Super Mario All Stars

When Nintendo released their new, better system (which is what, two or three generations old now), they knew they'd have to release these modern classics to convince people to upgrade. But they were smart about it. Instead of releasing them for the Super Nintendo as separate games, making people balk, they took advantage of the better format and released them all on one cartridge, with better graphics to boot. To sweeten the deal, they included "The Lost Levels," a new, harder version of the original Super Mario Bros. not previously available in the states. And they included the ability to save your game or continue on that level when you die, something I greatly missed in the originals.

Ok, I confess, I've never actually beaten any of these games in spite of the combined years I've had them for the original and Super Nintendo's. But I have had loads of fun over the years playing these games. And with four great games on one cartridge, how can you possibly go wrong?


Great collection of classics   October 23, 2000
retrowens (Alabama, USA)
20 out of 22 found this review helpful

Super Mario All-Stars is a great update of the regular Nintendo classics that took the world by storm. It has Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, 3, and they have a game that is the same as Super Mario Bros. 1 except that it's a lot harder, The Lost Levels. That's a total of four classic Mario Bros. games all in one cartridge. Super Mario All-Stars updated the graphics of all the games to Super Nintendo quality, which is a lot better than the originals. The games are just as fun as they've always been, the sound is a little bit better, and the control isn't perfect, but it's good enough so that it's not frustrating. All the games have 4 slots that will save your games, whether it's 1 player or 2 player, and you can erase them or play them as you please.

Pretty much, if you liked playing the classic Mario Bros. games for the regular Nintendo, you'll definitely like Super Mario All-Stars. I recommend anybody who has a Super Nintendo to get this game.


This is Old School! (That's a good thing!)   July 18, 2003
Katie
17 out of 19 found this review helpful

I used to love this game when I was a little kid! It's cool because it is actually 4 games on one cartridge! Super Mario Bros., Mario Bros. 2, Mario Bros. 3, and Lost Levels. The best mario is still Super Marioworld though(sold on a separate cartridge.) There isn't much else to say, except these were the good mario games before they came out with the less-than-exceptional N64 ones.


3 Classic Games & A New Addition   January 4, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

Super Mario All-Stars can be summed up simply as this: A great revamping effort done by Nintendo that combines the first three Super Mario games as well as a new game, titled The Lost Levels, that had previously only been released in Japan. Super Mario All-Stars is a great addition to an SNES collection, considering you were a fan of the Super Mario series the first time around. The save feature comes in handy at times, giving you four slots per game in which to save your progress. A great play for a real Super Mario fan.


Mario Power!   April 29, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

If you don't already own this game then you should hurry up andfind it somewhere because it's too good a game to miss.I should know.Let me tell you a bit about this game.

The game consists of four levels on a blue background which you shouldn't really pay attention to.You should pay attention to the names of them so you can go to school and brag about how far you've gotten in the cool Mario game when you havn't done anything at all.Anyway the names are:Mario Bros.1,Mario Bros.2,Mario Bros. 3 and the lost levels.It's really highly advanced isn't it?Now onto Mario Bros.1!

No.1 lets you control Mario.You ran along a nice laid path hopping on enemies and leaping over gaps.You can get your Mushrooms to make Mario bigger and flowers to let him shoot fire.With one baby tiny detail.If you get a game over you restart at level 1-1.And if you were at level oh say 3-1 or 4-1 then start howling.But being such good players you shouldn't really get a game over.Is it like the old game?I don't know.

Mario 2 is somewhat differant than 1.See you can controle Mario.Then theres Luigi Marios green dressed brother.Princess the blonde girl in a pink dress.And toad a little guy in a BIG hat.Chose one of these brave characters and make them collect cherries.Throw turtle shells,Vegies and enemies at your enemys.Also there are door creating potions and 'shrooms' that make you bigger.Oh and a POW that knocks every enemy of the screen.It's all high-tech stuff.

Mario 3 is very high-tech.Control Mario through a place where you can move from one level to another.Or one castle to another.Or one Mushroom house with a hidden object inside to another.Plus theres some COOL new stuff to collect.Feathers and P-feathers make him fly,mushrooms make him bigger,stars make him invisible for a while,flowers make him shoot,boxes play a lullubye,frogs make him hop,clouds let him skip levels and whistels let hi...oops thats Highly Classifyed Information.
All I can say is that if you use them you can travel.Frequent Flier Miles if you find lots.

Now the Lost Levels are a bit tricky.Also they've never been on any other game before and they won't be in the future.One game only!Any way it's sortof like 1 only when you get a game over you don't start at level 1 again.A good thing too because it took me ages to complete the last stage which is level 4-D!The castels from number 4-8 are a bit differant but I like the lightning!

This was one of the first games I got and I loved it alot.I highly recomend it.MARIO POWER!