Thread:Thunder the Coyote/@comment-26381576-20170926141743/@comment-5688420-20170929112329

The original Mario 2 had sone aspects that seemed pretty um-Mario like, such as the lack of Koopas, pipes and a scoring system. Super Mario Advance adds lost of new stuff that makes it seem much more like a Mario game.

There's a score meter now, as well as vases which works quite similar to the pipes, and at least once, I encountered a Koopa shell which you can throw. Still not as good as including the actual Koopas, but it's still a nice addition.