Super Mario World review - Super Nintendo
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It was hailed as the greatest videogame of all time when it was released, and even after all these years it still has a pretty solid claim to that title. Super Mario World is without a shadow of a doubt my favourite Mario game (forget Mario 64 it just isn't anywhere near as good and you all know it!) and when the SNES was released I played very little else until I'd discovered the lion's share of the 96 levels (I never did find them all). It's pretty amazing to consider that this was the first game every released for the SNES. |
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Stayrsaigh - 09 Mar 2008, 12:04 GMT
YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahhh that glorious day I got my hands on my very first Super Nintendo. I think I got mine the day it was released (I'm pretty sure it was a Tuesday but I could be wrong!) and having to agonisingly sit through a day of School thinking of what waited for me when I got home and this game was the first taste of the 16 bit feast that was to come.
Hours apon hours of fun, that's all that can be said really, it's a Mario game and personally I think this is the point where they stopped getting good (Well mind blowingly good that is!) I still think the graphics and sound are great just because it gave small hints of what the SNES was capable of and it seemed liek some of the flashiest graphical and sound tricks ever to me (I was a bit thick!)
Classic doesn't really do the game justice! legendary would be more precise!
kirk Johnston - 30 Apr 2008, 13:32 GMT
I still think the graphics and sound are vastly underrated on Super Mario World. It's not about the technology behind the graphics, because that is inevitably dated, but it's the timeless appeal of the sprites and background art and how clean and vibrant everything is even to this day. Think of it like a great painting in the sense that even 100 years after it's creation people will still be able to look at it and see it's beauty. The same could not be said of Super Mario 64 for example because that already looks pretty crappy and it really has dated quite badly.
Few games hold up as well in all areas as Super Mario World and I think that is maybe how the graphics should be viewed also.
jimmy - 05 May 2008, 02:51 GMT
playing it at the moment actually. I'm 94 levels complete and where the hell the other two are i do not know. I've got all the coloured blocks and everything..? If anyone can help or point me along the way to help i'd be most grateful. Email at joll28@hotmail.com. Thanks all. As far as graphics and sound go it doesn't bother me at all i mean yeah we got the cracking new gta but you can't beat old classics can ya?
Jimbo - 15 Oct 2008, 06:15 GMT
Greatest game ever..i doubt it - even at the time. Greatest platformer ever? Sure. I have no problem there. But i think Jaz went a bit over the top (reminiscent of his days at Zzap!64). The grafx were OK, the sound was pretty good - but in terms of taking advantage of the SNES' capabilities it was only so-so. However, in saying all that - 50 million Mario fans cant be wrong.
Tris Wicks - 05 Nov 2008, 06:30 GMT
Yes i'm mario fan no.888777827 and i can't be wrong either. Except about megadrive Fantasia. I thought that would be good.
Anyway everyone loves this game, but can anybody think of something bad about it?
I thought Yoshi was smug. Like he thought he was better than you.
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