Super Mario World

 Mario is undeniably the biggest character in video games and has helped make Nintendo a household name now.  Nintendo has been milking Mario like Activision has with Call of Duty.  However, unlike Activision, Nintendo has added something new to each Mario game.  It may be a power up, a new character, anything really, but undeniably one of the best things Nintendo has added was Yoshi in Super Mario World, in my opinion the best Mario game made.  Now it's time to look at this masterpiece.

Let's look at the story:  Mario, Luigi, and Peach are on Dinosaur island for...I don't know really, I think it's for a vacation, but what ever I'm getting off track.  There having a fun time, until Bowser arrives and kidnaps Peach...again(you'd think she'd up security after getting kidnapped).  So it's up to Mario and Luigi to save the Princess.  Along the way they encounter Yoshi, a dinosaur that has had his friends imprisoned in eggs by Bowser.  So Mario teams up with Yoshi to save the princess and Yoshi's friends.

Let's look at the positives, and trust me there's a lot:  Like all Mario games, they have great controls and feel.  This was a launch title for the snes, and this game is a great way to show off what the snes can do.  You can hold down the run button and jump at the same time.  The music is awesome, Nintendo has given every Mario game a great soundtrack, and this game is proof of that.  With the Super Nintendo's power, Nintendo gave this game a great soundtrack, from the peppy opening to the chilling castle theme, each area has a great song to it.  Like I said earlier, this was the first game to include Yoshi, and he's a great new feature to the game.  Yoshi can eat enemies and sometimes give you 1 ups by pooping them out(yes I know that sounds gross, but that's basically what he does).  Yoshi can also use koopas as weapons by spitting them out, some even give him a power.  For example, green shells are spit out as shells, red shells are spit out as fire, blue shells make him fly, and yellow shells give him a stomping ability.  The over world is huge in this game, you really do feel like you're in this big world, hence the name Super Mario World.  This game is just perfect.

I can't think of any flaws really, but if I had to nitpick, I'd say the sprite for the princess in the final level look bad.  This is just a nit pick, but they could have updated it.

Overall, Super Mario World is a great game.  This is, in my opinion, the best Mario game ever, I recommend the snes version to anyone that wants to buy it.  While everyone does have their own opinion, I still stick with this as being the best out of them all.  Thanks for reading, and remember to keep ranting n' raving.