Hey this is kinda cool.....oh wait...it's over......
…Not me though… It is a short blast from the past and refreshing in its own way, sure. But ultimately what goes through my mind as I’m jumping goombas and hitting question blocks with my head are the words: ‘been there, done that’. It also doesn’t help that the face of this jolly platformer is marred by a shamefully short lifespan and ridiculously low difficulty. One good surge through...take a good Fire Flower for the big boss and –hey presto- you’ve completed the game. But then again, I spent damned near my entire childhood playing Mario so perhaps my somewhat high and dry experience doesn’t apply to everyone. Production values, for instance, are quite fantastic. Graphics are very Mario-ish and are technically and artistically sound and the same goes for the game’s audio component. In terms of control, Mario responds as tightly and immediately as he should.
Good game? Yeh sure while it lasts. To be fair I had fun doing the whole routine again even if I had done it countless times before. For what it’s worth the game does what it does well. Worth getting? Nah. Way too short for $60. Borrow it off someone who was eager enough to purchase their own copy.