Super World - now with added Mario! (Super Mario World (N64))

Member Name: adidadi_young

Product:	Super Mario World (N64)
Date:	13/07/01 (424 review reads)
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Advantages: Great gameplay, loads of levels

Disadvantages: There are more powerups in Super Mario Bros. 3

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 years to come, people today still deem it excellent. The NES adventures had been developed to create the much more enjoyable, resourceful game known as Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3. Man those were the days. In the days of SNES, Mario had become much more popular and games consisting of Super Mario Kart and Super Mario All-Stars had been made. Before that though, (stepping back a year or two) the Nintendo company had gone to make this game they named Super Mario World.

So, Nintendo knew the power of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and decided to make a game, which is MORE than some 2D Platformer. And this time there isn't just a Princess that needs saving.

Bowser had taken over Dinosaur Island, where Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool had taken a vacation, and gave one piece of land to each of his smaller counterparts. Each had their own castle, strangely they got cleverer as you get closer to Bowser' Castle, and you start off at the furthest point. This is Yoshi's Island, which was where Mario and the crew were relaxing. The Princess had been kidnapped, but as you go on your first journey you find that Bowser had captured all the Yoshi eggs on the Island! Now, Yoshi: Yoshi is this Dinosaur who is green, has a long tongue and a big appetite. Also, s/he becomes good fr
iends with Mario and decides to give him a lift. Very handy.

So, you need to make it through Yoshi's Island, Donut Plains, Vanilla Cove, That place where all the levels are named after food, the Forest of Illusion, Chocolate Island and, finally, Bowser's own Underground Keep.

The graphics are so much more of an improvement of the previous games it's/was eye-popping. Much more anti-aliasing is involved, so no more squared edges. The Backdrops are astounding, especially when you compare them to the other games. New monsters (a lot of them) are now out to seek you and you must get past them in much more ways as you thought you could do.

The gameplay, well what can I say? So much more moves it’s unbelievable. You can pick up the mushroom, this will make you much more bigger and you can now destroy vulnerable blocks by pressing the A button. Getting a Fire Flower will give you fire power. Press Y and you can shoot out 2 flames to scorch your enemies. Is useful and looks a cool white with red, too. After that you will pick up a feather; this will give you a magic yellow cape. Holding Y to run, at full speed, hold B and you will soar in the air! Here, you will start to drop. Press the opposite direction you are flying to go higher, or you can hold the down button and bomb everything that is in your screen! Also, riding Yoshi can be joyous. Press Y to unleash his tongue. And to make things better, there is a non-simultaneous 2 player mode of which you must take in turns to get futher than the other, Mario or Luigi? Place your bets now!

The game size – wow. 96 whole levels for you to explore. And these aren’t like Croc. These are all big, and very carefully developed levels which all have the perfect learning curve, for beginners or Mario veterans. 8 worlds (there is the Special World and the Star Road World, but let’s leave them out) for all these levels, and over half of the levels have 2 or even 3 fin
ish points! The game lasted me ages. It will/did with you too.

As a whole, despite being aged, is one of the BEST GAMES EVER MADE. Period.

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