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Super Mario World

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 21, 2020 by Ealdgyth (talk) 15:02, 24 October 2020 (UTC)



Super Mario World is a 1990 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The story follows Mario's quest to save Princess Toadstool from the series antagonist Bowser and his minions. The gameplay is similar to that of earlier Super Mario games: Players control Mario or his brother Luigi through a series of levels in which the goal is to reach the flagpole at the end. Super Mario World introduced Yoshi, a dinosaur who can eat enemies.

Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development developed the game, led by director Takashi Tezuka and producer and series creator Shigeru Miyamoto. It is the first Mario game for the SNES and was designed to make the most of the console's technical features. The development team had more freedom compared to the series instalments for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Yoshi was conceptualised during the development of the NES games but was not used until Super Mario World due to hardware limitations.

Super Mario World is often considered one of the greatest video games of all time. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling SNES game. It also led to a highly acclaimed prequel, Yoshi's Island, released in 1995.
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 * Main editors: Jaguar
 * Promoted: 29 December 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: 21 November 2020 will be the game's 30th anniversary.
 * Support as nominator. JAG  UAR   11:24, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Support but there is a missing image of a game box or a game screenshot. Evan0512 (talk) 17:51, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Video game screenshots are non-free and aren't allowed outside one article, I'm afraid. JAG  UAR   22:01, 20 October 2020 (UTC)