Super Mario Bros. 3

Super Mario Bros 3 establishes the familiar 2D Mario formula that we will see for years and years to come and still know today.

Selectable stages in an overworld, Themed areas, Secrets and mini games galore, and plenty of wacky power ups. All of this started here.

While Super Mario Bros 3 is a legendary game amongst platformers, my god it is harder than I expected it to be, especially considering I can breeze through the NSMB series and Wonder.

Unless you've played this as a kid, coming to this for the first time after playing more modern 2D Mario games can be a bit jarring. The design philosophy of the levels here can be a bit more harsh than usual, even moreso than the original Super Mario Bros. You can't really speed through levels here unless you know the layout off by heart as a lot more enemies target you, as opposed to just wandering back and forth. You need to take your time and the run button isn't your best friend like it usually is.

Either that or if you know how, you can exploit the game with the P wing and just fly over most levels.

Super Mario Bros 3 is not the perfect Mario game, but it establishes all the great ideas to set up a perfect 2D Mario game.

My favorite Mario Bros of all time.

This game right here?
Perfect.

My dad said this was his favorite game growing up, and I can agree with him that it’s a pretty good game. I can’t say a whole lot about it but it is phenomenal, a classic game that I’m pretty sure is on a lot of newer consoles

very impressive for a NES game. Big improvement on mario 1, but not the best classic mario game...

Good game, aged very well, but not perfect by a long shot. The physics are really slippery, most of the levels around midgame are too short and most of the levels around endgame feature bullshit puzzles that are impossible to beat without a guide. Very fun still though and very rewarding to beat.