Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 97.14% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Allgame | |
| Famitsu | GBA 34/40 |
| IGN | GBA 9.3/10 VC 8.5/10 |
Super Mario World was met with widespread critical acclaim upon release, and is widely considered one of the greatest video games of all time. The game continued to receive favorable reviews for many years. It's ranked as the fourth best videogame of all time on GameRankings, where the game received very positive scores, with a 97.14% average score. Allgame gave the game five stars out of five, praising the graphics, sound, and replay value. It was ranked as the eighth best game for a Nintendo console in Nintendo Power's "Top 200 Games" list. Official Nintendo Magazine ranked the game seventh in its "100 greatest Nintendo games of all time". Famitsu readers ranked it 61st in the magazine's list of the top 100 video games. In 2009, a poll conducted by British film magazine Empire voted it "the greatest game of all time." In the Virtual Console review of the game, IGN said that the game should be downloaded by people who did not own the Game Boy Advance version of the game and gave it an 8.5 out of 10, a Great score. Super Mario World won Nintendo Power's game of the year award for 1991. The game has also appeared on several "best video games of all time" lists such as those from Edge Magazine and Retrogamer. GameSpot consider the game to be one of the greatest games of all time. Game Informer reviewed this game with a 10/10 in a classic review.
Super Mario World has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling video games of all time. As a pack-in title for the SNES, Super Mario World helped popularize the console, which has sold 49.10 million units worldwide, including 23.35 million in the Americas and 17.17 million in Japan. In a poll conducted in 2008, Yoshi was voted as the third-favorite video game character in Japan, with Cloud Strife and Mario placing second and first, respectively.
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