I would never get the chance to try the sequel, Super Mario 64, until I bought a Nintendo DS in 2007 or 2008 and played the DS version. It’s one of my favorite games of all time. I would play it a lot as a kid, even after I did beat it, and I still play it quite often, even to this today. The Super Nintendo was my gateway into gaming and Super Mario World was one of the first games I ever owned. When I first beat it I was so excited, I was jumping up and down, and I went and found my mom to tell her of what felt like my greatest accomplishment at the time.
My parents got me a Super Nintendo which came with the game in 1992, which means I was about one or two years old, and I don’t think I actually beat it, or at least beat Bowser, until I was about five or six. My first Mario game was Super Mario World and it took me a few years to actually beat it.
