It's disappointing that Nintendo chose not to create a new Mario game for the launch of the Game Boy Advance and in fact included only token enhancements in the upgraded version of Super Mario Bros. is essentially the game's multiplayer mode, in which up to four players can compete at once using the GBA link cable. 2 serves as the primary single-player mode in Super Mario Advance, the original Mario Bros. 2, which appeared in the SNES compilation Super Mario All-Stars and began its life in Japan as something other than a Mario game, and a remake of the original Mario Bros. Super Mario Advance is a collection of two classic games: the upgraded version of Super Mario Bros.