccessorNone
Platform(s)Famicom Disk System
Media TypeFloppy Disk
ReleaseJP: July 10, 1987
Genre(s)Platformer
Mode(s)Single-player
RatingPre-Dates ESRB
Rereleased Platform(s)None

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ProfileNameRole
Hiroshi YamauchiHiroshi YamauchiExecutive Producer
Shigeru MiyamotoShigeru MiyamotoProducer
Hideki KonnoHideki KonnoDirector
Level Designer
Kensuke TanabeKensuke TanabeAssistant Director
Level Designer
Toshihiko NakagoToshihiko NakagoProgrammer
Profile PlaceholderYasunori TaketaniProgrammer
Toshio IwawakiToshio IwawakiProgrammer
Shigehiro KasamatsuShigehiro KasamatsuProgrammer
Kazuaki MoritaKazuaki MoritaProgrammer
Profile PlaceholderTatsunori TakaturaProgrammer
Yoichi YamadaYoichi YamadaLevel Designer
Tadashi SugiyamaTadashi SugiyamaCharacter Designer
Takashi TezukaTakashi TezukaMotion Designer
Yoichi KotabeYōichi KotabeMotion Designer
Kazunobu ShimizuKazunobu ShimizuTitle Designer
Koji KondoKōji KondōComposer

Famicom Disk System (Japanese Release)

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