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pacman91 said:
Siko1989 said:
Super Mario Bros 3 is my most favourite mario game of all time

Why is Bros 3 best iyo?

 

Don't know about him but I can give you my view on why I rate SMB3 higher, for those who were the at SMB3's release it was equivalent to what MW2's release is today, no game had ever had such a release and you have to factor that this was an industry recovering from a crash and this was only the beginning. SMB3 showed that platformers can be huge adventures, sure now days people can complete it in 10 or so minutes using the secrets but back then no one even knew of them until a bit later. Going through each world all with a different theme and trait, collecting and managing a good selection of power ups (some of the best in the series, bosses who employ unique tricks, a open ended world map (by 80s standards this was revolutinary for the genre), varied level design, fun rewarding minigames, secrets (i actually found the flute in the castle in W1 by accident funnily enough and never knew some power ups existed until different playthroughs), multi-player as a few reasons.

 

Now don't get me wrong as a game SMW is better and builds on what SMB3 brought to create an epic but the impact SMB3 had was giant it was not only the biggest a sequel has made over a predecessor but one of the first games that really made people realize just how great games can be, I still remember playing it for months on end, if Galaxy didn't exist SMB3 would be number 1 on my list.