Once again, the evil Bowser has captured Princess Peach (while on a holiday on Yoshi's Island), and it's up to Mario to save her. To aid him in his quest, Mario must use the flying ability of the feather to get him to places hard to reach. But what's even more important is his new friend, the dinosaur Yoshi, who Mario can ride through each level and eat the enemies.

Over 90 levels are on offer, with plenty of Bowser's evil koopas and new characters around each level. Apart from saving Peach, you can also save some of Yoshi's friends, other dinosaurs that each have a special attack. Each level also contains a set of extra items to collect, including dinosaur coins, and break the tape at the end of each level to collect stars, that allow you to open up the bonus games.

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Alternate Titles

"Super Mario World: Super Mario Bros. 4" -- Japanese title
"SMW" -- Common abbreviation
"スーパーマリオワールド" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Super Mario World	SNES	$9.45
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User Reviews

The peak of fungivorous plumbery	SNES	חד-קרן·山猫 (102385)
A great Mario game.	SNES	Classix (95)
One of the best platform games ever.	SNES	Zamppa (88)
A great game - possibly the best Mario Game ever!	SNES	darthsith19 (65)
The best platform game ever	SNES	optrirominiluikus (112)
Nice game! But it's overrated.	SNES	james bright (5)
The greatest game in this universe.	SNES	NovedSelim (200)
The king of platforms is back!	SNES	BigJKO (68)
Premium Mario	SNES	Chris Wright (98)

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The Press Says

All Game Guide	SNES	1998		100
The Video Game Critic	SNES	Nov 21, 1999	A	100
PGNx Media	SNES	Jul 07, 2002	9.75 out of 10	98
Nintendo Land	SNES	2003	93 out of 100	93
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SNES	Aug, 1991	9 out of 10	90
Retroguiden	SNES	Aug 13, 2010	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Wii	Apr 30, 2009	18 out of 20	90
GameCola.net	SNES	Mar, 2005	8.96 out of 10	90
IGN	Wii	Feb 05, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
GameSpot	Wii	Feb 06, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85

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Trivia

Shigeru Miyamoto wanted to have Mario ride an animal since Super Mario Bros. (among other discarded ideas), but couldn't figure out how to make it work within the limits of the Famicom's graphical capabilities. This was finally resurrected in Super Mario World as Yoshi.

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