Super Mario World cover

Super Mario World 1990

Released
November 21, 1990
Genres
Platform · Adventure
Platforms
Arcade · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U · New Nintendo 3DS · Super Famicom
Developer
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Rating
100/100 on IGDB
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About this game

Nintendo's 1990 SNES platformer, the one with Yoshi in it and the cape that lets Mario fly. The map is what makes it worth replaying: the paths branch, levels hide second exits behind keys, and finding them opens the Star Road, which is a shortcut across the whole world map. There are 96 exits over 72 courses, and you can reach the end in eleven levels if you know where the doors are. So the same cartridge is a gentle afternoon or a long hunt, and nothing in it pushes you either way.

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