He built it for 7 years and now it’s finished: Super Mario Bros. 5. It’s not an official Mario game because it’s not from Nintendo, but it comes pretty close. That’s because the game’s creator, Metroid Mike 64, used Nintendo game Super Mario Maker 2 to create his life’s work.
Mario nostalgia
You may now be thinking: how can he work on it for 7 years, the game only came out in 2019. Well, he was already working on it in Super Mario Maker 1, only to actually make it into a game, he needed something that wasn’t introduced until the second part: the ability to not just create individual levels, but add them to them. to string each other and thus make worlds. In the end, Metroid Mike 64 made his game no less than 40 levels in 8 worlds. Just like it should be in a Mario game.
For 7 years he worked on a new Mario game, without getting paid for it, without getting any money for it now that people can play it. That means quite a lot of dedication and that is very special. Especially because we can now all play and appreciate it ourselves. It says a lot about the enormous love that many gamers feel for 2D Marios. This is also apparent from the choice of appearance of this Mario game. In Super Mario Bros. 5 you can choose from multiple Mario styles.
2D platform fun
It’s an ode to the old Marios, because the game is wonderfully 2D and in terms of look and feel it is mainly reminiscent of Super Mario World, the Mario game in which Yoshi came to steal the show. That game is the inspiration in 24 levels, in addition there are 14 levels in Super Mario Bros. 3 style and finally two levels that look like the oldest Mario game. But, so it’s all 2D.
Very nice. We haven’t seen a 2D platformer from Mario in a long time, but this game still feels completely fresh and new, with a good boost of nostalgia. The best part? If you already have Super Mario Maker 2, you can download the entire Super Mario Bros. Play 5 game from start to finish. You use the code OG9-XN4-FNF for this.
If you don’t have Super Mario Maker 2 yet, then maybe it’s time to buy the game: you certainly won’t regret it as a Mario fan.
