Super Mario World

[jnm23]

revisiting this on ZSNES and boy have my 2d platforming skills got rusty.
found myself scarpering through the levels like a frightened mouse rather than searching for all the nooks and crannies (oo-er)

took about 5 days of fairly intensive play to finish 96 exits. tubular, awesome and outrageous are particularly tough. also forest fortress and larry's castle

now onto yoshi's island (and finishing off smb3)

[vertigo]

This is one of those games I wish I could forget in order to play it all over again, it's not as much fun when you come back to a game after 5 years or so and still know the thing inside out.

[kyo_244]

This is one of those games I wish I could forget in order to play it all over again, it's not as much fun when you come back to a game after 5 years or so and still know the thing inside out.

Some would disagree with u on that..

[TheBlackLodge]

While playing it on my GBA I realised the same thing, I am really, really rusty now. Either that or games these days are far far easier and much more forgiving.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

tubular, awesome and outrageous are particularly tough.

Tubular was easy. I don't see how people find it hard?

[muddy]

Best. Game. EVAR!11!!!!

it's a reason to own a GBA. amazing game.
Yes, I agree with Vertigo to some extent, I want to discover all of it's secrets afresh... but it is like returning to an old friend. The game just keeps giving.

[Kieran76]

It was the Star Road I found tough, I really do see this game as a work of art. If we had to lock a game in time capsule for future generations then I think this may be it. I loved revisiting it on my GBA but, like some here, was amazed on how much I had remembered.

[angelx]

This game took me a month of playing, not solidly. before the days of internet guides I never really bought magazines apart from for shiny free gifts and those ?10 guides are just a joke. Such a classic shame it never got its own sequel

[Leon Retro]

I'm still hoping for a true follow-up to Mario4. I was impressed by Mario64, but the excitement soon faded, and I don't like 3D platformers much. I like all the Mario platformers from 1 to 4, and it's such a shame 5 never came out. Yoshi's Island is fantastic, but not the sequel to MarioWorld I would like.

The DS is getting a new 2D Mario title this year, looks good from the early shots I've seen!

[Mad Gear]

I'm still hoping for a true follow-up to Mario4. I was impressed by Mario64, but the excitement soon faded, and I don't like 3D platformers much. I like all the Mario platformers from 1 to 4, and it's such a shame 5 never came out. Yoshi's Island is fantastic, but not the sequel to MarioWorld I would like.

The DS is getting a new 2D Mario title this year, looks good from the early shots I've seen!

Agreed.
Mario 4 is the best platformer ever created.

[danholo]

If Tubular is the level where you have to use the balloons to inflate yourself, I agree. I always had trouble with that. SMBW is one awesome game. Best Mario out there.

New Mario?! Oohh... Mario 64 doesn't really cut it!

edit: Just found those Famitsu scans of the new Mario that's coming out. So cool!

[Team Andromeda]

Best Platfrom game I ve played , nothing comes close and I doubt ever will. This game was perfect.

[icarus0]

Totally agree - SMW comes closer to perfection than any other game I've played.

Its also one of the very few games I can play all the way through now, 15 years after release, and still find it as fresh and enjoyable as the first time I played it. That's the mark of true quality.

(And, not wanting to boast or anything, but I completed the game 100% within five days of buying it. How H4rdc0r3 am I? )