Super Mario All-Stars

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Four in one means four times the fun!

[Graphics don't make the game. Anyone who complains that the "graphics should have been better" should be tortured.]

With the Super NES becoming every kid's favorite Nintendo system in the early 90s, it was only a matter of time until Nintendo decided to "remaster" their beloved Mario series and place them onto one cartridge. This not only helped propel the Super NES's popularity, but it served to remind the next generation of gamers of where Mario first came from! Read on:

THE GOOD
This cartridge contains four Mario games: The original Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3 (my personal favorite), and Lost Levels. Lost Levels is actually the "true" Mario 2, but they never brought to the U.S. in a cartridge; instead, the Mario 2 that we came to know was originally an arabian-knights-adventure-type game (I'll get back to you on the original game title) that was refitted to fit Mario's universe. With that said, I'm glad it's here. The graphics and music have been greatly enhanced, but the nostalgia factor of the games are still there (the most important aspect of the game, in my opinion). This also allows you to save your games and warp to a different world as well. I don't see this as a huge improvement, but it's a nice addition.

THE BAD
The ONLY bad thing I can say about this game (and thus, keeping the full 5 stars this game richly deserves) is that some of the sounds have been dumbed down a bit (an example: instead of the BA BOOM BOOM sounds the cannons make in Mario 3, they make a more "popish" sound). Other than that, a perfect game.

OVERALL
What can I say? These games are classic and vintage Mario. All four games are terrific. They also manage to keep the difficulty levels, so these games are certainly a challenge. I'm not Nintendo biased, but I love this game. These are the games we old school gamers grew up on. I hope these games live on through infinity.