Nobody here picked Super Mario 4, huh?

I voted for Super Mario Bros. 3. It was my very first game that I got with my NES at the age of 5, and it has been my favourite Mario game ever since. But I still love Super Mario World as well and have had a lot of good times playing through it too.

I have.  Once you get passed Tubular, the rest of those levels aren't so bad.

Clearly you're not familiar with all of the secrets in SMB3.  On certain levels, if you collected 100% of the coins (not an easy task), you would get a white mushroom house.  This added replay value to the game as well, because it gave you a new goal. 

Some levels would turn the hammer bros. into a coin ship if you beat them with the right number of coins and score. 

You could use a hammer to break open new areas, such as the boat on world 3 which took you to half a dozen item houses and 1-up games.  Or on world 2 where you could use it to fight the hidden hammer bros. who was keeping the 3rd warp whistle.

Mario World had more hidden exits and stages, but I basically consider them just additional levels I suppose.  But I don't really think that compares to taking the boat out on World 3 to get half a dozen bonuses or having to rush to collect all the coins on a moving stage so you unlock a white mushroom house. 

See, I think the complete opposite.  Each world in Mario 3 had its own unique flavor.  Mario World seemed much more generic.  Where was the ice world or the giant world? 

Not to mention, if you saw those giant goombas back when SMB3 came out, they were amazing.  And that level where you can walk between normal size and giant size was awesome... not replayed until Mario 64.

I salute you!

*salutes*

I did when I was 9...

Sorry for the Double Post... but Double Post.

I am familiar with every secret in SMB3, ranging from the Warp Whistles to the Hammer Suit.

In SMW, the levels were very well hidden. I mean, look at Cheese Bridge. That exit was insane. Or how about Chocolate Island? Top Secret Area? Star Road? Forest of Illusion?

SMW was bursting at the seams with secrets.

Super Mario Land 2!! God I love that game.

But out of those two, hmm... I guess World.

I beat mario bros 3. I played through the game. The levels are very short. also all the levels are themed.
While in mario world you saw crazy stuff that made you think these people are crazy! Also generic
is only for theme.


While at times mario 3 did fool around. world took a bigger step there. While Mario 3 was orginal in its day. Its hasn't age well. Every platformer these days have all those levels expect a few like
fire,ice,water and air world. Mario 3 felt stale to me while mario world had many diffrent ideas it was awsome