Super Mario World

Also known as Super Mario Bros. 4, Super Mario Brothers 4, SMW, SMB4, SMB 4, Mario World, Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4

1990 platform video game developed by Nintendo

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Super Mario World is a platformer and arcade game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and published by Nintendo, Playtronic, Gradiente, and Hyundai. Released on November 21, 1990, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the title also appeared on the Arcade, Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS. It supports one or two players in single and multiplayer modes and is part of the Mario Bros. and Mario franchises.

The game received a Metacritic score of 92 and a user rating of 4.36 on RAWG. It holds an ESRB rating of Everyone. With 20,610,000 units sold, it has 17,500 social media followers.

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Game data

Metacritic 92

Released: 1990-11-21
User rating: 4.36 / 5
Genres: Platformer, Arcade
Platforms: SNES
ESRB: Everyone

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Game details · IGDB

100Critic score · 1 ratings

92User score · 2,006 ratings

A 2D platformer and first entry on the SNES in the Super Mario franchise, Super Mario World follows Mario as he attempts to defeat Bowser's underlings and rescue Princess Peach from his clutches. The game features a save system, a less linear world map, an expanded movement arsenal and numerous new items for Mario, alongside new approaches to level design and art direction.

Released: 1990
Genres: Platform, Adventure
Platforms: Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Franchise: Mario Bros., Mario
Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Publisher: Nintendo, Playtronic, Gradiente, Hyundai

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Key facts

Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher: Nintendo
Director: Takashi Tezuka
Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto
Designers: Katsuya Eguchi Hideki Konno
Programmer: Toshihiko Nakago
Artist: Shigefumi Hino
Composer: Koji Kondo
Series: Super Mario
Platforms: Super NES , Game Boy Advance
Release: November 21, 1990 Super NES JP : November 21, 1990 NA : August 23, 1991 EU : April 11, 1992 AU : July 1, 1992 BR : August 30, 1993 Game Boy Advance JP : 14 December 2001 NA : 11 February 2002 AU : 2 April 2002 EU : 12 April 2002
Genre: Platform
Modes: Single-player , multiplayer

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Encyclopedic overview

Super Mario World is a 1990 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It was released in Japan in 1990, in North America in 1991 and PAL territories in 1992. The player controls Mario on his quest to save Princess Peach and Dinosaur Land from the series' antagonist Bowser and the Koopalings. The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Super Mario games; players control Mario through a series of levels in which the goal is to reach the goalpost at the end. Super Mario World introduces Yoshi, a rideable dinosaur who can eat enemies and spit some of them out as projectiles.

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development developed the game, led by director Takashi Tezuka and producer and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto. It is the first Mario game for the SNES and was designed to make the most of the console's technical features. The development team had more freedom compared to the series installments for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Yoshi was conceptualised during the development of the NES games, but was not used until Super Mario World due to hardware limitations.

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