I remember the commercials that surrounded the launch
of "Super Mario Brothers 3" well.
One boy started chanting "Mario, Mario." Another joined him, and before long
there were more and more until finally, the whole world was chanting "Mario."
As the camera panned up, the image of Mario's face appeared on the globe. And
I think everyone in the 6th grade at Pulaski Middle School about peed their
pants.
Flash forward a month to my friend Chad's birthday party in May of 1990. He
received a boat-load of money for the occasion and, as he was counting his
money, I remarked: "Hey Chad, why don't you buy "Super Mario Brothers 3"
tonight
with that money?" His face lit up as the idea crossed his mind. Sure enough,
he bought it, and I sat in awe the next day as he and I played it. So guess
what I bought when my own birthday rolled around that August?
In my opinion, "Super Mario Brothers 3" is the greatest video game of all time,
or
at the least, the greatest Nintendo Entertainment System game ever. It took
various elements from all of Mario's incarnations and synthesized them into
one. The game itself was enormous, with plenty of things to do, lots of nooks
and crannies to explore, and lots of secrets to reveal. The graphics were light-
years ahead of anything else on the NES at the time, and the game's controls
were simple. Add all of that up, and you have the greatest NES game ever.
"Super Mario Brothers 3" was the apex of the NES. By the time of its release,
Sega's Genesis system was making inroads, and the Super Nintendo was on the
horizon. In short, the NES' days were numbered. Other good games would be
released after SMB3, but none of them had the spark and the excitement that
characterized "Mario 3."
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"Best. Game. Ever." -What I'm sure the Comic Book Guy from the simpsons would say.
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