mmmm... jerky...
You should come out with your own brand called "Kirky Jerky"...
Eh? Eh?
I liked the SMB2 ending because the animation was of a scale not seen on NES games before. Sleeping Mario was big enough that you'd think he'd be more rigid.
Something about the music reminds me of the overworld theme.
One thing I loved about that game is how the music changed during the pause, leaving like just the bassline without meoldy or percussion...just a nice little touch.
And yeah, that's an almost SNES-looking Mario asleep.