IGN - Why Super Mario Bros. is the GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT GAME OF ALL TIME

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I agree with them that Super Mario Bros. is one of, if not the, greatest game. It in itself doesn't hold up as well on its own, but it is the foundation of nearly every platformer that came after it, from its siblings, to Sonic, to Banjo Kazooie and even to this day, there is not a single platformer that doesn't take something from it. Even Metroidvanias owe a debt to Super Mario Bros.

Wii Sports did amazing things with motion controls, but few games still use themes and elements from it now that the Motion craze has died down.

Madden did one thing well, it got people to pay full price for roster updates, and minor gameplay/graphical tweaks, but there were sports games both before and after that did far more for their respective genres.