So for a long time I kind of refused to play the GB games because, I'm gonna be so real, the idea of a platforming game on a GameBoy sounded miserable to me. I mean, the GB is already on par with the NES, and I only like one platforming game on NES, Super Mario Bros. 3. Note how that means I don't like Super Mario Bros. or Super Mario Bros. 2.

That being said, recently I decided, why not? I'll try it out a bit. I didn't expect to finish the game, much less actually enjoy it. My preconceived notions were wrong. Don't get me wrong, I still wouldn't prefer to play this game, especially not in 2024 where I can not only play Super Mario Bros. 3 in three different forms on multiple handhelds, but I can play Super Mario Bros. Wonder on the go. But for what this game is, its fun. The controls are surprisingly good, the gamefeel is even more surprisingly good. This honestly feels better to me than the first two Super Mario Bros. games on the NES. Really, there's nothing to fault it that isn't just a symptom of it being a GameBoy game.

To be clear, it isn't joining the ranks of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder as "the 2D Mario games I actually like", but I did not have a bad time playing it.