And plans on staying, or at least this is what we’d love to see happen.

The most thrilling races, with the best characters and the most amazing maps is here. My only gripe? The vertical scrolling can throw you off at times. Yes, the ENTIRE game! Tack on a two-player mode that's tons of fun (and even a one-player variation of the 2P game), as well as tons of little extras (a daily planner, pics you can print out, etc.) and you have one kick-ass package. And then there's the Lost Levels-aka SMB 2 in Japan-which are hidden away on the cart. By far the best of the new additions is the Challenge Mode, which adds Yoshi's Island-like goals to each stage (five hidden red coins and an invisible Yoshi egg to find, as well as a high score to beat), adding TONS of replay value to an already long-lasting game. And with all of the additions and extras that Nintendo packed into SMB Deluxe, even the most hardcore Super Mario Bros, players (like myself) will have plenty of new challenges to face long after they've completed the regular game. Super Mario Bros, redefined the industry when it first arrived back in 1985, and now, 14 years later, it's just as fun and addictive as it ever was. When SMB hit-that's when it really all began.

Could there be a better set of three words to define the generation of video games that we're currently absorbed in? Yeah, you had your Pong and your Atari and your Colecovision and all that stuff.but that was just the precursor to Mario.

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