# Super Mario World

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Super Mario World and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Classic SNES platformer that people still play for hours and call worth playing today; critics find the Mario series' sequels repetitive.

## Why people recommend it

- Hours of replayable fun (1 comments): "I can't count how many hours of Super Mario World I played." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48044813))
- Still worth playing today (1 comments): "are all very much worth playing today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819958))
- Named among great classic games (1 comments): "Some are Star Fox 64, Mega Man X, Super Mario World, Ikaruga, and Doom" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48387275))

## What people warn about

- Mario sequels feel repetitive (2 comments): "there's only so many sequels of Mario Kart and Mario World you can come up with" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567422)) "mario world xxxi, zelda remake of a remake" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49700271))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Prince of Persia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia.md): 37 recommend
- [Super Mario 64](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-64.md): 37 recommend
- [Celeste](https://hackerapproved.com/p/celeste.md): 19 recommend
- [Flashback (1992 video game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flashback.md): 8 recommend
- [Cave Story](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-story.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Super Mario World", https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-world/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).