Introduction What's not to like about Mario? Mario is the main character for Nintendo. He rolls in all the dough for the company. There have been plenty of games with him in it. His main villain is Bowser. A giant turtle, or at least that is what I think he is, with spikes mostly everywhere on his body continuously kidnaps the princess. Her name is Peach by the way. I don't know how she seems to get herself kidnapped every single game. But she does a good job doing it. Today, we are going to be looking at one of the greatest NES classics, Super Mario Bros. 3. This game is considered to be one of the best games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and for good reasons too. We will jump right into these reasons right now!

Graphics: The graphics on this game is what you would expect on an above average Nintendo game. They really didn't emphasize the graphics department on this game too much. But don't get me wrong, the graphics are quite good. They are bright and colorful. Especially the background really gets your attention, but don't let that distract you. from the actual gameplay. I really enjoy what they did with the graphics on this game, so for that, I rate the graphics a 9/10.

Sound: Oh man. The sound on this game will get your head bopping throughout the entire game. All songs should be on your IPod immediately. The songs in this game are very catchy, and they suit that mood very well. Like say if your are on an open level, the game music is very vibrant. But if you are on a boss stage, the music is dark and mysterious. Nevertheless, the game has much to offer in terms of music variety. I really enjoy every song in this entire game. I really enjoy the underground music from the original Super Mario Bros. So for this, I will give the sound a whopping 10/10.

Addictiveness: This game is very addictive. It will keep your drawn in until you are either satisfied with your progress, or your beat the game. I believe it took me about 5 hours to beat this game. And that is with no cheats. Trust me on this, you will be stuck on this game for a long time. Just jumping on enemies heads and defeating tough bosses just added to the excitement of the game. If you are stuck on a hard boss for a while and your finally got down his pattern, you will force yourself to go till the end. And it is very satisfying when you do. So for that, I will give the addictiveness of this game a 10/10!

Story: The story is nothing new. Bowser has once again kidnapped the princess and you have to go set out on a journey to try and free her from Bowser's evil hands. That is pretty much all there is to it. Because this story has repeated so many times, I will give the story of this game a 7/10.

Depth: The depth of this game could have gone a little farther. There is wide variety of enemies in this game. They really added on to the previous two games and they did a good job of that. It is so satisfying when you jump on those goombas and they just squash into the ground. But that is it really. They didn't really need to add much else because they knew it was going to be a masterpiece. So because of that, I will score the depth of this game an 8/10. If they added more levels and different powerups, the it would get a 10/10.

Difficulty: This game is relentlessly hard. At first, it feels like any other mario game. But when you get into the later levels, it really starts to turn on the difficulty switch. Once you enter the 7th and 8th world, you better be expecting to lose at least 4 or 5 lives because those are the hardest parts of the game. But, none the less, it is a great game. Just because a game is really hard doesn't mean it is bad. So for the endless difficulty, I give the difficulty of this game a  9/10.

Overall: Overall I will give this game a 10/10 because it is so great. They really did a great job with this game. Just the right amount of hardness matched with unbeatable gameplay leads you right to money land. Well, that too, but for us gamers, it results in a lot of time wasted in this game. They really outdid themselves with Super Mario World, but we will save that for another review. There really isn't much else to be said. This game, in my opinion, is THE best game on the Nintendo Entertainment System. Period.

TreasurePlanet23 : Nice job in your review, it was pretty good! Be sure to make more awesome game reviews man!

mohammedroxx3 : Thank you so much for the rating! I really appreciate it! I will probably come out with another review next week. Thank you again!

Great review TreasurePlanet23! I really like all the details and hard  effort you put in to making this review amazing, it really shows. Your review is very descriptive and interesting and it is also the perfect length and I like how you keep all of your categories separate from each other making it easy to read, sometimes some users make it one huge crammed up review and it can be harder to read. Anyways, I really liked how you broke the game down and talked about it so positively afterwards. You really make the review interesting with your word choice like how you describe the game's sound to make you want to bop your head when you hear it, that is very good to include. I think you did a great job and this is a great review dude, great quality. Keep it up and I can't wait for another awesome review by you!

Razor-987 : Thank you Razor! That is great hearing positive feedback from you considering that you are great at writing reviews. Thank you for compliments! I will probably come out with another review next week. Thank you again!

Great review. well written.

One thing I will say is that I disagree on a few of the points you made.

The graphics for this game were a HUGE feature when it was released. Heck, they made a whole motion picture just to unveil how AWESOME it looked (The Wizard) Everyone thought it looked amazing and wanted it as soon as they saw it.

The powerups were a HUGE improvement over the previous games that pretty much just had fire. A flying raccoon? Frog? Hammer Bros? There are a ton of great powerups. This game went above and beyond any previous mario game by FAR.

I know the game has plenty of shortcuts and cheats (whistle) but if you just try to play through the game legit, each World had like 5+ stages and there were 8 worlds not to mention how the final world is. Pretty deep. Cool as well that the ship with the boss would move if you died.

These are all things that you should take into consideration when writing a review. If you want to talk about how a game has aged, that's fine, but you need to be clear.

Keep up the good work on the reviews!

Jordanv78 : Thank you for the constructive criticism! The next time I make a review, I will make sure to be clear on whether to choose what tone I will be using for the review. I also will make sure to go into more detail like you said in the comment. Thanks again!

TreasurePlanet23 : This is a great review you've typed up, all well worded and it's all in order rather than all jammed into one paragraph. Nice job on it.