April 1, 2011

A Vast and Strange Place

Game Review: Super Mario World

Dinosaur Land is under the brutal tyranny of the Koopa King Bowser. Yoshi and his dinosaur friends have been imprisoned in giant eggs, and all hope seems lost, but in kidnapping the Princess Toadstool, Bowser has crossed the wrong plumber. Mario and Luigi ally themselves with Yoshi and engage Bowser and his forces to free the Princess and save Dinosaur Land. Directed by Tezuka Takashi and series creator Miyamoto Shigeru, originally released in 1990 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but played on an emulator with a modded Xbox.

Fun, adorable, hard, inventive, frustrating, rewarding. Great music. I sucked at it, but it converted a former Sonic fanboy.

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