Correction/Clarification: The more I've looked into it, the less confident I am in the "50 million" sales number for Super Mario Bros. The number comes from an old article by IGN in 1996: www.ign.com/articles/1996/10/01/the-history-of-mario. However, I have no idea where the author got this number. Looking into it more, I found that CESA reports that Super Mario Bros. sold 40 million, and not 50 million. While I think CESA's numbers are still estimates, they are probably more reliable than a random IGN article. Whether it was 40 million or 50 million, the sales were impressive regardless!
Having followed the whole series, this really shines a new light on how far ahead off every game released so far by Nintendo this was. Really only the Punch Out series could compete quality wise with this so far. I see Zelda is next, and while that was arguably more innovative, it was still a bit clunky and didn't age as well. SMB really hit it out of the park and the gameplay holds up for the most part.
Compared to all the other games, this one just feels different. Looking away from the whole impact thing, this is just a happy and challanging. It is filled with variation and ideas. It’s brilliant! Also i love the old feel of the mazes. It’s just a thing that doesn’t happen anymore. They are brutal, yet such a intriguing concept. Some moments of notice: 9:17 This is entirely new to me! Suprising that this had not been mentioned anywhere else. 13:55 And this! I didn’t even know that a crown was in the game! Very informative video!
I'm still not used to people not reading out the "Bros." as "Brothers," since I never really saw it as part of "bro" culture... 4-4 actually fooled me the first time around because I thought I was supposed to try every pipe to find the correct entrance like in 8-4, never suspecting that they were all the same pipe!
Correction/Clarification:
The more I've looked into it, the less confident I am in the "50 million" sales number for Super Mario Bros. The number comes from an old article by IGN in 1996: www.ign.com/articles/1996/10/01/the-history-of-mario. However, I have no idea where the author got this number.
Looking into it more, I found that CESA reports that Super Mario Bros. sold 40 million, and not 50 million. While I think CESA's numbers are still estimates, they are probably more reliable than a random IGN article. Whether it was 40 million or 50 million, the sales were impressive regardless!
The innocence felt in this game is unmatched.
Having followed the whole series, this really shines a new light on how far ahead off every game released so far by Nintendo this was. Really only the Punch Out series could compete quality wise with this so far.
I see Zelda is next, and while that was arguably more innovative, it was still a bit clunky and didn't age as well. SMB really hit it out of the park and the gameplay holds up for the most part.
Compared to all the other games, this one just feels different. Looking away from the whole impact thing, this is just a happy and challanging. It is filled with variation and ideas. It’s brilliant!
Also i love the old feel of the mazes. It’s just a thing that doesn’t happen anymore. They are brutal, yet such a intriguing concept.
Some moments of notice:
9:17 This is entirely new to me! Suprising that this had not been mentioned anywhere else.
13:55 And this! I didn’t even know that a crown was in the game! Very informative video!
I'm still not used to people not reading out the "Bros." as "Brothers," since I never really saw it as part of "bro" culture...
4-4 actually fooled me the first time around because I thought I was supposed to try every pipe to find the correct entrance like in 8-4, never suspecting that they were all the same pipe!
Great thanks
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