Super Mario World (N64)

Super Mario World (N64): The Golden Age of Plumbing (1182 words)
by Frankingsteins - written on 13.08.04 (Very useful, 332 readings)
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DISCLAIMER: This is a SNES game (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), it is not a Nintendo 64 game and was never released on that console. Dooyoo do not have a SNES category, which is sad. The early nineties saw children divided into four groups, as sociologists will be aware: those who had a Sega MegaDrive; those who had a Super Nintendo; those who had both and were also rich and irritating; and those who had neither, but really wanted one. I passed through three of those phases over the course of several years, originally owning Sega MegaDrive and later supplementing it with a Super Nintendo. I was a class traitor, I admit it, and Sonic the Hedgehog ...

One of SNES' best platformers (675 words)
by Murf! - written on 13.08.01 (Very useful, 637 readings)
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The year was 1991, and Nintendo had to pull something special out of their collective corporate hat to convince gamers to buy their new hardware. And they did. SMW is a game that practically every SNES owner has, and for a good reason. Over the course of the 6-odd years that SNES lasted for, few - if any - managed to improve on the simple gameplay of Mario World. I think Yoshi's Island, while hugely innovative and technically far superior, simply cannot compare to SMW purely in terms of gameplay. What a predictable opening paragraph that was. But anyway, this is vintage Nintendo, which simply is incapable of becoming dated. The structure of the game is ...

Super Mario World (N64): Super World - now with added Mario! (761 words)
by adidadi_young - written on 13.07.01 (Very useful, 420 readings)
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Nintendo - one person who went on to develop this company had once had an idea about one very catchy mascot - and, as you (love game or hate games) now know, his name is Mario. Mario had started in the early days of arcade where Donkey Kong (another mascot who went on to become a good guy) had captured Daisy (Princess Toadstool) and you took control of this Mario fella and got to the top. Classic. He then went on to a debut game for the Nintendo Entertainment System - namely Super Mario Bros. This was a 2D, side-scrolling platform game which involved you picking up mushrooms and growing, then picking up a flower and being able to fire. This game was a hit for ...