Super Mario, that chubby, mustachioed figure, clad in a blue jumpsuit and crowned by a red cap, is one of the most recognized icons in the video game industry today and one of the characters that several generations of players have grown up with in the different systems of Nintendo, ranging from the longed NES, going through the different portable consoles, like that unprecedented success that was Game Boy, until the last Wii U.
The jumping plumber's debut came in 1981, where under the provisional name of jumpman had to face a Donkey Kong that made life impossible for clean barrels. It was not until 1985, and after starring in three previous titles, the moment when Shigeru Miyamoto would launch in the mythical NES one of the games that changed the history of this industry. Today, from MundiVideogames We invite you to review the most missed games of Super Mario Bros. on a journey through time that will be to the liking of the most nostalgic.
In this back view, we are only going to stop at the games of Mario focused on the genre of platforms -without detracting from sagas like Mario Kart, Paper Mario o Mario Party- nor do we want to influence the most recent iterations of the franchise, such as the different New super mario or the recent Super Mario 3D World, since, as we anticipated, we will focus on the platform titles that most impacted the public in their day. Without further ado, let's get started!
Super Mario Bros. (1985, NES)
No one could imagine the unprecedented success that this project of the then young man would become. Shigeru Miyamoto. The Mushroom Kingdom, fire flowers, power mushrooms, castles, lava pits ... and the mythical melody with which the game started, were burned into the collective memory of the players of the eighties. Cartridge sales were key in the rise of the NES, a console in which there were not great expectations due to the video game crisis of that time, but then the plumber arrived and showed the light at the end of the tunnel. The platforming genre has never been the same since the day it Super Mario Bros. ran through the circuits of the 8 bits Nintendo.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1991, NES)
The third numbered installment of the saga was not a new twist on the original formula ... there were a few! New powers were included to Mario, like the raccoon tail to be able to fly -we could never sail through the skies of the Mushroom Kingdom in this way-, we discovered new enemies -such as the shy Boo ghosts-, the world map appeared with the different levels of each world, we could use items, access mini-games… Also, graphically, Super Mario Bros 3 looked with an enviable majesty in the already veteran NES. It was a title that marked many users of the console, so much so that some consider it the best game on the machine.
Super Mario World (1992, SNES)
We were not few who marveled at this Super Mario World the same day we premiered our Super Nintendo, and is that this title overflowed playability, quality and fantasy on its sides. Iconic locations such as the Vanilla Dome, the Lost Forest, the Donut Plain or Bowser Valley were full of challenging levels that we did not travel alone: it was in this installment that we were able to ride for the first time a Yoshi. The heart of many nintenderos is divided between this Super Mario World y Super Mario Bros 3 when asked which of the two they prefer, since the 16-bit game was based on the mechanics of the classic from NES but squeezed them out with the superior hardware of the Brain of the Beast.
Super Mario 64 (1996, Nintendo 64)
The premiere of the promising 64-bit console from Nintendo it was made to pray, but the wait was worth it thanks to titles that today are revered as the true cult games that they are. One of them was this Super Mario 64, a program that premiered Nintendo 64 and that left us all speechless. Yes Super Mario Bros. defined the genre of 2D platforms in 1985, Super Mario 64 he would do the same 11 years later in three dimensions. The game of Miyamoto It offered levels to explore along the three axes with a freedom never before experienced in a video game, influencing in such a way that it became the benchmark for the development of adventures in three dimensions. There were significant changes to the gameplay, we could hit enemies in addition to jumping on them, new powers appeared - no mushrooms or fire flowers - and Mario he had a variety of movements that were overwhelming. The genre was never the same since the premiere of Super Mario 64.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, Wii)
May Wii It was a concept of console too peculiar for some gamers, but the quality of certain titles that were released exclusively for this console cannot be denied. Nintendo. Super Mario Galaxy 2 surpassed his predecessor in all aspects and left the sour drink that was Super Mario Sunshine for many - own Miyamoto He admitted that he was not happy with this program and that it was put together in too much haste. It could be said that Super Mario Galaxy 2 was an important evolution of the game scheme proposed in Super Mario 64, and also took advantage of the characteristics of the Wii, with a control that enjoyed a precision that other games on the console could hardly reach. Huge, colorful and challenging worlds, spiced up with gameplay that only Nintendo knows how to elaborate, they made this Super Mario Galaxy 2 one of the benchmarks in the genre of platforms of the past generation.
We hope you have enjoyed this review on MundiVideogames to the most outstanding platform adventures of our favorite plumber, but we also want to know which ones are your favorites, so you can use the comments and tell us in first person your best memories with the Mario games. Until next time, dear readers!
