After the video game crash of 1983, the gaming industry looked like it would be dead forever, that is until Nintendo came along and made the NES. The moment when the gaming industry was truly resurrected though was when Nintendo released one of, if not THE most iconic video game of all time, Super Mario Bros. This game saved the gaming industry and is still to this day the best selling Mario game of all time, selling over 40 million copies worldwide. Since this game's so iconic, I've decided that I'm finally going to review it. I hope you enjoy this review.

Graphics: 8/10 Super Mario Bros for the nes has very nice graphics for it's time. The game has plenty of vibrant colors and the character models look very nice for a game made in the mid 1980's. Everything from the 1st world to the underground levels and even the underwater levels look very nice for a game from that era. Since the graphics are great for it's time, I'm giving the graphics an 8.

Sound: 10/10 The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Super Mario Bros music is the main overworld theme. That theme right there is one of the most iconic video game music of all time. Everyone's heard it, everyone knows is beat for beat, and it's fantastic. Super Mario Bros has other memorable music as well such as the underwater theme and underground themes, but the overworld theme alone is enough for me to give the sound a 10.

Addictiveness: 8/10 Super Mario Bros is one of the most addicting NES games ever made. The game introduced many great gameplay elements that are still so much fun to this day, such as jumping on goombas and koopas. Squashing those goombas never gets old. Whenever you make it through a castle, you always get that classic toad message: "Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle". That message will motivate you to go to the next castle and hopefully finally save the princess. There is one thing that I never cared for though, and that's the underwater levels. Then again, a lot of video games have poor underwater level experiences so I'm not going to dock too much from the addictiveness score, instead I'm giving the addictiveness an 8.

Story: 5/10 The story for Super Mario Bros is rescue the princess from Bowser. That's all there is to it. It's very generic and mediocre, so I'm giving the story a 5.

Depth: 8/10 There are 8 worlds in the game with 4 levels each. For a mid 1980's game, this game had a huge amount of depth. The levels themselves aren't easy either which I'll get into a little later. There are plenty of enemies that will get in your way and you'll have to make it through and some of them pretty tough such as the Hammer Bros. Overall, Super Mario Bros has plenty of depth, so I'm giving this category an 8.

Difficulty: 9/10 Super Mario Bros is a pretty difficult game, especially when it comes to dealing with those annoying Hammer Bros. Those guys are always tough to get past. Also the later levels in the game get very intense, and they'll truly test your reflexes. The underwater levels are also hard to get through since the physics in those levels make it so difficult to avoid cheep cheeps and bloopers. Super Mario Bros is a very difficult game, therefore I'm giving the difficulty a 9.

Overall Score: 9/10 Super Mario Bros is definitely one of the most famous video games of all time, and it's a really great one too. The graphics are great for it's time, it has a very memorable soundtrack, it has plenty of levels to go through, and it's got plenty of replay value. Super Mario Bros is one of the best games ever made for the NES and it's also the most well known. The overall score I'm giving to Super Mario Bros is a 9 out of 10.

Nice job on the review. Your introduction is very informative and provides valuable insight and background on the game being reviewed. You also have a good transition before getting into the scoring portion of your review. I like that you are concise with each of your categories, and you don't dawdle on one point for very long. 

You have good sentence structure and varied length throughout your review and you also provide solid reasons as to why you assigned the score you did for each category of the review. 


Overall, I think this turned out to be a very solid review. The only thing I would personally change is the category headings, instead, I would put them a line above the actual summary rather than on the same line. It's not necessary though, maybe just something to consider. Nonetheless, great work on this review, I look forward to reading your other content. 

For me Sonic is the better icon for video games, but moving along But I do agree for the overworld theme

Otherwise you've made a pretty good review of a classical game that illuminated many people's childhood. Keep the good work, I enjoy reading your simple (as it straight to the point) yet well-written articles.