Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Developer(s)	Nintendo and Fuji Television
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto
Release date(s)	July 10, 1987 (Japan)
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Famicom Disk System
Media	FDS disk

Doki Doki Panic is a Japanese video game released for the Famicom Disk System about a family who plans to rescue two children. The game is best known as the precursor to Super Mario USA which was released as Super Mario Bros. 2 in the US. The full title is Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panikku (夢工場：ドキドキパニック), translating to Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic. "Doki doki" is a Japanese onomatopoeia for a rapidly beating heart, and it is commonly found in Japanese video game titles, carrying connotations of excitement and anxiety. Image File history File linksMetadata Dokidokibox. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY.pk, TYO: 7974 ) is a multinational corporation founded on November 6,[citation needed] 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY.pk, TYO: 7974 ) is a multinational corporation founded on November 6,[citation needed] 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Shigeru Miyamoto as a conductor for a virtual orchestra during E3, demonstrating the new functions of the Wii-console Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by the character having to climb up and down, or jump from and to, platforms and ledges, while fighting enemies and collecting objects required to complete the game. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Famicom Disk System, attached to a late-model AV Famicom The Family Computer Disk System (FCD) was released on February 21, 1986 by Nintendo as a peripheral to their overwhelmingly popular Family Computer (Famicom) console in Japan. ... The Famicom Disk System, attached to a late-model AV Famicom The Famicom Disk System (FDS) was released in 1985 by Nintendo as an add-on to its overwhelmingly popular Family Computer (Famicom) console in Japan. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... The Famicom Disk System, attached to a late-model AV Famicom The Family Computer Disk System (FCD) was released on February 21, 1986 by Nintendo as a peripheral to their overwhelmingly popular Family Computer (Famicom) console in Japan. ... This article is about the version of Super Mario Bros. ... Look up onomatopoeia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Background

Papa, Imajin, Mama and Lina in the game's opening story.

The game was developed in cooperation with Fuji Television to promote their Yume Kōjō '87 event, which showcased several of Fuji TV's latest TV shows and other products at the time. The game featured the mascots of the Yume Kōjō festival — an Arabian family consisting of siblings Imajin and Lina and their parents, Papa and Mama — as its main characters. The rest of the characters, including the main villain, Mamu (Wart), were all creations by Nintendo for the game. The game takes place within a book with this Arabian or Indian setting. All four characters are playable, and the game is not completed until the player plays through as all four. In the American remake, Mario corresponds to the Imajin character, Princess Peach to floaty Lina, high-jumping Mama to Luigi and the stout Papa to Toad. Image File history File links Dokidoki1. ... Image File history File links Dokidoki1. ... The Fuji TV headquarters in Odaiba is known for its eccentric architecture. ... Wart as he appeared in a strategy guide in the premiere issue of Nintendo Power. ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية, or جزيرة العرب) is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia consisting mainly of desert. ...

A sticker packaged with Doki Doki Panic.

Even though it was not originally conceived as a Mario game, Shigeru Miyamoto had a larger involvement in this game than he actually did with the original Super Mario Bros. 2 (known in the English-speaking world as The Lost Levels) which was released in Japan. Lost Levels was directed by Takashi Tezuka, the programmer of the original Super Mario Bros, but reportedly due to its high difficulty level (information on the exact reason is inconclusive), it was never released in its original form in the United States. Image File history File linksMetadata Dokidokisticker. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Dokidokisticker. ... Shigeru Miyamoto as a conductor for a virtual orchestra during E3, demonstrating the new functions of the Wii-console Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... SMB 2 title screen (Japanese version) Super Mario Bros. ... Takashi Tezuka is a video game designer for Nintendo. ...

Remakes

In 1988, the game was localized for North America and Europe as Super Mario Bros. 2. The Yume Kōjō family in the game were replaced by Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad, and numerous other small changes were made. This game was later released in Japan as Super Mario USA in 1992, on the Famicom, as opposed to the Famicom disc add-on, upon which the original Doki Doki Panic appeared. Doki Doki Panic represents the original source of the Shy Guy enemy (known as "Heiho" in Japan), which has become a prominent baddie (or ally) in most Mario games since. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... This article is about the version of Super Mario Bros. ... For other uses of this name, see Mario (disambiguation). ... Luigi ) is a fictional character featured in video games and related media released by Nintendo. ... Princess Peach ), or often simply, Peach, is a fictional character in Nintendos Mario video games series, often playing the Damsel in distress character of the adventure series. ... Toad ) is a humanoid mushroom in games of Nintendos Mario series. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (U.S., Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... A Shy Guy from Mario Party 4, who hosts the Shy Guys Jungle Jam board. ...

Differences between Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2

A screenshot from Doki Doki Panic.

Equivalent scene in Super Mario Bros. 2.

Most of the other differences between Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2 are small graphical changes, such as animation being added to the POW blocks, cherries, and vegetables for the localized version, mushrooms replacing hearts as health boosters, and the characters shrinking when reduced to only one unit of health. The save feature was also taken out of the NES version of Super Mario Bros. 2, due to the limitations of the NES system compared to the Famicom Disk System. (Battery-backup was also very expensive during those days.) But it was restored in the Super Mario Collection/Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 2. Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... Image File history File links This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Mario. ... A cherry is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard pit enclosing the seed. ... Vegetables on a market Vegetable is a nutritional and culinary term denoting any part of a plant that is commonly consumed by humans as food, but is not regarded as a culinary fruit, nut, herb, spice, or grain. ... Super Mario All-Stars, known in Japan as Super Mario Collection ), is a video game that was developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. ...

Other changes include:

• In Doki Doki Panic, one must beat the entire game once with each character (four times, that is) to view the ending.
• In the manual that comes with the original NES cartridge for Super Mario Bros. 2, Phanto (the head that chases the player's character around when he or she has a key) looks a little different. Nintendo inadvertently placed a screenshot of its appearance in Doki Doki Panic.
• Furthermore, Phanto begins its pursuit only after the character leaves Phanto's chamber, unlike Super Mario Bros. 2, in which it chases the character once the character retrieves the key from the chamber.
• Waterfalls, (especially the enormous one in level 3-1) animate much more quickly in Doki Doki Panic.
• Extra lives were originally representations of the character's face; 1-Up mushrooms are a feature specific to the Mario series. The traditional "1-UP sound" was originally the short tune played when you pick up a crystal ball or earn an extra life playing the slot machine.
• The large hawk head at level entrances and exits was originally a large African tribal mask.
• The mushroom blocks were originally small African tribal masks.
• The character select and overworld music is much shorter in Doki Doki Panic. Super Mario Bros. 2 has a new section added to where the music would originally loop.
• In Super Mario Bros. 2, the underworld music has an added drum sample.
• Invincibility and sub-space music is different, and there are some minor differences in other songs (the Doki Doki Panic songs give an Arabian or Indian feel).
• Most sounds featured in Super Mario Bros. 2 use the NES' synthesizer, and a number of PCM audio samples, rather than the Famicom Disk System's synthesizer, which is used prominently in Doki Doki Panic. The changed audio includes the sound effects for picking up and throwing objects, grabbing hearts, receiving damage, defeating enemies, bombs exploding, the ticking of the stop watch, damaging a boss, Catherine (Birdo) shooting eggs, and the rocket.
• The potions (for entering sub-space) were originally Genie lamps.

Papa fighting the third version of Mouser.

• In Doki Doki Panic, the boss of level 5-3 is not the rock throwing crab Clawgrip, as it is in Super Mario Bros. 2, but a third Mouser.
• The Albatoss's animation has seven frames, in comparison to the two in Doki Doki Panic.
• Holding down "B" to run is a feature specific to the Mario series.
• When a bomb explodes, it says "BOM", as opposed to "BOMB" in Super Mario Bros. 2
• In Doki Doki Panic, cherries, grass, vines, POW blocks, bomb fuses, spikes, seas, and crystal balls are not animated.
• The slot machine minigame (which appears after you collect coins) is the same in both versions, but has a green background in DDP, as opposed to the title screen variant in SMB2.
• The shell you use in Super Mario Bros. 2 to kill enemies was a shrunken head in DDP.
• The story was changed for the U.S./Europe localization (see Super Mario Bros. 2 article for more information).
• The popular gender confusion for Birdo (in US she was described as a male who thinks he is a girl in the manual), due to the perception that beating up a female was abhorent, but not a transsexual.

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External links

• (French) 1UP, differences between Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2.
• Super Mario Bros. 2 Madness
• Super Mario Bros. 2: From Doki Doki Panic to Super Mario Bros. 2
• Doki Doki Panic at Progressive-Boink