Game Review (written by Thesleeps) Added on: 02/22/2007
MARIO!! what cannot truly be said about this game.. it is basically a one in a million starters for the whole gaming experience; millions of people know what it is, no longer is it just simply a computer game but it is the starter for many a platform game. Mario may not have been the first platform game to ever emerge but it is one of the greatest. The craze started with platform game and led on from the different characters that appeared in the game each becoming a part of mario in its own way. One of the most recent taking Yoshi out of the game and starting a world around him. Mario also moved on from platform games and into all kinds of different realms. The basis now brings racing car themes; RPG games and action fighting games that people all play and enjoy from all over the world.
For all those people that have never played the original Mario platform game you have to play it to truly understand how it all came about; when the game was released it stood out from the rest and stood ground and in turn took root to be one of the most played and well remembered platform games ever to be released.
Storyline: Basically as the storyline goes you are a character called Mario who is somewhat enamoured by a second character called the princess; the princess of course being Mario’s love interest is abducted by the nemesis of Mario; the nemesis in this case is a giant lizard type creature that oddly has a turtle shell on its back; breathes fireballs and stands on two legs called 'Bowzer'; of course after bowzer abducts the princess he instantly finds the need to go after her and thus the story begins...
Gameplay: You are looking at what is essentially a side view of the Mario world with a 2D rolling world moving from left to right Mario can jump pick up power ups jump up and down levels and work out all kinds of puzzles that are presented to him in game... Various abilities in game give Mario the edge as to say, he gains size which enables him to jump higher and reach otherwise inaccessible places previously to him by picking up a mushroom of all things thru power-up blocks found through out the game.
In summary if you’re a nostalgia freak or just want to play a game that most of the populous has played or even want to see what the cartoons; movies; action figures and game cards all came from then hey give this a go.
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