Super Mario 64

Information: Review Date: July 4, 2021 Release Date: September 29, 1996 Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Nintendo Genre: Nonlinear Platformer Anecdotes: Super Mario finally picks up the third dimension in its platformers. This was a game my little cousins all enjoyed, but I never had it and never played it. I did occasionally watch… Continue reading Super Mario 64

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)

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.