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classic Love. good job here.
And ya, SMB2 is pretty awesome. It's a shame that a lot of people don't think so, though, since it's very different from a lot of other Mario games. It's still one of my favorite Mario games, though.
With Super Mario Bro. and Legend of Zelda actually, Nintendo didn't quite anticipate the absolutely insane popularity of the actual format of these original installments.
Which is why, after sequel installments for both games were released, both of which (SMB2 and LoZ2: Adventures of Link) featured a different style of gameplay (SMB2 was still side-scrolling, yes, but that was about it), they returned to and stayed with the original styles/formats and even storylines (you'll notice no more Wart after SMB2) that made the originals so popular.
I think they realized the awesomeness they'd already created and went back to what already worked.
That's my theory, anyway.
But, ya, long-story short: SMB2 was so different because it originally wasn't a Mario game (and I think this is the reason why so many people don't hold it in such high regard, sadly), but despite that, it's still very much a Mario game now, and has GREATLY influenced the series. It's too bad we haven't seen Wart again, though... well, except for a cameo in Link's Awakening (and that game had cameos from several Mario enemies, too).