Twice. Once on my own and once along with three of my siblings. Both times within the last year or so. I used to play it all the time as a kid but never beat it back then.
Super Mario Bros. Lost Levels, although I would never in a million years have been able to do it without some... generous use of the savepoint function. Even so it was challenging, but a lot of fun and very satisfying to finish. I didn't use any warp pipe so I got the ninth world too, which I...
The original Super Mario Bros. (Virtual Console on 3DS). I played this game SO much during my childhood but it's still great. Since one can make savepoints on the virtual console I didn't play it one sitting, but still more condensed over a shorter span of time than I usually play games, which...
I liked Mario and Luigi and found them charming, and Luigi rather peculiar-looking with his white clothes and green hair and moustache plus the fact that he looked the same as fire Mario when he took the fire flower.
Loathed Lakitu. Also it took me some time before I understood what his sprite...
Kid Icarus: Uprising. I started that savefile after I got the game as a Christmas present in 2014, so it was about time I actually finished it. Great fun, love the characters and the humour. I struggled with the first stages of the final boss but the later stages traded the difficulty for sheer...
Faves: Kamek, because I think his lines are funny and he's got lots of personality. Mario and Luigi because they are darlings and awesome.
Then there are many other characters I also like such as Peach, Toad, Rosalina etc.
Least faves: Lakitu, I just can't stand him. The hammer bros are also...
I'm grateful that even with ups and downs, the Mario franchise has overall kept its integrity and spirit.
I'm grateful for what the games have done for videogame design and the videogame industry in general, and that it was what kickstarted my own interest in videogames with Super Mario Bros...
I bought Super Mario Bros. on 3DS and decided to try and get to the minus world before starting a normal playthrough. Not that the level itself is very exciting, but still fun to have done like a bucketlist thing.