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One fine Mario game. I like it more than SMB3! *Gets shot*

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is my first Mario game I ever played, and I still love it. A lot of people don't like it as much as the most overrated game of all time, Super Mario Bros. 3. I'm tired of people going "iT dOesNt haVe TeH SooTZ!" IMO, Suits<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Yoshi

Gameplay:10/10 Your standard Mario platformer. Only filled to the brim with secrets [something SMB3 didn't have] and YOSHI! I like the new cape, which allows you to fly anywhere! Cape>>>Raccoon!

Graphics: 9.5/10 looks great for the first SNES game. Very colorful!

Sounds/music 8.5/10 standard

story 4/10 Bowser kidnaps Peach yet again! Doesn't matter since no one plays this game for the story!

Very underrated. Here are the reasons it's better than SMB3:

1. Secrets! 2 Secret worlds and many, many secret levels.

2. Better bosses. In SMB3, you had to jump on the Koopa Kids's heads, while avoiding their shots. In SMW, bosses are creative!

3. Peach kisses Mario :) !

4. I like the cool ways Mario blows up castles in this one.

5. Castles>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ships

6. Many paths to take while in Bowser's castle.

7. Can revisit levels & worlds, unlike SMB3

8. SWITCH PALACES!

9. GHOST HOUSES!

10. Renzor>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Boomboom

11. Tells enimies' names at the credits.

12. Save feature

13. YOSHI!

14. I could keep going on how this game is better than SMB3, but I'll stop right here.

PS: To the kid who said this game is too hard, I have a few things to say: 1: This game isn't that hard 2: You said, "The graphics are the only thing good about this heap of 'rubish'" Rubbish huh? BRITISH ALERT!!!!

good game... but maybe not quite a classic

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: December 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

(This review was updated on July 10th, 2006)

I've changed my mind about Super Mario World and actually think it deserves 4 stars. I was just in a bad mood when I originally gave the game a 2-star rating. It turns out Super Mario World is not just a game you can enjoy growing up in the early 90's. It actually has a lot of replay value and years later our children can enjoy Super Mario World the same way WE did.

I still stand by what I say in the original review: "The Donkey Kong Country series, for example, came along with a similar idea and made it more exciting IMO, so, if I were you I'd go with one of those games instead of Super Mario World. For the most part the levels in the DKC series feel different from each other (plus, they feel more creative and memorable). Unfortunately, many of the levels in Super Mario World are all basically the same and, as a result, I feel exhausted after playing the game for two hours.

To put it another way- in Super Mario World it feels like you're going through the levels simply to collect coins and extra lives. In the Donkey Kong Country series, you pretty much do the same thing (except bananas instead of coins) but it seems like the DKC series offers more creativity in the level design, which allows you to look forward to each stage and think to yourself "I wonder what cool thing I get to do in THIS stage". It's not like that in Super Mario World."

I still believe that, but I've recently come to change my mind a little and think that, even though most of the levels in Super Mario World feel the same, that's not necessarily a BAD thing. I also don't think the graphics in SMW are as nice as many reviewers think. They sort of look blocky but, to their credit, Nintendo games have always had plenty of pretty colors, which is a plus.

So go ahead and buy Super Mario World if you want to experience the joy of old-school Mario (the games MY generation grew up with). After all, it's Mario and Mario games always have something decent going for them (except Mario Is Missing, but with time we've come to realize that game never even existed!)

Super Mario World is basically Super Mario Bros. 3 (but without all the cool Mario suits and less creative worlds). I like in Super Mario Bros. 3 how you have water, desert, air, plant and ice worlds (in addition to more). In Super Mario World you just have UNUSUAL worlds such as Chocolate Island and Forest of Illusion. Those aren't as neat as the worlds in Super Mario Bros. 3. Super Mario World should have been the best Mario game yet but Nintendo took a few steps back (but with a MONSTER like Super Mario Bros. 3 I guess it would have been difficult to make a better Mario game right after it).

Another problem in Super Mario World is that if you want to get a perfect score (96) you not only have to reach the goal in every single level, but you also have to find and grab a key in certain levels (but not all levels have keys). This means you have to go through many levels a SECOND time. It's sort of boring. Once is enough. The concept of collecting keys wasn't a good one. I guess the good part is that if you are wearing a cape, you can quickly fly through the levels (except for water levels, and any level where the screen pushes you to the right) but that's not fun either because all you do is continue flying and pushing the back button to stay up high in the air until you reach the goal (or the key). However, at the end of the day none of this is really enough to make the game bad in any way. I just get tired of it.

Go ahead and get it. Yes, it's a classic.

Easily the best Mario game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When I first asked for this game, I thought it was going to be another average Mario game. To my surprise, it was the best one I've played in a long time! This game has many levels with lots of secrets and stuff. The levels may be hard but once you get to Bowser, (in my oponion) he is easier than the levels! Anyway, it's a good game and it is worth your money. Buy it. I have been playing this game ever since I got it and I beat Bowser with the help of my friend, Mike Brennan. Very addicting and worth your time!

Old and simple, but great gameplay!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Easily one of the best titles for the SNES, Super Mario World is a classic Mario side-scroller filled with fun. The controls are nice, and the levels are numerous and varied enough to make the game entertaining the whole way through. A must-have if you have an SNES. Even once all of the secrets are found and Bowser is beaten, the game still has a lasting appeal.

Cons:
a few spots that are overly difficult
plenty of levels, but still not enough

I still love this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game and Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) are the BEST games I've ever played. SMB3 was the first game I ever learned to play on (just imagine a 3 year-old sitting on a stack of her Dad's books with a huge grin on her face!); I still love the game to this day. Just the other day the theme song got stuck in my head. And Super Mario World is incredibly enjoyable. I've replayed it hundreds of times; beating Bowser or even just a Koppa is as satisfying now as it was then! I sincerely hope that both these games are remade (exactly as the originals, of course!) for more modern consoles.
All in all, I absolutely love these games and recommend them to anyone w/ a SNES or NES.

The best Super Mario game of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is positively the best Super Mario game of all time. The gameplay is similar to the gameplay in Super Mario 1, 2, and 3 with one great addition. YOSHI! In your travels as Mario, you will discover Green, Blue, Red, and Yellow Yoshis each with their own unique abilities. If you are a fan of the Mario franchise, buy this game!.

1000000000000000000 stars

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is cool! Who gives a hoot if it is as old as me! Here's a tip the fist ghosthouse in donut plains get the cape and fly up at the begginning and you'll find a level where you can power up! What! Your'e mom goes out a lot! Then get super Mario Advance2 for game boy its the same.

Probably The BEST Mario Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Super Mario World is probably the best Mario game ever and it's definetly one of the best GAMES ever too. It's classic side-scroll action with a kick, there are so many great levels and so many secrets to unlock. If you have a Super NES, then you should definetly have this game!

this game is good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

buy it the game rocks. or buy the one for gameboy advance

The SNES' best game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is a classic. The story is tha same as the original Mario bros. games, though there are new enemies, and levels. It is definetly a must get.

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