What made Super Mario Brothers 3 the greatest game of all time?

[dtewi]

Jumpin said:

dtewi said:
I can not think of a single reason why.

Games have gotten better since the NES era. I don't get why nostalgia automatically makes something awesome.

 Which game has achieved the greatness of Super Mario Brothers 3? I can't think of any others off hand.

Super Mario World? Super Mario 64? Super Mario Galaxy?

Do you think, 20 years ago, any gamer in their right mind would choose SMB3 if those three were available back then?

No. SMB3 has been surpassed in quality just like almost every, if not all games from the 2D era.