Don’t have much to say on the game cuz it’s Mario and everyone knows Mario (besides how I swear this game delays your jump input in an awkward way when you’re building momentum + Hammer bro hammers have questionable hitboxes). Two and a half stars may seem like a poor rating for such an influential game that set the groundwork for the industry, but hear me out: 2.5/5 is actually 5/10 which is the perfect, middle of the road rating for a game like this, especially coming from someone who sucks at platformers like me. I was playing this on and off, but look at how long it took me to beat this lmao.

SMB stays one of the best game rating standards, cuz it’s easy for me to imagine games that I enjoy more than Mario ranging from decent to godly (3-5 stars), and games that I don’t enjoy as much going from meh to horseshit (0.5-2 stars). Perfect 👍