Shigeru Miyamoto's masterpiece. This game took everything from the first title, and a few things from its peculiar sequel and just turned them up to 11 here. This was a time when Nintendo's games excelled at showing, not telling, you what to do. Every level would either introduce some new design, or a unique play on one of your powerups, or subvert your expectations like the first time a regular looking block grows legs and jumps at you!

The fact that it managed to keep this level of creativity going all the way through the end is nothing short of spectacular. When you combine the crisp sprites, colorful visuals, and wide-ranging soundtrack with that level of creative gameplay, you get nothing short of legend.