The Super Mario Advance Series

[@BugsyFoga]

I remember my 2nd grade teacher lent me a copy of super mario advance while I was on Christmas break, and the memories playing on the break I truly cherish.

[@hadesKIU]

That teacher sounds GOATed. Seriously, props to them.

[@thesocker7920]

Cheeseburger in yo ass

[@tedlaserwire]

@jimofthebmxclan7734Playing the game I’m guessing

[@mak_707]

That's something you don't hear everyday.

[@Gaminghj]

Sounds like a legend hope they got good students

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Greatest named game of all time: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3. Has the same ring as New Nintendo 2DS XL

[@eviltables8510]

If we want to super technical, Advance 3's full title should be Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

[@lazyavatar2479]

@@eviltables8510 rolls right off the tongue

[@briansilva3765]

That is some good competition to Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game.

[@Kagawwy]

Don't forget Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie

[@CeruleanDerpo]

​@@eviltables8510If we want to be even more technical Advance 3's full title should be Super Mario Advance 3: Super Mario Bros. 4 Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SMW actually has the name SMB4 SMW in Japan)

[@amshigar0092]

I can definitely attest that younger kids had no idea that these were rereleases. I remember in elementary school seeing kids playing the first Mario Advance on the bus or playground and thinking what a cool and unique new take on Mario it was. It wasn't until my older cousin sold me their old Super Nintendo and their copies of Super Mario All-Star and Super Mario World that I realized that these actually rereleases of older games, and even then the little changes here and there still threw me for a loop.

[@JrIcify]

I had an SNES with Mario World but not All Stars. I thought Mario on the NES was Mario 1, Mario World was Mario 2, and then Mario 3 was on the GBA.

[@TheWrathAbove]

Honestly the only reason I knew that Super Mario World on the GBA was a rerelease as a kid is because it's dad's favourite game and he would give me tips and tricks to help me get through it.

[@DrunkNugget]

Basically exact same, when I opened up Mario all stars on an old system and saw half of my gameboy library I didn’t know what to believe anymore

[@pacomatic9833]

@@JrIcify 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@racknae]

Going online and finding out that there were console versions of Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island was a mind-blowing experience for younger me.

[@yoshipilot]

The reason that some people don't like Yoshi's Island on GBA is because for a while, during the 3DS/Wii U generation, the GBA version was the only way to play Yoshi's Island on modern consoles, both with the 3DS ambassador program and the Wii U Virtual console, where the SNES version was not available but the GBA version was. The actual SNES version was never rereleased until the SNES classic in 2017.

[@zs4580]

It's basically the same game lol

[@bluepikman7851]

To be fair, thats because Yoshi's Island is notoriously one of the hardest SNES games to emulate because of its heavy use of the Super FX chip (specifically the later GSU-02 variant). This is also why it took a long time for other Super FX games like Starfox to see a rerelease as the chip is pretty hard to get right. Plus, given that Yoshi's Island is one of the only two commercially released SNES games to use the Super FX GSU-02 (The other being Doom), Nintendo likely just didn't want to spend the time to figure emulation for a chip that only two games used and one of which being a game they wouldn't release anyways. Theres a reason why Yoshi's Island is always used as a test for SNES emulators and homebrew SNES consoles; if it can run the game smoothly, then its perfect.

[@agentomecha634]

I like how in Super Mario Advance, the intro starts off in the original Gameboy screen aspect ratio before zooming out into the GBA aspect ratio. It’s a cool detail.

[@johneygd]

I just don’t understand why the hell nintendo actually did that,all just to show little kids that playing on a gameboycolor was different ? either way i found it just stupid, but you know what i also found stupid, why nintendo didn’t started with supermariobros 1 under the name supermario advance and then work it’s way up, why starting with supermariobros 2 under that name instead? But at the other hand, had nintendo started with supermarioworld and then followed with supermariobros 2 and then mario 3 and end up with yoshi’s island as supermario advance 4, then we would,ve complain either, But still there was no excuse not to have the snes port of supermariobros 1 on it and also no N64 port of yoshi story as supermario advance 6, yes i do know that the nes edition of supermariobros was on the GBA and yes i know that the supermariobros dx can be played on the GBA, heck there’re even some supermariobros 1 levels in e reader world of mario 3 on the GBA but still, The way how nintendo messed up the supermario series on leaving out supermariobros 1 and yoshi story is no excuse for me🥲

[@atrocious1323]

Tism ​@@johneygd

[@foxmcfog7809]

​@@johneygdChrist dude did you never consider that maybe they just thought it was cool lmao

[@johneygd]

@@foxmcfog7809well for a little bit.

[@furryballsploppedmenacingl8534]

Cry ​@@johneygd

[@wijinsama]

Super Mario World and 3 were my first ever Mario's games on my Gameboy SP. I was 5, now I'm 23. Those two games will always be my top favorite Mario games of all time.

[@leeartlee915]

Glad to hear it’s not just us “old timers” who love these classic games. If for no other reason than to get later generations to love these games, that makes these releases great.

[@ProjectSh4dow]

Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World was my first 2D Mario game on GBA, I got Mario Kart Super Circuit for Christmas with my GBA in like 2002/2003 which was my first Mario game on the system. I loved it and had to fight my brother to play it on car trips 😂

[@jamessoth1479]

We had the same experience haha. Im turning 23 this year 😅

[@Frieowksf1293]

While 64 was my introduction to Mario, the advance series was what made me a fan of the series. The Mario 3 port was my first GBA game.

[@Beige1997]

Same here.

[@jonathanwilson7949]

Scott’s Stash is a fairly uncompromised version of Scott The Woz

[@jnco300]

Scott Unfiltered

[@thirdcoast6513]

Scott + carpet

[@ErenTheWarcriminal]

@@thirdcoast6513 asmr

[@LEXICON-DEVIL]

If you thought Scott The Woz was a character then Scott Stash is the true nerd even more then The Woz!

[@Encyclopedia_Brown97]

One of my most cherished gaming memories came from being absolutely dumbfounded as a kid when my older cousin showed me how to find a warp whistle in Super Mario Advance 4 at cookout. Of course, I didn’t know Super Mario Bros 3 was actually 15 years old at the time, so I had no idea she was just remembering a well-known secret in a game she had played as a kid, I thought she was just a wizard or something.

[@Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp]

Haha, I love that.

[@ChristianCTaken]

One might even say you thought she was The Wizard

[@amn2014]

@@ChristianCTakennever could’ve thought that!

[@StarkMaximum]

As someone who was born in 1989 and grew up with Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo, it is extremely cool to me that Scott, born in 1997, almost ten years after me, _also_ grew up with Super Mario World, but on the Game Boy Advance. As a long-time gamer, it is very encouraging to me to know that the games I grew up with could also inspire a whole other generation.

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Shout out to Super Mario Bros 3 Super Mario Advance 4 on WiiU for including everything from the E-Reader levels. Truly is still the best way to play the game

[@alexgalipeau6443]

It's all there on Nintendo Switch Online as well

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@alexgalipeau6443 digitally renting a game on an overpriced paid service isn't owning it.

[@alexgalipeau6443]

@@AnAverageGoblin the original commenter talked about the best way to play it, nobody talked about if we owned it or not, go cry elsewhere

[@AnAverageGoblin]

@@alexgalipeau6443 and the best way to play it isn't on a scam service. Sorry I don't listen to shills so take your rampant consumer mentality somewhere else.

[@UnderfellSansTheEdgySkeleton]

Plus the Gamepad is absolutely PERFECT for the games

[@kdude2704]

As a kid who had no idea what an N64 was, I can confirm I had no idea 64DS was a port of an older game.

[@acebr3ak]

same 😂

[@doorcruz]

same lmao. i'd look up how to get stars in some levels and leave utterly confused as to why it looked so different on youtube vs on my ds

[@DE23]

I remember that I only really knew because my brother bought Mario 64 on the Wii VC

[@yesindeed1614]

@@doorcruz I remember thinking i just had a really good ds, so my graphics were better then all the people online

[@TheFlashyLucario]

Same, and I didn’t even question the name lol 7 year old me was like “ah 64, sure!”

[@myriadmediamusings]

I had World and 3 growing up and they were a blast. So glad now to have them on GBA NSO so I can replay them for the nostalgia as well as have a go on 2 and Yoshi’s Island. Not to mention, the e-reader levels of 4. GBA IMO is the best version of Mario 2.

[@dapperfan44]

I have them on Wii U, and I also own the first two physically.

[@denniss.mowers1639]

Similarly to Scott, I grew up with Super Mario World and Yoshi’s Island on the GBA. At first I didn’t realize that they were rereleases, but eventually I figured it out. My grandmother had a Super Nintendo (back in the day, she loved playing NES, and later got the SNES as a way to continue playing franchises she loved). I went over to her house and she had Super Mario World and Yoshi’s Island…but the original versions! It honestly gave us something to bond over. I have such fond memories of both of those games.

[@paulwilliams5500]

Outside of kids growing up with these as their first impression of these games, there were also a bunch of 90s Sega Genesis kids who experienced these for the first time on the GBA. Great feature of some classics!

[@bluetoothheadset696]

i’m a ‘99 kid and i LOVED yoshi’s island on the gba and had no idea until embarrassingly recently that it wasn’t originally on that console. the graphics worked so well on a small screen and the aesthetic and sound design made such an impact on me.

[@Pretentigon]

As someone who was a small kid that grew up with Mario 64 DS, yes, I had no idea it was an old game!

[@Willowposting]

I had these games given to me by an older cousin when i was about 4. They were always so cool to me, something about looking at the cartridge and putting it in a GBA was so magical to me back then. I still kinda get that vibe now at 21.

[@Nic5Cyprus]

Super Mario Advance 4 was my first game of all time and also the best 2d Mario game of all time. I'm glad Nintendo released the rom with all the bonus levels on it since these never came out in Europe

[@nighttrash4890]

Valid what would be ur first choice for best 2d mario game?

[@andrearovenski]

i love this video. SMB Deluxe was soooo amazing when I was a kid!

[@AccursedHawk]

Super Mario advance 4 was my child hood lol my first ever game on my GBA such a classic!

[@zeliardforty-two4692]

I grew up with the originals, but I do see the greatness that are these releases. Definitely a great way for later generations to play without some old school purest telling you it is all wrong! For myself it is a great way to play my old favourites portability

[@CrazyArcadia]

I find it so very interesting how nostalgia works in cycles. Hey, I'm a 80s kid so I've basically played the OG releases when they came out first. Still was amazed at the GBA ports in the early 2000s (playing the whole series on the go :O I mean we can probably all agree that if you like Mario games, they become infinitely replayable so that was fantastic). I'm now in my late 30s and I get kind of this crossover nostalgia. On the one hand, I nostalgia hard about 80s/90s and 8/16bit. On the other hand I never stopped playing Nintendo handhelds in the 2000s. So when I hear about how people who were still kids have had similiar experiences and think back the same way about GBA as I do about OG GB (hey, I sneaked up late night under the cover gaming as well thanks to a light add-on :D)... it sometimes gives me a rush of shared childhood nostalgia for things which released during my 20s (GBA/Wii/DS basically). Truth be told, even with adult responisibilies and a more or less functional day to day life, I sometimes still go under the blanket at half past 12 to get in "just another level or two" today. Since I didn't buy it originally at launch, I got myself Mario 64 DS just 2 years ago to kind of reexperience that feeling. That was during lockdown though, so maybe I wanted to have a feeling of security and familiarity. Which it provided. Great version, even without the N64 analogue controls. Though sorry not sorry Yoshi's Island on GBA is a solid 8/10 while the OG is 10/10 :P But I appreciate both versions, I really just find the GBA version to be difficult to play because of the compromises in screen size. It has the extra stages and some QOL changes, I'll give it that (and it was my first time playing it on GBA since I missed out the SNES version). Love this sub series of your KZbin stuff, literally brightens my day when it pops up!

[@Nogha12]

I grew up with Super Mario Advance 4 and it was by far my favorite Gameboy game. Like you said, I had no idea it was an older game until way later when I bought it on Wii Ware and it was the NES version and I was upset by how old and worse it was.

[@jamilfrost6217]

Super Mario advance 4 is so goated. I used to play it all the time on my DS when my family and I used to go to the diner or long road. I'm still devastated that I lost both of those 😢.

[@pablodelgado7919]

I remember having the Deluxe Edition of Super Mario Bros as a kid and let me tell you it was a blast to play back then. To think that it played and looked exactly like the NES version of the game was insane to me back in the day and this game along with LOZ Oracle of Seasons and Pokémon Gold & Crystal are what defined my childhood at first glance.

[@Spindash54]

Regarding the storage space for the SMA4 e-Reader levels, there’s enough room to store everything released in America. Japan though, you’d need to delete and rescan to cycle through everything.

[@celesticnova]

This series was how I played Mario Bros 3 and its why I love that game to this day.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

My first video game was SMA4 SMB3 and boy howdy that was a great experience. I was 3 years old when I got it, but somehow understood what the heck I was supposed to do. And to think that was the rabbit hole that led me to this site eventually.

[@deanmoriarty6015]

Super Mario Advance 2 is my preferred way to play World simply because of those added voice effects. I played that version as a kid and when I replayed it on Switch Online I was like “where are the sounds?”

[@roflBeck]

Woo hoo! Just what I needed!

[@deanmoriarty6015]

@@roflBeck LUACKY!

[@MrSnaetch]

Oh, Mamma Mia!

[@MrBda241]

Mario Advance 4 was my christmas gift from my cousins, my brother got Superstar Saga, and even as a kid who knew that we already had the game at home, I was playing it on the go and was fun as hell!

[@johnclark926]

In elementary school, I remember a single instance where I got to borrow someone’s GBA to play Donkey Kong Country 2. What Scott says is true, when you’re that young you don’t really register whether the game is a remake and I had a lot of fun with the first few levels. That was until I got to Krow’s Nest, my elementary self simply could not figure out how to beat Krow without dying.

[@alejandroguerra7561]

Grew up with Advance 1 (smb2) and way later Advance 4 (smb3), I hold these ports very close to my heart ❤

[@Vault_69]

Mario 3 and World were easily my most played games on my GameBoy Advanced SP. Good times

[@DraculaXHunter101]

Super Mario Advance was the reason why I discovered Super Mario Bros 2 when I was 7 years old back in 2001. Literally, a game changer for me. It made me appreciate Mario more than anything else with my first Game Boy Advance. Bless Nintendo for letting a newer generation of kids like me get deeper into one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time.

[@afrazp]

I basically never comment on videos but, this is such a fantastic video Scott the commentary is amazing

[@bloopblopglip]

Super mario advance was my jam as a kid that and warioland 3 were just phenomenal

[@themegaman91965]

I remember getting Super Mario Advance, with my indigo purple GBA on Christmas 2001. I remember using the lamp as a source of light for it, but that didn't stop my 10-year old self from enjoying it. It was quite the Christmas that year.

[@be4ndo]

Playing Super Mario Advance on my cousin’s pink GBA is my earliest gaming memory. I never got very far but I thought the player select screen was so cool

[@nicolasjamo]

The GBA being small, portable, and can be used for hours was why my parents never got me one. They thought that I would bring it to school and get distracted. Bought one myself later and turns out they were right.

[@thevenom2731]

They could have just got you one and stopped you from bringing it to school.

[@nicolasjamo]

@@thevenom2731 I absolutely would've snuck it out regardless.

[@marioman971]

@@thevenom2731that's essentially what mine did, and our school was fairly strict about bringing in things they didn't understand (if you knew the school you'd know lol) so uh it was pretty effective actually.

[@GoombaGeorge]

bought a gba sp in may, only had mario bros 3 at first and it was great but I still havent took time to finish it, got pokemon leaf green and beat that after a long time getting every pokemon. Just bought yoshis island, checked to see if it worked, and holy crap it is the most stunned i've been at a games beauty just in the first cutscene, saving it for an upcoming 6 hour drive to london. I genuinly cant wait to play yoshis island, did the first level and it feels great to play, is visually my favourite game ever, better than my ps5's graphics, genuinly, i've played a little bit on an emulator in the past and it looked like any other gba game, all games look better on my gba rather than emulated, but my lord yoshis island takes the cake

[@calebbrennan135]

Super Mario advance 2 & 3 were my breakthrough into gaming when I was 3 or 4, forever grateful for these games

[@joyconboyz1409]

I think the Yoshi’s Island GBA hate comes from Nintendo not releasing the original for the longest time and only offering the GBA version. I think that hate has been passed down over time.

[@Bagel920]

The nostalgia that hit when I remembered the memories I had on Super Mario World on my Game Boy growing up. I’m sure I share this experience with countless people and I’m happy it’s getting covered on this channel

[@CanonWelding]

SMB Deluxe was a huge part of my childhood. When I think of super Mario Bros that's the version I think of and I don't see it talked about a lot. It had a damn calendar!

[@supercamborg4218]

There’s a fangame coming out based on that version, SMB Ultra Deluxe

[@bekfstman9841]

@@supercamborg4218 yes, but sadly that fangame would not have a calender.

[@supercamborg4218]

@@bekfstman9841 I mean it might

[@bekfstman9841]

@@supercamborg4218 I actually asked the dev but he said he would probably not make the calender. Which is kinda sad imo

[@supercamborg4218]

@@bekfstman9841 darn, oh well.

[@schurerest7661]

Omg I played Mario bros 3 advanced 4 a lot on my advanced so much it was one of my 3 most played games on the advanced

[@discotecc]

GBA is why I love retro games, basically grew up on SNES nintendo games even though Im 26

[@Ennbeard]

"Old console games being available portably" was always mindblowing to me as a teen. I was one of the kids who DID know it was all re-releases and had played the originals. But that just meant I got a different kind of magic. It was amazing seeing these games that I had never DREAMED would be portable suddenly be playable on the go. Super Mario 64 DS was mindblowing to me.

[@nativerambler9818]

I grew up playing the nes mario games in elementary, so i was pretty happy to have the advance games come out in middle school

[@Marshmishmows]

Super mario bros 3 for the gba was the first ever game I played and I'm so happy I got off to a great start

[@qualityarsenic3922]

Super Mario Advance 4 (Super Mario Bros. 3) is my favourite controlling version of SMB3. It just feels so smooth... I always play that version when I want a re-playthrough. Good video!

[@Contreramanjaro]

I played Mario on SNES at my parents’ drinking friends house when I was a kid. When I got my GBA SP, Super Mario World was one of my absolute favorites. Plus, having my own save meant I could get way further into the game.

[@talkingsodapop]

Super mario 3 is a very important game to me. It was the first game I properly owned and the hours i spend playing it will forever hold a special place in my heart. It was my favorite game of all time up until a few months. If it weren't this version of the game i wouldn't be the person i am today.

[@meowmasterL346]

Outta curiosity, what is that game that dethroned it?

[@talkingsodapop]

@@meowmasterL346 xenoblade chronicles 3

[@colt5189]

I first played Mario 3 in late 88. A kid from China or Japan moved in down the street with a weird Mario game where he could fly. I told all the kids at school, but no one believed me. It wasn't until the trailers came out for The Wizard that the other kids got to see the game I had been talking about. I was probably one of the first people in the US to play Mario 3. It wasn't until years later I learned that kid had a Famicom.

[@LEITHAL]

mario advance 4 was my very first video game and I still love it to this day

[@kegar9899]

Same !

[@JoeyJ0J0]

Super Mario Advanced 1 is the best version of Mario 2, and 4 is the best version of Super Mario Bros 3

[@scarpergirl]

Why do so many people call it Advanced? It's Advance.

[@crazynaut223]

I grew up with 4, I think I was one of the few kids to know it was an older game because I also grew up with my parents' SNES with games like All-Stars. Can confirm I had no idea that 64 DS was an older game tho.

[@GoombaGeorge]

Even if I owned a game like mario kart ds on my ds and wiiU I probably wouldnt have realised, I would have just thought it was cool that they made two versions, even though ds is in the name I would never have thought about it

[@SSCEurobeat]

People underestimate how good playing console games portably is. Any time I played on a handheld console as a kid and I got to play a console quality game, it was beyond mind-blowing. These days I get this with the Steam Deck, getting to play all those childhood pc games anywhere.

[@soldier1939]

Now i see why nintendo basically has to include new and deluxe in the same sentence both were titles previously used by themselves.

[@DeathWatch13]

I didn't even realize this was Scott until the end!! I love it. Were the same age (about) so i love the childhood context you bring in.

[@JefflezZz]

Ill never forget being introduced to the Mario series through Yoshis Island and at the time as a kid, i thought there was a full timeline so i thought after playing all the Advanced games i was watching Mario grow up (until i discovered earlier titles) but i thought that was cool

[@Edboimck]

16:43 in addition to 64ds coming out on ds, i do love that nintendo eventually rereleased luigis mansion on the 3ds to continue their little parallel from consoles to handheld..... i wonder if the 3d all stars version of galaxy counts as the wii parallel as the switch is kinda a handheld, damn this is insane!

[@AtheistJr]

FYI: Super Mario Advance 4 is available to play on Nintendo Switch Online.

[@Rokutv909]

I played “Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World” so much when I was 5 years old on a GBA SP I stole from my sister. it was one of my childhood Mario games, and I loved it. Good times

[@wawztzta8296]

i grew up with the advance versions too. never had a snes, when i went to my friends house and saw mario world on the tv, my mind was blown AND IT WAS WAY OLDER THAN MY VERSION ?!?

[@SamTuckMan]

17:35 not me casually playing NES online while watching this video 💀

[@BLACKDISC]

17:17 Great point on the different approach/framing of older games nowadays! The Switch retro libraries are good for cheaper preservation but the framing might make it unappealing to younger audiences since they're "old". Same thing happened to some of my friends with the games in Brawl's museum.

[@meta4knight]

World and island were also my two games. People like 3 but there is just something about world that keeps me coming back

[@anthonygillette]

I was born in ‘95 and played the Super Mario Advance series and the gbc Super Mario Bros. I only knew they were old games because my mom was young when she had me and she grew up playing NES and SNES and would tell me all about it and how to get better at these games. I love the SMA series because it was the best gateway to classics for kids my age

[@kiko_meeko]

I remember playing Mario Bros. on Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 on the night before a snow day after school had already been called off for the next day. It was snowing heavily outside and I stayed up in bed playing Mario Bros. for hours, noticing how the snowy factory level mimiced the snow falling outside my window. Its still one of my fondest gaming memories. I had the exact same experience years later, when I excitedly downloaded Mario Bros. on the 3DS eshop and upon playing it, immediately thought, "......... What is this???"

[@mariowalker9048]

Man you hit the nail on the head when you said "we can enjoy old Mario games without growimg up in the 90s". As a 96 born the gba was how I got introduced to classic Mario. I was aware I was playing NES and SNES classics until i got older. The gba was a great tool in getting us 2000s kids into 80s and 90s gaming

[@MadsAboutYou]

It’s so fascinating to hear about Scott’s experience not knowing these were rereleases at the time. I guess me being born in ‘92 makes a big difference. And I had played a friend’s NES before plus I had a Nintendo Power subscription. I think the only one that tricked me at first was the first Super Mario Advance thanks to the title not even acknowledging SMB2’s existence.

[@RicardoLopez-vn6cn]

These games gave me such an amazing time on my ds lite while playing mario 64 ds, two years ago, i feel like these are games I'll always be able to just pick up and never be let down

[@cazz8017]

for almost 20 minutes you brought be back to a better time.. Thank you Scott

[@TacoCatTim]

Super Mario Bros Deluxe was the first game I was ever given by my parents with my atomic purple GBC for Christmas 1999. So much nostalgia

[@oblivious_kawa]

100% on the money with mario64 ds that was my first mario game I had as a kid and I had no idea it was a remake. To me it was just my favorite mario game and then when we got a wii the main games my dad put on there was virtual console stuff like mario 1 2 3 and ninja turtles and none of those games felt old to me they were just the wii games I had

[@mikez.6309]

Back when SMB delux came out a kid on my school bus was playing it. I myself was 18 at the time already an first gen Nester. And he was 11 or 12. His first glimpes into the mushroom kingdom was that game. He loved it. He showed it to me, and i loved the extras. It was compatible to the GB printer and i really appreciated the extended retro art you had acess to.

[@weswhite6058]

The 1st Super Mario Advance was my childhood GBA game, man did I love that game.

[@randomexcessmemories4452]

I grew up on these games. I own SMB2, SMB3, and SMW in this format, and I have spent more time playing those games than probably any other I own. Thank you for covering these often overlooked pieces of gaming history, and thank you Nintendo, for raising me to be the game lover I am today. *You are a super player!!*

[@TheJadeFist]

Super Mario Bros Deluxe held me over a few thousand miles on a road trip that year, and it had tons of extra content, not just the Lost Levels which is amazing they included it, but you had objects hidden in all the levels for you to go find, so it kept you playing, and you kept unlocking things. It even included that weird fortune teller thing and a calendar for some reason and stuff to print out with the gameboy printer that I didn't have. It really had alot more going on than just a port.

[@bland9876]

Whenever someone says anything about me being smart I just remind them that I own the Super Mario advanced 4 Super Mario Bros 3 and never even realize there were other games for years and years. At least high school if not after that.

[@NASCARFAN160]

These were the versions of SMB2, SMW, and Yoshi's Island I grew up with and knew about, and they will be my favorites forever. So so so many hours playing at home or school or in the car with the shitty purple third party light accessory. The versions of the songs in these games are my favorite too. I never got SMA4 for some reason...

[@fernando98322]

Super Mario Bros. Deluxe was my childhood game, along with Super Mario 64. That is how I experienced the first SMB game, I am so excited for whenever the game drops on NSO. I will finally finish all the challenges which involved finding 'Red' Coins, Yoshi Eggs in new hidden blocks and HIGH SCORE SYSTEM!!!

[@Tation16]

The Mario Advance series was my introduction to Mario. I was a kid so I didn’t know about them being remakes. I had great memories and I understand people at the time wanted a new Mario game but it allowed others to be introduced to Mario. I still have super Mario 3. Now I’m looking to collect the rest to add to my collection.

[@firestarsantos7467]

It took me years to figure out, Mario Advance was a re-release of super mario bros 2. Has a child, I sort of knew the other games were re-releases due to the titles or due to them having a bit of fame due to people talking about them, but because Mario Advanced lacked both of these things I thought it was a unique game for some reason.

[@bobjeezorham7658]

Honestly the GBA really did feel like a portable SNES to me; as a 2000s kid that also grew up with a SNES, that was perfect for me. I remember I played a lot of the Donkey Kong Country GBA games (never had DKC3 on GBA unfortunately which is funny since its probably my favorite of the trilogy) side-by-side with the originals, as well as the Mario Advance series with my All-Stars copy. Never did own an NES so I didn't play the original versions of those games, but I did realize how the Mario Advance series seemed based on All-Stars visually.

[@alynnzz0491]

Having been a Nintendo nerd from a young age, I was well aware that I was playing a portable version of the Super NES classic Super Mario World on my DS lite. Also helped that I had Super Smash Bros. Brawl to tell me what platform so many games released on. First time I'd heard of a Game & Watch or a Virtual Boy.

[@kegar9899]

Mario 3 GBA was my first video game I’ve ever played and I was obsessed with it. Accidentally getting the warp whistle in 1 - 3 is one of my favorite gaming memories.

[@ViniVHSoares1993]

Never had a gameboy, but i did have a Super Nintendo and Super Mario All Stars introduced me to those games, i of course had Mario World when i got the system, played it and loved it, but i really liked how All Stars presented those games, you had the original box art, the year the games were released, they specified that those were older games and apart for the stiff controls in Mario 1 and Lost Levels, they felt brand new, i really like when a remake or remaster does that, and it showed how those games aged gracefully, All Stars was also my first exposure to the original Mario Bros with a battle mode in Mario 3, a bit hidden and meant only for multiplayer, but i played it a lot.

[@SeekingTheTriple]

This is random and I'm not making this up, but back in 2002, I got Yoshi's island on GBA and played it so much it broke! I has just beat bowser for the bajilianth time and the world map was doing the whole card flip jank showing my score for each level and the fucker froze! Never worked again! I to this day have no idea how it happened but damn. What a good game.

[@eitan531]

What you said about growing up with these games is super real. I grew up with the classics and didn’t even know!

[@redkingrauri3769]

Little fun fact about the Mario advance 2: it used the Luigi sprite from all stars + Mario world, and Luigi was given his Mario 2 effects. He could jump higher, was slippery, and if he hit a ? Block with multiple coins in it they would all spill out at once. I always played as Luigi.

[@alexmabey7791]

Thanks for reminding everyone about the best handheld Mario games, Scott! 👍

[@qactustick]

I grew up with the original versions of all of these games and I was still excited when the Advance versions were released, even knowing they weren't brand new games. Same with Link to the Past! Good games are always good.

[@StellaView03]

super mario advance 2 super mario world was my first game ever, and i remember being blown away finding out it came out on snes before gba

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

I actually played Super Mario Bros Deluxe as a kid and it was confusing to see the type of game it was at the time but the Super Mario Advance series was my childhood. Mario World being my favorite while I also owned Mario 3 and played Yoshi's Island from someone else. Sadly never got to play the first game in the series until it officially released on the Switch with the rest of the series. I'm so glad it happened!

[@Cobman1999]

Mario advance 4 is the first video game I remember playing followed by my mind being blown when my dad got the original on the Wii virtual console 8 years later.

[@Devdev009]

Super Mario Advance was my first ever Mario game, and like you it was just Mario to me. I also remember the playground confusion of us boys asking each other if their game also started at level eleven (1-1)

[@theheadtapchannel4132]

i played smw at my grandmas...and not owning a super nintendo the gba was when i first got to own one of my favorite games and tho the same game the changes made them distinct from each other which was awesome ..so yea i got nostalgia for both versions and mad love for nintendo for these re releases!

[@travismarshall3089]

Pre-iphone and Galaxy S(insert number) and emulators in the palm of your hand. These blew my mind having these in my hand in the go. Donkey Kong Country too!

[@Rome64]

I never grew up with these games but got them and a GBA SP when I was in my early teens (20 now) and loved them. And now I always play these versions since they're all on the Switch Online service