Good
- Absolutely revolutionary game that inspired and changed the landscape of gaming. A formula that many games still follow exactly today.
- Challenging platforming.
- Controls are very crisp.
- Catchy tune. Now probably seen as the video game anthem.
- the power up mechanics were unique.
- the enemies had varied movement giving decent challenge to the platformer. Turning koopas into shells, then using the shells to kill other enemies was creative, and made the combat deeper.
- the character models and environment were bold, which made it very easy to see.
- stomping on foes feel satisfying.
Bad
- I felt the amount of lives were too little. Starting over after a game over is too punishing. But this was the norm difficulty back in the 80s and 90s gaming.