Review Date: May 24, 2021 Release Date: September 1, 1992 Platform: SNES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Racing Anecdotes: One night in 1996, my aunt and uncle decided to have a pig roast party. They had nearly all of the family there, plus a good portion of their block. Obviously, I already knew all of my cousins… Continue reading Super Mario Kart
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Super Mario World
Review Date: May 6, 2021 Release Date: August 23, 1991 Platform: SNES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: At the start of 1991, Super Mateo wasn’t quite Super yet. I really enjoyed the NES and the tons of games we had for it. However, as a faithful reader of Nintendo Power, I had heard about… Continue reading Super Mario World
Super Mario Bros. 3
Review Date: April 20, 2021 Release Date: February 12, 1990 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: One night, the area just got a deluge of rain, and my dad wanted to fire up the Blazer to go around town to check out the scene. I was in the middle of a Super Mario… Continue reading Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Western Version)
Review Date: April 2, 2021 Release Date: October 3, 1988 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: This game came out early on in my sixth grade school year, and we had it by the end of the calendar year. In January and February of 1989, I could not wait to get home and… Continue reading Super Mario Bros. 2 (Western Version)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (Eastern Version)
Review Date: February 19, 2021 Release Date: June 3, 1986 (Japan date); on a related note, dumpsters overflowed on Thursday, June 5, 1986 due to all of the broken Famicom controllers in Japan Platform: NES (but really, it’s the Famicom) Publisher: Nintendo (the Evil Sadist division) Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: (Note: This is the Japanese… Continue reading Super Mario Bros. 2 (Eastern Version)
Wrecking Crew
Review Date: February 16, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Publisher: Nintendo Genre: Creation Anecdotes: It took us a while to get this game, as we didn’t have it at launch, but we did get it something like three years later. Of the 18 NES launch titles, Mario appeared in five of them:… Continue reading Wrecking Crew
Super Mario Bros.
Review Date: February 4, 2021 Release Date: October 18, 1985 Platform: NES Developer: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: It’s autumn of 1985. My dad thought it would be a good idea to take 3rd grade me and my two younger brothers to Toys R Us to get a Nintendo. He bought us a Nintendo, which… Continue reading Super Mario Bros.
Mario Bros.
Review Date: January 30, 2021 Release Date: July 20, 1983 Platform: Atari 800 (but really, it’s the 5200) Developer: Nintendo Genre: Linear Platformer Anecdotes: Another game Nintendo released on Atari before Nintendo had its own system, Mario Bros. was the first game named after Nintendo’s mascot and most iconic character, Mario. (I had thought that… Continue reading Mario Bros.