Best game from Nintendo currently on Virtual Console?

now to prove why its the best game on VC *clicks fingers back*

This is the game that transformed the games industry forever, inspired a generation of nintendo fans and kickstarted the career of mario, the mascot that has given the world (as you'll have just learnt) some of the best games ever created.

Some of you may wonder why i think a 20 year old game is better than the legendary "ocarina of time" and other extremely good titles.
Well,for one it remains utterly brilliant. The platforming is pitched perfectly,with and incredible feeling of being in control at all times. If you die, it's all your fault, and no-one elses. The beutifullly crafted levels remain design classics to this day,introducing so many platforming conventions that are still used over 20 years later - bottomless pits, moving platforms, secrets tucked away to reward the more adventurous gamer, power ups - i could go on.
On a technical level, the sheer amount of stuff to discover in this game is absolutely mind boggling given the limitations placed on miyamoto and his team of videogaming visionaries. A quick look at some of the other games relesed around the time really hammers that point home. They look positively medieval when compared to "Super Mario Bros" timeless look and playability.
More than anything though, it really sums up what nintendo is all about. Anyone can pick up and play this game(and millions have) , yet it offers a real challenge once you delve a little deeper. And it keeps you coming back for more. The DNA of every single subsequent Mario game made since the NES release back in the mid-'80's starts right here. Would nintendo be where it is today without this game and its many sequals?
I very much doubt it.

If you've never played it, download it from the Virtual Console and marvel at just how well it has aged. Everything in it is iconic, from the colourful visuals those insanely catchy tunes. It's like studying an important historical document , except its actually fun. and this game, more than any other, laid the foundations for what we call videogaming today.
The super mario bros formula has been replicated many,many times, but its never been bettered. Current olympion buddy and former rival Sonic The Hedgehog has a lot to thank mario for too, alongside countless other platformers that have sprouted up looking to replicate the magic of Miyamotos classic.
None of them have really succeeded. Mario remains the most thankable videogaming star ever and by far the most consinstent in terms of producing game after game brimming with new ideas and good old-fashioned fun. Super Mario Bros started all this, and thats why its the greatest nintendo of game of all time(yes i mean the best nintendo game ever).

phew that took my a whole hour and a half to think of ideas then type that up.

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I made this on artoonix!

I was bored