c0rd on 03 March 2013
Hard to remember my first impression when I grew up with the NES. I was regularly playing the games when I was 2-3 years old, we have a VHS of me when I'm 3 years old, waking up in the morning when I'm half-asleep and immediately going to the NES to play Mega Man...
Don't think I played the original SMB much at all, though. I thought it was too plain, so I preferred the second one (I was born 87, so it was already out) - lots more stuff to do there, more colorful, better music, characters, etc etc. I never owned the third one, but remembing loving it when playing it at others' houses. I enjoyed them a lot, but overall, Mario was never quite a top tier franchise for me, always second to certain games on the systems (Mega Man, Zelda)
