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Super Mario Bros. Review

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Yes, Super Mario Bros. , the classic Nintendo platformer, why? Because I feel its a game everyone should play at least once and it had been a few years since I played it front to back, last time was in 2014 on the Wii U when they dropped it on the NES Virtual Console. So I decided to give it another shot by playing the All Stars version released on SNES in 1993 and actually review it this time, bit of a writing exercise here. I'm emulating this on higan, the most accurate SNES emulator out there so far, save states were used sparingly, and I'll cover why I did towards the end. But first, story, which I think we all know the low down; firey turtle King Bowser rescues plumber Mario from the tyrannical Princess Toadsto- no, wait, sorry. Plumbing Brothers Mario and Luigi seek to rescue Princess Toadstool form the tyrannical turtle King Bowser. Of course every time Mario and Luigi beat the four levels that constitute a world and think they succeed in their quest Toadstool&#