People who consider Mario a gameplay-only game are not true Mario fans

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happydolphin said:

RolStoppable said:

You had no internet back when Zelda II got released. Additionally, there wasn't much game journalism during that time either, so if Zelda II was not critically acclaimed (something I doubt anyway), it only was because there were not many critics around.

You must've forgotten that back in the day people talked about games in schoolyards, and Zelda II was never considered a great game, always considered some bastard child between Mario and Zelda, yet you couldn't stomp on ennemies. Forget critically acclaimed here, think popular opinion.

But I loved it.

@amp. Whether it took ideas from Alice in Wonderland or not, it was full of things we'd never seen in a video game. Giant mushrooms to walk on, hidden green mushrooms for a life, magic beanstalks, a pipe is not a rabbit hole. Also, Miyamoto is a romantic creator, he sees things where they weren't, and can create worlds nobody ever imagined. That's what was infused into Super Mario Bros.

Those have turned up in fairy tales as well, haven't they?  Mushroom Kingdom was inspired by the world of fairy tales in my opinion.  That doesn't mean that it isn't brilliant.  It just isn't quite as original as you think.  Also, the princess being captured by the villain and rescued has been done in a million stories.  I'm just saying.