No joke, the first time I played this was by borrowing a friend's GBA copy as a kid, and I thought it was a new game. That's how well it holds up. Idk why people on this website seemingly hate retro games so much (there are a lot of people who refuse to rate anything from the 8-bit era anything higher than a 3.5), but this game is still super fun to me, despite never having enough skill to actually beat it. Also, this game basically single handedly saved the video game industry from the crash in the 80's. We wouldn't be where we are today without this one.
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SMB saved the industry has been a pretty standard opinion for a very long time? The launch of the NES kind of revitalized everything, and a big reason people wanted a NES was because of this game. I'd agree that it's a simple game, but hard disagree on rusty. Like I said, I still have fun playing this today.
The Atari crash only affected the American market so claiming it saved the whole industry is kinda wrong
Okay ya pedants, it saved the North American video game industry, and created a huge boom in the industry everywhere, and set the stage for Japanese dominance of the early days of console gaming. Point is, SMB was not only a game changer, but an industry changer, and things would look very different if it didn't exist.
Like, I don't feel like I'm being hyperbolic when I say that, in the context of how it impacted the legacy of video games, SMB is probably the 2nd most important video game after Pong.
It holds up super well and it's fun. People who hate it just have bad taste (just joking, it's okay to hate it, opinions are cool)
it's so weird that people complain that super mario bros. is hard and stiff with a rigid jump arc when they praise that kind of design in more modern games that aren't platformers
but it's also weird that people hate zelda 1 but want so much of its principles in other games
but it's also weird that people hate zelda 1 but want so much of its principles in other games
@mellorine These kids today got no respect for the classics! My only real issue with Zelda 1 is iirc, some of the things you needed to know to progress basically required a Nintendo Power subscription or a friend with one. Though tbh I never beat most of these old games, but appreciate them nonetheless.
I agree with you strongly, people really aren't giving this game a chance. Once you get used to the physics it's incredibly fun.
Kujin
2 years ago