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The best of games for the original Nintendo system are together in one Super Nintendo game. Super Mario Bros 1, 2 and 3, along with the Lost Levels which is actually Japan's Super Mario 2. The graphics have vastly been improved, especially the original game. Best of all, it has Nintendo's best character of all Mario. Another fine point is how you can save your game unlike the originals. Overall, this game is great.

This cartridge contains four games. The first is a souped-up recreation of the original NES Super Mario Bros. game from the mid-1980's. Although Mario has had so many new abilities since then, this is still eminently playable and fun.

Then we have The Lost Levels. These were apparently in the original SMB1 too, but when the game went westward these levels were deemed too hard to include. When you play them you see some very nasty tricks in them, not to mention some very nasty jumps, reduced jumping space to make jumping on that baddie more difficult, poison mushrooms... Some people may find it more than their tolerance will...tolerate.

Then we have Super Mario Bros 2. This is actually a rehash of a game that initially had nothing to do with Mario; it is simply a game entitled 'Doki Doki Panic' with Mario-related graphics. Unfortunately the game is a bit weak compared to the other games here, especially with its flick-screen vertical scrolling.

And, finally, we have the superlative Super Mario Bros 3! This goes back to the classic Nintendo formula of Mario games and bestows the Mario brothers with new powers and a map screen to give them a bit of choice where they go. This game is too awesome for words, and is rightly a classic. If you haven't got this and you find it...get it! It's platforming heaven, platforming brilliance. OK, so even with the improved graphics over the NES originals the look still isn't jaw-dropping, but there are loads of things to do in the Mario series!

The idea behind "Super Mario All Stars" for the Super Nintendo is a great one. Put together all the Mario games (at least to that point) on a single cartridge and allow players to SAVE their progress. Wow! While the concept it a great one, the trouble I've always found with this collection comes from the individual games themselves.

-Mario 3: 95% percent of my time playing "All Stars" was spent playing this game, as it is the one that easily translates the best from NES to SNES. It is the only game that doesn't feel like a "port", and it is the best all-around Mario game maybe ever (Mario '64 may give it a run).

-Mario 1: A faithful re-creation of the iconic original. However, I've always felt that game was meant to be played on the original NES with the two-button control. It plays okay on the SNES, but it loses some of that atmosphere.

-Mario 2: This is just a strange game to begin with. It is completely different (pulling up plants and throwing them?!) than any other Mario game. I know some people really enjoy it, by I always skipped this one because I thought it wasn't as good as the traditional Mario setup.

-Lost Levels: The trouble here is that Lost Levels is just too doggone difficult (the reason why the strange Mario 2 exists in the first place, as game distributors correctly evaluated it as much too hard for U.S. gamers). It looks great and feels like a classic Mario game, but good luck getting anywhere past the first couple of levels. I can run through the entire Mario Bros. original with almost no damage, but I could barely even make a dent in this one.

Thus, your overall enjoyment of "Super Mario All Stars" will likely come down to two factors: 1. Does it bother you to play a game on a different system for which it was intended?"; and 2. Will you play Mario 2 and/or Lost Levels enough to even make it worth your while? I had hours of fun playing Mario 3 from this cartridge, but all the others pretty much sat stagnant for the reasons described above

Rated E.

I played Super Mario All Stars about six years ago at my friends house on my friends SNES or Super Nintendo.If you already have Super Mario Bros 1,2 and 3 for NES then there is really no point in getting this(unless you are a die hard mario fan and want to see the lost levels for Super Mario Bros 2).It is basically Super Mario Bros 1,2 and 3 put together in one game.However there are extra levels for Super Mario Bros 2 which are only in the Japanese version of the game.The three games are very fun and classics for the 80's.They were excellent in the 80's,they were excellent in the 90's and they are excellent now!.Great games.

10/10

The game known as Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan never reached the States. American audiences were given a different game called Super Mario Bros. 2 and I don't know if it was released outside of the U.S. Now, here, 4 classic NES games are re-released on one cartridge with updated graphics for the Super NES. First is Super Mario Bros. as it was known; Super Mario 2 as we knew it in the U.S.; the Lost Levels, or, the game known as Super Mario 2 in Japan; and Super Mario Bros. 3. As far as I know they are exactly the same as their previous versions, only the graphics have been changed.

For my 2 cents, even though the graphics are "better" they take away some of the classic feel of the originals. However, as my only chance to play the Lost Levels, I appreciated this release. It also allows you to save your game in progress, a feature lacking on the NES versions.