{"id":150,"date":"2011-09-16T15:23:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T15:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2011-09-26T18:54:34","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T18:54:34","slug":"super-mario-world-super-nes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"Super Mario World (Super NES)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though the focus of this post is…<\/p>\n

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1991 - Super NES (Nintendo)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0…the movie I made (posted below) used…<\/p>\n

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2001 - Game Boy Advance (Nintendo)<\/p><\/div>\n

I found it had a bit more storytelling material, such as a lengthened introduction.<\/p>\n

Super Mario World<\/em> was a highly anticipated game for me for\u00a0far, far<\/em> too long…\u00a0 here’s the why.<\/p>\n

I would\u00a0read Electronic Gaming Monthly<\/em> on a regular basis, so much so, that on\u00a0one car\u00a0trip to Baie Sainte-Anne, I read (out loud)\u00a0something from the magazine to my mother\u00a0in English.\u00a0 She was shocked, and very proud that I had taught myself how to read in a language other than French!<\/p>\n

I even remember what it was that I read to her – it was the caption under a screen shot of Super Mario Bros. 3<\/em>, of Mario on a cloudy level (probably World 5), ready to make a jump onto one of those damn red, rotatey platforms…\u00a0 I can even remember which part of the trip it was, too; driving past the jail in Renous.\u00a0 Strange, how my memory works.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, in mid-to-late 1990 there was an issue of EGM\u00a0<\/em>with some Bonk game on the cover.\u00a0\u00a0That\u00a0didn’t warrant too much attention, other than the fact that the 16-bit graphics for it\u00a0looked phenomenal.\u00a0 It was just another game for another console I’d never own, anyway (the TurboGraphx-16).\u00a0 Among the other features in the issue…\u00a0 wait…\u00a0 is that… no way…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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There was no way I was walking out of the store without this.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Super Mario\u00a04<\/em>….\u00a0 huh…\u00a0 I could hardly contain myself.\u00a0 As I got to the game’s preview, I was greeted by a map of “Dino Land”.\u00a0 The graphics seemed so colorful and detailed!\u00a0 And just who was this character named “Dino” Mario was riding??<\/div>\n
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I was equally mesmerized by the cape! It certainly made more sense than a Raccoon Tail...<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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There were four pages of previews, and I had those four pages to stare at\u00a0and salivate about for another year.\u00a0 This would be brutal.<\/div>\n
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As time went on, more previews would surface.\u00a0\u00a0I eventually realized that Super Mario Bros. 4<\/em> was in fact\u00a0Super Mario World…<\/em>\u00a0 “Dino” would become known as Yoshi, and\u00a0many Nintendo Power<\/em> issues would hype the game and new console, month after month…\u00a0 then, this came in the mail.<\/div>\n
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Perfect for Mario fanatics like me!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Not only did this fantastic NP <\/em>exclusive include tidbits about every single Mario game in existence (not to mention the ones in which he had a cameo), Mario Mania<\/em> included thorough level maps and tips for every single stage of a game that wasn’t even\u00a0out for another month or two…\u00a0 Super Mario World<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This did nothing but render me obsessed with the magazine until I would get my hands on the game…\u00a0 that came during the first week of Grade 3.<\/div>\n
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My mom was awfully trusting to let me get my hands on such a time-waster so early on in the school year, but there I was on\u00a0a lunch break, calling her up to see if she had managed to get her hands on a console.\u00a0 Like the Wii, the Super NES was in short supply for a while, which is why we only managed to get it about a month after it came out.\u00a0 I\u00a0called home from the library\u00a0at school, and she confirmed that, indeed, she had purchased almighty Super NES, which came packed with Super Mario World<\/em>.\u00a0 She had also rented a game called Joe and Mac<\/em>, which was fun.<\/div>\n
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Waiting for that school day to end was sheer torture, but I babbled about it with friends…\u00a0 I was the frickin’ man <\/em>for a while.\u00a0 Everyone wanted to talk to me about it, which was weird, because I was far from a popular kid.<\/div>\n
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I finally got home, played the game, and was instantly (obviously) hooked.<\/div>\n
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And what a perfect console it was…<\/div>\n
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