@Elratauru: Exactly what I was going for - to prove how high we've raised the bar for a game to be worthy of our time and money, when really, we're probably missing out on a lot of fun by nitpicking.

@fiveone: Yeah, there were numerous bundles, and not all came with SMB. I couldn't find a very accurate retail price by searching online, so I just said it was bundled. Good eye! And yes, your parents were awesome.

@freedomweasel: There has certainly been some goofiness with Gawker comments lately.

@JGab: Went to the arcade yesterday in fact. Still a blast, though my home consoles get most of the love. (I was kidding with the shill comment by the way!)

@2Much: I too was joking. So a joke reply to a joke comment on a joke review? Head asplode!

@drigooffenis: I had considered that actually. Thanks for the comments

@JGab: Yeah, ok, whatever. How much did Nintendo pay you to shill for them?

@dresam: No. Thank you!

@bakana: It's a commentary on modern review systems and attitudes, yes.

@InfiniteJustice: NES is for babies. It'll never catch on. ARCADES FOR LIFE

@SupaKero: Exactly, thanks

@FuuRe_cl: Thanks. Great pics too - funny how we can nitpick stuff like this that doesn't matter at all.

@Illuminerdi: Thanks for the comments. Exactly the point I was trying to make.

@Nathaniel Lowe: Thanks for the kind words :)

@TheRevanchist2: I'm in!

Thanks for all the comments, compliments and criticisms alike everyone. If I may clear the air - my intention was not to prove that Mario was not in fact a revolutionary game for the time; in fact, it was in part the opposite. Mario is such a mind-blowingly simple game, yet it entrenched itself in cultures across…

@AoE: Maybe it wasn't in 1986, but when I was 4 or 5 it certainly blew my mind.

@fiffer86: Thanks for getting the point!

@jedomann: I hear it's gonna be boss

@dxrebirth: 4/10