Super Mario Bros. 3

I believe I can fly....they believed Mario could fly too. This is one magical plumber I must say he knows how to do everything except keep the princess safe. This game is the real beginning for Mario I think. The levels are some what the same as they are now and it tries its hardest to be so cool while never really reaching the cool mark. It is an amazing game in its own right and fun to play even if it's not "cool." Back to my original thought on the flying. I never really got the hang of keeping him flying and the awful sound he makes when he spins is a headache! The background and the music are definitely better in this one then in1 or 2. Also it sticks with what Mario does and what he is good at never going to far out of the box while still getting out of the box. With a game like Mario it is hard to change it up and still have people want to buy it just look at my review of Super Mario bros. 2 if you don't believe me. There can only be subtle changes made and I think that since 2 was so crappy they had enough space to make 3 into a good game back to the roots while still being new and different. I still play this game all the time and I always will because this is when I learned that Mario and his friends were here to stay and they are awesome. Selling out is not something I typically condone or approve of but Mario is everywhere if you don't know Mario where have you been??

Bottom line-Out of the 3 games so far this is the best Mario in terms of being inventive and difficult. But the original will always have the biggest spot in my heart because it was the first time I got to meet Mario. Play this game, own this game, while you are at it go out and buy all the Mario games and then come back here and comment telling me which is your favorite of the 3 and why.

Super Mario Bros. 2

Mario becomes the Mario we know and love in this game but that is really the only good part of this game. I am not a fan of it at all but I do have to say that the technology is so much better this time around which makes the actual playing of the game a bit easier. I never understood what this game had to do with the first game or any of the others. It is my understanding that it is just a dream but really it plays out as more of a nightmare. The only one I ever played as was Mario and sometimes the Princess. I loved how she umm floated along using her dress. The levels are more difficult in this one and I must admit that I have never to this day been able or willing to play long enough to beat the whole game. The people were so much harder to beat in this one compared to just running and trying to make an impossible jump to the other side of the bridge. As fun as throwing dinosaur eggs is I feel they could have made a better game. If this would have been the first Mario game I think Mario would have crashed and burned never heard of again. So let's just hide this one on a shelf and play a different Mario. 

If this had not been a Mario game it may have been better I really think I would have liked it more that way. Because this one just doesn't fit in with the theme, look, and feel of the others. But I say again thank you for giving us the new look of Mario that the first game lacked. There are more to video games then just the games you have to have characters that people either love or love to hate in order to sell what you need to sell to make a profit. Back then they couldn't just put a trailer on YouTube and hope people buy the games they tested them and sold them and hoped for a winner..this one was not a winner but people ran to buy it because they didn't know yet just how much it sucked. Gotta love life before good advertising, but even the best advertising can fool you even today.

Bottom line-If you want to play Mario play a real Mario game not this crap it should have never been made. Your kids might enjoy it though if they have (God forbid) never played a Mario game before, start them on this one then try the first and see what they have to say.

Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt

The first of all the Mario games had to be shared with Duck Hunt. I will start this out by talking about Duck Hunt first so I can save the best for last. Duck Hunt had its appeal because you got to hold this gun shaped controller, point it at the screen, and like magic it would go through your tv set to the game and hit some ducks. The first few times that you play this game it is fun until the birds start flying faster and fly from the screen before you even know what went on. It is definitely better to get use to it and know just how fast those birdies are going to fly. The thing I hate about this game the most is the dog. That dog can make you crazy but as much as  you try to shoot at the dog for making you feel inferior it just can't  be done..believe me..I have tried a million times. Shooting games are not my thing I can't move fast enough my brain works better then my body which doesn't help when there are birds flying by and you have to be quick. But I must say as one of the first shooting games it does what it is suppose to do and works in the way you assume it to. Just ignore the dog and you are golden.

Super Mario bros. though now that half of the game I am obsessed with for sure! Ever since the first time I played it I have been in love. Just the thought of how much that took for them in that time with limited technology really makes everything about both games better. Now this is a quest but a seemingly easy one when you hear others speak of it. In this game Mario is not the Mario that he has evolved to today. His hair is different as well as his outfit and of course his capabilities are way off. Action is packed into this game and it is still difficult in some ways today even. I love the feeling of accomplishment that you get when you beat a level or get past a certain spot in the game that you couldn't get past before. The sounds are so much fun as well  they are not normal ones but awesome ones that almost remind you of a comic book in some ways. This is one of my favorite Mario games because it is where it started but not my top pick. That one hadn't even been dreamed of when this one came out.

Bottom line- if you have a NES you need Super Mario Bros. not so much Duck Hunt but hey it comes along for the ride so you might as well shoot some ducks along the way when you aren't shooting fireballs.

Video Games

It has long been known that I have a dream to own ever single video game and console that was ever made. Being a collector of sorts I was super happy to find out that my husband was also a video game lover. I don't have to play them all more then once but I just want to have them. I have a whole room set up in my mind that a video game room should look like but also still look like a female lives there and not in the basement of some creepy guy who still lives with his mother. Once I start something I am usually inclined to finish it and that includes beating the video games I love. There is some what of a sadness though after you beat a game because some games you are done with, you will never play them again because you finished your goal.

A blog about all the games we have or have played seemed like the right way to go to always keep those games in my mind and close to my heart. Someone worked very hard to create these pieces of art so I think we should work super hard to never forget them. Sadness comes over me when I think that some people may have never heard of and will never use an Atari or NES. I am going to make sure that my kids understand where their Wii came from..the roots to an amazing video game tree have been laid and it is our job to make sure they are  treasured. My kids will play and respect every single console that we own and find out that it use to be a whole lot harder to play then it is now.

So without further ado I say let's start this party with some NES games and might I add the best NES games ever created. mario is and will always be a legend so let's pay some homage to that amazing plumber and his cast of friends. It seems the Princess may finally be safe from being kidnapped.