
(referred to as NSMB from here on out) feels like an evolution of the original Super Mario Bros.

But instead of aiming to be a true successor to that 16-bit masterpiece, in a lot of ways New Super Mario Bros. was announced, you'd better believe it was a big deal.įollowing up on Super Mario World, which many consider to the Mario's finest outing and one of the best games of all time, is no easy task. While the majority of us were too busy hopping in and out of paintings in Princess Peach's castle to care, it would be wrong to think that the style of game that saved the industry in the '80s and made Nintendo a household name wasn't missed.

Not only that, but side-scrollers in general had been largely ignored since 1996, when the Nintendo 64 hit the market and assured us that 3D gaming was the way of the future. released for the Nintendo DS back in 2006, it had been roughly 15 years since the portly plumber starred in a proper 2D platformer.
