Super Mario Bros. - Review
Title: Super Mario Bros.
Genre: 2D Platform
Platform: NES, GBA, Wii-emulator
Maker: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
My Grade: 3/5
It is time to dig into something so classic that I myself feel unworthy of giving it a review that explains how legendary this game is. I will of course give it a try anyway.
Story:
When the Italian plumber Mario realises that his Princess has been taken by Koopa (I think he was called that back then) he runs to the rescue. Simple as that.
Gameplay:
While this is one of the earliest games for the NES it really sets the type for what future games would try to replicate. Super Mario Bros. was also the most common game to be included when buying the Console itself. As it says above Super Mario is a platform game of its most basic kind, it features various interactable items. The most basic Item is the brick, often found floating in the air you can break it by jumping into it from beneath (yes that does mean head first). Note however that you can only break them while being large from a mushroom or having the Fire Flower. The second most basic item is the (?) brick which can give you anything from coins to stars of invulnerability. There are also pipes, some of which you are able to enter thus transporting you to a different place or area.
Super Mario Bros features 3 different powerups available to you throughout the game.
1. The mushroom makes you grow big therefore enabling you to crush bricks, you also take two hits from enemies before you die.
2. The Fire Flower is only available when you are big or already under the effect of a fireflower, it enables you to shoot balls of fire.
3. The invulnerability star makes you invulnerable for a short period of time, this means you do not take damage from enemies and can knock them out through just running over them. word of advice while under the effects of a star: Don't get drunk with power, you can still fall into a pit and die (happens to me all the time).
There are also various enemies and other kinds of obstacles you need to get through in order to rescue the princess. The game features 8 levels with 10 parts to each level, most of them are varied and challenging.
What I think:
Basically, this was the first game I ever played for the NES, it has given us a lot of great times both individually and in some aspects family-wise as well. I used to love to watch my dad play it and kind of move the controllers instead of the control pad when he was about to fall down into a pit or got caught in a tight spot. Hilarious.
Anyway, the game IS challenging and the levels are varied in a number of ways, however after playing it over and over again it does get slightly boring. One huge contributor to this is the lack of a password system which could have enabled you to continue where you left off. This was very frustrating when you have limited game time and especially with multiple players wanting to start from the beginning all the time.
Finally I would like to say that this game deserves a good mark simply because it was such a revolutionary Idea, this is the game that plowed the field for a generation of sequels, I mean, everyone has heard of Super Mario, right?
Genre: 2D Platform
Platform: NES, GBA, Wii-emulator
Maker: Nintendo
Players: 1-2
My Grade: 3/5
It is time to dig into something so classic that I myself feel unworthy of giving it a review that explains how legendary this game is. I will of course give it a try anyway.
Story:
When the Italian plumber Mario realises that his Princess has been taken by Koopa (I think he was called that back then) he runs to the rescue. Simple as that.
Gameplay:
While this is one of the earliest games for the NES it really sets the type for what future games would try to replicate. Super Mario Bros. was also the most common game to be included when buying the Console itself. As it says above Super Mario is a platform game of its most basic kind, it features various interactable items. The most basic Item is the brick, often found floating in the air you can break it by jumping into it from beneath (yes that does mean head first). Note however that you can only break them while being large from a mushroom or having the Fire Flower. The second most basic item is the (?) brick which can give you anything from coins to stars of invulnerability. There are also pipes, some of which you are able to enter thus transporting you to a different place or area.
Super Mario Bros features 3 different powerups available to you throughout the game.
1. The mushroom makes you grow big therefore enabling you to crush bricks, you also take two hits from enemies before you die.
2. The Fire Flower is only available when you are big or already under the effect of a fireflower, it enables you to shoot balls of fire.
3. The invulnerability star makes you invulnerable for a short period of time, this means you do not take damage from enemies and can knock them out through just running over them. word of advice while under the effects of a star: Don't get drunk with power, you can still fall into a pit and die (happens to me all the time).
There are also various enemies and other kinds of obstacles you need to get through in order to rescue the princess. The game features 8 levels with 10 parts to each level, most of them are varied and challenging.
What I think:
Basically, this was the first game I ever played for the NES, it has given us a lot of great times both individually and in some aspects family-wise as well. I used to love to watch my dad play it and kind of move the controllers instead of the control pad when he was about to fall down into a pit or got caught in a tight spot. Hilarious.
Anyway, the game IS challenging and the levels are varied in a number of ways, however after playing it over and over again it does get slightly boring. One huge contributor to this is the lack of a password system which could have enabled you to continue where you left off. This was very frustrating when you have limited game time and especially with multiple players wanting to start from the beginning all the time.
Finally I would like to say that this game deserves a good mark simply because it was such a revolutionary Idea, this is the game that plowed the field for a generation of sequels, I mean, everyone has heard of Super Mario, right?
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Postat av: Syster
nostalgic
Probably the first game I ever played as well
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