Each world has a different theme, many of which we’ve seen before, like grassland, snow, and desert themed worlds. They can get challenging, but never to the point where you want to rage-quit. Mario must traverse through eight worlds, tackling the various levels, towers, and the airship, where he will fight one of the Koopalings. With world maps, several new and returning items, an inventory, and more, this game takes things to the next level.

established for the platforming genre, Super Mario Bros. Everything that the first Super Mario Bros. The story, however, is not what the vast majority of gamers play Mario games for. It isn’t until much later that Bowser actually kidnaps Peach, so this game subverts that trope while having an original story to boot. Princess Peach sends Mario to stop them, save the kingdoms, and transform the kings back to normal.

The Koopalings, Bowser’s seven children, have conquered the various kingdoms and transformed their kings into animals using magical wands. 3, like most games in the series, is relatively simple. Does it still hold up today, and is it worth playing over the newer installments in the franchise? Let’s find out. It sold over 17 million copies on the NES, and received widespread acclaim from critics and gamers. 3 takes everything that made the first game so great, and expanded on it, while introducing new staples to the series such as a world map, the Koopalings, and the tanooki suit, to name a few. An absolute gem from start to finish, Super Mario Bros.

There is one game, however, that I have doubts when giving it that title, and that would be 1988’s Super Mario Bros. There are very few games that I have played that I consider to be masterpieces in any sense of the word. Nicholas Paragano, Co-editor, Arts & Entertainment

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