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Super Mario Bros. 
Virtual Console Reviews Nintendo Entertainment System
Written by Dave   
Monday, 19 March 2007
Editor's rating
4.6
out of 5
 
     
Published By: Nintendo
Players: 1-2, alternating
Genre: Platformer
Wii Points: 500
One day, the Mushroom Kingdom was invaded by the Koopas, a tribe of turtles famous for their black magic. The quiet, peace-loving Mushroom People were turned into stones, bricks and even plants, and the kingdom fell into ruin. The only one who can undo the magic spell is Princess Toadstool, the daughter of the Mushroom King. Unfortunately, she is in the hands of evil king Bowser. Mario, the famous plumber, learns of the Mushroom People's plight and sets out to free the Mushroom Princess from the Koopas and restore the fallen kingdom. Jump, kick shells and throw fireballs through eight action-packed worlds in this iconic NES classic!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Overall rating (weighted)
4.6
Presentation
5.0
Graphics
4.0
Sound
5.0
Gameplay
5.0
Emulation
4.0
I've loved video games my entire life. I started playing arcade games such as Pac-man and Donkey Kong when I was just a young child. In fact, I was so young that I didn't realize I needed a quarter to play! Like many children of the 80's, my first introduction to video games was Super Mario Bros. on the NES.

What made Super Mario Bros. a classic hit was it's simplicity...there wasn't a huge backstory to the game, or a bunch of button combinations to memorize. It was simple enough for children to play, yet offered older gamers more advanced difficulty in later stages.

By today's standards, the graphics in Super Mario Bros. is extremely antiquated. But back in the mid 80's, the imagery in Super Mario Bros. was a breath of fresh air for gamers who had been accustomed to Atari games. The most immediate difference that gamers saw was the size of the characters and the detail of the worlds, both in color and design.

The sound in Super Mario Bros. was quite good for a game of that era. The main theme was so memorable in fact, that 70% of Americans and Japanese would recognize it when heard. That said, Super Mario Bros. didn't have that much of a musical score, and the main theme is featured in 80% of the game. The sound effects are also well done, and offered more than the usual "beeps" and "boops" that gamers were accustomed to.

If you can only purchase one game for the Virtual Console, this is the game to buy. Super Mario Bros. offers great gameplay, visuals, and sound; and is the game that most of us grew up with.
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Last updated: Tuesday, 20 March 2007


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

If you dont buy this your not missing much, Sunday, 06 May 2007

Written by Mike   -  View all my reviews  - Top 10 Reviewer

Overall rating (weighted)
2.8
Presentation
2.0
Graphics
2.0
Sound
3.0
Gameplay
3.0
Emulation
4.0
Super mario bros may not be ported to oblivion like sonic but he's pretty close. and this just like sonic the hedgehog is nothing really special besides the added bonus of using the extra comfy "in my opinion" wiimote as a controller. but even after 22 years SMB fails to produce the magic it once had but if you want to get the last few drops of whatever magic is left then by all means buy it but if you played the nes,snes,gbc,gba verions then your not going to miss much. like they say in my country you can only port something so long until it becomes tough and lethery.
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