The VC's suspend mode is pretty great for games like Mario 3 because you can't run out of continues. I have a SMB3 game on my Wii that I just continually complete over and over. It's suspended on World 4 for the 5th or 6th time now. Great thing to do when I'm bored or don't feel like getting deep into a more story-based game.

I'm glad to hear that you don't think it's a bad game though. That said, I won't be able to sleep tonight knowing that there's someone in the world who hasn't appreciated this game to its fullest. I mean -- I still find secrets in it, almost 20 years later!

Yeah I think SMB3 and/or TMNT prevoed to me the importance of Saves and save states. I still remember bieng annoyed to have played like 3 hours into SMB3 just to get tired or have to go somewhere or something and turn it off, only to start right back at the beginning.

I can't say it's the most horrible game, because honestly, I haven't played that many games in my life and even less bad games but, I disliked Valkyrie Profile and couldn't get into it.

I think it's a pretty much love or hate kind of game.