Everybody's favorite italian plumber makes his jump to the Super Nintendo, with Super Mario World, and it shows!

While future SNES games would look better and utilize the console's capabilities more efficiently, as a launch title, Mario World looks pretty good. Sprites looks nice, colors are vibrant and background are more detailed than before!
Additionally, Mario World has a different set of environments than last time. Of course, you still have your underground levels, your athletic levels, and so on, but it doesn't exactly follow the "Grass-Desert-Water" level tropes from last time. I appreciate the variety this game has, and it even introduces the Boo Houses, which are nice little puzzles in the form of a stage. Although I'd say that overall, this game does not have a much variety as last time, in spite of the new themes.

In terms of music, this game coined what I like to call the "Super Mario World Syndrome", where most, if not all of the soundtrack is a rendition of the main theme in some ways. It feels like it could get stale, but surprisingly, they managed to pull it off very well!
Each theme is instantly recognizable, and they all sound really good!

In terms of gameplay, it continues a lot of the concepts of Mario 3, but introduces some new stuff as well. The ability to Spin Jump was added, which allows Mario to break certain blocks and even bounce off of certain enemies!
Koopa Shells and other objects can now be thrown up, which allows for new approach in how to defeat enemies or break blocks that are too high to reach.
And of course, this game introduces Yoshi, one of the most iconic Mario characters! He serves as a sort-of power-up, that does not substitute any of Mario's other power-ups. He's more like an add-on, being able to swallow most enemies and can act as an extra jump (I'm so sorry, Yoshi!).

And we have new power-ups too! Many of the ones in Mario 3 did not really return, but we do have the Cape Feather and the P-Balloon.
The P-Balloon is pretty situational, but the Cape Feather is awesome! With good timing, you can make Mario pretty much fly forever with the Cape Feather, and it breaks levels. I love it!

Besides that, the Koopalings return, and they have new patterns to beat, which is nice. And the final boss against Bowser is also nice, utilizing the ability to throw objects up pretty well.

But wait there's more! If you thought the game was done after you've beaten all the main worlds, think again! This time around, we also have special levels in the Star World!
And by beating them, you gain access to even more levels, that are probably the most challenging in the game, and have the most excellent names!
Some of them can be a bit annoying, but I find these a nice little piece of extra content.

Unlike Mario 3, the difficulty in Mario World is actually pretty solid. It can get a bit hard later on, but it never becomes the roller-coaster ride of last time.

Overall, Super Mario World is a great 2D Mario, and I actually struggle to think of many flaws with it, outside of the variety of environments. It's a great time, check it out if you're curious!