Top Mario Levels #3
It’s time to look again at the top Mario levels. This time we’ve chosen the very first level from the very first proper mario game – yes its level 1-1 from Super Mario Bros.
To all intents and purpose, the original Mario Bros. was the definitive platforming experience, the game contains very few power ups (the Mushroom, Fire Flower and Starman) which generally don’t change the actual platforming action much at all, they’re just mainly used to get enemies out of your way.
The first level of Super Mario Bros perhaps isn’t the greatest level in the game, but its certainly the most iconic. Introducing you to the core concepts of Mario with the basic enemies, and basic platforming it serves as a teaser of what to expect as you progress through the rest of the game – and indeed subsequent Mario games that stretch the boundaries as much as possible.
Its true testament to the levels influence on the gaming public that the exact contents of the level has been taken out and reused in multiple games, most recently Super Smash Bros Brawl, which sees the lush green world turned to desert – a sign of just how much of a classic the level actually is.
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