Super Mario Advance I On March 21, 2001, Super Mario Bros. 2 received another release, based on the All-Stars remake, as part of Super Mario Advance, which also contains a remake of Mario Bros. Super Mario Advance was developed by Nintendo Research & Development 2,^[20] and was a launch title for the Game Boy Advance. The Super Mario Advance version of Super Mario Bros. 2 includes several new features such as the addition of the enemy Robirdo, a robotic Birdo, replacing Mouser as the boss of World 3; the addition of the Yoshi Challenge, in which players may revisit stages to search for Yoshi Eggs; and a new point-scoring system, similar to that used in the aforementioned BS Super Mario USA Power Challenge. Graphical and audio enhancements appear in the form of enlarged sprites, multiple hit combos, digital voice acting, and such minor stylistic and aesthetic changes as an altered default health-meter level, boss-order, backgrounds, the size of hearts, Princess Toadstool being renamed to the now-standard “Princess Peach”, and the inclusion of a chime to announce Stars.^[21] The game was released for the Wii U Virtual Console on July 16, 2014, in Japan and later in North America on November 6, 2014.^[22] It was released for the Nintendo Switch as a part of the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership plan on May 26, 2023.^[23]

Super Mario Advance received a “Gold” sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),^[24] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.^[25]