Super Mario World
Super Mario World is a 1990 platform game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As a launch title for the SNES, it introduces Yoshi and expands the Mushroom Kingdom to the dinosaur-filled Dinosaur Land, where Mario and Luigi must rescue Princess Peach from Bowser and his Koopalings.
Platform
SNES
Year
1990
Genre
Platformer
Developer
Nintendo EAD
Controls
About This Game
The game revolutionized platforming with its colorful 16-bit graphics, expansive overworld map with multiple exits, and the introduction of Yoshi as a rideable companion with unique abilities based on shell colors.
Super Mario World features 96 exits across 72 levels, introducing new power-ups like the Cape Feather that enables flight mechanics, and secret paths that lead to the game's famous Star World and Special World.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest video games of all time, it set new standards for level design and became the best-selling SNES game, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide.
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