Super Mario World
Shares rank 8 of 11 platformers by recommenders
Classic SNES platformer that people still play for hours and call worth playing today; critics find the Mario series' sequels repetitive.
Classic SNES platformer that people still play for hours and call worth playing today; critics find the Mario series' sequels repetitive.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Hours of replayable fun
“I can't count how many hours of Super Mario World I played.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent” Still worth playing today
“are all very much worth playing today”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible” Named among great classic games
“Some are Star Fox 64, Mega Man X, Super Mario World, Ikaruga, and Doom”
Comment from 3 Jun 2026 in “Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Mario sequels feel repetitive
“there's only so many sequels of Mario Kart and Mario World you can come up with”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Sony makes bold claim about game ownership” “mario world xxxi, zelda remake of a remake”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter”
Other platformers people recommend
The four most recommended other platformers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Persia | 37 | 4 | 90% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Super Mario 64 | 37 | 7 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Celeste | 19 | 3 | 86% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Flashback (1992 video game) | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
| Super Mario WorldThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“mario world xxxi, zelda remake of a remake”
“there's only so many sequels of Mario Kart and Mario World you can come up with”
“Some are Star Fox 64, Mega Man X, Super Mario World, Ikaruga, and Doom”
“I can't count how many hours of Super Mario World I played.”
“are all very much worth playing today”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.