Comments on: Super Mario World:: The Pinnacle of 2D Plumber Platforming

By: Adrenis

Adrenis — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:55:55 +0000

Which was the one on the SNES? Super Mario World? I think so… that was definitely my favorite.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:11:28 +0000

You know I am really torn on this issue actually. I find myself agreeing with everything you are saying Micheal. I remember Super Mario Bros 3 as the height of my childhood pleasure. It is very dear to me and hence why this site is littered with SMB3 imagery.

On the other hand, SMW is a better game when comparing the two straight out. This was the underlying point that I was trying to get at; Do you include cultural relevance and industry impact or do you compare the games as equal with no consideration of year of release difference?

I have some strong ideas about this and will likely back this up with another article sometime.

By: Michael Abbott

Michael Abbott — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:34:50 +0000

meant to say “recycling” not “lack of recycling”…unless we’re talking about environmental recycling, which none of the Mario games did well at all. All that nasty plastic!

By: Michael Abbott

Michael Abbott — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:32:39 +0000

Gotta place my vote for SMB 3. The perfect, self-contained, full realization of the series. I have to deduct a few points from SMW for lack of recycling and lack of originality, which SMB 3 has in spades. I see SMB 3 as the pure pinnacle of the platforming genre…but of course these things are subjective, aren’t they?

Thanks for the article.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:29:25 +0000

Super Mario Bros 3 had to be played straight out, no saving. I believe that the GBA iteration (Super Mario Advance 4) allowed you to save.

I reckon that SMB3 wouldn’t have been able to fit any more levels in the cart, it was huge. I think that they used the largest sized NES cart available to hold the game as well.

By: Korey

Korey — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:59:19 +0000

I tend to agree with you, although there’s a huge nostalgia factor there for me with Super Mario World. Also, wasn’t this the first Mario platformer that let you save your game? Could you save in Mario 3? I can’t really remember that well. That would be a really huge factor in allowing such a large world and number of levels.