Reviews from

in the past


they're gonna bury me with this game

Actually way way better than expected. Movement is awesome, the secrets really cool and overall a really really fun game.

It even susprised me how you can express jokes just with gameplay visuals, I really laughed with the fish in world 4

Just what I needed! Lucky! Bravo!!!!

The e-reader levels are really as good as everybody says.

Really great way to experience the original Super Mario Bros. 3

I get that out of the options available, most prefer the original NES version and I tend to agree. This feels like an ungraded version of the All Stars version which has upgraded graphics and a save system. There are a few additions, some voice clips and rough use of rumble were the most obvious to me. It also keeps track of completed worlds, which is cool.

I love playing these tightly packed levels and by finishing the game you can go back and replay or tidy up uncompleted levels.

Less obvious is the inclusion of Level Cards which was a rudimentary form of DLC. These are included in the Switch Online release, and were on the Wii U release. These borrow elements from Super Mario Bros. 2 with turnips and World with the criss crossing quad cannon shots and Chargin’ Chuck. In a time where the last new 2D Mario to release was probably Yoshi’s Island this is a welcome inclusion and sort of paves the way forward to New Super Mario Bros and Mario Maker series going forward.

I don't find myself enjoying Mario Advance 4 as much as the original SMB3, but it's still a perfect example of Nintendo competently porting over one of its 2D platformer classics. The inclusion of the eReader content was a brilliant way to round out the package too. I never got to experience those levels until the Wii U eShop rerelease, but there's some good stuff in there for sure.