"Is Super Mario Bros. 3 the greatest Mario game of all time?"
To many people, the answer is a resounding yes. Everyone will forever sing its praises and accomplishments until the angry sun blows up. Am I of the same opinion as various others? Yes... and no. While I'm in the boat that agrees that SMB3 is tied as the best 2D Mario game ever made, it... isn't the best Mario game. At least, not for me. To join the choir for a moment, I can very much see why many people have the opinion they do. Where do I even begin with this game? Godlike powerups, item preservation, dynamic level design, an open map structure, and a significantly larger game than any of its predecessors makes this a remarkable title in a sea of remarkable titles. The game somehow even gets better with the Wii U version of Super Mario Advance 4, bringing in all the e-reader levels to make a complete package. That automatically makes this the definitive SMB3 experience. However, nothing's perfect and this game does have one crack within its undeniably beautiful marble. World 7 is the point where I realized that this isn't a perfect game. The level design and the difficulty curve of the world I felt was too detached from what made the other worlds so great and it hampered my experience by the slightest margin. Is Super Mario Bros. 3 the greatest Mario game of all time? No. Is it a fantastic game and one of the best 2D Mario games to come out? Absolutely.
To many people, the answer is a resounding yes. Everyone will forever sing its praises and accomplishments until the angry sun blows up. Am I of the same opinion as various others? Yes... and no. While I'm in the boat that agrees that SMB3 is tied as the best 2D Mario game ever made, it... isn't the best Mario game. At least, not for me. To join the choir for a moment, I can very much see why many people have the opinion they do. Where do I even begin with this game? Godlike powerups, item preservation, dynamic level design, an open map structure, and a significantly larger game than any of its predecessors makes this a remarkable title in a sea of remarkable titles. The game somehow even gets better with the Wii U version of Super Mario Advance 4, bringing in all the e-reader levels to make a complete package. That automatically makes this the definitive SMB3 experience. However, nothing's perfect and this game does have one crack within its undeniably beautiful marble. World 7 is the point where I realized that this isn't a perfect game. The level design and the difficulty curve of the world I felt was too detached from what made the other worlds so great and it hampered my experience by the slightest margin. Is Super Mario Bros. 3 the greatest Mario game of all time? No. Is it a fantastic game and one of the best 2D Mario games to come out? Absolutely.