Super Mario Odyssey begs to be loved before you take one step in its world, promising hours of fun. I found that same fun in Super Mario Bros. 3, but I had to dig through an unpleasant exterior first.

In Super Mario Bros. 3, ... you'll come across different Koopaling bosses that will have you ducking from then jumping over their attacks as you dish out the necessary licks to send them packing.

Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World are widely regarded as two of the greatest 2D platformers of all time. ... The concept of bosses wasn't new to the Mario series by this point, ...

Once the curtain rose on Super Mario Bros 3 players were introduced to the bold new face of Mario games. The world map gave some much-needed openness to the overly linear platforming genre, every ...

Originally released in 1990 for those in North America, Nintendo has since gone on to re-release Super Mario Bros. 3 on SNES (with Super Mario All-Stars) and Game Boy Advance.

Super Mario Bros. 3’s first level, with its jolly music, is seared into my brain.It introduced me to the basic concepts that govern Mario’s world (which I paid for in Game Overs). In the first ...