3, the resolution is so low (and the screen zoomed in so far on Mario) that it’s hard to see very far ahead of you. Some of that is because of the technical limitations of the NES. Super Mario World is also a much easier game. As soon as I saw it, I had a hard time going back to Super Mario Bros. This 1991 platformer was more colorful and vibrant, thanks to the SNES’s improved hardware. 3, the Super Nintendo launched with Super Mario Bros. But just one year after the release of Super Mario Bros. Now at this time, I was getting better at gaming. I, on the other hand, would usually toil away at the same first few levels. He was actually capable of beating games. More often than not, I’d watch my older brother play. I was doing plenty of gaming then, but I wasn’t all that good at it. I was about 4 years old when it came out in North America. So, if it’s so great, why did it take me so long to finally beat it? Don’t get me wrong, I’ve played Super Mario Bros. and you’ll see a huge leap in graphics and complexity. It shows just how much Nintendo learned when developing for the NES and its limited capabilities. 3 is kind of like the system’s senior project. Although Nintendo released NES games after its launch, Super Mario Bros.
